Keywords: Flowers (15830533563).jpg MISS MARY E MARTIN FLORAL PARK NEW YORK <br> 45 <br> Superfine American Seedlings <br> EXCELSIOR <br> PEARL <br> TUBEROSES <br> These are the <br> best of all Tube- <br> roses to plant <br> They are dwarfs <br> and the immense <br> spike stands erect <br> covered almost to <br> the foliage with <br> very large double <br> flowers sometimes <br> as many as 50 on a <br> spike <br> Large bulbs <br> sure to bloom 5c <br> each ; 40c per <br> dozen; 2 per 100 <br> by express <br> Extra large <br> bulbs 6c each; <br> express <br> HOW TO PLANT <br> Set out about the time vou do Coletis in rich warm <br> soil Firm the soil around the bottom of the bulb <br> with your hand and have the top of the bulb just <br> covered with dirt When the flowers begin to open <br> if you take the plant up and put it in a pot or box and <br> place it on the piazza or out of the sun and storms all <br> the flowers will open very white and full <br> NEW VARIEGATED TUBEROSE <br> No finer selection of these grand flowers Can be made than <br> this mixture Deep rich crimsons snow whites soft pinks <br> pearly whites variegated marbled blotched striped and <br> spotted <br> 4 for 10c; 25c per dozen; 1 50 per hundred <br> by express <br> Second size all blooming bulbs same quality 12 <br> for I5c; 25 for 25c; 100 for 1 00 <br> Yellow Mixture 3 for <br> 10c; <br> This scarce variety has been neglected because it <br> has been so high in price Few have ever grown and <br> not many people have ever seen it It is a plant of ' <br> superior excellence and I have put the price within <br> the reach of all The leaves are bordered with a con- <br> spicuous white band making it a beautiful border <br> plant Flowers single large white delicious fragrance but not nearly so <br> heavy as the double sort The <br> spike is graceful and is much <br> 5 for 15c; 12 for 30c <br> White Mixture <br> 5 for 15c; 12 for 30c <br> for <br> 10c <br> <br> GLADIOLUS LEMOINEI <br> Butterfly Gladioli <br> GLADIOLUS SEED <br> French Hybrids <br> Butterfly and named kinds <br> mixed Pkt of more than <br> 25 kinds 50 seeds 3c <br> GLADIOLUS <br> LEMOINEI <br> These are very brilliant in <br> color Blotched with such in- <br> tense colors they look like <br> orchids <br> More than 20 kinds <br> and colors 3 for fOc; 5 <br> for 15c; 10 for 25c 25 for <br> 50C <br> more beautiful when cut than <br> the other kinds Blooms easier <br> and three weeks earlier than <br> the doubles The bulbs bloom <br> year after year while the <br> others do not <br> Price fine-blooming bulbs <br> 5c each; 3 for 12c; 7 for <br> 25c Bv express 5 for <br> 1 50; 100 for 2 <br> NEW TWICE BEARING <br> FRENCH STRAWBERRY <br> IEW VARIEGATED <br> TUBEROSE <br> ST JOSEPH <br> This new berry is of excel- <br> lent flavor dark red in color <br> large size and firm but its <br> leading characteristic is its <br> strong tendency to bear two <br> full crops in a season Indeed <br> its tendency is to keep throw- <br> ing up flower stems from May to <br> Autumn but it is better after <br> taking off the Spring crop to <br> pinch off the blossoms and you <br> will get a heavy Fall crop <br> Plants IOc; 3 for 25c; <br> Sl OOadoz 43800652 148987 77812 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43800652 1900 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Miss Mary E Martin Firm ; Miss Mary E Martin Firm NameFound Gladiolus lemoinei NameConfirmed Gladiolus lemoinei EOLID 491576 NameBankID 2662851 Biodiversity Heritage Library Flowers Christmas Easter midwinter and spring Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Miss Mary E Martin Firm Nurseries Horticulture Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43800652 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43800652 bhlGardenStories Gladiolas Tuberoses BHLinbloom miss mary e martin firm nurseries horticulture u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-05 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15830533563 2015-08-25 00 51 08 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Miss Mary E Martin Firm seed catalog Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |