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established plant in full bloom is a beau- 

 tiful sight; blooms almost perpetually. 

 Hardy, 25c each. 



HEMEROCALLIS Kwanso, Double Flowering 

 Double variegated orange lily. A perfect 

 hardy variety that blooms for months dur- 

 ing the summer and fall. It increases fast 

 and makes very large clumps. 25c each. 



MONTBRETIAS. 20c dozen. 



NARCISSUS. Mixed. 25c per dozen. 



NERINE Sarniensis or Guernsey Lily. Showy 

 bulb, a native of Japan. The stamens 

 are long, which gives a soft pretty effect. 

 It blooms in September and October. 15c 

 each $1.00 per doz. 



VALLOTA Purpurea or Scarborough Lily. 

 An evergreen bulb producing splendid 

 spikes of brilliant large scarlet blossoms. 

 It is one of the most showy of the Ama- 

 ryllis family, is easily grown and blooms 

 many times during the year. Blooms well 

 in pots. 15c, 25c. 



WATSON IAS White Hybrids. Flowers purest 

 white and are produced on long branch- 

 ing flower stalks. Surpasses any other 

 Watsonias ever grown. 25c each; $2.0u 

 per dozen. 



ZEPHYRANTHES, Rosea. Flowers large 

 bright pink, lily-like, on slender stems. 5c. 

 each; 50c doz., postpaid. 



Alba. Valuable for pots, and for open 

 borders; is evergreen, easily grown, in- 

 creases fast; a border of the large star- 

 like white flowers in bloom is handsome. 

 Flowers keep for a week or ten doys. 25c 

 doz., $1.50 per hundred. Postage 5c to 10c on 

 all large bulbs. 



Yellow Call as — See page 3. 



Rare Succulent Plants 



No class of plants is more interesting 

 than nature's carved and sculptured forms 

 decorated in wondrous patterns and col- 

 ored in rarest tints. Dainty bits of carv- 

 ing that have the surprising habit of 

 bursting into charming bloom. Among 

 the most attractive are Echeverias, Sem- 

 pervirums, Aloes, Rochea, Haworthias, 

 and a long list of others fresh from the 

 studio of the Great Artist. Then their 

 kindred the Cactus family, from pigmy 

 to giant statues are ornamented with 

 hooks and spears and spikes, pins, feath- 

 ers, or hairs, as may be, and decorated 

 with flowers so magnificent in color and 

 size that one is lost in wonder. Nearly 

 all the succulent plants are fine for house 

 and conservatory, and are very effective 

 with cacti, their distinct and original 

 forms and showy flowers, making a fine 

 display in the garden and adding much to 

 the character of the collection. 



Choice Aloes 



Aloe Variegata or Pheasant Aloe. One 

 of the most interesting plants of this class. 

 The leaves are spirally arranged, bright 

 green and white, beautifully striped and 

 marked resembling a pheasants breast. Flow- 

 ers bright red always single. 10c. 



Climbing Aloe Citiris. A handsome vari- 

 ety that grows rapidly. It can be trained to 

 trellis, house, wall, or fence, or grown in 

 pots. It has many branches, and bears its 

 beautiful waxen tubular flowers on long 

 slender stems. Always in bloom. 15c and 25c. 



Striata. A most striking variety with trans- 

 parent leaves of light green, beautifully strip- 

 ed with yellowish white; some times the 

 leaves are half white and half green. It 

 makes beautiful specimens. 25c, 35c and 50c. 



. . Hanburyana. Beautiful on account of the 

 handsome shape and coloring of the leaves 

 and the very large spreading panicles of ex- 

 quisitely colored waxen flowers. The 

 leaves are broad, flat, blunt pointed, 4 to 5 

 inches across, light, bluish-green, translucent 

 prettily marked, and have a pearly white line 

 around the edge. The flower stem is very 

 branching, 12 to 15 inches across when in 

 bloom. Flowers, fine waxen, coral red, and 

 remain in bloom several weeks. An especial- 

 ly beautiful ornament and fine for vases. 

 Rare; small plants 25c and 50c. 



Mitraeformis. A handsome variety with 

 thick, short, fleshy leaves, decorated with 

 short yellow thorns. It grows 2 or 3 feet 

 high, requiring support and bears fine red 

 flowers. 25c. 



CARAGUACA or Heart of Fire. Of the 

 Pine Apple family, on account of its ag- 

 gressive qualities, would be of little in- 

 terest in the garden, were it not for the 

 marvelous transformation that it assumes 

 during the blooming period. The leaves 

 on old plants are 2 feet long, rigid, arch- 

 ing, deeply channeled, edged with shin- 

 ing hooks; the color light yellowish green 

 above, gray underneath. As the time for 

 flowering approaches, the plain looking 

 plant is suddenly metamorphosed; the 

 leaves assume a reddish tinge, and the 

 entire center, a most intense and brilliant 

 strawberry-red; in the center rises a 

 creamy-pinkish stem and alternate red 

 leaves, tipped with a bunch of brush-like 

 flowers, cream and purplish-mauve. For 

 a month' or more the brilliant fire flames 

 through the plant, then the illumination 

 fades away, and the grand display is over. 

 25c and 50c each. 



ECHEVERIAS. A most interesting class 

 of plants, always rosette like in form and 

 variously colored and marked. 



Hoveyii or the Opal Echeveria. One of 

 the most beautiful of this class. It is 

 very brittle and requires much care in 

 handling. It is exquisite in its lovely 

 opaline coloring of milky white, opal blue 



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