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TENDER BULBS 



Amaryllis 



AMARYLLIS EQUESTRE (The Eagle Lily)— Color deep 

 brick-red; extra fine. 25 cents. 



Amaryllis Hybrids 



"We are lucky to get a lot of English Hybrid Amaryllis. We 

 guarantee these to be the very best of all Amaryllis, in fact you 

 have never seen anything to match them. Colors run largely to 

 shades of red. Any color you get will be glorious. While they 

 last, fine large bulbs at 50 cents each, or three for $1.25. 



Cyclamen Periscum 



(Or Persian Violet) — This is a decided improvement over the 

 old variety, being of a more robust habit and stronger grower. 

 Produces flowers on short, stout stems and of immense size, often 

 measuring, on well-grown bulbs, two inches in diameter. The 

 foliage is also beautiful and it is a charming winter bloomer. 

 20 cents each; 2 for 35 cents. 



Milk and Wine Lily 



(Crinum Fimbriatum.) "I must tell you that Milk and Wine 

 Lily has done famous work. It has developed nine fine blooms, 

 and there are two unopened buds. We, therefore, gave it a free 

 ride last Wednesday to our chapel services. It was admired by 

 everybody. There were Bostonians and people from various towns 

 to admire and enjby it." — Mrs. E. Adams, Mass. A grand sort. 

 The most beautiful of the Crinums. Its bulbs grow large, and its 

 strong-growing foliage is erect and sword-shaped; flowers in um- 

 bels, very large and showy, three to four inches in diameter. 



striped with white and carmine, and very fragrant. 

 50 cents each. 



Fine bulbs, 



Calla Lilies 



Everybody Needs a Calla for Winter Blooming. 

 Here are the Best. 



CALLA ETHIOPICA— The old-fashioned sorts in two sizes. 

 Large bulbs, 40 cents each; extra large bulbs, 75 cents each. 



THE GODFREY CALLA LILY, " Devon iensis"— Undoubt- 

 edly the finest thing ever sent out in the Calla line, and quite 

 indispensable. Blooms all winter. Compared with the ordinary 

 Calla, it gives three blooms to one; it is snow-white and perfect 

 in form. Blooms on very small plants, though it attains to a 

 very large size with very large flowers. The new Godfrey Calla 

 Devoniensis is a wonder. Blooming bulbs, 35 cents each. 



GOLDEN YELLOW CALLA (Richardia Elliottiana)— Entirely 



distinct and unlike all other forms of yellow Calla; it has the 

 same habit of growth as the ordinary white variety, with flowers 

 of same size and shape, but of a rich, clear, lustrous gdlden- 

 yellow color; the foliage is dark green with a number of trans- 

 lucent creamy-white spots, which add much to its beauty. It 

 is but a few years ago that this sold at a very high price. We 

 are now able to offer strong, blooming bulbs at 75 cents each. 



Spider Lily 



This is one of the prettiest and' daintiest of all Lilies. It is pur e 

 white with bands of a greenish color through the flower; this gree 11 

 artd the white make a charming combination that everyone ad- 

 mires. The filaments and stamens of this choice Lily resemble a 

 huge spider; not repulsive, but the most beautiful and delicate of 

 all lilies. Each, 40 cents; three for $1.00. 



REMEMBER — OUR GLADIOLI ARE 

 THE FINEST IN THE MARKET AND 

 AND WILL BE SURE TO PLEASE. 



DON'T FORGET— WHEN IN NEED OF 

 PEONIES, CONSULT OUR "PEONIES 

 FOR PLEASURE," SENT FOR THE 

 ASKING. 





HARDY VINES AND CLIMBERS 



Ampelopsis Veitchii 



(The Boston Ivy.) 



^Clings firmly to any wall, building or tree. Green leaves in 

 summer, changing to red in the fall. 25 cents each; two-year 

 plants, 50 cents. 



Chinese Wisteria 



Desirable for pprches, trellises, etc., and when in full bloom is 

 truly magnificent. It flowers in early spring, in long, drooping 

 racemes, resembling in size and shape a bunch of grapes. 25 

 cents; large plants, 50 cents. 



Chinese Cinnamon Vines 



(Dioscorea Batatas) — These interesting vines were first brough* 

 to the United States about the year 1870. They came from China, 

 that far-away land of wonder and mystery, but where the Chinese 

 first found them is not known. The name, "cinnamon," was given 

 to them on account of the odor of the bloom, which is similar to 

 that of cinnamon. The fragrance is remarkable and too delightful 

 to describe. Bears white flowers with 'fine cinnamon fragrance. 

 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. 



Clematis Paniculata 



Covered in August and September with a sheet of clustered 

 snow-white bloom of the most delicious fragrance. An arbor or 

 portico over which this Clematis is trained is a wall of white for 

 the time being, and it blooms when nearly all other vines have 

 ceased blooming. Perfectly hardy; grows rapidly. Fine roots, 

 20 cents; strong two-year field plants, 40 cents. 



Hardy English Ivy 



Evergreen, with dark, glossy green leaves. 35 cents each. 



Honeysuckles 



AUREA RETICULATA (Golden Leaved)— A variety with 

 beautiful variegated foliage of yellow, white and pink. 20 cents. 



CHINESE EVERGREEN— Sweet-scented. Blooms nearly all 

 the season; deliciously fragrant; flowers huff, yellow and white. 

 20 cents. 



HALL'S JAPAN — Sweet-scented. This is the most consistent 

 bloomer of the class, being literally covered all summer with 

 beautiful yellow and white flowers; very fragrant. 20 cents. 



SCARLET TRUMPET, or RED CORAL— A rapid grower, 

 bright red with trumpet-shaped flowers. This is the old, well- 

 known variety. 20 cents. 



THE WONDERFUL 



Japanese Kudzu Vine 



(Jack and the Bean Stalk Vine) 



This is the most rapid-growing vine that anyone knows of. By 

 measurement it has been known to grow twenty feet in a week. 

 The foliage is large and tropical. It is entirely hardy. Everyone 

 has trouble in getting nursery-grown plants of this to grow. We 

 have prepared and offer pot grown plants, the kind that have the 

 crown to the plant and ball of earth to the roots, and you try to 

 stop them growing and see if you don't run into a snag. This is 

 proving a great forage plant in the south. All kinds of stock prefer 

 it to hay or other common feed. Try it. 25 cents each; $2.50 

 per dozen. 



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