Miss Ella V. Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio. 



THE GRAPE HYACINTH. 



Scilla Siberica, or Squill. 



(STAR HYACINTH.) 



IMPROVED. This charming little gem should be found in 

 every garden in abundance. It has been termed the " Blue Lily 

 of the Valley," and when planted in a mass with that sweet 

 flower it does resemble it to some extent, and forms a most fas- 

 cinating combination. It grows about the same height and 

 blooms about the same time each Spring. It increases rapidly, 

 and when once planted a mass of beautiful blossoms, which will 

 increase each year, is insured for a lifetime. But for Winter 

 blooming in pots it is of the greatest value. Plant five or six 

 bulbs in a five-inch pot, and you will have as lovely a pot of bloom 

 as you can imagine. Words fail to do it justice. Flower stems 

 j»row a foot in height, bearing a dense spike of sky-blue bells 

 tipped with white, and oh! so lovelv. Please remember that 

 mine is an improved strain of Grape Hyacinth, much superior to 

 the old form. 



Improved Bine. — Price, three for 5 cents; twelve for 13 cents. 

 Snow White. — New and scarce. Price, 2 cents each; six tor 10 

 cents. 



, SCILLA SIBERICA. 



Scilla Siberica is one of the loveliest Spring flowers. It has a 

 color almost as deep as the sky itself. Quite hardy, and flowers 

 out of doors at the same time as the Snowdrop, in front of which 

 it has a charming effect. Planted in pots and kept indoors it 

 may be had in bloom as early as Christmas. Its magnificent, 

 bright blue color makes it suitable for any decorations whatever. 

 Price, two for 5 cents; 25 cents per dozen. 



SCILIiA NUTANS. Belgian Hyacinth. 



Habit like Hyacinth, a spike with bells suspended. The bells 

 are half the size of Hyacinths. Colors very distinct and attract- 

 ive. They bloom in May. The colors are blue, pink and white. 

 Price, either of the three colors you may desire, two for 5 cents; 

 25 cents per dozen. 



ORNITHOGALUM AFABICUM. 



I INTRODUCE this as a new Winter-blooming bulb of great 

 beauty and value. In magnificence there is nothing like it 

 — ' among Winter-blooming bulbs or plants. Even the grand 

 Hyacinth must be preceded by the stately beauty of this flower. 

 It is a native of Arabia. Bulb large and solid, closely resembling 

 that of a Hyacinth, and requiring exactly the same culture. The 

 leaves are long and narrow, flower spikes eighteen to twenty- 

 four inches high, strong and graceful, bearing an immense clus- 

 ter of large, pearly-white flowers, having a jet-black center. 

 The individual flowers keep perfect many weeks before fading, 

 so that for more than a month this grand spike of bloom is in 

 full glory. Its durability is almost without an equal among flow- 

 ers. Add to this its delicate, aromatic fragrance, and I nave a 

 Winter bloomer which all must admit stands without a rival. 

 Its culture is the easiest, as it will grow in any position in any 

 window. A bulb can be planted in a four-inch pot, or several in 

 a larger pot or box. Pot in September, October or November. 

 They can even be kept and planted as late as February 1st. For 

 open ground culture they do well if protected from freezing se- 

 verely. Price, large flowering bulbs, 8 cents each; or three for 

 20 cents. 



THE "STAR" BED OF TULIPS. 



This beautiful bed is seven feet from point to point, and requires two hundred and fifty bulbs planted four 

 incites apart. Price, $4.50, or for a bed half this size, one hundred and twenty-five bulbs, $2.25. Section one, 

 center, ten Count of Leicester (yellow) ; section two, fifty Rex Rubrorum scarlet ; section three, eighty La Candeur 

 * • w , • ; sect,ou four, outside row, one hundred and ten Ma Cousine variegated red and yellow 1. The five varieties 

 or Tulips, as shown in small beds surrounding the "Star" bed of Tulips, fifteen bulbs in a bed, or seventy-five 

 bulbs m all, for 51.50; or the entire lot of T-Mips to make the above effect for $6.00. Half these bulbs, to make a 

 display half this size, $3.00. Try this design and be delighted. 



