R. & J. FARQUHAR & COMPANY, BOSTON. SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS. 



FARQUHAR'S SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS. 



Amaryllis Hippeastrum, New Hybrids. 



AMARYLLIS. 



OUltUre. The bulbs should be placed where they will be always slightly moist 

 and warm under the benches of a greenhouse, for example; do not pot up 

 the bulbs before the flower buds appear; when first potted give very little 

 water and promote growth by gi\'ing moderate bottomi heat. 



Hippeastrum. New Hybrids. (Vittala.) The finest race of 

 Amarj^llis n cultivation; exceeding in the size and fine form of 

 their flowers as well as in the diversity of colors and markings, 

 all former hybrids. The segments are of nearly uniform size, 

 giving the flowers a regular trumpet form. $1.25 each; .$12.00 per 

 doz. 



Equestris. Scarlet, with broad white stripes, extending from the 

 throat to half way up the segments. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Formosissima. (Jacobean Lily.) Dark crimson. 25 cts. each; 

 .S2.00 per doz. $15.00 per 100, 



Johnsoni. (Barbadoes Spice Lily.) Enormous bright crimson 

 flowers with a white stripe tlirough each segment; magnificent. 

 50 cts. each; $5,00 per doz. 



Zephyranthes. Beautiful dwarf bulbous plants; verj- effective for 

 planting masses in May and flowering w-ith great profusion during 

 the Summer. 



Rosea. Beautiful rose-pink flowers, three to four inches across. 

 15 cts, each; $1,50 per doz,; $12.00 per 100, 



Candida. (Fairy Lily.) Pure white, delicatelv scented, 10 cts, 

 each; 75 cts, per doz, ; .S6,00 per 100, 



BESSERA. (Coral Drops.) 



Elegans. An elegant bulbous plant with thin rush-like foliage 

 and slender flower stems eighteen inches in height, each bearing 

 .-everal scarlet flowers suspended bv thread-like flower stalks. 

 $1,00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



ACHIMENES. 



Profuse blooming tender perennials for greennouse or conservatorj- 

 decoration during Summer, The scaly tubers hould be potted in the early 

 Spring in a compost of turfy loam, leaf mould and sand, Thej' should be 

 grown in a moist, warm temperature, shaded from the sun tintil they begin 

 to bloom, when they should be kept cooler to prolong the duration of the 

 flowers. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



These grand new seedlings were raised in New- England by a 

 noted hybridizer and far surpass the older varieties in size and 

 beauty of bloom. The plants are verj' Aagorous in growi;h and 

 exceedingly free-flowering, 



Magniflea. Tall, with magnificent flowers of skj- blue with 



white throat. 

 Swansoni. Alauve, mottled blue with a white throat. 

 Dainty Queen. Pm-e white with lavender eye. 

 Supreme. Mammoth flowers of light blue, white eye. 

 Per doz., $3.00; per 100, S20.00. 



STANDARD VARIETIES. (Home-grown Bulbs.) 

 Margherita. Pure white, large-flowered. 

 Ambroise Versehaffelt. White veined with lUac, 

 Galathea Improved. Violet, large-flowered. Per doz., 

 $3.00; per 100, $20,00, 



ACIDANTHERA. 



Bieolor. A valuable bulbous plant for greenhouse or open 

 ground. Each flower stalk produces from four to eight 

 widely expanded fragrant flowers, of creamy white color wdth 

 broad violet-maroon blotches. The flowers are very lasting 

 and being borne on long stems are excellent for bouquets and 

 table decorations. The bulbs should be treated like Gladioh . 

 30 cts. each; $3,00 per doz. 



AGAPANTHUS. (African Lily.) 



Handsome Summer and Autumn flowering plants, tlu-owing up 

 large umbels of twenty to thirty blossoms, Thej' should be growoi in 

 pots or tubs, in sandy soil well enriched. The plants should be 

 divided before they become overcrowded in the pot or tub, Thej' 

 are particularly suitable for piazza or terrace decoration, and may 

 also be forced in the greenhouse, 



Umbellatus. Fine blue. 75 cts. each; .$7,50 per doz. 



Umbellatus albus. TMiite. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



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