98 | R. & J. FARQUHAR & COMPANY, BOSTON. SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS. 
FARQUHAR’S SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS. 
Amaryllis Hippeastrum, New Hybrids. 
AMARYLLIS. 
Culture. 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 giving moderate bottom heat. 
Hippeastrum. New Hybrids. (Vittata.) The finest race of 
Amaryllis 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. Dark crimson. 25 cts. 
$2.00 per doz. 
(Jocobean Lily.) 
each; 
$15.00 per 100. 
Johnsoni. (Barbadoes Spice Lily.) Enormous bright crimson 
flowers with a white stripe through each segment; magnificent. 
50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Zephyranthes. Beautiful dwarf bulbous plants; very effective for 
planting masses in May and flowering with great profusion during 
the Summer. 
Rosea. Beautiful rose-pink flowers, three to four inches across. 
15 ets. each; $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
Candida. (Fairy Lily.) Pure white, delicately scented. 
each; 75 cts. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
10 ets. 
BESSERA. 
Elegans. An elegant bulbous plant with thin rush-like foliage 
and slender flower stems eighteen inches in height, each bearing 
-everal scarlet flowers suspended by thread-like flower stalks. 
$1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
(Coral Drops.) 
ACHIMENES. 
Profuse blooming tender perennials for greennouse or conservatory 
decoration during Summer. The scaly tubers hould be potted in the early 
Spring in a compost of turfy loam, leaf mould and sand. They should be 
crown in a moist, warm temperature, shaded from the sun until 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 very vigorous in growth and 
exceedingly free-flowering. 
Magnifica. 
white throat. 
Swansoni. Mauve, mottled blue with a white throat. 
Dainty Queen. Pure white with lavender eye. 
Supreme. Mammoth flowers of light blue, white eye. 
Per doz., $3.00; per 100, $20.00. 
STANDARD VARIETIES. (Home-grown Bulbs.) 
Margherita. 
Ambroise Verschaffelt. 
Galathea Improved. 
$3.00; per 100, $20.00. 
Pure white, large-flowered. 
White veined with llac. 
Violet, large-flowered. Per doz., 
ACIDANTHERA. 
Bicolor. 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 with 
broad violet-maroon blotches. The flowers are very lasting 
and being borne on ong stems are excellent for bouquets and 
table decorations. The bulbs should be treated like Gladioli. 
30 ets. each; $3.00 per doz. 
AGAPANTHUS. (African Lily.) 
Handsome Summer and Autumn flowering plants, throwing up 
large umbels of twenty to thirty blossoms. They should be grown in 
pots or tubs, in sandy soil well enriched. The plants should be 
divided before they become overcrowded in the pot or tub. They 
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. White. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
Achimenes, 
Tall, with magnificent flowers of sky blue with 
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