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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON, 



MISCELLANEOUS BULBS. 



AMARYLLIS. 



IN order to obtain fine specimens of Amaryllis, the following method 

 should be observed : On receipt of the bulbs in the autumn they should 

 be placed where they will be always sHghtly 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; increase the supply of 

 water as the plants progress. Very often the mistake is made that 

 bulbs are potted up too early ; the consequence is that only leaf growth 

 is made. The proper soil for AmaryUis is turfy loam enriched with 

 rotten manure. 



I0.15 



Each 



Doz. 



■25 

 •15 



•75 



$1-50 



2.50 

 I 50 



8.00 



$12.00 



00 



Amaryllis Hippeastrum. 



ACHIMENES. 



Belladonna Major. {Belladonna Lily.) Flowers 

 silvery white, flushed and tipped with deep 

 rose; extra large bulbs 



Equestris. {The Barbadoes Lily.) Scarlet, with 

 broad white stripes; free bloomer .... 



Formosissima. {Jacobean Lily.) Dark crimson 



Hippeastrum, New Hybrids. {Vittata.) The 

 finest race of Amaryllis in cultivation; exceed- 

 ing 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 trum- 

 pet form 



Johnsoni. {Bermuda Spice Lily.) Enormous 

 bright crimson flowers with a white stripe 

 through each segment ; magnificent 



Lutea. {Sternbergia.) {Mount EtnaLily.) Golden 

 yellow; hardy if well covered during the winter 



Hallii. {Lycoris squamigera.) Bright rosy-Hlac 

 flowers, fragrant, 3 or 4 inches across, blooms in 

 August. The fohage appears in spring, dis- 

 appears in June, and is followed two months 

 later by the naked flowers. Hardy if protected 



Vallota Purpurea. See page 40. 



ZEPHYRANTHES. Beautiful dwarf bulbous plants; very effective 

 for planting in masses in May and flowering with great profusion 

 during the summer. 



•50 



,10 



■25 



5.00 



■75 



2.50 



60.00 



35 00 

 6.00 



Rosea. Rose pink flowers, three inches across 

 Candidia. {Fairy Lily.) Pure white, fragrant 



Each 



Doz. 



$0.10 



$0.65 



■05 



•50 



?5 00 

 4.00 



Profuse blooming tender perennials for greenhouse or conservatory decoration 

 during summer. The scaly tubers should be potted in the early spring in a com- 

 post of turfy loam, leaf mould and sand. They should be grown 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. The colors comprise white, shades of 

 iilac, mauve, and red. Ready in December. 



Celestial, white and lilac; yellow centre; Dazzle, bright vermilion; Edmund 

 Bossier, white striped lilac; Haageana, lilac, white centre; Ingramii, red; 

 Longiflora, clear blue, light centre; Louis van Houtte, blue; Marguerite, 

 pure white; Patens major, mauve and violet; Unique, violet-red, yellow 

 centre. 



Each of the above separate colors, $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 

 Mixed Varieties. All colors. 75c. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



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 rich 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. Bright blue. Each, 25c.; per doz., $2.00; by mail, 35c. each. 

 Umbellatus Albus. White. Each, 25c.; per doz., $2.00. 



ALLIUMS. 



Attractive hardy spring-flowering plants of the easiest culture, succeeding in 

 any soil; particularly adapted for borders and rockeries. 

 Aureum. {Moly.) Bright yellow flowers, very showy. Per doz., 15c.; per 100, 



75c.; per 1,000, $6.00. 

 Azureum. Deep azure-blue flowers in large umbels. Per doz., $1.00; per 100, 



$6.00. 

 Neapolitanum. Large heads of pure white flowers, very hardy; extensively forced 



by florists for cutting purposes. Per doz., 20c.; per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, $9.00. 

 Ostrowskianum. A beautiful variety from Asia Minor, with large umbels of 



rosy-scarlet flowers; hardy and early. Per doz., 25c.; per 100, $2.00. 



Zephyranthes Rosea. 



