AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 19)2. 



SCHIZOSTYLIS. 



Coccinea. (^Kaffir Lily or Crimson Flag.') An exeellen 

 half-hardy plant for winter forcing, with long slender 

 Gladiolus-like spikes of deep scarlet flowers. KeaJy for 

 delivery in Xo-cember. 



Each, 10 cents; Dozen, 75 cents ; 100, S6.00 



SNOWFLAKE. i^LeucoJum.) 



The Snowflakes produce flowers like monstrous Snow- 

 drops on stems about a foot high. They are perfectly hardy 

 and have the odor of violets. 



Doz. 100 

 Spring Snowflake. (Z. Vernum.) White, ] 



drooping flowers go. 30 $i-75 



Summer Snowflake. (Z.^j/iraw.) White .35! 2.00 



SPARAXIS. 



Charming little bulbous plants for pot culture in the con- 

 ser\atorv or window, closely resembling Ixias, but dwarfei 

 and more compact. Eight to twelve bulbs may be planted 

 in a six-inch bulb-pan, covering them one inch. 



Choice Named Sorts. 



ful grown 

 Choice Sorts, Mixed. 



The most beauti- 



Doz. 



In great variety 



>i0.20 



.10 



u. 



Each I Doz. 



S0.15 $1.25 



SPIR/EA. {Astilbe.) 



Ready for delivery in November, by express or freight 

 only. 



Japonica. One of the best plants for winter and spring 

 forcing. Its rich, dark-green, fern-like foliage is sur 

 mounted with a profusion of pure white flowers, rising in 

 erect feather)' panicles. It is equally valuable as a 

 decorative pot plant, and for cutting. Being 

 perfectly hardy, it succeeds well in the open 

 garden, blooming early in summer. Large 

 clumps 



Compacta Multiflora. {Grandiflora.) A variety 

 of Jnpoiiica of compact growth, and the flowers 

 somewhat larger ; excellent for forcing . 



Astilboides Floribunda. The habit of growth 

 is dwarf, with erect, long flower sprays of 

 purest white in delicately formed panicles . 



Hybrida Gladstone. A new large flowering 

 variety with immense trusses of snow-white 

 flowers borne on long stalks. Excellent for 

 forcing and as a cut-flower is unequalled . 



Peach Blossom. A splendid new variety of 

 branching habit with large showy sprays 

 of delicate pink flowers , excellent for forc- 

 ing 



Palmata. A beautiful hardy variety, with large, 

 rosy-crimson, feathery flowers; very elegant 

 when forced 



Queen Alexandra. This beautiful new pink 

 flowered variety was named in honor of the 

 Queen of England, who, having seen it at one 

 of the London exhibitions was enthusiastic in 

 her admiration of it and made inquiry as to its 

 origin. It was awarded a Silver Medal by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The 

 color is almost identical with that of the Brides- 

 maid Rose 



Spirea Queen Alexandria. 



•25 



.2!; 



•5° 



.50 



1-75 



20 1.75 



TRITONIA. 



.25 



TRILLIUM. ( Wood Lily or Trinity Floiver.^ 



■SO 



10.00 



14.00 



Very beautiful, hardy, native 

 situations. 



plants, delighting in moist shady 



Doz. 



So -5 



•75 

 1. 00 



5.00 

 6.00 



14.00 

 1400 



18.00 



Verj' attractive bulbous plants for pot culture; free blooming and 

 easy of cultivation. They grow from 1 5 inches to 2 feet in height, of grace- 

 ful habit, and varj- in color from rosy-white to orange-scarlet. Six bulbs 

 may be planted in a six -inch bulb-pan or pot, one inch deep. Doz 



Aurea. Golden yellow 



Crocata Type. Shades of orange and scarlet 



Fine Mixed. Many colors 



S0.85 



1.25 



•30 



Too 



$6.00 



8.00 



2.00 



Qrandiflorum. {Giant American Wood Liiy.') Flowers 

 pure white, changing to delicate rose; height, one foot 



Erectum. The common purple-flowered wood lily, one 

 of the earliest 



Erythrocarpum. Large white flowers, height, one foot 



Sessile Album. A very fine white variety from Califor- 

 nia, having beautifully mottled leaves ...... 1 j -r 



Sessile Rubra. Flowers reddish-purple 1.7c 



TRITELEIA. ( Spring star J^lo-^'er.) 



Charming little tuberous plants either for forcing or out-door culture. 

 For forcing plant ten or twelve tubers in a six-inch bulb-pan, covering 

 them one inch ; in the open garden the tubers should be set 4 inches deep 

 and protected with litter during winter. 



Uniflora. Porcelain blue S0.15 ^0.75 



Violacea. Violet blue 15 .75 



TROP/EOLUM. 



Charming climbing plants for pot cultivation in the conser\-ator}- or 

 window; with delicate foliage and elegant flowers. They are usually trained 

 over balloon-shaped trellises. Plant three or four bulbs in an eight-inch 

 pot, covering them one and a half inches. 

 Jarrattii. (^Tricolornm.) Scarlet, yellow, and black. Each, 15 cents; 



per dozen, ^1.50 ; per lOO, ;pl2.oo. 



WATSONIA ARDERNEI. 



This new white variety was recentlv introduced from South Africa and 

 is likely to become very popular. The bulbs resemble gladioli, sending up 

 stems to a height of 3 to 4 feet, each stem bearing about a dozen snow- 

 white flowers. Fine for forcing in the greenhouse or planting out doors ia 

 spring like the gladioli. Each 20 cents; dozen, Si. 75 ; per 100, S12.00. 



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