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98 R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. SUMMER-FLOWERING BUL 3S. 
FARQUHAR’S STNG BULBS. 
ACHIMENES. 
Profuse blooming tender perennials for greenhouse or con- 
servatory decoration during Summer. ‘The scaly tubers should 
be potted in the early Spring in a compost 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 lilac, mauve and 
red. 
Celestial, white and lilac; yellow centre; Dazzle, bright 
vermilion; Edmund Bossier, white striped lilac; Haag- 
eana, lilac, white centre; Ingramii, red; Longiflora, 
clear blue, light centre; Louis van Houtte, blue; Marguer- 
ite, pure white; Patens major, mauve and violet; Unique, 
violet-red, yellow centre. 
Each of the above separate colors, $1.35 per doz.; $10.00 
per 100. 
Mixed Varieties. All colors. $1.25 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 
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 with broad 
violet-maroon blotches. The flowers are very lasting and being 
borne on long stems are excellent for bouquets and table decora- 
tions. The bulbs should be treated like Gladioli. 15 cts. each; 
$1.50 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. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
Umbellatus albus. White. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per 
AMARYLLIS. mae 
Amaryllis Hippeastrum, New Hybrids. 
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 
in 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 seg- 
ments are of nearly uniform size, giving the flowers a regular trumpet 
form. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
Belladonna major. (Belladonna Lily.) <A free-flowering fragrant variety. 
The flowers, which are white, flushed and tipped with deep rose, are borne 
on stems 2 to 23 ft. high. Extra large bulbs. 25 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; 
$15.00 per 100. 
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. 20 cts. each; $1.75 per 
doz. $12.00 per 100. 
Hallii. Hall’s Amaryllis, now known as Lycoris squamigera. <A rare bul- 
bous plant with attractive foliage and bright flowers. Rosy lilac, fragrant, 
3 or 4 inches across, flowers in August. The foliage appears in Spring, 
disappears in June, and is followed two months later by the naked flowers. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Johnsoni. (Barbadoes Spice Lily.) Enormous bright crimson flowers 
with a white stripe through each segment; magnificent. 50 cts. each; 
$5.00 per doz. 
Lutea. Sternbergia (Mount Etna Lily.) Bright golden-yellow; hardy if 
well covered during the Winter. 75 ets. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
Vallota purpurea. (Scarborough Lily.) A beautiful free-flowering Summer 
and Autumn blooming Amaryllis producing strong spikes of brilliant scarlet 
flowers. If a number of bulbs are planted in a 10-inch pot they form very 
decorative plants for the piazza or lawn. They also make excellent house 
plants. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $30.00 per 100. 
Zephyranthes. Beautiful dwarf bulbous plants; very effective for plant- 
ing in masses in May and flowering with great profusion during the Sum- 
mer. 
Rosea. Beautiful rose-pink flowers, three to four inches across. 10 ets. 
each; 85 cts. per doz.; $6.50 per 100. 
Candida. (Fairy Lily.) Pure white, delicately scented. 5 cts. each; 
50 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. Amaryllis zephyranthes rosea. 
