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 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 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. (Jocobean Lily.) 25 cts. each; 
$2.50 per doz. $18.00 per 100. 
Johnsoni. (Barbadoes Spice Lily.) Enormous bright crimson 
flowers with a white stripe through each segment; magnificent. 
50 ets. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Hallii. (Lycoris squamigera.) Bright rosy-lilac flowers, fragrant, 
3 or 4 inches across, blooms in August. The foliage appears in 
Spring, disappears in June, and is followed two months later by 
the naked flowers. Hardy if protected. 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. 
20 ets. each; $1.75 per doz.; $14.00 per 100. 
Candida. (Fairy Lily.) Pure white, delicately scented. 
each; $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
Dark crimson. 
10 ets. 
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 
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. 
NEW VARIETIES. 
These grand new seedlings were raised in New England by a 
noted hybridizer and far surpass the older varieties in size 
beauty of bloom. The plants are very vigorous in growth and 
exceedingly free-flowering. 
Magnifica. Magnificent flowers of sky blue with white 
throat. 
Purity. Pure white; very large. 
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., $4.00; per 100, $30.00. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
Margherita. Pure white, large-flowered. 
Ambroise Verschaffelt. White veined with lilac. 
Galathea Improved. Violet, large-flowered. Per 
$3.00; per 100, $20.00. 
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 fasting 
and being borne on 1ong stems are excellent for bouquets anc 
table decorations. The bulbs should be treated like Gladioli. 
30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
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. 50 cts. each; $5.50 per doz. Large plants 
in tubs, $2.50 each. 
Umbellatus albus, White. 75cts.each;$7.50 perdoz. Large plants | 
in tubs, $3.50 each. 
