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Rk. & J. FARQUHAR & COlS SEED CATALOGUE. 
BULBS, ROOTS AND TUBERS. 
FOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN-=FLOWERING. 
Achimenes. 
ACHIMENES. 
79 
Profuse blooming tender perennials for greenhouse or 
conservatory decoration during summer. 
The scaly tubers 
should be potted in the early spring in a compost of turfy 
loam, leaf mould ard 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. 
shades of lilac mauve and crimson. 
: Each. 
Named Varieties. The finest sorts. .- 10 
Mixed Varieties. Allcolors........ .05 
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 a compost of turfy loam, well enriched, leaf mould and sand. 
They are particularly suitable for piazza or terrace decoration, and may also be forced in the greenhouse. 
Umbellatus. 
Umbellatus Albus. 
ALSTRCIIERIA. 
A beautiful class of Summer-flowering 
tuberous plants, growing about three feet 
high and bearing large clusters of handsome 
Lily-like flowers varying in shades of yellow, 
rose, crimson and maroon. Set the roots six 
inches deep and protect during winter with a 
heavy covering of leaves or litter. 
Aurantiaca, rich, deep orange spotted with crimson; very beautiful; excellent for cutting. . . 
Blue Lily of the Nile. 
White Lily of the Nile. 
Each, .25; by mail, .35. 
Each, .40; by mail, .50. 
Alstremeria Aurantiaca. 
Chiliensis Seedlings, in great variety of charming colors, among the most desirable of summer 
flowers for bouquets and vases... . 
The colors comprise white, 
Doz. 
I.00 
.50 
Each. Per Doz. 
-IO 1.00 
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