R. <5^y. FAKQUHAR 6- CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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BULBS, ROOTS AND TUBERS. 



FOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN = FL0WER1NG. 



ACHIMENES. 



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 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 crimson. 



Each. Doz. 



Named Varieties. The finest sorts 10 i.oc 



Mixed Varieties. All colors 05 ^c 



Achitnenes. 



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. 



UmbelSatus. Blue Lily of the Nile. Each, .25 ; by mail, .35. 

 Umbellatus Albus. White Lily of the Nile. Each. .40; by mail. .50. 



ALSTRCEHERIA. 



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 wi^h a 

 heavy covering of leaves or litter. 



Alstrcemeria Aurantiaca. 



Each. Per Doz. 



Aurantiaca, rich, deep orange spotted with crimson ; very beautiful ; excellent for cutting 10 1.00 



Chiliensis Seedlings, in great variety of charming colors, among the most desirable of summer 



flowers for bouquets and vases 10 1.00 



