NEW FLORAL GUIDE—AUTUMN 1899. 17 
Giant Gesneriana Tulips. 
The Gesneriana Tulips are among the very handsomest of all, they 
grow 1% to 2 feet high, and are very grand and stately; they show 
large, deep green leaves, and throw up tall, graceful flower stalks which 
bear great rich blooms, larger than teacups. Color, bright, glowing, 
crimson scarlet, each petal showing a deep blue-black blotch at the 
base; exceedingly rich and handsome. ‘They are 
extra fine for bedding, as they come after the 
earlier kinds are gone, and make a grand display 
of splendid color for several weeks, 
They are entirely hardy, and _ will 
bloom on from year to year. We recom- 
mend all our friends to try a bed of 
the True Gesneriana Tulips. Their 
brilliant beauty is truly marvelous. 
Price 3 cts. each, 3 for 
8 cts., 30 cts. per dozen. 
$1.85 per 100, postpaid. 
By express, $1.50 per 100, 
buyer paying charges. 
YELLOW GESNERIANA or 
GOLDEN CROWN— A magni- 
ficent golden yellow Gesneriana, with orange 
markings, makes agrand combination when 
planted with the Scarlet Gesneriana. Price 
3 cts. each, 3for 8 cts., 30 cts. per dozen. 
Parrot « Dragon 
Tulips $\ 
These are very curious and remarkable, they 
belong to the late or May-flowering Tulips. The flowers are very 
large, frequently six or seven inches across, with petals deeply 
toothed, fringed and twisted in the most striking and fantastic 
manner, sometimes representing the head and beak of a parrot. 
The colors are exceedingly brilliant and showy, crimson and 
yellow, flaked, dashed and feathered with green, gold and scarlet. 
Fine for bedding and to plant among shrubbery. They grow ten 
inches high and always attract attention. 
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Belle Jaunme—Pure deep yellow,........... $038 $$ .* 
Cafe Brun— Coffee color and yellow,. ......... .03 3h 
Constantinople—Deep blood red, ......,... .03 .30 
Feu Brilliante—Rich satiny crimson,. ........ .05 .40 
Mark Graaf—Crimson and orange, very handsome,. . . .03 .30 
Orange (Gloriosa)—Orange and crimson variegated,. . .04 35) 
Perfecta—Red and yellow, extrafine, ......... 03 .30 
Fine Mixed Parrot Tulips—$1.50 per 100,..... .03 25 
Set of Seven Parrot Tulips postpaid, for - - ~ 20c. 
ak W O BE AUTIFUL IRIS The Orris Root Iris. (Jris Hlorentina.)— This lovely 
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. ° Iris is always greatl:* admired. It is a slender, 
me Fae ays reat pigideons are porn? graceful plant, the flowers are exquisitely formed 
purple, violet tas aad lnkio mike Pe oe ria Bak for and deliciously scented, the color is rich violet blue, 
rers, perfectly hardy; néede ud protection. Mixed feathered with bronze yellow. The delightfully 
colors, 3 for 10 cts; 25 ots. per dozen ; $1.50 per scented ‘‘ Orris Root’? is produced from this plant, 
hundred , postpaid, pe Price, 10 cts, each ; $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. 
