LET BEAUTY DANCE ACROSS THE LAWN BEFORE A TREE AWAKES 



C.&J. Crocuses 



These Crocuses are the Improved Strains, 

 noted for large flowers and brightest colors. 

 They are entirely hardy, and like a rich, dry 

 soil and sunny location. They are suitable for 

 planting in beds and borders, also for edging 

 in ribbon lines of any desired color; for plant- 

 ing in the grass in lawn or yard. Crocuses are 

 also very highly valued for indoor flo\vers. 



IIoiv to Grow Crocuses. — One inch is deep enough to plant 

 If planted deeper they ma>- not bloom. It is best not to plant 

 in even rows, and a good plan is to scatter them over the lawn 

 and plant where they happen to fall. Just dig up a piece of 

 sod and put two or three bulbs in each spot. For indoor 

 growing they are fine but do not expose them to heat or they 

 will not flower. Plant six to eight bulbs in a s-inch pot. 



A few bulbs 

 in a 6-inch 

 pot 



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LARGE-FLOWERING 



Named Crocuses 



Price, 12 for 25 cts., 100 for $2, 250 



for $3.50, postpaid 

 Baron von Brunow. Rich purplish blue 



flower. Very fine. 

 Cloth of Gold. Golden yellow, tinged 



with purple and scarlet. 

 King of the Whites. The best and 



largest white Crocus. 

 King of the Yellows. A beautiful pure 



golden yellow with large flower. 



Lovely in early spring. 

 Sir Walter Scott. White, striped purple. 



*©KFER> 27 ls"£'^;:Xr"sZ.\ 



10 of each, 50 in all, for 90 cts., postpaid. 



Crocuses in Separate 

 Colors for Naturalizing 



Prices, delivered free in U. S. A. 



Doz. 100 250 

 .$0 20 $1 15 $2 50 



White and Light.. . 



Purples 



Striped colors 



Yellows, First-size. 

 All colors mixed . . . 

 Order in quantity. 



20 1 



20 1 



20 1 



20 1 



15 2 50 



15 2 50 



15 2 50 



15 2 50 



It often pays to get 



a friend to order with you 



Plant Crocuses (plenty of them) about one inch deep in early autumn 



mnTrT?l?'P>- 97a Remember the won- 



Crocuses — Purple, Yellow, Violet, Striped 

 and White. We will select and send you 25 

 White and Light, 25 Purples, 25 Striped, and 

 25 Yellows— 



100 SPLENDID CROCUSES, AS ABOVE, 

 ONLY $1.10, OR 200 FOR $2, POSTPAID 



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