LIST OF SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS AND ROOTS FOR 1918. 



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SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS AND ROOTS 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias. 



BEGONIAS Tuberous Rooted. 



A charming class of Begonias, of great value for planting out- 

 doors in the herbaceous border or shady nook in the lawn. No 

 plants are easier grown. The tubers planted out-doors in May will 

 bloom in July, and continue to produce an abundance of large, 

 brilliant colored flowers until frost cuts them down; or they may be 

 planted in the house in March or April and transplanted to the open 

 ground as soon as the weather permits, and have them in bloom in 

 June. They also make handsome pot plants for the house. 



The flowers are large and exceedingly showy, many of them 

 measuring more than four inches across. 



Begonias are mailed free at dozen rates, and shipped by express 

 at 100 and 1000 rates at purchaser's expense. 



SINGLE GIANT FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 



Separate Colors — Rose, White, Crimson, Scarlet, Orange, 

 Yellow. Each 5c; dozen 60c; 100 $4.00; 1000 $35.00. 



DOUBLE GIANT FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 



Separate Colors — Rose, White, Crimson, Scarlet, Orange, 

 Yellow. Each 10c; dozen $1.00; 100 $7.00; 1000 $60.00. 



NEW GIANT FRILLED BEGONIAS. 



A Very Beautiful Type. 



Single Finest Mixed Colors, each 15c; doz. $1.50. 

 Double Finest Mixed Colors, each 20c; doz. $2.00. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 



ELEPHANT'S EAR. 



Magnificent sub-tropical plants; when planted out in beds or 

 is single specimens on lawns they have a grand appearance. 



First size bulbs, IJ^ to 2^2 inches in diameter, 6c each; per doz. 

 Oc; per 100 $4.00; by mail 3c each extra. 



Second size bulbs. 2 H to 3 inches in diameter, 10c each; per 

 loz. 85c; per 100 $6.00; by mail 5c each extra. 



Mammoth bulbs, 15c each; per dcz. $1.50; per 100 $10.00 

 by mail 10c each extra. 



GLOXINIA— BULBS. 



Charming plants for house culture, bearing freely beautiful 

 trumpet-shaped flowers, ranging in color from pure white through 

 the various shades of rose to deep crimson and rich violet. 



In separate colors, red, white, blue and spotted. 

 3 for 25c; per doz. $1.00; per 100 $7.00. 



Price, each 10c; 



Qloxinia. 



CALADIUM ESCUL^N'TUM. 



TUBEROSES. 



One of the most charming and fragrant of our summer-flowering bulbs. ' Plant in the open ground 

 during May. By starting in pofs during March a succession of bloom can be had all summer. 

 Mammoth Excelsior Pearl — By mail, each 5c; per doz. 50c; by express, purchaser paying charges 

 per doz. 35c; peril00.$2.00. 



