16 DEEER'8 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BDLBS. 



SPARAXIS. 



Their treatment is similar to the Ixia. 



a , , T , ,, . . Perdoz. | Per doz. 



2o Named Vaneties $2.00) Mixed $1.50 



MISCELLANEOUS TENDER VARIETIES. 



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Anoniatheca Cruenta, small brilliant red flowers $ 10 



Babiana, 10 named varieties, showy and resembling the Ixia 20 



Ornathogalum Aureum, flowers spendid, golden orange, called the Star of 



Bethlehem , „ 50 



Tritonia, mixed ."".!."..."."......! ......... 10 



Tritonia, 10 named varieties 20 



Summer and Autumn-Flowering 



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Bulbs ready for delivery in October, and planted from April to June. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS. 



(African Blue Lily.) 

 A noble plant, belonging to the bulbous rooted section, with evergreen foliage, 

 A large plant, under good treatment, will frequently send up a flower-stalk three 

 feet high, crowned with twenty or thirty heads of flowers, which will come into 

 blossom in succession. It blooms during the summer, and forms a fine ornament 

 to an architectural terrace, or a lawn. Price of plants from 50 cents to $2.00 each, 

 according to size. 



The following are varieties of the above : 

 UMBELLATUS MINOR. A dwarf variety. Price $1.00 



do ALBA. White flowers. " $1.00 



do FOLIO VARIEGATA. Variegated foliage, " $1.50 



AMARYLLIS F0RM0SISSIMA, or JAC0BEA LILY. 



( Spreikelia Formosissima) 

 This flower is of the most beautiful and rich crimson velvet color ; the bulb 

 generally produces two stems, the one after the other,about tbe end of May or the 

 first of June; the stem from nine to twelve inches high, surmounted by a single 

 flower composed of six petals, three hanging down, three erect and recurved ; the 

 stamens droop on the centre of the under petals. The flower thus appears nodding 

 on one side of the stem, and has a most graceful and charming appearance. Plant 

 about the first of May. 



Price 25 cents each. $2.50 per dozen. 



ANEMONE. 



A charming flower, with brilliant colors, and exceedingly rich stripes, both 

 double and single are equally desirable. To be planted in the open ground in early 

 spring, and bloom in July. Also good for pot culture in the house, if planted in 

 November or December. 



DOUBLE ANEMONES. 

 10 cents each. $1.00 per dozen. 

 Admiral Zoutman, blue. Ornement de la Nature, the best 



Agnarius, white striped. dark blue. 



Couleur de Sang, dark red. Eeine des Pays-bas, white and red. 



Feu Superbe, scarlet. Mixed, various colore. 



L' Eclair, very fine scarlet. 



