Miscellaneous Bulbs and Roots 



Note. — Tin majority of the Bulbs and Roots offered in this Catalogue are ready for delivery about the middle of 

 September. A ft tc sorts, which are noted, do not mature until October and November. Unless otherwise instructed we 

 will send thtfearly bulbs as soon as ready, and the lute maturing sortx when in good condition to ship. 



A9IAKYLLIS (Hippeastrum I. 



Tlie Amaryllis is pre-eminently a window garden plant for the amateur, 

 producing under the simplest conditions one, two or even three spikes, two 

 feet or more high, which are crowned with from three to six large and 

 gorgeous trumpet-shaped blooms, which last long in good condition. For 

 full cultural directions see page 130 of our Garden Book for 1913. 

 Nehrling's Florida Hybrids. This grand strain, the result of over 

 20 years' crossing and recrossing, combined with careful selection, have 

 resulted in a strain of strong, vigorous growth, producing from four to 

 six Bowers on a stalk, which are perfectly circular in outline and of 

 enormous size, ranging in color from deep crimson to dazzling orange- 

 scarlet and from light rose to almost pure white, the darker varieties gene- 

 rally briny striped with a band of white, the lighter colored ones having 

 bright crimson lines and variegations. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 

 Aulica Platypetala (Lily of the Palace). Immense flowers of intense 



crimson, lipped green. 75 cts. each; $7-50 per doz. 

 Johnsonii. Very large flower, of a rich crimson-scarlet color, Striped 



with white. 35 Cts. each; $3. ."0 per doz. 

 Prince of Orange. Large flowers; orange, intermingled with white 



and green. .">o cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



R. H. James. Magnificent flowers of heavy texture and well-expanded 



form, rarely under inches across; in color a dazzling scarlet, identical 



in shade to Starlet Sage, relieved by a white band and featherings in 



the throat, which intensities the brilliancy of the scar. 



let. $',.(10 each. 



Solandriflora COnspicua. Striped white, green and 

 rose, 75 cts. each. 



Vittata Hybrids. Beautiful striped, flaked and 

 feathered varieties; grown for us by a European special- 

 ist. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Williams!. Rich starlet, with white markings. 50 

 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



< >n>- each of the above S Amaryllis, a splendid collec- 

 tion, $4.50. 



Allium Ni ai'olitanum. 



AlXlUMS. 



Bulbous plants ol lire veiv easiest 

 culture, requiring little attention and 

 giving gooil returns. Neapolitaninn 

 and Hermetti grandiflorum are 

 splendid in pots in lire greerrhou-e 

 or window, flowering through the 

 winter months, while Aureum and 

 Azureum are line hardy sorts tor 

 planting in the hard} I order. 



Neapolitanum. An excellent 

 variety for winter flowering, < \ 

 tensively forced by flori<is for cut 

 flowers. Its (lower stems are 20 

 inches high, supjxirting a large 

 eluster of delicate white starry 

 flowers; sure to bloom splendidly 

 in any window. Six bulbs will 

 fill a 6 inch pot or bulb pan. 

 (See cut.) 15 cts. per do/.; 8-"> H-. per 1(10; *7.<t<> per 



1000. 

 Hermetti grandiflorum. A variety similar to the preced- 

 ing, but dwarfer and better adapted for pot culture. (See 

 cut.) 15 cts. per doz.; $1.00 for 100; $8.00 per 1000. 



Aureum (Golden Lily Leek). Bright yellow; perfectly 

 hardy blooms in June; excellent for naturalizing. 15 cts. per 

 doz.; 75 cts. per 100; $5.50 per 1000. 



Azureum. A beautiful variety, throwing up in spring slender 

 stems 2 feet high, surmounted by a large umbel of lovely 

 azure-blue flowers; perfectly hardy and a choice addition to 

 to the hardv border. 7 cts. each; 65 cts. per doz.; $5.00 

 per 100. 



AjLSTROJIERIA. 



Chilensis. (Chilian Lily.) A tuberous-rooted plant 2 ft. 

 high, with spikes of showy flowers, varying from rose-white 

 to deep orange and red, flowering from July to September. 

 Set the roots 8 inches deep. In exposed situation requires 

 protection. (Ready in November.) 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz. 



Hybrid Amaryllis. 



(20) 



6 bulbs or more of a kind at dozen rate; 25 or more at 100 rate; 250 or more at 1000 rate. 



