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THE LOVETT COMPANY. 



CHIONODOXA. 



Glory of the Snow. 



These are recent introductions from Asia Minor. 

 They are perfectly hardy and are esteemed by many as 

 the most beautiful of all the very early spring flowering 

 bulbs. They thrive in any garden soil and may be 

 planted either as edgings and borders or in clumps and 

 colonies. Valuable also for pot culture. 



Gigantea. A new and valuable addition. The flow- 

 el's are of a lovely lilae-blue with a white eye and often 

 1}{ inches in diameter. Ea.. -ic; doz.. 30c; 100. SI. To. 



Lucillis. Bright blue with white centre. Ea.. 3c: 

 doz.. 25c: 100. 81.50. 



Sardensis. Intense deep blue. Planted in mass, it 

 produces a most brilliant effect. Ea.. 3c: doz., 25c: 

 100. 81.50. 



RANUNCULUS. 



These brilliant and charming plants are unsuitable 

 for fall planting in the open ground, but thrive splen- 

 didly with the protection of a frame. They should 

 always be grown where moderate shade can be had 

 during midday. The flowers are perfect in form and 

 very freely produced, about two inches in diameter, 

 beautifully imbricated and as full and double as the 

 finest Camellia or Rose. Few flowers are so rich in 

 distinct and brilliant markings. The colors are varied 

 and gorgeous, ranging through white, crimson, yellow, 

 purple, to almost black. "When planted out. which 

 should be very early in spring in the Xorth. the odd- 

 shaped tubers should be pressed (claws downward) into 

 the soil about two inches apart and covered an inch 

 deep. Splendid for pot culture but should be grown in 

 a cool room. 



Turban. Mixed colors. Formed bike a Paeony: large 

 flowering, early. Ea.. 2c: doz.. 20c: 100. 81.00. 



French. Mixed colors. Very large and showy flow- 

 ers. Ea.. 3c; doz., 25c; 100. 81.25. 



Double Persian, Mixed colors. Very double in a 

 rich variety of colors. Ea.. 2c: doz.. 20c: 100. 81.00. 



Autumn is the best season of all the year for 

 seeding a lawn. Do not fail to use our 



Grand View Lawn Seed. 



None better, none cheaper; quality considered. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GIGAN- 



TUM. ^Imperial Strain). 



These grand new Cyclamens are justly considered 

 the daintiest of all decorative plants. Perfect in habit 

 and elegant in foliage: they produce their splendid 

 sweet scented blooms in rich profusion for a period of 

 several months at a time. The broad and handsome 

 leaves are deep green, beautifully marbled with silvery 

 grey and rose and shaded with rich purple on the back. 

 The large and striking flowers are borne aloft on long 

 stems and range through many shades of white, pink, 

 and deepest crimson. They are especially adapted for 

 house culture. Vfe offer only strong pot grown plants 

 ready to bloom grown from seed, specially imported 

 by us direct from the greatest specialists of this beauti- 

 ful flower in the world. Pot in leaf mold and loam, 

 giving pots ample drainage: water liberally, and keep 

 the foliage clean. Ea.. 20c: 3 for 50c; doz.. 81.75. 



IXIAS. 



Beautiful Cape bulbs especially suited for blooming 

 in the house or in protected situations in the border: 

 being only half hardy at the North. Their beauty con- 

 sists in their graceful slender stems bearing spikes of 

 large, brilliant and showy flowers, of various colore, 

 which expand in the sunshine with delightful effect. 

 Of easy culture: planted in October they begin to 

 bloom in midwinter. Finest mixed sorts, ea.. 3c: doz.. 

 20b; 100. 81.40. 



