44 Eliwanger & Barry's 
BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS. 
A full assortment always on hand. Hyacinths, double and single, 20 to 25 cents each ; 
to $>25 per hundred. 
Tulips, double and single, 12 to 25 cents each ; $12 to $25 per hundred. 
Crocus, assorted, per dozen, 50 cents; $3 per hundred. 
Crown Imperial, per dozen, $3 to $4. 
Lilies, per dozen, $2 to $3. 
Gladiolus, or Sword Lily, 12 cents each ; $1 to $1 50 per dozen. 
Iris, or Fieur de Lis, 25 cents each ; $2 50 per dozen. 
Tuberose, 25 cents each ; $2 50 per dozen. 
Mexican Tiger Flower, 25 cents each ; $2 50 per dozen. 
DOUBLE DAHLIAS. 
Those marked * 25 cents ; others 50 cents each, except where marked. 
Twelve fine varieties, (selected by us,) $2 50 
Twelve superb varieties, (selected by us,) 4 50 
The Dahlia is the Queen of Autumn Flowers. No plant in our gardens manifest so wonder- 
fully the influence of culture and propagation as the Dahlia. 
In its color, form, size, and habit there is almost an endless variety. Some are snowy white, 
others nearly coal black; some golden yellow, others scarlet, dazzling with its brilliancy ; the) 
there are all sorts of mingling of colors that fancy could possibly suggest. In the size and form 
there is also the same variation. 
The culture is extremely simple. The soil should be a light, rich loam. The roots should be 
planted about two inches below the surface, and as they advance in growth, neat stakes should 
be provided for them, and the stems and branches kept tied up. The roots are as easily preserved^ 
as potatoes, if taken up when the frost, has killed the tops, and put away on a dry shelf, in a cellar, 
or packed in a box or barrel of dry sand, secure from frost or moisture. 
The following superb varieties, have been carefully selected with regard to their beauty, varie- 
ty, and distinctness of character. 
New varieties are added yearly, of which young plants in pots can be furnished in May. These 
bloom better than old roots. 
ALICE HAWTHORNE, (Drummond,) white 
tipped with lavender purple, prize flower. 
Admiral Stafford, (Trentfield,) very dark finely 
cupped petals and good form. 
Aurantia, (Sparry,) beautiful orange buff, fii] 
form. 
Anna Minerva, (Girling) bright rose, very fine. 
* Andrew Hofer, Maroon, Superb flower. 
Asmodeous, (Wheeler,) very dark puce, curious 
and pretty. 
*Beauty of Kent, (Trentfield,) shaded rose, fine 
form. 
Beauty of Suffolk, bronze and purple, fine form 
and habit. 
Beauty of Wakefield, (Barret,) white, beautifully 
edged with purple, splendid show flower. 
Burnam Hero, (Church,) crimson, cupped, su 
perb flower. 
Blue Bonnet, (Brown's) bright purple fine full 
form and habit, first class, show flower. 
* Bowling green Rival. 
*Broadwood, (Elphinstone's) fine purplish lilac. 
Blandina, beautiful lilac cupped. 
Conservative, scarlet, very bright and showy. 
Charles XII, (Miller,) Plum color distinctly tip- 
ped with white, a striking splendid variety. 
Coronation, (Harrison,) crimson shaded with 
purple very fine. 
*Count of Paris, buff! 
CLEOPATRA (Atwell,) beautiful bright yellow 
superb show flower. 
CINDERELLA, (Dubras,) cherry tipped with 
clear white, fancy variety, very fine. 
Donna Antoni, purple tipped with white, beauti 
ful fancy variety. 
*Duke of Bedford. 
Elizabeth, (Schuchardt,) salmon tipped with 
pink petals cupped, fine form. 
Emma Noke, (Keynes,) blush white, very full 
flower, splendid cupped petals — extra fine. 
Engenia, chrome yellow, tipped with violet- 
fine. 
Eximia, (Girling,) bright rosy pink, beautiful 
show flower. 
