THE BLUE BOOK OF BULBS 



ties too valuable to be discarded altogether, these were grown 

 on, with the result that until last autumn there were enough 

 bulbs of all kinds to supply the existing demands. 



These circumstances will undoubtedly make the prices in 

 Holland higher for this year, and some of the scarcer kinds 

 have already doubled in price. With increased freight charges 

 and rising costs for packing, the bulbs will cost more even 

 before they reach American ports. Fortunately I am in a 

 position to keep in close touch with the Holland markets, and 

 my customers may depend upon securing bulbs from me at 

 no higher prices then are commensurate with the quality I 

 insist upon obtaining from my growers. 



Introductions for igiy 



The varieties noted herewith are now included in The Blue 

 Book for the first time. I have had them under observation 

 in my gardens, and am sure they are worthy of a trial. Hya- 

 cinths — Dr. Lieber, Marconi, Queen of the Pinks. Early 

 Tulips — Aurora, L'Esperance, Moonbeam, Mother o' Pearl, 

 Queen Alexandra, The Pearl, White Luisante. Double 

 Tulips — Golden Fleece, Pensee Rose, Washington. Cottage 

 Tulip — Illuminator. Darwin Tulips — Afterglow, Ber- 

 thold Schwartz, Saint Simon. Breeder Tulips — -Abd-el- 

 Kader, Amazone, Copernicus, Hamlet, Le Mogol, Lord 

 Cochrane, Marechal Victor, Sabrina, St. James, Vertumnus. 

 Bybloem Tulip — La Victorieuse. Narcissi — Alice Knights, 

 Artemis, Pedestal, Sparkler. 



The Gardens at May fair 



A personal study of the color and habit of growth from the 

 flowers themselves must always be the surest way to make the 

 successful garden, and at May fair the opportunities for such 

 study are unsurpassed. During the spring of 1917 I shall have 

 in flower about five hundred varieties of Early and Late Tulips, 

 and nearly two hundred varieties of Daff"odils. Besides this 

 display of named sorts, there are two splendid plantings of 

 naturalized Daffodils. 



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