LIST OP SPRING BULBS. 



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LILIEd. 



No class of flowers adapted for growing out doors possess 

 more charm than the Lilies. Stately and graceful in habit, 

 rich and varied in colors and delicious in fragrance, they 

 stand pre-eminent among hardy border-plants, and no garden 

 should be without a number of the best varieties. When you 

 have a good collection, they can 

 be had in bloom from June to 

 October. 



Auratum. (Golden-banded 

 Japan Lily.) Of large size and 

 exquisite beauty. White, with 

 golden stripes and chocolate 

 dots. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per 

 dozen. 



Album Praecox. Color pure 

 white, with a slight rose tint 

 on the ends of the petals ; form 

 perfect ; petals more reflexed 

 than in the other varieties of the 

 species ; the fringe in the center 

 of the flower is very long and 

 fine. 35 cts. each. 



Elegans. This class are all 

 early, flowering in June. They 

 range from four inches high to 

 four feet, with a most varied col- 

 lection of colors ; the flowers are 

 Lily. Auratum. always upright and cup-shaped, 



although the forms are innumer- 

 able, giving beautiful effects planted in clumps or lines. 

 Finest mixed, embracing an endless range of color, form and 

 habit. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per dozen. 



Superbum. Beautiful and rich as many of our native 

 Lilies are, this far excels them all, bearing, as it does, a 

 pyramid of yellowish-red flowers, twenty to fifty in number ; 

 blooms early in July ; in good soil it will frequently reach 

 the height of eight feet. 10 cts. each ; $1 00. per dozen. 



Roseum. White, spotted rose. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per 

 dozen. 



Rubrum. Rose, spotted crimson. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per 

 dozen. 



Tigrinum Flore Pleno. (Double Tiger Lily.) This is a 

 plant of stately habit, growing from four to six feet high ; 

 foliage dark green, very long, bearing an immense number 

 of double, bright 

 orange-red flowers, 

 spotted with black. 15 

 cts. each; $1.50 per 

 dozen. 



Wallacei. A mag- 

 nificent Japanese varie- 

 ty, with beautiful, clear 

 ,buff flowers, spotted 

 with black; very dis- 

 tinct. 15 cts. each ; 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



Paid-tlinum. Scar- 

 let, shading to rich 

 yellow. 20 cts. each ; 

 #2.00 per dozen. 



When to be sent by 

 mail, add postage at 

 the rate of 5 cts. for 

 each bulb. 



Lily of the Valley. 

 For winter or spring 

 blooming. They can 

 be potted at any time 

 during the winter or 

 spring, and will bloom 

 at once. We offer 

 strong imported pips of this lovely flower, which have been 

 grown especially for winter blooming. They can be potted, 

 six in a 4-inch pot, and placed in a cool place till needed 



Lily of the Valley. 



j for blooming, then bring them out to the light and warmth 

 and give plenty of water. They will at once send up their 

 beautiful green leaves and sprays of lovely white, sweet- 

 scented bloosoms. Like other bulbs, the flowers are much 

 larger and finer when raised in the house than in the garden. 

 The pips are ready to send out at any time during the 

 winter for immediate blooming. 50 cts. per dozen ; 30 for 

 $1.00. By mail. 



ROSE ZEPHYR FLOWER. 

 Zephyranthes Rosea. A most beautiful summer flower" 

 ing bulb, growing one foot high, and bearing flowers from 

 two to three inches across, of the most exquisite shade of rosy 

 pink ; groups of one or two dozen bulbs in sunny flower beds 

 are in continuous bloom during the summer months. Price, 

 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 



SUMMER FLOWERING- OXALIS. 



Valuable for edging walks, flower beds, etc. Bulbs planted 

 three inches apart form rounded rows of delicate foliage, about 

 one foot high, which produce flowers in endless succession. 



Oxalis Lasiandra. Rosy pink, 15 cts. per!doz; $1.00 

 per 100. 



Oxalis Dieppi. Rosy white, 15 cts. doz. ; $1.00 per 100. 



AMARYLLIS. «B 



An interesting class of plants, very desirable for pot culture, 

 Their large, bell- 

 shaped, lily-like 

 flowers are very 

 showy, and vary 

 in color from 

 rich crimson to 

 pure white, 

 striped with 

 crimson or scar- 

 let. Their cul- 

 ture is quite 

 easy, and gives 

 good returns in 

 showy blooms of 

 long duration. 

 The bulbs should 

 be pott-ed in 

 sandy loam, giv- 

 ing them ample 

 drainage when 

 in the growing 

 State. Abundant Amaryllis, 

 moisture is necessary, but at their season of rest very little 

 watering is required. If by mail, add postage at the rate of 

 8 cts. each. 



Formosissima. (Jacobean Lily.) Deep scarlet. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per dozen. 



Longifiora Rosea. Rose colored; large and fragrant. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per dozen. 



Belladonna Major. Silvery white, tipped rose. 40 cts. 

 each ; $4 00 per doz. 



Orispa. Charming trusses of rose colored flowers, petals 

 undulated. 45 cts. each ; §4.50 per dozen. 



Vittata. Beautiful flaked and striped with the most 

 striking tints. $1.00 each. 



Purpurea Rich blood red ; flowering very freely in the 

 summer. 50 cts. each. 



Longiflora Alba. White ; large and fragrant. $1.30 each. 



Johnsoni. Crimson ; white feathered ; fine. $1.00 each. 



If by mail, add 3 cts. extra for each bulb. 



Aucumn Bulbs, for Winter and Spring Flowering. 



As usual we will in due time import for the coming season 

 a large and select stock of Dutch and other foreign bulbs. 



We will book advance orders at any time from now until 

 September 1st at a reduced price of 20 per cent, less than the 

 prices quoted in our last Bulb Catalogue, copies of which, no 

 doubt, most of our customers still have. 



Our next Bulb Catalogue will be ready September 1st, 1891, 

 a copy of which will be sent to all by our correspondents 

 without their applying for it. 



