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BULB AND PLANT BOOK 



CROCUS 



"The Heralds of Spring" 



Crocuses are among the earliest and brightest flowers to bloom in the spring; in fact, it is not unusual to see them 

 peeping their heads from under a blanket of snow. Crocuses are useful for pot culture, the rockery, edgings for beds or 

 naturalizing in irregular groups throughout the border, around trees or on slopes of terraces, etc. 



OUTDOOR CULTURE. Plant Corms or bulbs 3 to 4 Inches deep 

 and 2 to 3 inches apart. When planted in the grass crocus bulbs last 

 for years provided their foliage is allowed to die down before the grass 

 is cut. 



POT CULTURE. Same as for Hyacinths. Plate 8 or 10 bulbs In 

 a 5-inch pot, 12 to 15 in a 6-inch pot and cover with one Inch of soil. 



GIANT NAMED CROCUS 

 White 



MONT BLANC. Immense snow-white. 



KING OF THE WHITES. One of the best pure white varieties. 



QUEEN VICTORIA. Pure white large flowers. 



Striped 



ALBION. Dark violet striped white. 



CLOTH OF SILVER. Silvery white striped lilac. 



MADAME MINA. Light lilac striped. 



SIR WALTER S«OTT. White striped pale lilac. 



Blue or Purple 



BARON VON BRUNOW. Deep purplish blue. 

 CAESAR. Purple, fine large flower. 



NON PLUS ULTRA. Purple with conspicuous white edge. 

 PURPUREA GRANDIFLORA. Deep glossy purple, extra large 

 flower. 



YeUow 



GOLDEN YELLOW. Mammoth bulbs which will produce immense 

 golden yellow flowers. 



CLOTH OF GOLD. Golden yellow veined and striped maroon. 



GIANT CROCUS. 



If wanted by Parcel Post, add postage as per Parcel Post Table on Inside Cover. 

 Mailing weight, I lb. per dozen, 2 lbs. per 1 00. 



Price: Any of the above in selected bulbs, 40c. per dozen; $2.75 per 100; $25.00 per 1,00©. 



Mixed Crocus 



These mixed Crocus will produce the most beautiful, enduring and satisfactory effects when naturalized. Great 

 masses of the lovely, glistering white Crocus drifting into the dainty striped varieties; or the pure white splashing 

 into the rich glowing blues and purples make gorgeous displays in the very early Spring. In naturalizing Crocus let 

 the plantings be irregular and natural. The best way is to throw the bulbs by the handfulls over the area to be 

 planted and dibble them in wherever they fafl. 



Doz. 



All blue and purple 30c. 



All white 30c. 



100 



1000 



$1.50 



$12.50 



1.50 



12.50 



Doz. 100 1000« 



All striped 30c. 1.50 12.50 



All colors and varieties 25c. 1.40 12.00 



CHIONODOXA 

 Glory of the Snow 



These are among the most beautiful of all early spring 

 flowering plants. They bloom with the snowdrops and the 

 scillas. They are perfectly hardy, thriving in any good 

 garden soil and increase in beauty from year to year with- 

 out any special care. They are also admirable for winter 

 blooming in the house and forcing. 



Plant bulbs 3 inches deep and I inch apart. 



Prohibited entry into the United States after Dec. 31, 1925. 



LUCILIAE. Deep blue bell-shaped flowers with a white 

 center, 10 to 15 blooms on a stem. Excellent for the 

 rockery, beds, pot culture or as cut flowers. 



50c. per dez. 



.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000. 



Mailing weight, 1 lb. per dozen bulbs, 2 lbs. per I 00. 



NOTE — All Bulbs are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. 



If wanted by Parcel Post, add postage as per Parcel Post Table on Inside Cover. 



