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ACn 1 jVi fc IN t S . These are splendid and profuse summer-bloorr.ing plants for 



the conservatory or window garden; flowers of many charrring colors, ranging 

 through all shades from white to crimson, including many beautifully spotted. 

 (Ready in X member.) Mixed Varieties. 8c. each, 75c. doz., 85.00 per 100. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS. the blue African lily. 



The old favorite; flowers bright blue. These are noble ornaments on lawns, 

 in pots or tubs on terraces or piazzas, or for the decoration of the greenhouse. 

 Foliage luxuriant and graceful; flowers 20 to 30 borne in clusters measuring 

 fully a foot across. The flower stalks frequently attain a height of three feet, 

 the flowers opening in succession for a long period during the summer and 

 autumn. {Ready in November.) 30c. each, S3. 00 doz. 



ALLIUMS. Beautiful for pot culture or garden decoration; of easiest culture. 



Aureum. (Molly, or Golden Allium.) One of our most showy border plants, 

 perfectly hardy, bearing large umbels of golden yellow flowers in June. A 

 very old favorite, and fine for naturalizing in the garden, where it forms large 

 clumps. Height, 1 foot. 15c. doz.; S1.00 per 100; S6.00 per 1000. 



Hermitti Grandiflorum. A splendid winter flowering and forcing variety; the 

 flowers last a long time after being cut. The flowers are large, of immaculate 

 whiteness. It continues in bloom from December to the end of April. 20c. 

 doz.; SI. 25 per 100; S10.00 per 1000. 



Neapolitanum. Another excellent variety for winter flowering, now extensively 

 forced by florists for cut flowers, being of pure white, with green stamens, 

 borne in large loose umbels. Height, 15 to IS inches. 15c. doz.; S1.00 per 

 100; S8.00 per 1000. 



Ostrowskianum. A beautiful new species from Asia Minor, with large heads 

 of beautiful rose-colored flowers, on stalks 2 feet high; very earlv, free-flowering 

 and hardy. 20c. $ doz.; 35c. doz.; S2.50 per 100. 



ALSTROMERIA. PERUVIAN LILIES. Tuberous-rooted plants with beau- 

 tiful large lily-like flowers of great beauty; borne in clusters during the sum- 

 mer, they are splendid for cutting, being of much substance and lasting in 

 perfection for a long timj. Splendid subjects for either pot culture or for 

 planting out in frames. Very robust and abundant blooming varieties; 

 colors, crimson, rose, vellow, purple, etc.. shaded and marked. 2 to 4 feet. 

 Mixed Colors. (Ready in November.) 12c. each; SI. 25 doz.; SS.OO per 100. 



GIANT 



FLOWERING 



AMARYLLIS. 



HYBRIDS OF 

 VITTATA. 



These unnamed seedling hybrids from a famous hybridizer will produce some 

 new varieties of exceptional beauty. The colorings and markings are exquisite; 

 the bulbs are very large, and are of sufficient strength and age to produce mag- 

 nificent flowers during the winter or spring. They are probably the most mag- 

 nificent 4 and gorgeous bulbous plants known. Their immense flowers, richness of 

 coloring and regal habit are simply incomparable. They throw up spikes from 2 

 to 3 feet high, bearing enormous trumpet-shaped flowers, averaging 8 to 10 inches 

 across of great substance, some being of rich and glowing colors, others delicately 

 shaded and superbly veined 



Amaryllis Giant Hybrid, mixed varieties, 75c. each; S7.50 doz. 



Amaryllis Johnsoni. (Bermuda Spice Lily.) A very popular variety; large 

 flowers of bright red. with a white stripe down each petal; an early and abundant 

 bloomer and a specially robust grower. Large bulbs. 5Cc. each; SS.OO doz. 



Amaryllis Equestris. (The Barbados Lily.) Bright, light scarlet with a 

 white star-like throat, running out into bars in the centre of the petals; 

 very free bloomer. 15c. each; SI. 50 doz. 



Amaryllis Formossisma. (Jacobean Lily.) A quaintly-shaped, beautiful 

 flower of grand, dark scarlet, free-blooming; forces well and can be 

 grown in water like Hyacinths; if the bulbs are kept dry during winter, 

 they can be planted in the open ground in the spring and will flower 

 during the summer. 15c. each; S1.50 doz. 



Amaryllis Belladonna Alajor. (Belladonna Lily.) Autumn-blooming va- 

 riety of extreme beauty and fragrance; the spikes grow from 2 to 3 feet 

 high, each carrying from 6 to 12 beautiful flowers, " sweet as lilies," of 

 silvery-white, flushed and tipped with rose. South of Washington 

 these Belladonna Lilies will thrive in the open ground if planted 6 inches 

 deep in light, well-drained soil; they will then establish themselves and 

 bloom freely year after year. 15c. each; S1.50 doz. 







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