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BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING 



MISCELLANEOUS FLOWER BULBS 



FOR AUTUMN PLANTING. 



r\\->rn/ lClNCO. These are solendid and profuse summer-blooming plants 

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

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

 in November.) Mixed Varieties, Sc. each, 75c. doz.; $5.00 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.) 20c. each; $2.00 doz., or delivered 25c. each, $2.50 doz. 



ALL IUl lj. 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. 



very old favorite, and fine for naturalizing in the garden, where it forms 1 



clumps. Height, 1 foot, 12c. doz.; 75c. per 100; $5.00 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. 18c. 

 doz.; $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. 



Neapolitanum. Another excellent variety for winter flowering, now exten- 

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

 borne in large loose umbels. Height, 15 to 18 inches. 15c. doz.; 85c. per 100 

 $7.00 per 1000. 



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

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

 and hardy. 25c. doz.; $1.60 per 100. 



ALSTROMERI A. PERUVIAN LILIES. Tuberous-rooted plants with 

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

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

 perfection for a long time. Splendid subjects for either pot culture or for plant- 

 ing out in frames. Very robust and abundant blooming varieties. Colors, 

 : crimson, rose, yellow, purple, etc., shaded and marked. 2 to 4 feet. Mixed 

 Colors. (Ready in November^ 8c. each; 75c. doz.; $5.00 per 100, or delivered 

 12c. each. $1.20 doz., $0.00 per 100. 



AMAKYLLIS. 



GIANT FLOWERING, 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 magnificent flowers during the winter 

 or spring. They are probably the most magnificent 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. 

 Mixed varieties, 75c. each; $7.50 doz., or delivered 80c. each, $8.00 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. 35c. each; $3.50 per doz. 

 or delivered 40c. each, $4.00 doz. 



Amaryllis Equestris. (The Barbadoes 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; $1.50 doz. or delivered 18c. each, $1.75 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; $1.50 

 doz., or delivered 18c. each, $1.75 doz. 



Amaryllis Belladonna Major. (Belladonna Lily.) Autumn-blooming variety 

 of extreme beauty and fragrance; the spikes grow from 2 to 3 feet high, each carry- 

 ing 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 

 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; $1.50 doz.. 

 or delivered 18c. each, $1.75 doz. 



(See also Nerine, Vallola and Zephyranthes.) 



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We Supply 6 Bulbs of one variety at the dozen rate, 25 at the 100 rate, 250 at the 1,000 rate. 



