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MISCELLANEOUS FLOWER BULBS 



For Autumn Planting 



AOrllA'lfclNtlO. These are splendid and profuse summer-blooming plants 

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

 ranging through all shades from white to crimson, including many beautifully 

 spotted. (Ready in November.) Mixed Varieties. 8c. each; 75c. doz.; 

 $5.00 per 100. 



AQAPANTHUS 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.) 25c. each; $2.50 doz. 



ALLIUM GRANDIFLORUM. 



ALLIU/Vlo. 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.; $1.0U per 11)0; $6.00 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 im- 

 maculate whiteness. It continues in bloom from December to the end of 

 April. 20c. doz.; $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. 



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

 sively forced by florists for cut flowers, being of ptu-e white, with green 

 stamens, borne in large loose umbels. Height, 15 to IS inches. 15c. doz.; 

 $1.00 per 100; $8,00 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. 3c. each; 30c. doz.; $2.00 per 100. 



ALSTROMERIA. 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 

 planting 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.) 10c. each; $1.00 doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



=Amaryllis= 



GIANT FLOWERING. HYBRIDS OF VITTATA. These unnamed seedling hy- 

 brids 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. 



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. 50c. each; $5.00 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; $1.50 doz. 



Amaryllis Formosslsma. (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. 



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

 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; $1.50 doz. 



(See also Nirene, Vallota and Zephyrantkes.) 



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