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BULBS FOR AUTUIVIIV PLANTIPM G^~^ 



ANEMONES. 



Highly ornamental winter, spring and summer flowering 

 plants, having both single and double flowers, the colors of 

 which are wonderfully beautiful, running through shades 

 of blues, scarlet, rose, white, lavender, etc. For eutting 

 they are grand. They are splendid for pot culture, flowering 

 in the house or conservatory. 



Double Poppy-Flowered. {Coronaria, /?. pi.) The flowers 

 are very double, and surrounded with large guard petals. 

 Gorgeous colors, two or three colors usually being blended 

 in the flowers of each variety. Mixed colors. 4c. each; 

 35c. doz., $2.50 per 100. 



Single Poppy-Flowered. (Coronaria.) Large beautiful saucer- ' 

 shaped Poppy-Uke blossoms, flowering continuously 

 throughout spring and early summer. Mixed colors. 3c. 

 each; 25c. doz.; $1.50 per 100. 



Fulgens. The rich, dazzling scarlet flowers and light elegant 

 growth render it the most attractive flower of spring. It 

 is valuable for cutting, as it lasts a long time. 4c. each; 

 40c. doz.; S3. 00 per 100. 



Fulgens, Double. 



very beautiful. 



A double-flowering variety of the above, 

 4c. each, 35c. doz.; $2.50 per 100. 



Giant " St. Brigid " Anemones. A new and greatly im- 

 proved race of Irish production, bearing magniflcent flowers. 

 Double, semi-double and single, 3 to 5 inches across, and 

 of the richest as well as the daintiest colors, markings, 

 blendings, etc. There is maroon, bright scarlet, blood 

 crimson, rose, pink, flesh color, mauve, blue, purple, yellow, 

 cream, white, tinted, variegated, striped, zoned, etc., in 

 endless variety. The flowers are borne freely on long stems 

 and are extravagantly beautiful when vased, the graceful 

 feathery foliage supplying a charming setting. The tubers 

 planted this faH will flower during the winter in pots in the 

 house, or they may be grown on in cold frames for spring 

 blooming or may be planted in the open groimd in sheltered 

 locations if well protected. Mixed Colors. 5c. each; 50c. 

 doz.; $3. ,50 per 100. 



ANEMONES— HARDY VARIETIES. 



These are beautiful subjects for permanent situations, 

 where they soon form large clumps of great beauty; a situa- 

 tion partially shaded suits them to perfection. {-Ready in 

 November.) 



Apennina. Beautiful rich blue flowers, as large as a fifty 

 cent piece; elegantly cut foliage: it blooms profusely in 

 early spring; fine in garden borders and nattiralized ; also 

 beautiful grown in pots, i foot. 20c. doz.; SI. 25 per 

 100; $8.00 per 1000. 



Blanda. The earliest and largest-flowered of the spring- 

 blooming Anemones, blooming with Snowdrop and Crocus; 

 colors range from pure white to deep blue. The flowers 

 are lo inches across. It is a lovely variety, and as hardy 

 as a rock. It spreads itself in large clumps, grows freely; 

 fine for naturalizing and forces easilv in pots for winter 

 flowers. 25c. doz.; SI. 75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 



ARUM 

 ORNUTUM 



ARUM. 



DRACUNCULUS. (Dragon Arum.) Flowers 1 foot long, 

 purple, red, and black-blue; stem beautifully marbled, 

 leaves handsome, resembling a small pakn; a rapid grower, 

 making a curious and ornamental pot plant. 12c. each; 

 $1.25 doz.; $9.00 per 100. 



Cornutum, or Red Calla. A very handsome Arum with red 

 flowers spotted with black; stems curiously mottled green 

 and white; foliage palm-like and very handsome; a showy 

 pot plant for winter decoration. 15c. each; $1.50 doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. « 



Sanctum, or Black Calla. The plant produces one large flower 

 the shape of a Calla, but from 14 to 18 inches long and 4 

 inches broad, of a rich, dark purple color and green under- 

 neath. The spathe rising from the centre of the flower 

 is about 10 inches long, velvet-like and quite black. The 

 leaves are large and of a rich green color, and resemble 

 those of the Calla Ethiopica. Large bulbs. 15c. each; 

 $1..50 doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



BABIANA. 



A charming genus bearing spikes of flowers, characterized 

 by the striking contrast of distinct hues in the same flower; 

 they vary in color from the richest carmine to the brightest 

 blue; many of them being sweet-scented. They are not 

 hardy north of Washington. Five or six bulbs in a five- 

 inch pot make lovely specimens. Height, 6 to 9 inches. 

 Mixed Varieties. 5c. each; 50c. doz.; $3.50 per 100. 



BLOOD ROOT. 



(Sanguinaria Canadensis Major.) A large-flowering im- 

 proved variety of our native " Blood Root." A fine, hardy, 

 spring-blooming, low-growing plant for shady beds; hand- 

 some leaves, large pure white flowers. Height, 6 inches. 

 10c. each; $1.00 doz.; $7.00 per 100, 



BRODIAEA. 



Showy, half-hardy California bulbs, with red, blue, or 

 white tubular flowers, borne in clusters on stems 1 to 2 feet 

 high. They may be grown in the greenhouse or cold frame, 

 or if planted out in spring in clumps or masses they flower 

 verv freely in June or Julv. Mixed Varieties, J doz., 18c., 

 30c. doz., $2.00 per 100. 



Bulbocodium Vernum. 



SPRING COLCHICUAt, OR MEADOW SAFFRON. 



A charming early spring-blooming plant, in flower two 

 weeks before the Crocus, producing masses of rose-purple 

 flowers very beautiful for edgings and patches here and 

 there Clumps of them dug up and potted in the winter and 

 placed m a sunnv wmdow will soon be a mass of bloom. 

 7c. each 7')C doz , ?b no per 100. 



j|^= Remember : If you want Flowers 'VyTJi'^rVnnl^t siting' you must plant Bulbs this Fall! 



