Summer-f lowering Bulbs 



lib orders amountins to $9.00 or more will be sent postpaid east of the Mississippi. 

 If your order is for less than $9.00, add 50c. to cover postage and packing. 



Begonia, Double Camellia-flowered 



Achimenes 



Lovely flowers lor shady warm places. 

 Equally suitable for house plants. The small 

 root-like bulbs produce a plant 12 to 18 

 inches tall and requires at least a foot of 

 space. Mixed colors. Bulbs, 3 for 60c.; doz. 

 $2.00. 



Acidanthera Murielae Bicolor 



Pure white blooms with crimson-maroon 

 blotch, borne on 2 to 3-foot stems. These 

 resemble Gladiolus. Bulbs, doz. $1.35; $9.50 

 per 100. 



Hardy Amaryllis (Lycoris squamisera) 



Produces attractive green foliage from 

 early spring until July when it dies down. 

 Then in August an umbel of lilac-pink, lily- 

 shaped flowers appear. 60c. each. 



Anemone (California Grown) 



Blue Poppy. Violet-blue; black center. 

 His Excellency. Vivid scarlet with silver 

 white base and black center. 

 The Bride. Large, snow-white blooms. 

 Monarch De Caen, Mixed. Large, single 

 flowers of blue, white and scarlet. Set bulbs 

 5 inches deep in cool, moist but well-drained 

 soil. Spring is the best planting time in the 

 North. 



St. Brigid. Double-flowered mixture. 

 Any of above: $1.10 per doz.; $8.25 per 100 



Fancy-leaved Caladiums 



Gorgeous foliage. Plant outdoors in late 

 April or early May. Excellent for window 

 boxes and outdoor beds or borders. 

 Candidum. Snow-white leaf with green 

 ribs and veins. 



Edith Meade. White with green border 

 and red Tiiidribs. 



Mrs. W. B. Haldeman. Bright pink leaf 

 with narrow green edge. One of the best. 

 Mrs. Fannie Munson. Beautiful pink. 

 Low growing, with large leaves. 

 Mrs. Arno Nehrling. Dwarf bronzy red 

 with crimson ribs, shaded coppery red; 

 crimson veinlets. 



Scarlet Beauty. Scarlet center, green 

 bonier. 



Any of above, each 50c.; 6 for $2.75 



Fancy-leaved Caladium, Candidum 



GALVANIZED WIRE 

 HANGING BASKETS. For 



Hanging-Basket Begonias and 

 many other trailing plants. 

 Not postpaid. 

 8 in. Round Basket. .. SO 85 

 10 in. Round Basket. . . 95 

 12 in. Round Basket.. . 1 20 

 Brass plated Hanging Baskets 

 with Chain Hanger also 

 available at slightly higher 

 prices. 



GREEN MOSS. For lining hanging baskets. 



Not postpaid. 



240 cu. in. bag $0 49 



410 cu. in. bag 75 



Begonias^ Tuberous-rooted 



Excellent pot plants for indoor blooming 

 and may be grown outdoors in the summer 

 in semi-shady places where they receive 

 plenty of moisture. For early bloom, start 

 the tubers indoors in 6-inch shallow pots. 



Ruffled Double Camellia-flowered 



An improved double strain which greatly 

 resembles the camellia. 

 Blush-Pink Scarlet Orange 



White Yellow 



Tubers, each 45c.; 3 for $1.25; doz. $4.75 



Double Carnation-flowered 



Frilled petals resembling a carnation. 

 Pink Red Yellow White 



Tubers, each 45c.; 3 for $1.25; doz. $4.75 



Hanging-Basket Type 



Excellent for hanging baskets and 



Caladium (Elephant's Ear) 



A full-sized plant will stand 6 feet higli 

 and bear immense leaves 3 to 4 feet long by 

 27 inches wide. 

 Mammoth Bulbs, each 60c.; doz. S6.75. 



Peruvian DaFfodil 



(Ismene calathina) 



A lovely fragrant wliite lily-like bloom 

 tinged greenish, bearing three to four on a 

 stem. Each 60c.; doz. $7.00. 



Gloriosa SUperba (Climbing Lily) 



Grows 6 to 10 feet high. Large, lily-like 

 flowers that open bright yellow and change to 

 deep scarlet. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 



Gloxinias 



These colorful house plants may also be 

 grown outdoors in summer. Culture same as 

 for begonias. 



Blanche de Meru. White bordered rosy red. 

 Emperor Frederick. Scarlet bordered white. 

 Emperor William. Deep blue, bordered 

 white. 



Kegeljani White. Large pure white. 

 Prince Albert. Dark blue. 

 Roi de Rouge. Deep red. 

 Any of above Gloxinias, each 50c.; doz. $5.25 



/acintfius candicans 



(Summer-flowering Hyacinth) 



A luxuriaTit, free-llowcring plant bearing 

 20 to 30 bell-shaped flowers of creamy white 

 in clusters on spikes 2 to 3 feet long. Choice 

 bulbs, each 25c.; doz. $2.75. 



Madeira Vine 



A quick-growing vine bearing graceful 

 white flowers with a delightful fragrance. 

 Tubers, each 25c.; doz. $2.50. 



Tigridia (Mexican Shellflower) 



Hybrid Mixed. Beautiful tri-petaled flowers 

 in a mixture of scarlet, rose, yellow and white. 

 Treat same as Gladiolus. 3 for 50c.; doz. 



$1.75. 



Tuberoses 



Excelsior Double Pearl. Delightfully fra- 

 grant white flowers. 3 for 60c.; doz. $2.00; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



Hya 



for 



:k-garden work. 

 Red Pink White Yellow 



Tubers, each 50c.; 3 for $1.40; doz. $5.25 



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