FOR INDEX SEE PAGE 48. 



SINCE completing my arduous duties of last spring, a work that is most pleasant and gratifying to me, but is 

 fraught with much detail, care and labor, so much so that I fear I could not stand the strain were 

 it not for my summers in my mountain home, among my flowers. But in these I have reveled since 

 the blooming of the Snowdrop and the Tulip, the Daffodil and the Hyacinth, and the troop of nature's 

 children throughout the glorious summer, and now as I write they pass before me, and I dream of their 

 care and their beauty, and snatch all the spare time I can to be among them, and meantime I think of 

 the flowers that I have sent my dear friends in every state ; yes, in most every county of the Union, and 

 think and hope that perhaps you, dear friends, are communing and reveling in their beauty as well as 

 I, and as I think a twinge of sorrow comes over me as the shadows of fall lie across the lawn. 



Hyacinths. 



On the front page of catalogue cover 

 I offer six of the finest varieties of 

 Hyacinths grown in Holland. They are 

 of the largest size and best quality bulbs 

 produced in all Holland. I also offer two 

 pages of first quality named Hyacinths 

 at very low prices, as well as Bouquet, 

 Roman, mixed and Hyacinths under color. 

 Do not allow this fall to pass without 

 planting some of these Bulbs. Full direc- 

 tions how to grow on pages 2 and 3. 



Special prices on 1,000 Bulbs and 

 upwards. My prices include free delivery. 

 Postage and express paid by me. This is 

 important when comparing prices. 



Tulips and Miscellaneous Bulbs. 



Of these I carry a very large and select stock. Tulips are more largely 

 used for outside planting and less for inside flowering than Hyacinths, although 

 they force and bloom inside just as readily. Tulips are cheap and very satis- 

 factory to the purchaser, in fact no bulb is more so. A 1,000 Tulip bulbs 

 make a great show and attract much attention and cost but little. 



Chinese Sacred Lilies 



will be somewhat scarce this year owing to the trouble rr "^hina, but my 

 stock is assured, and is of the best quality and size. 



1900— 50c. Surprise Collection. 



of bulbs, sent out not before November 10 and up to January 1, after most of 



my orders are filled, and when I have plenty of time to fill these collections 



carefully, and have many kinds of bulbs left over. This makes it possible for 



me to do what I say — give you four times as much for your money^as I 

 could earlier in the season. The bulbs are all first quality, 

 and just as good as any sold. The selection of kinds must be left to me, 

 as I can only send the kinds I have a surplus of, except you al- 

 ways get I Bermuda I/ily, i Roman Hyacinth, and 3 

 sweet-scented Mammoth Freesias in every collection — a 

 thing never done before by anyone. Early orders filled first. Send 

 your orders early. Wait for my new Spring Catalogue. 



