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VARIOUS IMS. 



If by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates. Weight given to Each Variety. Dozens mailed free. 



Alata. (Scorpion Iris.) About one foot high with broad leaves. The flowers are very large (4 

 to 6 inches across), of lilac-blue with blotches of bright yellow spotted with a darker shade. It 

 commences to bloom in October, producing a second crop of flowers in December if the weather 

 be not too severe. Admirably adapted for pot culture. 6c. each; 60c. per doz. 



English Iris. (Anglica.) Large handsome flowers, with rich purple, blue and lilac colors predom- 

 inating, grows 18 to 20 inches high. Perfectly hardy. Mixed Colors, o0 c. per doz; $2.00 per 100 

 $17.00 per 1,000 (Weight: 3 lbs. per 100.) 



Peacock. (Pavonia.) Pure white with bright blue spot on each petal. Fine for pots or garden 

 culture. 1 foot, 25c. per doz; $1.75 per 100. (Weight 3 lbs. per 100.) 



Susiana. (The Mourning Iris.) A remarkably handsome species with immense flowers; blush color, 

 tinted with brown and covered with a network of dark veins; May-flowering. Height 1 foot, 20c. 

 each, $2.00 per doz; $15.00 per 100. 



Spanish Iris. Iris Hispanica. This type is well adapted for pot culture and forcing, blooming in 

 the winter. They also do well in bowls of Henderson's Prepared Fibre (see page 50.) 'ihe flowers 

 are of great beauty, and cut in the bud state last from one to two weeks in bloom. If planted in 

 boxes, pots or pans and placed in old frames until they show bud, then brought into heat they can 

 be had in bloom from March on, and will give great satisfaction. The Spanish Iris also succeeds 

 nicely as a garden plant, requiring protection in cold 1 atitudes. Mixed Spanish Iris, 20c. per doz; 

 $1.00 per 100; $6.00 per 1,000. (Weight : 3 lbs. per 100.) 



SESeSSFSf SPANISH IRIS. 



These are really grand improvements on the older sorts and deserve to be largely grown. 

 Beauty. Beautiful porcelain-blue. 

 Grand Maitre. Very large; light blue. 

 King of Whites. Large; pure white. 

 La Nuit. Very distinct dark blue. 

 Surbiton. Very fine dark yellow. 

 Sweetheart. Beautiful creamy-white. 

 Price for any of the above named Spanish 



Iris, 30c. per doz. ; $2.00 per 100. 



IXIAS. 



The Ixia is a beautiful little winter- 

 flowering bulb with long, slender, graceful 

 spikes of bloom. The colors are rich, 

 varied and beautiful, the center always 

 differing in color from the other parts of 

 the flower so that the blossoms, expand- 

 ing in the sun's rays, present, a picture of 

 gorgeous beauty. Mixed Colors. 18c. per 

 doz; $1.00 per 100. Mailed free. 



LACHENALIA 

 NELSONI. 



Beautiful early spring flowering bulbs 

 lor the greenhouse or window garden. Of 

 the easiest culture; treated as Hyacinths 

 and grown cool they will flower for two 

 months — with wonderful freedom, bearing long 

 racemes of brilliant, golden-yellow flowers, 

 which, with the spotted foliage render them 

 exceptionally striking. 



Price, 20c. each; $2.00 per doz. // by Parcel Post 

 add postage @ Zone Rales. Weight 3 lbs per doz. Single 

 bulbs mailed free. 



IXOLIRION TARTAR1CUM. 



An elegant half-hardy bulbous plant of 

 free growth producing grand spikes, 2 

 feet high of bell - shaped star - like 

 flowers of rich purple shaded sky blue. 

 It blooms naturally in summer, and the 

 bulbs can be kept dry and planted out 

 in spring, or they may be grown in pots 

 in cold frames, an be brought in the con- 

 servatory towards spring for blooming. 

 30c. per doz., $2.00 per 100. 



Lily of the Valley. 



The Lily of the Valley is one of the most admired 

 and useful plants grown; the modest bell-shaped 

 flower of purest white on long stems are highly prized for 

 cutting purposes; for flowering fn'pots in the winter- they 

 are exceedingly well adapted and will last several weeks in 

 beauty. By taking them in at intervals a succession of flowers 

 may be kept up all winter. They are also forced in immense 

 quantities, but they are the most charming when grown in 

 large patches, in partially shaded localities around the lawn 

 near the borders of streams, lakes, etc., being perfectly hardy. 

 (Ready for'rdelivery in November.) 



Henderson's Extra Giant German (Single Crowns or "Pips") 

 The finest grade of Crowns in the world for winter flower- 

 ing. They will bear 12 to 16 large bells on strong stalks, 

 with foliage, even when forced for extra early; the pips 

 average large, plump and regular, with extra long roots. 

 25 Crowns (1 bundle), 85e.; 100 Crowr.s, $2. 75, $25.00 

 per 1000, // by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rales. 

 Weight 1J lbs. per bundle, 6 lbs. per 100. 

 Fortin's Giant. This is the largest variety yet produced; 

 it is only adapted for open ground planting and may not 

 show much superiority the first spring after planting, 

 but by the second season, or when it gets well established, 

 it produces wonderfully luxuriant foliage and immense 

 spikes of purest white bells twice the size of any other 

 sort. In every way it is superior. Crowns, 40c. per doz.; 

 $3.00 per 100; $28.00 per 1000. If by Parcel Post add post- 

 age @Zone Rates. Weight 6 lbs. per 100. Dozens mailed free. 



Large Clumps. For open-ground planting. Price, 30c. each; 

 $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. If by Parcel Post aid 



postage at Zone Rates. Weight 3 lbs. each. 



GROWING BULBS IK FIBRE IS AN INTERESTING, EASY AND CLEANLY METHOD OF FLOWERING THEM IN THE HOUSE IN WINTER. See page W. 



