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Ornithogalunv 



. Arabicum. 



STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 



A beautiful variety, throwing 

 up a tall spike bearing numerous 

 large, milk-white, star-shaped 

 flowers, with a black centre, and 

 having a distinct aromatic per- 

 fume. They are decidedly pretty 

 and interesting when grown in the 

 garden — but are more largely 

 grown for greenhouses and window 

 decoration, being of the easiest 

 culture. Largely forced by florists 

 now for cut flowers. 35c. doz.; 

 $2.25 per 100. If by Parcel Post 

 add postage @ Zone Rates. Weight 

 li lbs. per doz.; 10 lbs. per 100. 



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Charming little half-trailing 

 or bushy plarts particularly 

 adapted for pot culture and hang- 

 ing baskets, the foliage alone is 

 very attractive and when in flower 

 they are exceedingly pretty. 



Bermuda Buttercup. This is one of the finest winter- 

 flowering plants for pot culture.it is a strong luxuriant 

 grower, and the great profusion of bloom pro- 

 duced in uninterrupted abundance for weeks : 

 astonishing. The flowers are of the purest 

 bright buttercup yellow. 5c. each, 50c. per 

 doz.; $2.50 per 100. Mailed free. 



Grand Duchess. California varieties of 

 great beauty; of dwarf sturdy growth, 

 throwing large, exquisite flowers well 

 above the foliage. Extremely free-flower- 

 ing, from November till June. Price 

 for either White, Pink, or Lavender, 5c. 

 each, 50c. doz.; $2.50 per 100. 



Boweii. Vivid rosy-crimson, large 

 flower, 5c. each; 50c. per doz.; $2.50 

 per 100. Mailed free. 



Alba. White, 5c. each; 50c. per doz.; 

 $2.50 per 100. Mailed free. 



Mixed Colors. 25c. per doz.; $1.50 

 per 100. Mailed free. 



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Spring Colchicum 



or Meadow Saffron. 

 (BULBOCODIUM VERNUM.) 



A charming early spring-bloom- 

 ing plant, in flower two weeks be- 

 fore the Crocus producing masses 

 of rose-purple flowers, very beau- 

 tiful for edgings and patches here 

 and there. Clumps of them dug 

 up and potted in the winter and 

 placed in a sunny window will 

 soon be a mass of bloom. 5c. each 

 40c. doz. ; $2.50 per 100 ; $20.00 per 

 1000. If by Parcel Post add postage 

 at Zone Rates. Weight 1 lb. per 

 doz. ; 8 lbs. per 100. 



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Among dwarf flowers these are 

 unrivaled for lovely form and 

 bright attractive colors, ranging 

 through gorgeous shades of crim- 

 son, white, yellow, purple, black, 

 many of them being beautifully 

 marked with other shades. They 

 flower profusely in pots in the 

 house during the winter or if 

 grown in frames in the spring. 

 If by Parcel Post add postage at 

 Zone Rales. Weight \ lb. per 100. 

 Dozens mailed free. 



Double Turban, Mixed Colors. Peony-formed flowers, 

 large and early, vivid colors and compactly double. 

 20c. doz.; $1.25 per 100. 



Double Giant French Mixed. Remarkably vigor- 

 ous growers with immense and gorgeous, loose- 

 ly double flowers 20c. doz.; $1.00 per 100. 

 Double Persian Mixed. Camellia or rose- 

 shaped flowers, very double, rich variety 

 of colors. 20c. doz.; $1.00 per 100. 



Puschkinia. Scilloides - 



A hardy bulbous plant of great beauty 

 flowers white striped with pale blue, on 

 spikes. It succeeds well in pots for win- 

 ter blooming, and is admirably adapted 

 for edgings and forming patches in front 

 or mixed borders, flowering in April and 

 May. Height, 4 to 8 inches. 20 c. doz.; 

 $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. If by Parcel 

 Post add postage at Zone Rates. Weight 

 3lbs. per 100. Dozens mailed ree. 



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WINTER ACONITE. 



(Eranthis Hyemalis.) Early in spring the golden 

 blossoms of the Winter Aconite look charming, 

 resting on an emerald-green cushion of leaves and 

 forming a striking contrast to the Snowdrop 

 Scillas and Chionodoxa. The foliage remains 

 long after the flowers, making the plant especially 

 valuable in moist situations such as under trees; 

 which the Winter Aconite enjoys, ;.;id where few 

 other flowering plants will thrive. 3 to 8 inches 

 high. 20c. per doz.; $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 

 1000. // by ParcelPost add postage @ Zone Raes. 

 Weight i lb. per 100. Dozens mailed free. 



Growing bulbs :r- fibre is on interesting, easy and cleanly method of flowering Oiem in the .louse in Winter. See page 50. 



