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BULBS FOR AUTIM\ PLA M Tl I\ CT^ 



HIGH CI 



SPIR/EA or ASTILBE. 



In garden culture these flower freely during the 

 rammer and are perfectly hardy, but their great 

 value is when gown in pots for window and 

 greenhouse decoration, in winter and spring 

 and for forcing for cutting. The flowers 

 are borne in large, feathery panicles, and 

 lastalong time in bloom. (Ready for ship- 

 ment in November.) If Spiraeas aie cesired 

 by Parcel Post add postage at the zone 

 rate. Weight 1 i lbs. each. 12 lbs. per doz. 



Gladstone. An improvement over il 

 other white-flowering Spiraeas — 

 and one of the most beautiful 

 winter and spring flowering pot 

 plants grown; the immense trusses 

 of flowers are as white as snow, 

 and are borne on erect, strong 

 stalks 18 inches high. Well-grown 

 plants bear 25 to 40 of these 

 plume-like trusses practically en- 

 veloping the plant with a feathery 

 foam. Undoubtedly one of the most 

 beautiful and graceful subjects 

 grown for winter and spring decora- 

 tion in the house and conservatory, 

 while for grace and elegance as a cut 

 flower it is unequaled. Price of strong 

 roots, 20c. each: $1 .75 per doz.; $12.00 

 per 100. 



Rubens. A new and very beautiful car- 

 mine-rose colored Spiraea having the 

 same habit, large feathery panicles and forc- 

 ing qualities of Gladstone,-, also hardy and 

 thrives under garden culture. 50c each S5.00 

 per doz. 



"Peach Blossom. " This beautiful rosy 



pink variety is of the same dwarf com- 

 pact habit as " Gladstone." It forces equally as well 

 under the same cultural conditions, only it comes into bloom 

 a few days later. If slightly shaded when coming into 

 bloom the color will be brought out to perfection. Well 

 grown pots of it in bloom are very attractive. It is also 

 a fine hardy plant for the garden. Strong clumps of the 

 true deep rosy pink strain. Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per 

 doz., $18.00 per 100. 



SPARAXIS. 



Beautiful flowers about 2 inches across, borne 



on long graceful spikes; the colors are of the 



most telling combinations and of the brightest 



shades. They are tigered, blotched, spotted, 



streaked and flushed in the most diverse 



and pleasing manner. The bulbs are not 



hardy, but do exceptionally well when 



grown in the conservatory or house in 



pots or in cold frames and flower 



during the winter and spring. 



Sparaxis mixed colors, 20c. per 

 doz.; $1.00 per 100, Mailed free. 



Sternbergia Lutea. 



One of the most charming and use- 

 ful of autumnal flowering bulbs. 

 The large pure yellow flowers, which 

 are produced from September to 

 November, are much like a Crocus, 

 but larger, and the petals more fleshy; 

 very hardy and increases rapidly. 

 Price, 35c. per doz.; $2. 50 per 100. 

 If by Parcel Post and postage at Zone 

 Rates. Weight 3 lbs. per 100. Dozens mailed 



Triteleia Uniflora. 



(Spring Star Flower.) A perfect little gem for pot 



culture. It flowers in very early spring months. The 



bulbs are small and several should be grown in a pot; it 



grows about 6 to 8 inches high, each bulb producing severa ' 



pretty star-shaped flowers of a delicate milky-white, suffused with .. 



blue, and emits the perfume of Primroses; they are perfectly hardy 



and grown in quantities in a sunny border or for edgings they are 



effective. 15c. per doz.; 85c per 100, $6.00 per 1000 Mailed free. 



TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM. 



(American Wood Lily.) Most beautiful American plants, perfectly hardy, growing and flowering 

 profusely in partially shaded nooks about the lawn, under trees, etc. The flowers are large, of the finest 

 white, changing in a few days to soft rose. 40c.perdoz.; $2.75 per 100,526.00 per 1000 If by Parcel Post 

 add postage at Zone Rates. Weight 4 lbs. pir 100. Dozens mailed free. 



NEW WHITE WATSONIA. 



(Watsonia Ardensei Alba.) This new white variety was introduced from South Africa recently has 

 aroused great interest and will, most likely, become a verv popular plant, for it has unusual merit. The 

 bulbs, something like those of gladiolus, send up branching stems, 3 to 4 feet high, each stem bearing a 

 dozen or more flowers 2 J to 3 inches long by 2 inches across. Its pure snow-white color and great sub- 

 stance render it exceptionally beautiful as a cut flower. It may be grown as a winter cut flower, or the 

 bulb may be planted in the spring in the garden, like a gladioli, flowering from July to September. A 

 etrong plant will bear as many as 250 to 300 flowers in a summer. Strong bulbs, 12c. each; $1 . 25 per doz.; 

 $8 00 per 100. If by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates. Weight 1\ lbs. per doz. 10 lbs. per 100. 

 Single bulbs mailed free. 



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