DREER'S RELIABLE BULBS 



We offer on this and the following pages a list of the more important bulbs for blooming during the late winter and early spring 

 months. Most of these bulbs are grown in Holland, and we usually receive our supplies by the middle of September. 

 tW Send in your order now and the bulbs will be forwarded as soon as they reach us. 

 Our complete Catalogue of Spring-flowering Bulbs will be sent out as usual during the first days of September. 



DUTCH HYACINTHS 



The Hyacinth is so well known and esteemed that any description of its many good qualities is needless. We give below short cul- 

 tural directions. For complete cultural notes see our book, Dreer's Hints on the Gromng of Bulbs. Price, 25 cts., or free to customers if 

 asked for at the time of ordering. 



Outdoor Culture.— The bulbs may be planted 

 from October to December. They succeed in any good, 

 well-drained garden soil. Set the bulbs so that the tops 

 will be 3 or 4 inches below the surface and 6 to 10 

 inches apart. Before very severe weather comes on cover 

 the beds with straw, leaves or manure, to protect them 

 from the frost; this should be removed when danger 

 from hard frost is past in the spring. 



Pot Culture. —Plantings may be made at any 

 time from September to December. A light, rich soil, or 

 Prepared Bulb Fibre, is most suitable. Use a 4- or 

 5-inch pot (or several bulbs may be planted together 

 in larger pots or bulb pans) and have the tops of the 

 bulbs just above the surface. After potting give a good 

 watering, and set away in a cool cellar or outhouse and 

 cover with coal ashes or some litter, until thoroughly 

 rooted. They may then be brought as wanted for a 

 succession of flowers into the house, keeping them in a 

 very cool light room until the flower spikes are devel- 

 oped, when they may be placed wherever wanted. 



Culture in Glasses.— To grow Hyacinths in 

 water, they should be placed so that the base of the 

 bulb merely touches the water. The glasses should then 

 be set in a cool, dark closet, or in the cellar, until filled 

 with roots, when they may be brought into the light. 

 Give as much fresh air as possible, and at a temperature 

 of not over sixty degrees, until the spikes are developed. 

 To put them at once into a room with a temperature of, 

 say seventy degrees, would cause them to flower pre- 

 maturely. 



Pan of 



Dutch Roman 

 OR Miniature 

 Hyacinths 



White French Roman Hyacinths 



We are again assured of a limited supply of this scarce and charming class of Hyacinths from the south of France, producing 

 graceful, delicately perfumed spikes of pure white flowers. They force readily in the house, and can be had in flower from November 

 till April. We do not recommend them for outdoor planting. 



Selected Bulbs, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $16.00 per 100, postpaid. 



Dutch Roman or Miniature Hyacinths 



These are small bulbs of the single-flowering Dutch Hyacinths, and quite distinct from the French Romans, and excellent for 

 growing in pans, pots or boxes, in soil or prepared fibre, blooming early and freely. They may be planted close together in the pans, 

 pots or boxes, or in beds in the open ground, with charming effect. The bulbs we offer average 5 inches in circumference, and must 

 not be confounded with smaller unnamed sorts. 



Gertrude. Deep rose, 

 Gigantea. Soft blush or shell pink. 

 La Victoire. Brilliant rosy -crimson. 

 General Vetter. Creamy blush white. 



La Grandesse. Snow white. 

 L'Innocence. Purest white. 

 Grand Maitre. Deep porcelain-blue. 

 King of the Blues. Rich, deep blue. 

 Queen of the Blues. Silvery azure-blue. 



Price. Any of the above named varieties, 12 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; ! 

 postpaid. Forwarding charges at 1000 rate at customers' expense. 



3.50 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. Prices of each, doz. and 100, 



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