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T"l?ITOIVl A^ ■*■ stately genus of hardy tuberous plants, 

 t IV. * ■ V/iTl/\0« eminently effective for garden and lawn dec- 

 oration, throwing up tall spikes of showy flowers during the 

 late summer and autumn months. The new varieties are mar- 

 velous improvements over the old well-known "Red Hot Poker" 

 plant. (See cut.) (Ready in November.) 



r. Wo'bilis. The grandest of immense spikes of brilliant orange 

 red flowers on stems 6 to 7 feet high 



X. Pfitzeri. A dwarf early, free-blooming sort; spikes of pure 

 bright crimson, without a tinge of yellow or orange. 2 feet high. 

 TDITOIVI A Exceedingly bright and free-blooming bulbous 

 1 IV. 1 ' V/l~li"»» plants, highly valuable for both garden and 

 pot culture. A dozen roots in a ten-inch pot will in the autumn 

 make a beautiful display. The bulbs should be grown in pots 

 in a cold frame during winter, and they can either be brought in 

 the conservatory towards spring for blooming, or can be trans- 

 ferred to the open ground in May for summer blooming, or the 

 bulbs can be kept dormant and planted out in May like Gladiolus, 

 and then be lifted in autumn for winter blooming. 



Crocata. Mixed colors. Many beautiful sorts 



TTO/^D /T->OI [ IJVl Beautiful and graceful climbing plants 

 1 t\\J IT /~L*yj I-4KJ 1T1. j- or f ne conservatory or window gar- 

 den, producing in the early spring months richly colored flowers. 

 They can be grown in pots and trained over low trellises — or as a 

 bracket plant in the window. (See cut. ) 



Jarrattii. Scarlet, yellow and black 



T"! lRPl?O^F^ These popular summer-blooming bulbs 

 1 «-J DCIxvJCJt produce tall spikes of deliciously fra- 

 grant waxy pure white flowers. The Single and Pearl varieties 

 are extensively forced in the greenhouse for "ut bloom, though 

 the bulbs are generally kept dormant until spring and then 

 planted in the open ground, or they can be started in the house 

 and be removed to the open ground in May, thereby securing 

 early flowers before frost in autumn. (Ready in November.) 

 Double Dwarf Pearl. Twenty to twenty-fourinches high ; flowers 



often two inches in diameter, and imbricated like a Camellia 



Variegated Foliage. The leaves are bordered with white, mak- 

 ing the plant very attractive even when not in bloom. Flowers 



large, single 



Albino. A new branching single variety, flowering thirty days 

 earlier than the old single; throws from two to five flower stems 

 from a single bulb, and these again are often branched; most 



valuable for cut flowers 



np\f r\ 7p A Very distinct plants of the Gesnera, family, pro- 

 1 1 YJf~Cr\* ducing a long and brilliant succession of flowers of 

 the most diverse shapes and gay-colored markings. They are 

 valuable for winter flowering in a warm greenhouse or conserva- 

 tory, as by starting them early or late they will bloom in any 



season. (See cut.) 



\/AI I OTA Pnrpttrea. (Scarborough Lily.) A valuable 



▼ r\Ltl^\J I /»• free summer and autumn bloomer, color rich 



red. It does well planted in the open ground in May, and when 



in bud can be potted and removed for conservatory or window 



decoration. It is one of the really good window plants. (See cut.) 



\Vf A nT^ONI A (Bugle Lily.) Summer-flowering bulbs, 

 W r\ 1 ^Wi^ll/A. hardy south of Washington, and can be 

 grown north with the protection of a cold frame, or the bulbs 

 can be kept dormant and planted out in spring. Their long 

 spikes of brilliant scarlet, pink, white and purple flowers are very 

 effective and most useful for cut flowers. 



Mixed Varieties 



7PDHVDANTHP ^ Among our most beautiful dwarf 

 tiCrll I IV/V^I * I1Ct43i bulbous plants, very effective for 

 planting out in massesin May, flowering with great profusion dur- 

 ingthe summer. They are also most suitable for pot culture; 6to 

 12 bulbs clustered in a 6-inch pot in the autumn will give a fine 

 display of bloom during the winter in the window garden or 

 conservatory. 1 foot high. (See cut.) 



Atamasco. White suffused with flesh color, hardy 



Candida. Large white flowers 



Rosea. Beautiful, large rose-colored flowers 



Snlphurea. Bright yellow 



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