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BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLAMTIIXC 



ARUM 



For free delivery add 2'jc. per doz., $2.00 per 100. 



DRACL'NCULUS. (Dragon Arum.) Flowers 1 foot long, purple, red, and 

 black-blue; stem beautifully marbled, leaves handsome, resembling a small 

 palm; a rapid grower, making a curious and ornamental pot plant. 12c. 

 each; $1.25 doz.; $9.00 per 100. 



Cornutum, or Red Calla. A very handsome Arum with red flowers spotted 

 with blzck; stems curiously mottled green and white; foliage palm-like and 

 verv handsome; a showy pot plant for winter decoration. 15c. each; $1.51! 

 doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Sanctum, or Black Calla. The plant produces one large flower the shape of a 

 Calla, but from 14 to IS inches long and 4 inches broad, of a rich, dark 

 purple color and green underneath. The spathe rising from the centre of 

 the flower is about 10 inches long, velvet-like and quite black. The leaves 

 are large and of a rich green color, and resemble those of the Calla Ethiopica. 

 Large bulbs. 15c. each; $1.50 doz.; $12.00 per 100. " 



BABIANA 



ANEMONES 



Highly ornamental winter, spring and summer flowering 

 plants, having both single and double flowers, the colors of 

 which are wonderfully beautiful, running through shades 

 of blues, scarlet, rose, white, lavender, etc. For cutting 

 they are grand. They are splendid for pot culture, flowering 

 in the house or conservatory. 



Double Poppy-Flowered. (Coronaria, ft. pi.) The flowers 

 are very double, and surrounded with large guard petals 

 Gorgeous colors, two or three colors usually being blended 

 in the flowers of each variety. Mixed colors. 30c. doz., 

 $2.00 per 100, or delivered $2.25 per 100. 



Single Poppy-Flowered. (Coronaria.) Large beautiful saucer- 

 shaped Poppy-like blossoms, flowering continuously 

 throughout spring and earlv summer. Mixed colors. 25c. 

 doz.; $1.50 per 100, or delivered $1.75 per 100. 



Fulgens. The rich, dazzling scarlet flowers and light elegant 

 growth render it the most attractive flower of spring. It 

 is valuable for cutting, as it lasts a long time. 40c. doz.; 

 $3.00 per 100, or delivered $3.25 per 100. 



Fulgens, Double. A double-flowering variety of the above, 

 verv beautiful. 35c. doz.; $2.50 per ion, or delivered $2.75 

 per 100. 



Giant " St. Brigid " Anemones. A new and greatly im- 

 proved race of Irish production, bearing magnificent flowers, 

 double, semi-double and single, 3 to 5 inches across, and 

 of the richest as well as the daintiest colors, marking 

 blendings. etc. There is maroon, bright scarlet, blood 

 crimson, rose, pink, flesh color, mauve, blue, purple, yellow, 

 cream, white, tinted, variegated, striped, zoned, etc., in 

 endless variety. The flowers are borne freely on long stems 

 and are extravagantly beautiful when vased, the graceful 

 feathery foliage supplying a charming setting. The tubers 

 planted this fall will flower during the winter in pots in the 

 house, or they may be grown on in cold frames for spring 

 blooming or may be planted in the open ground in sheltered 

 locations if well protected. Mixed Colors. 50c. doz.; $3.00 

 per 100, or delivered $3.25 per 100. 



ANEMONES HARDY VARIETIES 



These are beautiful subjects for permanent situations, 

 where they soon form large clumps of great beauty; a situa- 

 tion partially shaded suits them to perfection. (Ready in 

 November.) 



\pennina. Beautiful rich blue flowers, as large as a fifty 

 cent piece; elegantly cut foliage; it blooms profusely in 

 early spring; fine in garden borders and naturalized; also 

 beautiful grown in pots. ■■'.- foot. 20c. doz.; SI. 25 per 100; 

 S8.00 per 1000, or delivered $1.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. 



Blanda. The earliest and largest-flowered of the spring- 

 blooming Anemones, blooming with Snowdrop and Crocus; 

 colors range from pure white to deep blue. The flowers 

 are 14 inches across. It is a lovely variety, and as hardy 

 as a rock. It spreads itself in large clumps, grows freely; 

 fine for naturalizing and forces easily in pots for winter 

 flowers. 25c. doz.; $1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000, or 

 delivered, $2.00 per 100, $17.00 per 1000. 



ARUM 

 CORNUTUM. 



A charming genus bearing spikes of flowers, characterized by the striking 

 contrast of distinct hues in the same flower; they vary in color from the 

 richest carmine to the brightest blue; many of them being sweet-scented. 

 They are not hardy north of Washington. Five or six bulbs in a five-inch 

 pot make lovely specimens. Height, 6 to 9 inches. Mixed Varieties, oc. 

 each; 50c. doz.; $3.50 per 100, or delivered $3.75 per 100. 



BLOOD ROOT 



(Sanguinaria Canadensis Major.) A large-flowering im- 

 proved variety of our native " Blood Root." A fine, hardy, 

 spring-blooming, low-growing plant for shady beds; hand- 

 some leaves, large pure white flowers. Height, 6 inches. 

 10c. each; $1.00 doz.; $7.00 per 100, or delivered for $1.50 

 doz'- $10.00 per 100. 



BRODIAEA 



Showy, half-hardy California bulbs, with red, blue, or 

 white tubular flowers, borne in clusters on stems 1 to 2 feet 

 high. They may be grown in the greenhouse or cold frame, 

 or if planted out in spring in clumps or masses they flower 

 very freely in June or July. Mixed Varieties. 30c. doz., 

 $2.00 per 100, or delivered $2.25 per 100. 



Bulbocodium Vernum 



SPRING COLCHICUM, OR MEADOW SAFFRON. 



A charming early spring-blooming plant, in flower two 

 weeks before the Crocus, producing masses of rose-purple 

 flowers, very beautiful 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. 

 7c. each; ,5c. doz.; $5.00 per 100, or delivered 85c. doz., 

 $5.io per 100. 



J!@~ Remember : If you want Flowers £ y y ° u u r r h »rden h nert n ^in^ y° u must P lant Bulbs this Fall! 



