BULBS AND ROOTS 



J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 



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GIANT FLOWERED CANNAS 



CITY OF PORTLAND. 3% ft. pink. Flowers of largest 



size. A glowing shade of pink. Foliage green. $1.00 per 



dozen. 



INDIANA. 6 ft. Very large flowers of a rich, golden orange 



color. 60c per dozen. 



KING HUMBERT. 4 ft. Leaves are purple-brown over 

 bronze. Crowned with immense heads of velvety orange- 

 scarlet. 60c per dozen. 



MRS. ALFRED F. CONARD. 4 ft. The grandest salmon- 

 pink in existence. 60c per dozen. 



PRESIDENT. 4 ft. The most wonderful green leaved, red 

 flowered canna in cultivation. 75c per dozen. 

 YELLOW KING HUMBERT. 4 ft. Green leaves, golden-yel- 

 low flowers blotched red. $1.00 per dozen. 



IRIS GERMANICA 



ALCAZAR. Standards, light bluish violet. Falls, deep pur- 

 ple, bronze veined at the throat. Its growth is robust with 

 widely branching flower stalks, bearing large blooms of waxy 

 texture; 4 feet tall. 



JEAN D'ARC. A delicate sort of good size and form; white 

 with edges partly checked and scapes heavily suffused in 

 violet. 



KING OF IRIS. The standards, a clear lemon color, falls, 

 deep satiny-brown with a broad border of golden yellow. 

 MOTHER OF PEARL. Pale bluish lavender of exceptional 

 substance and texture; 4 feet. 



PARISENSIS. The fine blue standards harmonize well with 

 the deeper blue falls. The flowers are large and are borne 

 very early. The free blooming habit has made it a great 

 favorite. 

 Any of the above Varieties or Mixed 10c each; $1.00 per doz. 



JAPANESE IRIS 



Perfectly hardy and excellent for naturalizing, coming into 

 flower about the middle of June. They continue for five or 

 six weeks at which time they are particularly welcome. 



Popular Varieties or Mixed: — $2.25 per doz; $15.00 per 100. 



HYACINTHUS CANDICANS 



An ornamental mid-summer flowering plant, producing 

 from 20 to 100 large bell shaped flowers of a creamy white 

 color on spikes two to three feet long. 10c each; $1.00 doz. 



HARDY OUTDOOR LILIES 



Hardy German Iris 



AURATUM (Gold Banded Japanese Lily) 



One of the most beautiful and popular varieties in cultiva- 

 tion. The very fragrant large flowers are ivory-white, spot- 

 ted with crimson and marked with a clear gold band through 

 the center of each petal. Auratum may be planted in the 

 fall or spring and grows from 3 to 5 feet tall and begins 

 blooming in July or early August. 



Mammoth bulbs, 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 



REGALE (Mynophyllum) 



Coming from China, this extremely hardy, and yet excel- 

 lent variety for forcing has rapidly become a favorite and 

 is predicted to soon become the most popular Easter Lily. 

 The flowers are white, shading to yellow in the center, with 

 a pink tinge on the outer edges. Delightfully fragrant, 

 blooms outdoors in July; they grow 3 to 4 feet. 20c each; 

 $2.00 per dozen. 



SPECIOSUM RUBRUM 



Especially valuable as a cut flower, its heavy substance 

 making it a good keeper. Flowers are white spotted with 

 red. 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 



TIGRINUM FLORA PLENO (The Double Tiger Lily) 



Producing a great number of double orange-colored blooms, 

 spotted with black, and grows from 4 to 6 feet in height. 

 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 



TIGRINUM SPLENDENS (Single) 



The most beautiful of the Tiger Lillies, orange-red spot- 

 ted purple-black. Very hardy. Bears 8 to 20 blooms when 

 well established. 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 



AMARYLLIS 

 Giant American Hybrids 



The most desirable type of Amaryllis, especially beautiful 

 and easily managed in the amateur's window or conserva- 

 tory, produces from four to six gigantic blooms of perfect 

 form. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 



TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS 



Especially adapted to window or conservatory culture. We 

 offer bulbs produced from the best seed strains, largest size 

 2 inches and up in diameter. Scarlet, pink, yellow. Single 

 or double. 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 



EXCELSIOR PEARL TUBEROSE 



One of the most fragrant and most popular of the summer 

 flowering bulbs. May be started early in hotbeds or pots, 

 or planted in open ground after the first of May. Extra large 

 size bulbs, 5c each; 50c per dozen; $3.00 per 100. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM OR ELEPHANT'S EAR 



Large bulbs, 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 15c each; $1.50 per 

 dozen; medium sized bulbs 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Add 

 postage. Special price on quantities. 



