SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS AND ROOTS 



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MADEIRA VINE 



The old favorite, "Climbing Mignonette," so much prized for porches and arbors 

 on account of its rapid growth and freedom from insects. Thick, glossy leaves, and long, 

 hanging stems of feathery, fragrant white flowers. The tubers we offer are selected 

 large sjze. 



Price, 15c each; $1.50 doz.; $12.00 per 100; transportation 4}aid, 



MONTBRETIA 



The Montbretia is one of the most floriferous and showy of summer-flowering bulbous 

 plants, producing in great numbers, graceful spikes 8 to 12 inches long, each spike 

 bearing from 18 to 30 exceedingly showy star-shaped flowers, 1 H to 2 inches across. 

 (See illustralion.) 



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Each 



Doz. 



100 



Fire King. Large flowers of a glowing scarlet red, decidedly 

 one of the most beautiful. 



$0.10 



$1.00 



$7.50 







George Davison. The stems are from three to four feet 

 high, very branching, bearing lovely pale orange yellow 

 flowers, widely expanded 



.12 



1.25 



9.00 



Golden West. Produces tall branching spikes and large 

 well open flowers of a most beautiful pure golden yellow, 

 without the least spot or shade, strong grower 



.12 



1.25 



9.00 







Lady Hamilton. Very floriferous yellow, the center is suf- 

 fused with a ray of rosy apricot, strong grower, fine and 

 distinct 



.15 



1.50 



12.00 







Lord Nelson. Deep orange scarlet, externally crimson, eye 

 yellow, large flower, very beautiful, the stems are dark, 

 much branched and 3 J^ feet high 



.15 



1.50 



12.00 







Major!. New, pale orange with crimson markings 



.15 



1.50 



12.00 



Rosea. Bright salmon rose, drstinct 



.12 



1.25 



9.00 



Mixed Hybrids. Containing a fine assortment of yellow, 

 orange and scarlet shades; transportation paid 



.08 



.80 



6.00 







TUBEROSE 



Albino Single Early Flowering 



A single white Tuberose. It commences to flower in July and August, throwing 

 from two to five flower spikes from a single bulb. Beautiful for gardens and a splendid 

 cut flower. 



Price, 10c each; $1.00 per doz.; $7.50 per 100; transportation paid. 



Pearl, Henderson's Double Dwarf 



Plant dwarf, growth stocky, the flower spikes attaining a height of about 2 feet, and 

 are compactly filled for two-thirds their length with very large, perfectly double 

 flowers 1 J^ to 2 inches across, or nearly twice the size, of the old sort. The flowers 

 have the wax-like substance of a camelia, are glistening white and deliciously fragrant. 

 The bulbs planted in the garden in May, in warm rich soil, in a sunny position, flower 

 with great certainty in the fall. If early flowers are wanted, the bulbs may be started 

 in pots in the house from February to April, removing the plants to open ground when 

 it is warm enough in May. {See illustration.) 



Price, extra large flowering bulbs, 8c each; 7Sc per doz.; $5.00 per 100; transportation 

 paid. 



Silver Leaf 



Showy and effective, even when not in 

 bloom, the foliage being di.stinctly 

 striped white and green. Each bulb 

 frequently throws up two or more 

 spikes,3 to 4 feet high, each bearing 

 several pure white, single waxy 

 flowers, delicately perfumed. 

 They flower several weeks 

 earlier than double Tube- 

 roses. 



Price, 10c each; $1.00 per 

 doz.; $7.50 per 100; trans- 

 portation paid. 



TIGRIDIAS 



or Shell Flowers 



Extremely handsome sum- 

 mer-flowering bulbs, grow- 

 ing about 2 feet high, pro- 

 ducing large gorgeous flowers 

 in shades of yellow, orange and 

 red exquisitely spotted, flower- 

 ing very freely throughout the 

 summe"-. (See illustration.) 

 Price, 15c each; $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 

 per 100. 



