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»R THE GARDE 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 SUMMER-FLOWERING 



BULRS 



This class includes some of our show- 

 iest garden flowers. They are of the 

 easiest culture; planted in spring in 

 good garden soil, they flower with 

 great certainty during summer 

 and fall. 



ANEMONE 



Giant "St. Brigid." A new 

 Irish race bearing magnificent 

 flowers, double, semi-double and 

 single, 3 to 5 inches across and of 

 the richest as well as the daintiest 

 colors, markings, blendings, etc,. The 

 flowers are borne freely on long stems 

 and are extravagantly beautiful when 

 vased, the graceful, feathery foliage supply- 

 ing a charming setting. Mixed Colors. HOe 

 doz.; $4.00 per 100. iMailed Free. 



BESSERA ELEGANS co^Drops 



Exquisite and free-blooming. The flowers 

 are borne in graceful umbels of 12 to 20, on 

 stems 1 to 2 feet high, and open in succession 

 during fully two months of summer and autumn. 

 Color, bright vermilion marked with rosy-white. 

 Price, 5c. each; 50c. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 

 Mailed Free. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM 



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 Weights given. 



(Elephant's Ear.) Grand, tropical-looking 

 plant. A favorite for specimens on the lawn, or 

 for bordering large sub-tropical groups. In 

 deep, rich soil, if freely watered, they produce 

 enormous leaves, frequently 4 feet long by 

 3 feet wide; height, 4 to 5 feet. 

 Extra Size. 12 inches and over in circum- 

 ference. Price, 30c. each; $3.00 per doz. 

 Packed weight. 1 lb. each. 

 First Size. 9 inches and over in circumference. 

 Price, 20c. each; $2.00 per doz. Packed 

 weight, 3 4 lb. each. 

 Second Size. 6 inches and over in circum- 

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

 Packed weight, ' $ lb. each. 



CINNAMON VINE 



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 Weight, '2 lb. per do:. Single Bulbs mailed Free. 



A beautiful, hardy climber for anything on 

 which the vines can twine; it grows from 15 to 

 30 feet high, and when established the vines 

 attain a much greater length. The leaves are 

 green, thick and glossy, always clean, healthy 

 and free from insects. The white flowers, while 

 insignificant, emit a delightful cinnamon-like 

 perfume. Price, extra large, 2-year-old roots, 

 15c. each; $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100 



If by Parcel Post, a 

 Kirkii. Produces 

 two flower stalks of 

 same time, each bea 

 flowers, of white, w 

 center. Extra large 

 weight, 1 lb. each. 

 Powelli Roseum. 

 clusters on Btrong - 

 40c. each; $4.00 per 



CRINUM 



Id Postage at Zone Rates. Weights given. 

 flowers of the greatest beauty. Usually 

 dark purplish color are sent up at the 

 ring a large umbel of enormous Lily-like 

 ith a reddish purple stripe through the 

 bulbs, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz. Packed 



Flowers large and lily-like borne in 

 terns 3 to 4 feet Ion/, rose pin'; flowers. 

 doz. Packed weight, \r£ lb. each. 



MADEIRA VINE 



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 Weight, '2 lb. per doz. Single Bulbs moiled 

 Free. 



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, hang- 

 ing stems of feathery, fragrant white flowers. 

 The tubers we offer are selected large size. 

 Price, Gc. each; 60c. doz.; $4.00 per 100. 



MILLA BIFLORA 



(Mexican Star or Frost Flower) 

 Flowers star-shaped, 2 inches across, clear 

 waxy-white, of great substance, enlivened by 

 a frost-like sparkle; the fragrance is delightful. 

 Place a stalk in water and the flowers will all 

 open; we have seen 11 stalks shoot up suc- 

 cessively from one bulb. The bulbs flower 

 profusely and with great certainty. Height, 12 

 to 18 inches. For an effective display, groups 

 of 12 to 25 or more should be planted about 

 6 inches apart in a sunnv bed. Price, 5c. each; 

 50c. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. Mailed Free. 



MONTBRETIA 



The Montbretia is one of the most floriferous 

 and showy of summer-flowering bulbous plants. 

 A dozen or more bulbs, planted 6 inches apart 

 in a group in a sunny position, and allowed to 

 remain, will form magnificent clumps from 2 to 

 3 feet across, producing, in great numbers, 

 graceful spikes 8 to 12 inches long, each spike 

 bearing from 18 to 30 exceedingly showy star- 

 shaped flowers, 1% to 2 inches across. Mixed 

 Hybrids. Price, 8c. each; 80c. per doz.; $6.00 

 per 100. Mailed Free. 



EMERALD VINE 



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 % lb. per doz. Single Bulbs mailed Free. 



This beautiful, hardy vine belongs to the 

 Cinnamon Vine family. The slender vines 

 are of dense growth and very graceful 

 Leaves of good size, forked or 

 divided and of a deep emerald- 

 green with a decided lustre or 

 sheen. Flowers in drooping 

 racemes and so numerous as to 

 be a very distinct and attractive 

 feature of the vine. Tubers 

 round and solid like a Gladiolus 

 bulb. Price, 10c. each; $1.00 

 per doz. 



HYACINTHUS 



CANDICANS 



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Zone Rates. Weight, ljj> lbs. per doz. 



Single Bulbs mailed Free. 



A luxuriant-growing, summer-flowering 



plant, spreading 2 to 3 feet, throwing spikes 



4 to 5 feet in height, each bearing 20 to 30 large, 



white, bell-shaped flowers, splendid for groups. If 



planted in the center of beds of scarlet Gladiolus, the 



effect is magnificent. Price, 7c. each; 70c. doz.; $5.00 per 100 



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