SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS. 



THE enormous number of Summer Flowering 

 Bulbs we sell every year is the best evidence 



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that our bulbs give complete satisfaction — 

 proving successful where others fail. This class includes 

 many of our most gorgeous and elegant flowers. Our collec- 

 tions offered in the following seven pages embrace the most 

 papular and useful varieties that can be grown successfully in this country. 

 All are of the easiest cultivation, requiring little care. They cannot, 

 however, bear freezing ; but at the approach of Winter must be taken up 

 in a dry, cool place, secure from frost. The best way to keep bulbs is in a box filled with 

 no water is required. 



only the best varieties. All large, sound, picked Bulbs of Superior Quality, 

 warranted sure to bloom the first season. All Bulbs Postpaid, 

 by Mail, at prices named. 



A RARE 

 PLANT 



^locasia Arborea. 



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This gigantic member of the Caladium family is extremely scarce and difficult to obtain, the stock heretofore having 

 been under the almost exclusive control of European growers. We have succeeded, however, in growing a limited number 

 of fine healthy bulbs. Unlike other varieties it knows no dormant state, growing equally well in Winter indoors as it does 

 in the Summer. It sometimes attains a height of six feet in one season, and with its large tropical leaves — often three feet 

 in diameter — it is an imposing and magnificent plant. The leaves are tough and leathery and impervious to wind storms. 

 In the South it produces beautiful flowers — that strongly resemble those of the Calla family — which in color are a soft 

 silmon. 



The Magnolia-like fragrance of the flowers is strong and pungent ; on a warm morning the whole air in the immediate 



locality is loaded with the delightful 

 odor. We are not certain that it will 

 produce flowers in the North, where 

 the growing season is not as long as 

 it is in the South ; we think it will ; 

 but if it never produced a flower it is 

 still the king of massive decorative 

 plants. The bulbs taken up in the 

 Fall will make splendid Winter 

 plants, requiring the same treatment 

 as a Calla. It likes rich soil and a 

 fair amount of moisture. This noble 

 plant is not new, but is exceedingly 

 scarce, our supply being limited. 



Those who desire something unique 

 will do well to secure it. Price for 

 bulbs, monster size, postpaid, 75 cts. 

 each. 



Amaryllis Formosissima 

 (Jacobeau Lily). 



A splendid variety with crimson 

 velvet flowers which appear early in 

 the Summer. The Lily-like flowers 

 are extremely graceful and present 

 a most charming aspect. Likes rich, 

 sandy loam with plenty of moisture 

 when growing. They are preserved 

 like Dahlias during the Winter. 

 Large bulbs, 25 cts. each. 



ALQCASIA ARBOREA. 



