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HEPATICA. 



LEUCOJUM, OR SNOWFLAKE. 



HEMEROCALLIS. day lily. 



Very ornamental hardy plants, having elegant foliage and handsome flowers; they 

 are of the easiest culture in any ordinary garden soil, and form admirable clumps. 

 The flowers are somewhat ephemeral but are produced successively and in great 

 abundance. Height, 2 to 3 feet. {Ready in November.) 



Flava. The old favorite " Yellow Day Lily." 

 turned 



Flowers bright yellow, delicately per- 



Aurantlaoa Major. The Giant-flowering Day Lily. Anew Hemerocallis from Japan; 

 a very vigorous-growing plant with broad, long foliage, and immense broad-petaled 

 trumpet, lily-like flowers 6 inches across, of a deep orange color and very fragrant ; 

 it flowers freely during late summer and autumn 



HEPATIC AS. Are among our finest hardy, early spring-flowering bulbous plants, 

 of the easiest culture, thriving in any ordinary garden, but particularly adapted to 

 wild, semi-shaded situations. The plants form tufts about 9 inches high, and are 

 completely smothered with flowers. 



Angulosa. Sky-blue single flowers as large as a half dollar 



Alba. Large pure white flowers 



Rubra. Rosy-red flowers 



IRIS. Alata. (Scorpion Iris.) About one foot high, with broad leaves. The flowers are 

 very large (4 to 6 inches across), of lilac-blue with blotches of bright yellow spotted 

 with a darker shade. It commences to bloom in October, producing a second crop of 

 flowers in December if the weather be not too severe. Admirably adapted for pot 

 culture 



ENGLISH IRIS. (Anglica.) Large handsome flowers, with rich purple, blue and lilac 

 colors predominating; grows 18 to 20 inches high. Perfectly hardy. Mixed Colors... 



Florentina. Very beautiful pure white, slightly shaded with blue and with a yellow 

 beard; deliciously violet scented 



Histrio. Charming new species — bright blue, blotched yellow — and very early 



Lorteti. One of the most beautiful. The flowers are very large and the coloring fine. 

 A creamy-white ground with crimson-purple spots and veins, concentrated at the 

 centre into a dark, crimson-purple "signal." The standards are pure white with 

 violet lines. Blooms in June 



Peacock. (Pavonia.) Pure white with a bright blue spot on each petal. Fine for 

 pots or garden culture. 1 foot 



Suslana. (The Mourning Iris.) A remarkably handsome species with immense 



- flowers; blush color, tinted with brown and covered with a network of dark lines; 



May-flowering. Height, 1 foot .• 



SPANISH IRIS. Iris Hispanica. This type is well adapted for pot culture and forcing, 

 blooming in the winter. The flowers are of great beauty, and cut in the bud state last 

 from one to two weeks in bloom. If planted in boxes and placed in cold frames until 

 they show bud, then brought into heat, they can be had in bloom from March on, 

 and will give great satisfaction. The Spanish Iris also succeeds nicely as a garden 

 plant, requiring protection in cold latitudes. Mixed Spanish Iris 



GERMAN IRIS. Iris Cermanica. (See page 29.) 



JAPAN IRIS. Iris Kaempferi. (See page 28.) 



IXIAS. 



The Ixia is a beautiful little winter-flowering bulb, with low, slender, graceful spikes of 

 bloom. The colors are rich, varied and beautiful, the centre always differing in color 

 from the other parts of the flower, so that the blossoms, expanding in the sun's rays, 

 present a picture of gorgeous beauty. Mixed Colors 



JONQUILS. '(See page 20.) 



LACHENALIA NELSONI. Beautiful early spring-flowering bulbs for the 

 greenhouse or window garden. Of the easiest culture; treated as Hyacinths and 

 grown cool they will flower for two months — with wonderful freedom. Bear long 

 racemes of brilliant golden-yellow flowers, which, with the spotted foliage, render them 

 exceptionally striking 



LEUCOJUM VERNUM. spring snowflake. 



Produces flowers like monster snowdrops; very graceful in growth, having the deli- 

 cate fragrance of the Violet. It is one of our earliest spring flowers, with white blos- 

 soms distinctly tipped green, handsome in outline and prized for bouquets. They 

 should be grown in quantities in the borders or in spots on the edges of shrubbery, 

 where they are beautifully effedive. and when established produce enormous quantities 

 of flowers. They can also be slowly forced in pots for winter bloom 



8c. 30c. 2.00 



Six Bulbs of one variety sold at dozen rates, 25 at 100 rates. All Bulbs are delivered free in theU. S. "£"!,=. 



otherwise noted. 



