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BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLANTIPMC-^ 



ACHIMENES. 



AGAPANTHUS. 



ALLIUM NEAPOHTANUM. 



MISCELLANEOUS BULBS. 



AL-rlliVlfclNt^. These are splendid and profuse summer-blooming "plants for the con- 

 servatory or warm window garden; flowers of many charming colors, ranging through all 

 shades from white to crimson, including many beautifully spotted. {Ready in November.) 

 Mixed Varieties 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS. the blue African lily. 



The old favorite; flowers bright blue. These are noble ornaments on lawns, in pots or tubs, 

 on terraces or piazzas, or for the decoration of the greenhouse. Foliage luxuriant and grace- 

 ful, flowers borne in clusters of 20 to 30, and measure fully a foot across. The flower stalks 

 frequently attain a height of three feet, the flowers opening in succession for a long period 

 during the summer and autumn. (Ready in November.) 



ALLlUiVl. Beautiful for pot culture or garden decoration; of easiest culture. 



.Aureum. (Molly, or Golden Allium.) One of ourrnost showy border plants, perfectly hardy, 

 bearing large umbels of golden-yellow flowers in June. A very old favorite, and fine for 

 naturalizing in the garden, where it forms large clumps. Height, 1 foot 



Hermitti Crandiflorum. A splendid winter-flowering and forcing variety; the flowers last a 

 long time after being cut. The flowers are large, of immaculate whiteness, and continue to 

 bloom from December to the end of April 



Neapolitanum. Another excellent variety for winter flowering, now extensively forced by florists 

 for cut flowers, being of pure white, with green stamens, borne in large loose umbels. Height , 

 15 to 18 inches 



Ostrowskianum. A beautiful new species from Asia Minor, with large heads of beautiful rose- 

 colored flowers, on stalks 2 feet high; very early, free-flowering and hardy 



[ SANCTUM (black CALLA.) 



CALOCHORTUS. or MARIPOSA TULIPS. 



ALSTROMERIA. Peruvian lilies. Tuberous-rooted plants with beautiful, large 

 lily-like flowers of great beauty; borne in clusters during the summer, they are splendid for 

 cutting, being of much substance and lasting in perfection for a long time. Splendid subjects 

 for either pot culture or for planting out in frames. Very robust and abundant blooming 

 varieties. Colors, crimson, rose, yellow, purple, etc., shaded and marked. 2 to 4 feet. Mixed 

 Colors. (Ready in November.) 



ARUM. DRACUNCULUS. (Dragon Arum.) Flowers 1 foot long, purple, red and black-blue; 

 stem beautifully marbled, leaves handsome, resembling asmall palm; a rapid grower, making 

 a curious and ornamental pot plant 



Cornutum, or Red Calla. A very handsome Arum with red flowers spotted with black; stems 

 curiously mottled green and white; foliage palm-like and very handsome; a showy pot plant 

 for winter decoration 



Sanctum, or Black Calla. The plant produces one large flower the shape of a Calla, but from 

 14 to 18 inches long and 4 inches broad and of a rich, dark purple color and green underneath. 

 The spathe rising from the centre of the flower is about 10 inches long, velvet-like and quite 

 black. The leaves are large and of a rich green color, and resemble those of the Calla ^thiopica 

 Large bulbs 



BABIANA. A charming genus bearing spikes of flowers, characterized by the striking con- 

 trast of distinct hues in the same flower; they vary in color from the richest carmine to the 

 brightest blue; many of them being sweet-scented.. They are not hardy north of Washing- 

 ton. Five or six bulbs in a five-inch pot make lovely specimens. Height, 6 to 9 inches. 

 Mixed Varieties 



BLOOD ROO 1 . (Sanguinaria Canadensis Major.) A large-flowering improved variety 

 of our native " Blood Root." A fine, hardy, spring-blooming low-growing plant for shady 

 beds; handsome leaves, large pure whit'e flowers. Height, 6 inches 



BRODlAEA. Showy, half-hardy California bulbs, with red, blue or white tubular flowers, 

 borne in clusters, on stems 1 to 2 feet high. They may be grown in the greenhouse or cold 

 frame, or if planted out in spring in clumps or masses they flower very freely in June or July. 

 Mixed Varieties 



BULBOCODIUM VERNUM. spring colchicu... or meadow saffron. 



A charming early spring-blooming plant, in flower two weeks before the Crocus, producing 

 masses of rose-purple flowers, very beautiful for edgings and patches here and there. Clumps 

 of them dug up and potted in the winter and placed in a sunny window will soon be a mass of 



bloc 



CALOCHORTUS, or MARIPOSA TULIPS. 



These famous Californian flowers possess much delicacy and brilliancy of coloring. They some- 

 what resemble a Tulip in shape, are of many colors, shades and markings. Planted in May 

 in the open border, they flower in June and July. They also succeed admirablv planted in 

 the fall in a cold frame. Mixed Calochortus '. 



CAMASSIA ESCULENTA. (Indian Quamash.) Perfectly hardy, thriving in shel- 

 tered and partially shady situations; the stout flower stalks grow from 2 to 3 feet high, and 

 bear twenty or more large blue flowers, each 2 inches across; a large clump in bloom is verv 

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