Summer-Flowering Bulbs 



Bulb orders amounting to $9.00 or more will be sent postpaid east of the Mississippi. 

 If your order is for less than $9.00, add 50c. to cover postage and packing. 



Begonia, Double Camellia-flowered 



Begonias, Tuberous-rooted 



Excellent pot plants for indoor blooming 

 and may be grown outdoors in the summer 

 in shady places where they receive plenty of 

 moisture. For early bloom, start the tubers 

 indoors in March or April in 6-inch shallow 

 pots. Soil consisting of two parts loam, one 

 part peat moss and one part well-rotted cow 

 manure will give excellent results. Set out- 

 doors in May in well-drained soil. 



Ruffled Double Camellia-flowered 



An improved double strain which greatly 

 resembles the camellia in form of flower. 



Crimson (Dark Red) 



Orange 



Blush-Pink Salmon 



Scarlet 

 Yellow 

 White 



Tubers, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; doz. $4.25 



Double Carnation-flowered 



Frilled petals resembling a carnation. 

 Pink Red Yellow White 



Tubers, each 45c; 3 for $1.20; doz. $4.50 



Hanging-Basket Type 



This is the Pendula or Lloydii type, often 

 hundreds of blossoms to a plant. Excellent 

 for hanging baskets and for rock-garden work. 

 Red Yellow 



Pink Rose 



White Salmon 



Tubers, each 45c; 3 for $1.20; doz. $4.50 



Peruvian Daffodil 



(Ismene calathina) 



A lovely fragrant white lily-like bloom 

 tinged greenish. The bulb is not hardy and 

 should be planted in the spring. It blooms 

 in a few weeks. Usually the foliage is only 

 partly developed at blooming time. Each 

 60c; doz. $6.75. 



Peruvian Daffodil 



Fancy-leaved Caladiums 



Gorgeous foliage. Plant outdoors in late 

 April or early May. Excellent for window 

 boxes and outdoor beds or borders. 



See in color on inside back cover 

 Candidum. Snow-white leaf with green ribs 



and veins. 

 Mrs. W. B. Haldeman. Bright pink leaf 



with narrow green edge. One of the best. 

 Mrs. Fannie Munson. Generally acclaimed 



to be the most beautiful pink of them all. 



Low growing, with large leaves. 

 Mrs. Arno Nehrling. Dwarf bronzy red 



with crimson ribs, shaded coppery red; 



crimson veinlets. 

 Red Flare. Scarlet leaf blotched with two 



shades of green. 



Any of above, each 50c; 6 for $2.75 



Cinnamon Vine 



A hardy climber which grows very rapidly. 

 The foliage is bright green and the white 

 flowers are cinnamon-scented. Each 15c; 

 doz. $1.50. 



Madeira Vine 



A very quick-growing vine bearing 

 graceful feathery white flowers of a de- 

 lightful fragrance. Tubers, each 15c; doz. 

 $1.50. 



Montbretia 



Mixed Colors. Somewhat like miniature 

 gladiolus, in a brilliant color range. Set bulbs 

 3 inches deep and 6 inches apart in full sun. 

 6 for 75c; doz. $1.40; 100 for $9.50. 



Tigridia (Mexican Shellflower) 



Hybrid Mixed. Beautiful tri-petaled flow- 

 ers in a mixture of scarlet, rose, yellow 

 and white. Treat same as Gladiolus. Each 

 20c; 3 for 50c; doz. $1.75. 



Hyacinthus candicans 



(Summer-flowering Hyacinth) 



A luxuriant, free-flowering plant bear- 

 ing 20 to 30 bell-shaped flowers of creamy 

 white in clusters on spikes 2 to 3 feet long. 

 Choice bulbs, each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Caladium (Elephant's Ear) 



Wonderful plants for lawns, borders or 

 backgrounds. A full-sized plant will stand 

 6 feet high and bear immense leaves 3 to 4 

 feet long by 27 inches wide. To get them into 

 early growth start in pots in the house. 



Mammoth Bulbs, each 55c; doz. $6.00. 



Calla Lilies 



(California Grown) 



Golden Yellow (Zantedescbia Elliottiana). 

 Large, deep golden yellow flowers often 

 4 to 5 inches across at the mouth. Leaves 

 spotted with white. Each 75c; 3 for $2.00. 



Pink (Z. Rebmannii supcrba). The blooms 

 are not large but their beautiful pink color 

 and lush foliage makes them very desirable 

 and unusual. Plant one tuber in a 6-inch 

 pot. May be set outdoors after May 1. 

 Each 60c; 3 for SI. 65. 



Gloxinias f 



These colorful house plants may also be 

 grown outdoors in summer. Culture same as 

 for begonias. 



Blanche de Meru. White bordered rosy red. 

 Emperor Frederick. Scarlet bordered white. 

 Emperor William. Deep blue, bordered 



white. 

 Kegeljani Red. (New.) Large deep red. 



Good forcer. 

 Kegeljani White. (New.) Large pure white. 

 Prince Albert. Dark blue. 

 Any of above Gloxinias, each 50c; doz. $5.25 



Achimenes 



Lovely lavender flowers for shady warm 

 places. Equally suitable for house plants. 

 The small root-like bulbs produce a plant 

 12 to 18 inches long and require at least a 

 foot of space. Provide color all summer long. 

 Bulbs, each 25c; doz. $2.75. 



Hardy Amaryllis (Lycoris squamigera) 



Produces attractive green foliage from 

 early spring until July when it dies down. 

 Then in August an umbel of lilac-pink, 

 lily-shaped flowers appears. Cover bulbs 

 3 inches. 75c each. 



Gloriosa superba (Climbing Lily) 



Grows 6 to 10 feet high. Large, lily-like 

 flowers that open bright yellow and change 

 to deep scarlet. Blooms through summer 

 and autumn. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 



Tuberoses 



Excelsior Double Pearl. Delightfully 

 fragrant white flowers. Plant in the 

 garden as soon as all danger from frost 

 is past. 3 for 55c; doz. $2.00; $15.00 per 

 100. 



F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., INC. 



