■WINTER-BLOOMING- FREESIAS. 



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A VALUABLE IMPE0YED STRAIH. 



We believe we have succeeded in obtaining a very 

 much improved strain of Freesia Refracta Alba, 

 which is by all odds the best variety for general house 

 culture. The bulbs are stronger and surer to bloom 

 than the ordinary sort usually sent out. This charm- 

 ing plant from the Cape of Good Hope has become 

 one of our most popular Winter flowers, and we 

 earnestly recommend our friends and customers to 

 plant at least some bulbs of it. They are just the 

 thing for the house, being sure to bloom in almost 

 any situation. As will be seen by our illustration, 

 which does but bare justice to the greatly improved 

 variety we offer, the splendid flowers are borne in 

 great profusion, and present a most distinct and novel 

 appearance ; the color is purest white, lower petals 

 touched with yellow; the perfume is delicious, re- 

 minding one of Hyacinth, Mignonette and Jessamine 

 combined. The buds and flowers, when cut and 

 placed in water, remain perfect for about two weeks, 

 therefore allowing some to be cut and taken to 

 another room without loss; four to six bulbs can be 

 planted in a 5-inch pot, box or pan ; ordinary soil 

 will do ; if a little sandy, so much the better ; water 

 sparingly for a while ; growth will begin rapidly and 

 the plants will flower early and continue for a long 

 time. For a succession of flowers plant from Sep- 

 tember to November. 



1XTBA LARGE BPLBS. 



We have succeeded in getting an exceptionally 

 fine supply of bulbs. Nc? X size is almost three times 

 as large as the average 

 bulb. For a Freesia 

 this bulb is enormous; 

 illustration gives the 

 exact size. 



Prices of our 

 Improved Winter- 

 Blooming Freesias 

 (selected bulbs 

 sure to bloom). — 

 No. 1 (seeillustration), 

 10 cts. each ; 3 for 25 

 cts.; 80 cts. per dozen. 

 No. 2, % inch in di- 

 ameter, 7 cts. each ; 4 

 for 25 cts.; 60 cts. per 

 dozen. No. 3, }( to 

 yi inch in diameter, 5 

 cts. each ; 6 for 25 cts.; 

 40 cts. per dozen. 



*S» SPECIAL PRICES 

 GIVEN ON LARGER 

 QUANTITIES. 



FREESIA BULB. 



NO. I. 



FREESIA LEICHTLINI MAJOR. — Light primrose color ; very vigorous in growth; abund- 

 ance of splendid flowers. 6 cts. each ; 3 for 15 cts.; 12 for 50 cts. 



FREESIA HYBRID SEEDLINGS.— This selection is sent us from Guernsey as a new and 

 large flowering strain ; varied colors from white to yellow ; fine free bloomers. 8 cts. each ; 3 for 20 

 cts.; 12 for 60 cts. 



SCABL1T FBIESIA. 



Offered for the first time last season, this lovely little gem ; it is similar in bulb, foliage and habit 

 jfg to the Freesia — described on this page— but the flowers in brilliant contrast are brightest scarlet ; the 

 sjfeflj? lower petals deeply marked; as it grows exactly like a Freesia, it can be planted with them, and if you 

 Ssgfe want something really admirable, plant a single bulb of Anomatheca Cruenta with your Freesia Re- 

 bxactsize. fracta Alba. As the true stock is limited this season, the price is necessarily high. 10c. each ; 3 for 25c. 

 The Prices given include the Postage, -which -we pay. 



