Summer-flowering Bulbs 



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 If your order is for less than $12.00, add $1.00 to cover postage and packing. 



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Hardy Amarylli: 



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Lovely flowers for shady warm places. 

 Equally suitable for house plants. The small 

 root-like bulbs produce a plant 12 to 18 

 inches tall and requires at least a foot of 

 space. Mixed colors. Bulbs, 25c. each; doz. 

 $2.50. 



Acidanthera Murielae Bicolor 



Pure white blooms with crimson-maroon 

 blotch, borne on 2 to 3-foot stems. These 

 resemble Gladiolus. Bulbs, doz. f 1.35; 18.25 

 per 100. 



Hardy Amaryllis (Lycorls squamlgcra) 



Produces attractive f^reen foliage from 

 early spring until July when it dies down. 

 Then in August an umbel of lilac-pink, lily- 

 shaped flowers appear. 60c. each. 



Anemone (California Grown) 



Blue Poppy. Violet-blue; black center. 

 His Excellency. Vivid scarlet with silver 

 white base and black center. 

 The Bride. Large, snow-white blooms. 

 Monarch De Caen, Mixed. Large, single 

 flowers of blue, white and scarlet. Set bulbs 

 5 inches deep in cool, moist but well-drained 

 soil. Spring is the best planting time in the 

 North. 



St. Brigid. Double-flowered mi.xlure. 

 Any of above, $1.50 per doz.; $9.75 per 100 



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Excellent pot plants for indoor blooming 

 and may be grown outdoors in the summer 

 in semi-shady places where they receive 

 plenty of moisture. For early bloom, start 

 the tubers indoors in 6-inch shallow pots. 



Ruffled Double Camellia-flowered 



An improved double strain which greatly 

 resembles the camellia. 



Blush-Pink Scarlet Orange 



White Yellow 



Tubers, each 55c.; doz. $6.25 



Fancy-leaved Caladiums 



Gorgeous foliage. Plant outdoors in late 

 April or early May. Excellent for window 

 boxes and outdoor beds or borders. 

 Candidum. Snow-white leaf with green 

 ribs and veins. 



Edith Meade. White with green border 

 and red midribs. 



Mrs. W. B. Haldeman. Bright pink leaf 

 with narrow green edge. One of the best. 

 Mrs. Fannie Munson. Beautiful pink. 

 Low growing, with large leaves. 

 Mrs. Arno Nehrling. Dwarf bronzy red 

 with crimson ribs, shaded coppery red; 

 crimson veinlets. 



Scarlet Beauty. Scarlet center, green 

 border. 



Any of above, each 70c.; doz. $7.20 



Begoni 



Camellia-flowered Begonia 



GALVANIZED WIRE 

 HANGING BASKETS. For 



Hanging-Basket Begonias and 

 many other trailing plants. 

 Not postpaid. 

 8 in. Round Basket.. SI 20 

 10 in. Round Basket.. . 1 30 

 12 in. Round Basket. . . 1 55 

 5rass plated Hanging Baskets 

 with Brass Hanger also 

 available at slightly liigher 

 prices. 

 GREEN MOSS. For lining hanging baskets. 

 Not postpaid. 



240 cu. in. bag $0 75 



410 cu. in. bag 1 25 



SHEET MOSS. 275 sq. in. bag 1 15 



berous-rooted 



Double Carnation-flowered 



Frilled petals resembling a carnation. 

 Pink Red Yellow White 



Tubers, each S5c.; doz. $6.25 



Hanging-Basket Type 



Excellent for hanging baskets and for 

 rock-garden work. 

 Red Pink White 



Tubers, each 65c.; doz. $6.75 



Caladium (Elephant's Ear) 



A full-sized plant will stand 6 feet high 

 and bear immense leaves 3 to 4 feet long by 

 27 inches wide. 



Crop Failure 



Peruvian Daffodil 



(Ismene calathina) 



A lovely fragrant white lily-like bloom 

 tinged greenish, bearing three to four on a 

 stem. Each 70c.; doz. S7.20. 



Gloriosa superba (Climbing Lily) 



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

 flowers that open bright yellow and change to 

 deep scarlet. Each $1.15; 3 for $3.25. 



Gloxinias 



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 White. Large pure white. 

 Prince Albert. Dark blue. 

 Roi de Rouge. Deep red. 

 Any of above Gloxinias, each 65c.; doz. $6.75 



Hyacinthus candicans 



(Summer-flowering Hyacinth) 



A luxuriant, free-flowering plant bearing 

 20 to 30 bell-shaped flowers of creamy white 

 in clusters on spikes 2 to 3 feet long. Choice 

 bulbs, each 35c.; doz. $3.45. 



Madeira Vine 



A quick-growing vine bearing graceful 

 white flowers with a delightful fragrance. 

 Tubers, each 30c.; doz. $3.00, 



Tigridia (Mexican Shellflowcr) 



Hybrid Mixed. Beautiful tri-petaled flowers 

 in a mixture of scarlet, rose, yellow and white. 

 Treat same as Gladiolus. Each 25c.; doz. 

 $2.50. 



Tuberoses 



Double White. Delightfully fragrant white 

 flowers. 3 for $1.00; doz. $3.50; $24.00 per 100. 



Gloxinia, Emperor Frederick 



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