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THE THREE HARBINGERS OF SPRING 
CHIONODOXAS # SCILLAS  SNOVVDROPS 
CHIONODOXA, Glory of the Snow. 
These are among the most exquisite of spring-flowering bulbs, and should be 
grown in quantities. They produce flower spikes bearing 10 to 15 lovely Scilla- 
like flowers. They are perfectly hardy, and may be planted as an edging to 
a bed, or in masses; they flower with the Snowdrops and last .a long time in 
perfection. They will thrive well in any good garden soil, and are admirable 
for pot culture, for winter blooming, in the house, and for forcing for cut flowers. 
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Chionodoxa Luciliae. Bright blue with large clear white centre, 20c. doz., 
$1.25 ver 100, $9.00 per 1000. 
Sardensis. Intense deep blue, 25c. doz., $1.50 per 100, $12.00 
per 1000. 
Gigantea. Unusually large flowers of lovely lilac-blue, with con- 
spicuous white centre, 25c. doz., $1.50 per 100, $12.00 per 1000. 
SCILLAS, WOOD HYACINTHS AND BLUE BELLS. 
Scilla Sibirica. (Amoena or Praecox.) Most beautiful hardy spring bulbs, 
producing in profusion. masses of exquisite rich blue flowers almost before 
the snow has disappeared. If grown in masses, their flowers fairly carpet 
the ground; andif grown with Snowdrops and Crocus, for contrast, the effect 
is magnificent. They’ should be largely planted as undergrowth in Hya- 
cinth beds, ete. Grown in pots they may be had in bloom from Christmas 
until April. (See cut.) ° 2 for 5c., 20c. per doz., $1.25 per 100, $10.00 per 1000. 
Bifolia. Most beautiful, bright blue flowers borne on short spikes; these should 
be extensively planted’ they are also fine for forcing. 2 for 5c., 20c. per doz., 
$1.25 per 100, $10.00 per 1000. 
Campanulata, (Wood Hyacinth.) Flowers borne on tail spikes, 1 to 2 feet 
high. Each flower measures nearly one inch across and droops gracefully 
perfectly hardy; also fine for pot culture. We offer the following colors: 
Campanulata, Blue. 2 for 5c.; 25c. doz.; $1.50 per 100. 
Campanulata, White. 3c. each; 30c. doz.; $2.00 per 100. 
Campanulata, Rose. 3c. each; 30c. doz.; $2.00 ner 100. 
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SNOW/DROPS. 
In the early spring months there is nothing more beautiful than a sheet of 
the snowy, graceful blossoms of the Snowdrop. Beds and effects of surpassing 
beauty may be arranged with Snowdrops in the centre, edged with bright blue 
Scilla Sibirica, or Chionodoxa Lucila, or by intermingling them. When prac- 
ticable, such plantings of the snowdrops should be permanent. The Snowdrop 
and the Crocus, when planted in alternate circles, are very effective, and follow 
each other so closely that no gap is left in the succession. In beds of Tulips 
and Hyacinths, Snowdrops are very effective between the lines; they flower 
while these bulbs are just moving the sufrace, and when the flowers are over 
there reniains an elegant groundwork of green foliage. Used as a permanent 
eding, and in masses on the edges of lawns, nestling in the grass, they look 
charming. 
Single Snowdrops. 15c. per doz.; $1.00 per 100: $8.00 per 1000. 
Double Snowdrops. 3 for 10c.; 30c. per doz.; $2.00 per 100. 
ELWES’ GIANT SNOWDROP. 
_ One of the finest of the genus, at least three times the size of the ordinary 
single Snowdrop. flowers slightly marked with green spots; fine for cutting. 
20c. per doz.; $1.25 per 100; $10.00 ver 1000. 
SPRING SNOWFLAKE. 
(Leucojum Vernum.) 
Produces flowers like monster snowdrons; very graceful in growth, having 
the delicate fragrance ot the Violet. , It is one of our earliest spring flowers, 
with white blossoms 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 effective, and when es- 
tablished produce enormous quantities of flowers. hey can also be slowly 
forced in pots for winter bloom. 3c. each, 30c. per doz., $2.00 per100. 
HENDERSON’S BOOKLET ON ‘‘BULB CULTURE,’’ described on page 61, may be selected free on a $3.00 Order. 
