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Bit immo&t. 



One of the most delightfully fragrant 

 and beautiful of the summer-flowering 

 bulbs, throwing up tall spikes of double 

 white flowers two to three feet high, 

 which remain in bloom a long period. 

 It is now an indispensable article in mak- 

 ing up a bouquet or basket of flowers at .>aJ" 1 

 anytime during the year, as by skilful ^-^ ^ 

 management a succession of flowers can V V\^L „,, 

 be obtained. For early flowers they can ^^'\ l h 

 be started in February or March, in the V\ i^ 

 greenhouse or hotbed ; and for a succes- ^X 

 sion they can be planted at intervals as ^N|"y^^\M 

 late as July. For flowering in the open ^%X^1, 

 borders, they can be planted about the ^ 

 first of May; they will then bloom in ^^Ljrh JSj 

 September. The bulbs we offer this sea- \f [ ((i/- 

 son are very fine, and certain to flower. \l/^rt%i!f 

 First size, each 8 10 



Per dozen 1 00 



Per hundred 6 00 



Second size, each 8 



Per dozen SO 



Per hundred 5 00 



First size, started in pots for early 

 flowering, per dozen 2 50 



SINGLE TUBEROSE 



Is also valuable as a bouquet flower, as it flowers earlier than the 

 double, and on this account more suitable for northern latitudes. 10 

 cents. $1.00 per dozen. 



TUBEEOSE :^E^Y DWAKF "PEAEL." The individual flowers 

 are much larger than the common variety ; desirable for pot 

 culture. 30 cents. S3.00 per dozen. 

 " Vaeiegated-Leaved. Leaves striped with light yellow, very 

 showy when planted in masses. 30 cents. $3.00 per dozen. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS-Afi-ican Blue Lily. 



A noble plant, belonging to the bulbous rooted section, with ever- 

 green foliage. A large plant, under good treatment, will frequently 

 send up a flower-stalk three feet high, crowned with twenty or thirt}' 

 lieads of flowers, which will come into blossom in succession. It blooms 

 during the summer, and forms a fine ornament to an architectural ter- 

 race, or a lawn. Price of plants from 50 cents to S2.00, according to size. 

 UMBELLATrS MINOE. A dwarf varietv. $1.00. 



" Albus. White flowers. Sl.OO. 



" FoLiis Vaeiegatis. Variegated foliage. $1.00. 



