AUTUMN Catalogue. 1909. 



SCHIZOSTYLIS. 



Coccinea. (A'ajir Lity or Crimson Fiag.) An excellent 

 half-hardy plant for winter forcing, with long slender 

 Gladiolus-like spikes of deep scarlet flowers. Keady for 

 delivery in No-,, ember . 



Each, lo cents; Dozen, 50 cents ; 100, $3.00, 



SNOWFLAKE. {Leucojum.) 



The Snowflakes produce tiowers like monstrous Snow- 

 drops on steins about a foot high. They are perfectly hardy 

 and have the odor of violets. 



Doz. 100 

 Spring Snowflake. (Z. Vemum.) White, 



drooping flowers ^.30 §1-75 



Summer Snowflake. (/...'S'jrffww.) White ! .35 2.00 



SPARAXIS. 



Charming little bulbous plants for pot culture in the con- 

 servator}- or window, closely resembling Ixias, but dwarfer 

 and more compact. Eight to twelve bulbs may be planted 

 in a six-inch bulb-pan, covering them one inch. 



Doz. 100 



Choice Named Sorts. The most beauti- ; 1 



ful grown S0.20 i?1.25 



Choice Sorts, Mixed. In great variety . ! .10 .60 



Each 



go.is 



SPIR/EA. (AstMe.) 



Ready for delivery in November, by express or freight 

 only. 



Japonica. One of the best plants for winter and spring 

 forcing. Its rich, dark-green, fern-like foliage is sur- 

 mounted with a profusion of pure white flowers, rising in 

 erect feathery panicles. It is equally valuable as a 

 decorative pot plant, and for cutting. Being 

 perfectly hardy, it succeeds well in the open 

 garden, blooming early in summer. Large 

 clumps 



Compacta Multiflora. {Graudijiora.) A variety 

 of Japonica of compact growth, and the flowers 

 somewhat larger; e.xcellent for forcing . 



Astilboides Floribunda. The habit of growth 

 is dwarf, with erect, long flower sprays of 

 purest white in delicately formed panicles . 



Hybrida Gladstone. .\ new large flowering 

 variety with immense trusses of snow-white 

 flowers borne on long stalks. Excellent for 

 forcing and as a cut-flower is unequalled 



Aurea Reticulata. The dark-green leaves are 

 veined with golden yellow ; flowers white ; a 

 charming plant for forcing and out-door culti- 

 vation 



Palmata. A beautiful hardy variety, with large, 

 rosy-crimson, feathery flowers; verj- elegant 

 when forced 



Queen Alexandra. This beautiful new pink 

 flowered variety was named in honor of the 

 Queen of England, who, having seen it at one 

 of the London exhibitions was enthusiastic in 

 her admiration of it and made inquiry as to its 

 origin. It was awarded a Silver Medal by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society last spring. 

 The color is almost identical with that of the 

 Bridesmaid Rose . . 



Doz. 



|!i.2S 



1.50 



1.50 



TRITONIA. 



I -so 



*7-5o 



8.00 



[4.00 



8. Co 



1.50 



4-5° I 35-00 



Very attractive bulbous plants for pot culture; free blooming and 

 easy of cultivation. They grow from 1 5 inches to 2 feet in height, of grace- 

 ful habit, and vary in color from rosy-white to orange-scarlet. Six bulbs 

 may be planted in a sLx-inch bulb-pan or pot, one inch deep. Doz. 100 



Aurea. (lolden yellow $0.75 



Crocata Type. Shades of orange and scarlet .... 1 1.25 

 Fine Mixed. Many colors | .30 



:5S.OO 

 8.00 

 2.00 



Spirea Q,u«eu Alexandria. 

 TRILLIUM. ( Wood Lily or Trinity Flower.) 



Very beautiful, hardy, native plants, delighting in moist shady 



situations. 



Doz. 100 



Qrandiflorum. (Giant American IVood Liiy.) Flowers 



pure white, changing to delicate rose; height, one foot $0.60 $4.00 



Erectum. The common purple-flowered wood lily, one 



of the earliest .60 4.00 



Erythrocarpum. Large white flowers, height, one foot 1.00 6.00 



Sessile Album. A very fine white variety from Califor- 

 nia, having beautifully mottled leaves ...... 1.50 10.00 



Sessile Rubra. Flowers reddish-purple 1.50 lo.oc 



TRITELEIA. ( Spring star Flo-u;er. ) 



Charming little tuberous plants either for forcing or out-door culture. 

 For forcing plant ten or twelve tubers in a six-inch bulb-pan, covering 

 them one inch ; in the open garden the tubers should be set 4 inches deep 

 and protected with litter during winter. 



Uniflora. Porcelain blue S0.15 S0.75 



Violacea. Violet blue 15 .75 



TROP/EOLUM. 



Charming climbing plants for pot cultivation in the conservatory or 

 window; with delicate foliage and elegant flowers. Thev are usuallv trained 

 over balloon-shaped trellises. Plant three or four bulbs in an eight-inch 

 ])ot, covering them one and a half inches. 

 Jarrattii. {Tricolorum.^ Scarlet, yellow, and black. Each, 15 cer.ts; 



per dozen, $1.50 : per 100, ;>i 2 00. 



WATSONIA ARDERNEi. 



This new white variety was recentlv introduced from South Africa and 

 is likely to become very popular. The bulbs resemble gladioli, sending up 

 stems to a height of 3 to 4 feet, each stem bearing about a dozen snow- 

 white flowers. Fine for forcing in the greenhouse or planting out doors in 

 spring like the gladioli. Each 20 cents; dozen. Si. 75 ; per 100, S12.00. 



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