autumn Catalogue, iw. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



{Convallaria.) 



FOR open ground planting we offer large clumps, each containing many flowering crowns. These may be set from six 

 inches to a foot apart and covered three inches. They succeed best in ground which is rather moist and partially shaded. 

 For forcing the Pips are to be preferred, being grown under conditions tending to promote vigorous and early 

 blooming. Twelve to eighteen pips may be planted in a 6-inch pot, with all the fibrous roots carefully preserved, and keeping 

 the crowns above the soil. Place them in a temperature of about So degrees, cover the crowns with loose moss, and keep 

 them constantly moist with tepid water. They should flower in about five weeks. Ready for delivery in November. 



Selected Dresden. The earliest, largest, and best for forcing. Strong Large Dutch Clumps. Each contains many flowering pips; best for 

 pips with extra long roots. Per doz.. 35 cents; per 100, S2.50; per planting in the open ground. Each 30 cents; per doz., S3.00; per 100, 



1.000, 520.00; per case of 2,000 pips, S35.00. S20.00. By express only. 



Best Berlin. First-class selected 



pips for forcing. Per doz., 30 



cents: per 100,52.00: per 1,000, 



517.50; per case of 2.000 pips, 



£32.50. 

 Best Hamburg. Strongest pips 



for late winter and spring 



forcing. Per doz., 25 cents; 



per 100.51.75: per 1,000, 5 16. 00; 



per case of 2,000 pips, S30.00. 

 Fink Flowered. Rosy pink, 



fragrant. Pips. Per doz., 75 



cents; per 100, 55.00. 

 Fortin's Giant. A very large 



growing variety adapted to late 



forcing and out-of-door cultiva- 

 tion. The pure white bells are 



much larger than the ordinary 



variety, and borne upon taller 



stems. Pips, per doz., 50 cents ; 



per 100.S3.00; per 1,000. S22.00. 



ACHIMENES. 



The scaly tubers should be 

 potted during January or Febru- 

 ary in a compost of turfy loam, 

 leaf mould and sand. They 

 should be grown in a moist, 

 warm temperature, shaded from 

 the sun until they begin to bloom, 

 when they may be kept cooler to 

 prolong the duration of the 

 flowers. 



Annette. Violet, very fine. 



Celestial. Pure white, violet- 

 spotted centre. 



Diadem. Bright red. 



Dr. Carey. Pale rose, large 

 and well formed. 



Estelle. Delicate rose, with 

 white centre. 



Longiflora. Clear blue. 



Longiflora Major. Delicate 

 bluish violet. 



Margarita. Pure white. 



Mauve Queen. Mauve. flowers 

 very large. 



Rosea Elegans. Bright rose. 



Violacea. Violet, with carmine 

 shading. Dwarf. 



Vivid. Scarlet. 



Dozen. Si. 00: 100, S6.00. 



Six of a Kind Sold at Dozen Rates 



Selected Dresden, Lily of the Valley. 

 25 at 100 Rates; 250 at 1,000 Rates. 



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