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The Conard & J ones Company, West Grove, Pa. 



Rill RQ are amon £ ^ e grandest of all our garden flowers and must always be planted in the Fall. 

 DULDCl All flower lovers want bulbs. No other flowers are so easy to grow and sure to bloom. 



Our lovely Easter Lilies, Freesias, White Narcissus, Hyacinths, Sacred 

 Lilies Giant Cyclamen, &c. are the finest flowers there are for Winter flowering in the house and 

 conservatory, and for early Spring blooming in beds and borders in the open ground there is nothing 

 finer than our splendid Dutch Hyacinths, Gorgeous Tulips, Narcissus, Crocus, Iris, 

 Japan Lilies, &c, whicij are the earliest to bloom as well as the sweetest and most beautiful flowers 

 of their season, and being entirely hardy they should be planted at once in the open ground, where they 

 are to remain. They require no protection, though a light covering of well rotted manure or garden 

 litter is always desirable when convenient. 



TIME TO PLANT.— All Bulbs, whether for house culture and Winter bloom or for bedding out in open ground, should 

 be planted as early as convenient, from September to January — the earlier the better. 



SOIL REQUIRED. — Any good soil that is suitable for otfier flowers will grow fine bulbs. Old well rotted manure is the 

 best fertilizer, but when this cannot be had, we can send you our Improved Plant Food (a highly concentrated fertilizer, 

 specially prepared for plants and flowers). By mai4 or express, at any time desired. See Circular in this book. 



BULBS FOR THE HOUSE OR CONSERVATORY.— Can be grown nicely in pots or boxes if care is taken to firm 

 the earth well down on the roots, and provide good drainage at the bottom. Small bulbs can be set quite close together, some- 

 times several in one pot ; larger ones need room in proportion to their size. Do not plant too deep ; one inch is about right for 

 house culture, but large bulbs in open ground should go a little deeper. 



AFTER POTTING. — Water thoroughly and set away in a cool, dark place two or three weeks to rest, and give the 

 roots time to start ; then take to the living room window or wherever they are to remain. Bulbs do not require much heat — 

 an upstairs room suits them nicely. Water only when the surface soil looks dry. but do not allow them to get dry at the bot- 

 tom. They will soon begin to grow-and bloom and then their lovely flowers and delightful fragrance will surprise and delight 

 all who see them. 



TREATMENT AFTER BLOOMING.— When pot bulbs are done blooming they can be set away in any cool, dry place 

 and left a few weeks to mature, after which they may be shaken out of the soil and stored away until time to plant again in the 

 Fall. _They may not make as fine flowers the second season as the first, but will usually do quite well for two or three years. 

 Bulbs in open ground, when done blooming and well matured, may be lifted and dried off, and then treated exactly like those 

 from pots. i 



THE CONARD & JONES CO.'S HARDY BULBS FOR FALL PLANTING are grown and specially selected for 

 us by the best growers in Europe and can always be depended on to give best results and entire satisfaction in every way — 

 they are not surpassed by any. 



6 RAPE, MUSK AND 



GRAPE HYACINTHS— Pretty spikes of lovely Rich 

 Blue bell-shaped flowers; fine for bedding and pots. 

 3 for 5 cts., per doz. 12 cts., postpaid. 



SNOW WHITE— A very scarce sort, 3 for 10 cts., per 

 doz., 15 cts., 75 cts. per 100, postpaid. 



MUSK HYACINTHS (Large Flowering) — A charm- 



y ing dwarf-growing Hyacinth, rich purple and giving out 

 a strong and very agreeable musky fragrance, valuable 

 for pot culture and also for the flower bed. Entirely 

 hardy. 10 cts. each, 3 for 25 cts., f 1.00 per doz., postpaid. 



FEATHERED HYACINTHS -Lovely and curious 

 little flowers with feathery, plume-like spikes, deep blue 

 tinged with red, fine for pot cultureand beddingout also, 

 hardy. 5 for 10 cts.; per doz., 18 cts.; #1.00 per 100, postpaid. 



SPECIAL OFFER 



4 Grape Hyacinths, 3 Snow White, m 

 2 Musk, and 4 Feathered Hyacinths, V Jl fi 

 13 in all. Postpaid, for . . . . UVJK), 



FEATHERED HYACINTHS 



FEATHERED HYACINTHS 



HGHPHNTHUS UMBELLATUS 



T^llf* T£l 11 A "Pf»l f*£k W T "il V ^ e °^ er fine Bu 'bs of this splendid Blue African Lily, which is an 

 JL Ilv5 .DILI" xVJLJ. J.4L/rtjJJL AJj-l^y exceedingly beautiful ornamental plant for the Green House or Con- 

 servatory in Winter, and for pots or tubs on the lawn or piazza in Summer. The foliage is luxuriant and handsome, the flowers 

 are borne in large clusters of 20 to 30, frequently measuring 10 to 12 inches across. The flower stalks grow 15 to 18 inches- 

 high, and the flowers open in succession for several weeks ; the colo-, is bright rich blue, very showy and attractive. Price, 

 25c. each, $2.50 per doz., postpaid. Ready in November. 



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