SIX HANDSOME FLOWERING AND DECORATIVE BULBS. 



GOLDEN CROWN LILY. Double Hemerocallls. 



This Is a double day lily of most beautiful type, and I 

 expect to see it make its 'way rapidly into public favor. 

 It has large golden yellow "double flowers, each flower 

 having a carmine ring toward the centre. It is a per- 

 fectly hardy garden plant. 15 cents each; 2 for 25 cents. 



HARDY CYCLAMEN. I listed this desirable plant 

 some years ago, and am compelled to restore it to my 

 catalogue. It has a large, solid bulb, and blooms easily 

 and quickly, the colors being whiteand pink. In many 

 localities this bulb or root is perfectly hardy, apfl while 

 I cannot insure that it will live in any particular place 

 over winter I can recommend that it be given further 

 wide trial, and am sure that many culturists will suc- 

 ceed in naturalizing it, and that such people will be 

 well rewarded. If treated as a perennial it should have 

 a warm situation, partially sheltered from the north 

 by buildings, trees or bushes, on well drained land. It 

 is' well worth growing as an annual. Strong bulbs, 15 cts. 

 each ; 2 for 25 cts.; 5 for 60 cts.; S1.25 per dozen. 



HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. Giant Summer. 

 Flowering Cape Hyacinth. A very showy bulbous- 

 rooted plant blooming in August and September, the 

 foliage somewhat resembling yucca. Flower spikes 

 four to Ave feet high, bearing from 20 to 30 large, bell- 

 shaped, pure white fragrant blossoms. Effective for 

 centre piece of bed. 5c. each; 6 for 25c.; 45c. per dozen. 



GAY QUEEN. Named Gay Queen from the beauty 

 of the flower. The illustration gives an idea of the 

 plant's habit. It bears clusters of showy flowers three 

 to four inches long, of various colors, the tints includ- 

 ing purplish rose, yellow and green, exquisitely tipped. 

 The foliage is handsome, making it a desirable pot 

 plant; though quite as available for the open ground. 

 Always admired. 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for $1.00. 



FANCY= LEAVED CALADIUM. Especially desir- 

 able for green house or window culture or for out of doors 

 decorative effect. Easily grown, thriving in pot or box, 

 or in shady situation in garden or lawn. The root 

 should be set in fairly enriched sandy loam. If grown in 

 open air the bulb should be dried off in October and 

 kept warm and dry during winter. There is a wide 

 range of color and markings, the handsome leaves being 

 spotted and variegated with white, pink, scarlet, etc 

 I have the choicest strain of this fancy-leaved caladium. 

 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; $1.75 per dozen. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. Elephant's Ears. 



A handsome plant of tropical aspect, bearing leaves 

 sometimes a yard or more in expanse. Effective as a 

 single plant on a lawn, or in groups; also useful for 

 decorative effect near streams or ponds. Bulbs can be 

 stored in dry sand in w inter and kept from year to 

 year. Desirable and widely popular. Large bnlbs, 15c. 

 each; 81.50 per dozen, postpaid. By express, $7.50 per 100. 



One bulb of each of the above 6 Handsome Flowering and Decorative Bulbs postpaid, 



Caladium. 



CRINUM, Klrky. A plant with lily- 

 like flowers of the greatest beauty and fra- 

 grance. The petals are white, with a deep 

 reddish purple stripe through the centre of 

 each. The plant in bloom always attracts 

 admiration. Succeeds in pot or open 

 ground. Large bulb?, 25c. each; 3 for 65c. 



CRINUM, Erubescens. Large flowers, 

 6 to 8 in an umbel, each 5 to 6 inches long. 

 Handsome; easilv grown. 20 cents each. 



CRINUM, Flmbrlatulum. Very free 

 blooming, with dense clusters of large, 

 white and pink flowers. 20 cents each. 



GLOXINIA BULBS. This class 

 of gorgeous summer - blooming 

 bulbous-rooted plants can be grown 

 successfully with ordinary care, 

 flowering in six to eight weeks after 

 the bulbs are placed in the soil. 

 They should be started in a green- 

 house, hotbed or sunny window. 

 They will bloom until late summer, 

 when they should be dried off, let- 

 ting the leaves die. The pots con- 

 taining the bulbs, or the bulbs them- 

 selves must be kept out of the reach 

 of frost or severe freezing. They are 

 natives of tropical America, and are 

 among the most ornamental of our 

 tender-flowering plants, having been 

 wonderfully improved by culture. 

 See illustration. Mixed colors, in- 

 cluding many handsome shades of 

 pink, blue and white. 15 cents each ; 

 2 for 25 cents, postpaid. 



Crinum Kirky. 



Japanese Fern Balls. 



JAPANESE FERN BALLS, A most 

 curious novelty. These very interesting 

 ferns are independent of both soil and 

 moisture. The former they do not require, 

 as they are rooted in moss; and when 

 the latter is withheld they simply dry up 

 and go to sleep, to re-awaken when mois- 

 ture again reaches them. They are grown 

 suspended in the air, like other air plants, 

 and are six inches or more in diameter, in 

 their dormant or dry state, in the moss. 

 They will live for years under proper 

 treatment, alternately resting and grow- 

 ing, according to circumstances. They are 

 very satisfactory as house ferns, and at- 

 tract much attention and interest. It is 

 best to treat them with some degree of 

 regularity, giving them water two or three 

 times a week during their growing season, 

 and no water at all during their resting 

 period. These periods can be arranged at 

 convenience, but each should cover sav 

 two or three months or longer. The green 

 foliage is light and beautiful. If desired, 

 the root-filled bunch of moss may be di- 

 vided and placed in a fern dish, but the 

 hanging position is more graceful. I co 

 not know of a prettier or more interesting 

 house plant among recent introductions. 

 Per ball, 75 cents each ; 2 for $1.25, postpaid. 



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