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SECTION II. continued 



CROCUS Cst^l) 



Boddington's " Quality " Named Crocuses 

 for Pot Culture 



The Named Crocuses present such splendor of coloring as to 

 render them indispensable for decorative purposes in winter and 

 early spring. Their beauty is almost too great to be durable, but 

 a prolonged display is easily ensured by bringing forward succes- 

 sive batches at brief intervals. Doz 1,000 



Albion. Blue, striped white |o 15 $0 75 $6 00 



Baron von Brunow. Dark blue 15 75 6 00 



Caroline Chisholm. White 15 75 6 00 



Cloth of Gold 15 75 6 00 



Purpurea grandiflora. Deep purple 15 75 6 00 



King of the Whites. Largebt white 15 75 6 00 



Madam Mina. Striped 15 75 6 00 



Mammoth Golden Yellow 20 i 00 8 00 



Mont Blanc. Pure white 15 75 6 00 



Sir Walter Scott. White, lilac striped 15 75 6 00 



Mammoth Mixed, all colors 15 75 6 00 



All lovers of a garden, too, are familiar with the brilliant dispbiy 

 which can be obtained from Crocuses in the opening days of spring. 

 The planting maybe in groups or lines of distinct color, but in every 

 instance a massive effect should be aimed at. It only fritters away 

 the bulbs to plant singly or in small numbers, and they are so cheap 

 as to justify their lavish employment. 



OXALIS 



Lovely little bulbous plants for hanging pots and baskets. The 



bulbs should be planted an inch deep, six or eight in a 5-inch pot. 



They need a sunny situation. Doz. 100 



Bermuda Buttercup. Extra-sized bulbs $0 35 $2 00 



Bowiei. Rosy crimson ; fine flower 30 i 50 



Grand Duchess. White 20 i 00 



" " Pink 20 I 00 



" Lavender 15 80 



Lutea. Single yellow 20 i 00 



" Double 30 I 50 



Rosea. Rose 15 75 



Versicolor. Crimson and white 25 i 50 



Spirea, H. Witte 



Crocuses grown in a pan 



DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart) 

 November Delivery 



A well-known hardy plant, bearing in spring long racemes of 

 deep rose-pink, pendent fiowers. Treat the same as spireas. 15 cts. 

 each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 



SPIREA. or ASTILBE 



November Delivery 



Spireas make excellent plants for Easter and Memorial Day- 

 decorations They sliou.d be potted on arrival and be kept in a 

 cellar or coldfranie till about two months before they are needed. 



The Grand New Spirea. H. Witte 



Undoubtedly one of the finest and most beautiful Spireas for 

 forcing. One who makes a specialty of growing Spireas for the New 

 York market first drew our attention to this variety and pointed out 

 the fact that if it should flower ahead of time — the flowers are pass6 

 — by cutting them away a new crop would follow ; in fact, it might 

 be called a continuous bloomer. In habit and style of flowering it 

 is more to be compared with Spiraea Gladstone. 25 cts. each, $2.50 

 |)er doz., $15 per 100 



Astilboides floribunda. A very strong grower, Each Doz. loo 



producing large, pure white plumes fo 15 $1 25 $800 



Compacta multiflora. Good, compact variety; 



very shapely and e.xcelleiit forcer 15 i 25 8 00 



Gladstone. This new variety so f.tr e.xrels the 



older kinds. Enormous spikes of pure white 



flowers, borne upon strong stems 18 inches 



high. The foliage is all that can be desired .. . 20 200 1200 

 Japonica. The old variety; perfectly haidy 



and good forcer 15 1 25 7 00 



Superbe. New. Makes a perfect plant for 



decorative purposes. Is an early and abundant 



bloomer, of a beautiful, symmetrical shape. The 



flowers are pure wiiite, borne on stiff stems; 



I '< to 2 feet liigh 20 i 75 10 00 



Washington. Another new variety of great 

 beauty. Stems nearly 2 feet high. A handsome 



plant for decorative work 20 250 1500 



Palmata (The Pink Spire.i). This variety 

 throws up large spikes witii heavy heads of 

 rosy pink flowers, and will force the same as 



the wliite varieties 25 250 1500 



