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MISCELLANEOUS BULBS FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING, continiied 



CHIQNODQXA (Ol-^ry-of-the-^Snow). The ,nost beauti- 

 ful of dwarf blue spring flowers, resem- 

 bling: those of Scilla Sibirica, but larger, slightly taller, and more 

 handsome. The Cliionoduxa is very hardy, thrivini; in any ordinary 

 garden soil and in ahiKjst any situation. The bulbs continue to 

 flower from year to year. It is also excellent for forcing. 

 Luciliae. Flowers of brilliant sky-blue, with a white Doz. loo 



center per i,ono, Sio. .)Jo 15 %\ 00 



Sardensis. Intense deep gentian blue, very beautiful. 



per 1 ,000, SS. . 15 I 00 



Gigantea. Unusually large flowers of lovely lilac-blue, 



with conspicuous white center per 1,000, $10. . 20 i 25 



CROWN IMPERIALS (FniiUaria impenalis). 



Flowers range m color from 

 pure yellow to deep shades of orange and reddish buff. dq^. 100 



Eight Splendid Varieties, to name each, ,15c. ..$3 25 $2$ 00 



Finest Varieties, Mixed ... . each, 15c... i 25 750 



DIELYTRA spectabUis (Bleeding Heart). One of the most 



ornamental of hardy spring-flowering jilants, 



with elegant green foliage and long drooping racemes of heart- 

 shaped flowers. This is deemed one of the finest of all hardy garden 

 plants. Ready in November. Magnifice'nt racemes of pink and white 

 flowers. 15 cts. each, jji.25 per doz., jSio per 100. 



ERANTHIS l»yemalis (Winter Aconite). The Winter 

 Aconite is the very " firstling" of the year, cov- 

 ering the ground with gilt spangles in the bleakest (la\ s df February. 

 Any soil or situation will suit this flower, and it should be jilantcd in 

 large patches within view from the windows. 15c. per doz., $1 per 100, 

 $S per 1,000. 



ERYTHRONIUM (("^iant Dog's-tooth Violet). Beautiful 



plants, perfectly hardy; the foliage is 



usually charmingly variegated, and a mass of fifteen or twenty plants 

 is a pretty sight even when not in flower, but when the graceful 

 flowers are in bloom the eft'ect is matchless. The plants luxuriate in 

 rather moist, parti;illy shady positions and do very nicely when 

 grown in pots for winter blooming. 



Americanum. Large cream-colored flowers with ma- Doz. 100 

 roon band at ba^e ; leaves richly mottled; six to ten 

 flowers on a stem are common 



Dens canis. Mixed varieties 



$0 50 $2 50 



15 I 00 



FRITILLARIA Meleagris (Snake's Head, or Guinea Hen 



Flower). An elegant species, growing from 



10 to 18 inches high, bearing in spring curious drooping bell-shaped 



Muscaria, or Grape Hyacinth 



flowers, most of which are very oddly marked, many being checkered 

 and splashed white and purple, cream and maroon, etc. See illus- 

 tration. Perfectly hardy and splendid for naturalizing, especially in 

 semi-shady places. Mixed colors, 3 for loc, 30c. per doz., $2 per 100. 



FEATHERED, GRAPE and MUSK HYA- 



Tlu- 

 and 



^e Hyacinths will grow in any good garden soil 

 are admirably adapted for l)orders that are 



i!'ritiilaria Meleagris 



CINTHS. 



shaded by trees. They should be planted in large clumps and be 

 allowed to remain several years undisturbed. They are all beauti- 

 ful, the Feathered Hyacinth emphatically so. For delicacy of struct- 

 ure it has peculiar claims to our admiration, when jiresenting its 

 feathery plumes a foot or more in length, cut into curling threads of 

 the most elegant tenuity. Voz. 

 Muscaria plumosa. Beautiful Feathered Hyacinth ... $0 15 

 botryoides alba. White (Jrape Hyacinth . 15 

 " botryoides coerulea. Light bliie Hya- 

 cinth 15 



" botryoides nionstrosus. Giant blue Hya- 

 cinth 25 



racemosum. Blue starch Hvacinth 25 



" moschatus major ( Musk Hyacinth). Gray- 

 ish yi Uow ; very fragrant 75 



Produces flowers like monster snowdrops; 

 very graceful in growth, having the delicate 

 fragrance of the violet. It is one of our earliest spring flowers, with 

 white blossoms distinctly tipi)ed green, handsome in outline and 

 prized for bon<iuels. They should be grown in quantities in the bor- 

 ders or in si)ots on the eilges of shrulibery, where they are beauti- 

 fully efTective, and when established produce enormous (jnantities of 



Vernum (Spring Snowflake) $n 25 5i .so 



AEstivum. A simw-white flower resembling 



the snowdrop, but larger 2,5 I 25 1000 



Large <-lumps of Lily-of- 

 tin- A'alU y for outside 

 pl.iiiting and iiaturali/ing. These clumps will throw from fifteen to 

 turiitv spikes of (lowi rs. 35 cts. each, 5.v.So per doz., $25 per loo. 



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LEUCOJUM. 



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LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. 



