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J. M. Thorburn & Co. — Catalogue of Bulbs. 



RICHARDIAS, or CALLAS. 



Ready in September and October. 



Tall-growing, bulbous perennials of exceedingly graceful habit 

 and very handsome foliage and flowers. They are easily cultivated 

 in pots, requiring only a rich soil and plenty of water. A compost of 

 one part good loam and one part cow manure is recommended. It is 

 a good plan to plant them out in the garden each summer, in rich, 

 well -manured soil, giving theni plenty of water, taking them up and 

 carefully repotting in September. 



White Calla, or Llly-of-the-Nile {Calla ^tliio- Each Per doz. 100 

 pica). Large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers of 

 great substance. One of the most popular and 



ornamental of house and greenhouse plants... $0 20 $2 00 $15 00 

 "Little Cem" Calla. Very neat, dwarf habit; 



makes an excellent pot-plant 



Spotted Calla (C. ^thiopica alba macnlata) . 



An extremely ornamental pot-plant, with pure 



white flowers and handsome, deep green leaves, 



spotted with white 



Black Calla. See Arum sanctum, page 18. 



08 



08 



5 00 



5 Cf 



No garden can 



SCILLAS. « 



Ready in September. —~- 



' iVhife I'd 1 1(1. 



be (•()m])lcte without these beautiful flowers. S. 



Peruviana requires slight protection; all the others are quite hardy, and may 

 remain in the ground several years. 



If ordered by mail, add 5 cents per dozen for postage, except those marked 

 irith a star (♦), to which add 2 cents each. 



SIbirica. The effect in early spring of this intensely rich blue, early-flowering 

 Scilla, contrasting with the snow-white of the Snowdrop 

 and the varied hues of the Crocus, can hardly be over-esti- 

 mated; are most valuable for permanent edging. 2 for 5 

 ^^fc^j-^c cts., 20 cts. per doz., $1 per 100, $8 per 1,000. 



Bifolia. Blue; hardy $0 05 $0 30 $1 50 



Campanulata (Wood Hyacinth), Blue. 05 30 1 50 



'iS^f i^^^K^ ^^ft j^jr^ " alba. White 08 GO 3 Oe 



(iSFMfc^^^Kg^^^^ H " rosea. Rose 05 35 2 00 



^ / Nutans coerulea (Nodding Squills). 



•» Blue 05 35 2 00 



" rosea. Rose 05 40 2 50 



^^Fi-^^^-r-- '^^^^ *Peruviana alba (White Cuban Lily)... 20 2 00 



I utea (Yellow Cuban Lily) .. 40 4 00 



Scilla Sibirica. » coerulea (Blue Cuban Lily). 15 150 



SNOWDROPS. 



(GALANTHUS NIVALIS.) 



Ready in September. 



Perhaps no spring flower is a more general favorite than 

 the Snowdrop. The earliest-flowering of its varieties is the 

 common single sort, which is also very graceful and beautiful, 

 commencing to bloom before the snow is fairly off the ground 

 in the spring. This is succeeded bj' the double-flowered vari- 

 ety, with its elegant drooping, snow-white blossoms. 



// ordered by mail, add 3 cents per dozen, or 25 cents 

 j)er 100, for postage. 



Per doz. 100 1,000 



Single-Flowering Snowdrops $0 15 $1 00 $7 50 



Double-Flowering Snowdrops 25 1 75 13 00 



Giant Snowdrop of Asia Minor {Galanthus 



Elwesii) 15 1 00 7 50 



Snou-d)-ops. 



