ESTABLISHED 1802 

 INCORPORATED 1894 



Season, 1916 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



CATALOGUE 



OF 



Bulbs and Flowering Roots, also 

 Flower and Vegetable Seeds 

 for Fall Planting 



We have the pleasure of again presenting to our old friends and 

 all interested in Gardening, our ANNUAL CATALOGUE of Bulbs, 

 etc., for Fall Planting. 



When the average man sees a pretty bed 

 of hyacinths, Tulips, or other showy Bulbs, 

 in the Spring, he generally determines to 

 have "something like that" in his own front 

 or back garden next year, but when Sep- 

 tember or October arrives he is apt to 

 forget all about the pretty bed until the 

 Spring displays appear again. Therefore 

 — order your Bulbs EARLY and plan out 

 the beds for them now. 



Bulbs may be grown indoors in the 

 winter months, when flowers are most ap- 

 preciated. By successive plantings a con- 

 stant supply of blooms can be had from 

 December until May. The finest outdoor 

 displays of the early Spring months are 

 also from bulbs planted in the Autumn. 

 The cultural directions found under the 

 respective headings are worthy of careful 

 attention. 



The time taken under ordinary condi- 

 tions for the different bulbs to form enough 

 roots to enable them to be forced with any 

 kind of success is as follows: Paper white 

 narcissus, 6 to 8 weeks; Roman hyacinths, 

 8 to 1 0 weeks; Dutch hyacinths, 1 4 to 16 

 weeks; daffodils, jonquils and narcissus, 14 

 to 16 weeks; lilies such as Harrisii, longi- 

 florum, gigantium, formosum, speciosum, 



etc., will take at least 1 6 to 18 weeks. 

 When well rooted remove to where they 

 may be forced at a temperature of about 

 60°. Of course the time will vary either 

 one way or the other according to the 

 strength of the bulbs. 



Our bulbs are all selected first size top 

 roots, coming from the best growers, and 

 should not be confounded with the cheap 

 "case" bulbs sent to this country on specu- 

 lation, and often sold at auction and other- 

 wise, at very low prices. 



NAME AND ADDRESS. IVe often receive 

 orders roilh either the name or the address of the 

 sender omitted. As we can do nothing with such 

 orders, the customer thinf(s his order is being 

 neglected. We therefore beg our correspondents 

 to be careful to write on each order their name 

 and full address. 



ORDERS should be sent as soon as 

 possible after receipt of this catalogue. 



The bulbs will be shipped in proper time for 

 planting. The}) are ready from August to Novem- 

 ber, according to the time of ripening and the 

 country from which they come. Orders re- 

 ceived earliest are sure of being filled in 

 full. If left too late, the supply of some 

 of the varieties may be exhausted. 



Copyright, 1916, by J. M. Thorburn & Go. 



