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FOrXDED 1802 

 INCORPORATED 1S9I 



Season, 1917 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



CATALOGUE | 



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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. 



Bulbs may be grown indoors in 

 the winter months, wlu n flowers 

 a 10 most appreciated. By successive 

 planting's a constant supply of blooms 

 can be had from December until May. 

 The finest outdoor displays of the 

 early Spring; months are also from 

 bull)s planted in the Autumn. The 

 cultural directions found under the 

 respective headings are woi-thy of 

 careful attention. 



The time taken under ordinary 

 conditions for the different bulbs to 

 foi-m 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 

 10 weeks; Dutch hyacinths, 14 to 16 

 weeks; daffodils, jonquils and nar- 

 cissus, 14 to 16 weeks; lilies such as 

 Harrisii, longi-florum, giganteum, for- 

 niosum, speciosum, etc., will take at 

 least 16 to 18 weeks. When well [ 

 rooted remove to where they may be i 

 forced at a temperature of about 60 % . | 

 Of course the time will vary either 

 one w^ay or the other according to the 

 strength of the bulbs. 



Our bulbs are all SELECTED 

 FIRST SIZE TOP ROOTS, ( oming 

 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 

 otherwise, at very low prices. 



NAME AND ADDRESS. We often 

 receive orders ivith either the name or 

 the address of the sender omitted. As 

 we can do nothing with such orders, the 

 custorner thinks his order is being neg- 

 lected. We therefore beg our corres- 

 pondents to be careful to ivrite on each 

 order their name and fjdl address. 



ORDERS should be sent as soon 

 as possible after receipt of this cata- 

 logue. The bulbs will be shipped in 

 proper time for planting. They are 

 ready from August to November, ac- 

 cording to the tiine of ripening and the 

 country from which they come. Orders 

 received earliest are sure of being filled 

 in full. If left too late, the supply 

 of some of the varieties ma}^ be ex- 

 hausted. 



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Copyright 1917. by .1. M. Thorburn & Co. 



