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MISCELLANEOUS BULBS FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING, continued 



ERANTHIS hyemalis (Winter Aconite). The Winter Aconite is the very 

 — — — "firstling" of the year, covering the ground with gilt spangles 

 in the bleakest days of February. Any soil or situation will suit this flower, and it 

 should be planted in large patches within view from the windows. 15 cts. per doz., 

 $1 per 100, 17.50 per 1,000. 



ERElVlURUS. Majestic, tuberous-rooted plants. A noble ornament in flower 

 * garden or on the lawn. The flowers are very fragrant and 

 closely arranged on stately spikes 6 to 10 feet high, forming a magnificent column of 

 bloom during June and July. Give a sunny position, sheltered from gales; plant the 

 tubers in the fall, while dormant, and set about 8 inches deep. Although hardy, it 

 will be safer in northern states to protect with 4 to 6 inches of leaves, straw, manure 

 or similar covering to prevent the young growth, which starts very early, from being 

 tipped from late freezes. Strong, flowering roots, that is, roots that will flower the 

 first season. E^^h Doz. 



Himalaicus. Peach-pink $0 60 $6 00 



Robustus. Delightful rosy-pink 60 6 00 



Bungei. Beautiful golden yellow. One of the scarcest and most lovely of 



the Eremurus i 25 12 00 



Elwesianus. Soft pink, with bands of deeper color down the middle of 



segments i 00 10 00 



Collection 0! one each of above for $3; 3 collections for $8 



ERYTHRONIUM (Giant Dog's-tooth Violet). Beautiful plants, perfectly 

 hardy; the foliage is 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 effect is matchless. The plants luxuriate in 

 rather moist, partially shady positions, and do very nicely when grown in pots for 

 winter blooming. 



Americanum. Large, cream-colored flowers with maroon band at Doz. 100 



base ; leaves richly mottled ; six to ten flowers on a stem are common. fo 75 $5 00 

 Dens-canis. Mixed varieties 25 i 50 



FRITILLARIA MeleagrU (Snake's Head, or Guinea Hen Flower). An 

 — — — — ^— elegant species, growing from 10 to 18 inches high, bearing 

 in spring curious, drooping, bell-shaped flowers, most of which are very oddly 

 marked, many being checkered and splashed white and purple, cream and maroon, 

 etc. Perfectly hardy and splendid for naturalizing, especially in semi-shaded places. 

 Ten named varieties. 5 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., $2.50 per 100; mixed colors, 10 cts. 

 for 3, 30 cts. per doz., $2 per 100. 



Fritillaria Meleagris alba. Pure white. 5 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., $2. 50 per 100. 



(See illustration.) 



J'J^Q^P_"^JLLg^ Delavayi (Hardy Gloxinia). This comparatively new 

 — — ^— ^— perennial from northern China has been found hardy in 

 the United States. We recommend, however, a liberal mulching where left out during winter. The tubers ma}- be lifted in autumn and 

 stored in the same manner as Dahlias and replanted in spring. The 

 foliage resembles that of the Acanthus, while the blossoms appear like 

 clusters of pink Gloxinias. It is extremely decorative and quite easily 

 grown. Strong roots, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 



Eremurus Himalaicus 



LEUCOJUM. 



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 blos- 

 soms distinctly tipped green, handsome in outline and prized for bou- 

 quets. They should be grown in quantities in the borders or in spots 

 on the edges of shrubbery, where they are beautifully effective, and 

 when established produce enormous quantities of flowers. 



Doz. 100 1,000 



Vernnm (Spring Snowflake) jjo 20 jSi 25 $10 00 



AEstivam. A snow-white flower resembling the 



snowdrop, but larger 15 i 00 8 00 



Large clumps of Lily-of- 

 the- Valley for outside 

 planting and naturalizing. These clumps will throw from fifteen to 

 twenty spikes of flowers. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $20 per 100. 



Giant Montbretia, Prometheus. 



Height 3 to 4 feet ; flowers larger than any 



LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. 



Doz. 

 50 



I 25 fio 00 



MONTBRETIA. 



other Montbretia; color rich orange, with Each 



crimson spots at the base of petals $0 75 



Giant Montbretia, George Davison. 3 



feet high, bearing lovely pale orange-yellow 



flowers 3 inches across 15 



Giant Montbretia, Germania. 3 to 4 feet 



high ; flowers 2 to 3 inches ; color is a rich, 



glowing orange-scarlet, with red throat... 05 

 Giant Montbretia, Messidor. Color 



maple-yellow, passing to pale yellow 15 



Giant Montbretia, Martagon. Deep 



orange, with brownish center; reflexed 



petals 05 50 4 00 



Collection of oce each of the above Orchid-flowering Hontbretias 

 for $1 



40 2 75 $25 00 



50 



Fritillaria Meleagris alba 



