Select Bulbs for Fall Planting 
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CYCLAMEN Persicum giganteum. I am able to offer very fine bulbs of this favorite 
house plant in white, dark red or rose-color at 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
Yellow and Papilio (marked like a butterfly). 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
DELPHINIUM. Perennial Larkspur. These splendid summer bloomers are unexcelled 
in showiness of bloom and length of flowering season. The spikes when well grown 
are from 4 to 10 feet high, and in fine shades of blue, purple, white and light yellow. 
If cut when they have flowered out they will throw up new spikes and give a second 
bloom. Plant in any good garden soil in the sun. Feed well. See 3d cover page. 
Kelway's Seedlings. These are the best in Europe. In a mixture of many fine shades. 
I can not give these to color. Good plants 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. i-year-old 
plants, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Named English Varieties. In blues of any shade, purples, white and light yellow. 
Creamy white at 50 cts. each, other shades at 25 cts. each. 
Nudicaule. A native of California and a fine orange-scarlet. Likes shade and a loose 
soil and very easily grown. $1 per doz. 
HELLEBORE, or CHRISTMAS 
ROSES. These rare plants are 
related to Peonies and flower 
early as December with open 
flowers of good size in odd 
shades and very attractive. 
They stay in good shape for 
months during the winter. 
The leaves are rather pretty 
and they thrive in a shady 
place with good soil, prefer- 
ring that rather heavy. I have 
had clumps as long as fifteen 
years without moving. They 
are well worth growing and 
will be noticed by every one 
who enters the garden. Named 
sorts 25 cts. each. 
IXIAS. These are slender bulbous 
plants loving a warm situation 
and loose soil. In many fine 
colors. Mixed, 20 cts. per doz., 
$1.25 per 100. 
MONTBRETIAS. These are 
among the easiest of bulbs to 
grow in California whether in 
light or heavy soils, light shade 
or sunshine. They should be 
lifted and divided every year cyclamen persicum giganteum 
when they ripen, as they soon 
get too thick. The common sort is too well known to be sold, but I can offer 
good bulbs in 10 named sorts, 10 each, much showier than the common, at $3 per 100. 
MUSCARI plumosus (The Plume Hyacinth). Low-growing plants, with odd lilac- 
purple flowers, queerly cut into line sprays. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz. 
Heavenly Blue. A dear little early flower with the bluest of blue blossoms. 3 cts. 
each, 25 cts. per doz. 
ORNITHOGALUM Arabicum, or Star of Bethlehem. A bulbous plant with stem a foot 
or so high and a raceme of white flowers with black center; very pretty and early. 
5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz., $3 per 100. 
Umbellatum (Star of Bethlehem). A pretty, low-growing plant, with grassy leaves 
and pure white flowers. It can be turned out loose in open grass, or any odd corner, 
and will take care of itself. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz. 
PEONIES. These grand perennial plants will grow on in the same place and get better 
every year. They must have a heavy, rich soil, light shade and ordinary watering. 
The soil should be dug 2 feet deep, or more, and manure worked in liberally. Give 
a good manuring every year, but leave the clumps alone for years and you will be 
well rewarded for your trouble. The first year's bloom is poor. 
Japanese Single and Double Varieties. Red, White and Pink. 25 cts. each, or twelve, 
no two alike, for $2. Splendid European Varieties, all double, at the same price. 
