C. C. Morse & O 
BULBS 
San Francisco, Cat.. 
Miscellaneous Bulbs and Flowering Roots—Continued 
RANUNCULUS 
(Prices are postpaid.) 
These make very double flowers about 9 inches high and go well 
with Anemones in the garden. Ranunculus come in a wide range of 
attractive colors; bright shades of crimson, purple, black, yellow, 
white. The bulbs have curious finger-like projections which should 
be planted pointing down, also soak the bulbs in water over night. 
Plant in a cool, partly shaded position. Our collection of named 
Ranunculus gives the very colors you may have wanted for a place 
in your garden. 
Per 
Black: very double and nearly black $ 30 
Hercules: giant white - [ [35 
■Jaime Supreme: yellow j. ° [35 
Mont Blanc : white .30 
Romano: bright scarlet .30 
Kosalie: fine light flesh pink, lighter center 30 
•Souci Dore: brownish orange 30 
Striped: yellow lightly striped with red, called Prince de 
Galitzen 30 
Viridiflora: green as can be with bright red edge. Much 
admired at the florist's ~ 
l-'rench Mixed: fine large, loosely double (lowers, ' very 
vigorous growers, in g'orgeous colors $7.00 per 1000 
Persian Mixed: very double rose-shaped flowers 
Turban Mixed: double peony-shaped /lowers in many 
bright colors 30 
Morse's Mixed: grow these in rich soil 'and see' how fine 
they really are 35 2_ 00 
LILY r OF THE VALLEY 
We shall make no importation this year 011 account of war con- 
ditions and restrictions. 
SCILLA 
(Prices per doz. arc postpaid. 100 weigh 3 lbs.) Per 
Scilla Siberica: exquisite blue and extremely early; adapt- 
ed for edging and for growing with Crocus. These 
look well also as a background to n bed of hyacinths 
Per 
100 
$1.75 
3.00 
3.00 
1.75 
1.75 
1.75 
1.75 
1.75 
.30 1.75 
.30 
.30 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
Per 
100 
Oampanulata Blue: beautiful bright blue "bell- shaped 
flowers on stems about 12 inches high. Make a fine edg- 
these Scillas in the dry ground over the summer 
they are much more vigorous the second year 
for 
.25 
$1.75 
.35 
1.75 
.25 
1.75 
SNOWDROPS 
(Prices are postpaid.) 
. Nothing is more beautiful than these little modest flowers appear- 
ing in earliest spring. If dotted through-out the lawn, the' effect is 
most charming, or grown in a bed where tliev can be left undis- 
turbed from year to year they will make a fine showing and may be 
used as a cut flower. Many confound these witli the Snowfl'ake, 
which has a different shaped flower. 
Per 
Single Flowering 1 « 0Z j 0 
Double Flowering .30 
Per 
.100 
$1.25 
2.00 
Ran 11 nculus 
SNOWFLAKE 
(Weight 1 lb. per die. 100 weigh 5 lbs.) 
Leuco.jum Vernum: very early and fine for cutting, 
15 to 18 inches tall; flowers white with green tip; 
pendant; all six petals are of equal length in Snow- 
flake and uneven in Snowdrops. Extra strong. 
Especially satisfactory in the garden, lasting for 
year. Plant freely. .25c do/.., $1.50 per 100, $12.50 per 1000 
SPARAXIS 
(Price is postpaid.) 
Beautiful flowers borne on long graceful spikes: the 
colors are of the most telling combinations and of the 
brightest shades. They are tigered, blotched, spotted, 
streaked and flushed in the most diverse and pleasing 
manner. Sparaxis is hardy and long in bloom. Most 
satisfactory in a garden. 
Mixed colors 15,. per do/..; 85c per 100 
SPIRE A 
(Weight 1 14 lbs. cadi, 14 lbs. per dot. For December 
delivery.) 
While these can be used for outdoor planting, where 
they will bloom during the summer, their great value 
is as a house plant. 
Ceres: Arendsi type: this is a new Spirea, the result 
of hybridization. It has beautiful feathery panicles 
of a bright rosy lilac color: height. 3 feet.'... 
,,.•■■7 ■■ 50c each: $5.00 per do/.. 
(.ladstone (Hybrid Astilboides) : the best of all the 
Spireas, bearing snow-white plumes in great pro- 
11181011 50c each; $5.00 per doz. 
TRITELEYA 
(Price is postpaid.) 
Spring- Star Flower (TJnifloraO : a dwarf little plant 
growing only 6 inches high and very suitable for 
borders and edging. The flowers are a delicate blue 
white, about 1 inch across. These do not have to be 
replanted, as they are hardy and perennial, lasting 
for years. A pretty little 'flower 
15c per do/..; 75c per 100 
TUBEROSES 
(Weight iy 2 lbs. per doc, 15 lbs. per 100. For February 
delivery.) 
The flowers grow on stems IS inches high, each stem 
bearing a dozen or more flowers. They are pure white, 
waxlike, and very fragrant. Tuberoses do best in a 
warm sheltered location. 
Double Dwarf Pearl 40c per do/..; $3.00 per 100 
WATSONIAS 
(Weight 1% lbs. per doc, 12 lbs. per 100. 
Extra size A lbs. per doz.) 
Pure White: These resemble the gladiolus in general 
appearance. They have tall spikes with many pure 
white flowers coming in two ranks. These do not all 
open at once, so that a spike will last over a week 
as a cut flower. Bloom comes last of May. Bulbs 
remain for years; very satisfactory in every way. 
40c per doz.; $2.50 per 100 
Deep Pink: Handsome pink Watsonias 
50c per doz.; $3.50 per 100 
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