SELECT BULBS FOR FALL PLANTING 
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VARIOUS BULBS FOlt FALL PLANTING, continued 
SCILLA nutans is a strong-growing Wood Hyacinth; very pretty and easily 
the stems grow to a foot in height. I offer the deep blue form at 25 cts. per doz 
EREMURUS Himalaicus is a striking plant, with large leaves somethi 
an agapanthus, and a very stout stalk, growing 6 to 8 feet high, with many pu 
flowers. The bulbs are large and cost $1.25 each. 
E. robustus is similar, with bright rose flowers. Same price. 
TIGRIDIAS. I offer these in my Hardy Plant Catalogue for spring plantin 
WATSONIAS are so closely related to the gladiolus that the leaves w 
fused, but the pure white flowers are more like large freesias. They are 
cutting. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Gladioli for Fall Planting 
Small-Flowered Early Sorts 
All of this class are most satisfactory for beds or for cutting. They should be 
planted by the hundreds. Words fail to tell how handsome they are, with their long 
spikes and richly colored flowers of white, red and pink. As I watch them unfold their 
beauties I feel that I would like to have all my friends know and grow them. 
Culture. They like light and loose soil, and demand plenty of water before and 
during blooming period, and to be dried off about a month after flowering. They can 
remain in the ground if reset every second or third year. The bulbs of The Bride, Nanus 
and Ramosus should be planted before Christmas. 
Colvillei is a rich red, prettily marked, and is the original from which the Bride 
sprang. The pure white Bride is 
the florist's standby and a splendid 
flower. Blushing Bride is pinkish 
and as good, while the exquisite 
little Nanus in its various shades of 
white and pink is simply delightful. 
Do not fail to buy some. Quite 
different is Ramosus, a much- 
branched species with richly market 
flowers in shades of red, the spikes 
often 2 to 3 feet high and splendid 
for large bouquets. 
I sell Colvillei, Bride and Blushing 
Bride, at the same price, 25 cts. per 
doz., $1.25 per 100; Nanus mixed 
is 40 cts. a doz., $2.50 per 100; 
Ramosus is 50 cts. per doz., $3 per 
100. 
The Gladiolus is one of the finest 
flowers for cutting that I know of. 
If the spikes are cut when the first 
flowers open, they will keep for a 
week or more in water, and day by 
day the buds will open until the long 
stem is aglow. 
Summer-Flowering 
For these I refer you to my Hardy 
Plant Catalogue. I deliver in 
either spring or fall, but recom- 
mend spring planting. Gladiolus nanus 
I Issue the Following Additional Catalogues 
My book "Flowering Hardy Perennials" describes the Perennial Plants, Cali- 
fornia Ferns, and Bulbs for Spring Planting. This catalogue is issued in midwinter 
"Bulbs and Wild Flower Seeds of California" describes all native plants in these 
classes. This list is issued every second year, in August. 
"Bulbs for Fall Planting" describes Lilies and some new Hardy Plants. 
