CATALOGUE OF BULBS, TUBERS, ETC. 
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EACH. DOZEN. 
north. It is a fiue species for pot culture as it 
forces easily' $U.OO per 100 20 $2.00 
■flris Xiphioides. English Jm.— Flowers large, iu sum- 
mer, ranging tlirongh every shade of -white, 
lavender, blue or purple S4.00 per 100 75 
fXiphium. Spatmh Iris, — Similar to the last but with 
fragrant flowers and greater variety of color. 
S2.00 per 100 50 
fKorolkowia Sewerzovi.— New from Turkestan ; resembling a ' 
FritiUaria and perfectly hardy , 1,00 
tUonliceAlberti.— New 2.50 
fAltaica. — A dwarf, early flowering plant from Siberia 
with numerous small, yellow flowers 50 
♦Leucocoryne alliacea, — A beautiful Chilian btilb, with pale 
blue flowers, tiuged with purple and resembling 
those of Triteleia unijlora in size and shape. 
Fine for house-culture and cold-frnmo 15 1,50 
-fLeucojum seslivum. — Suimner Snoioflake. — Flowers large, 
white, tii>ped with green $5.00 per 100 10 1 .00 
•autumnale. LadietC Siiowjlake — Flowers pure white 
with a delicate pink liuo through each petal. Best 
for pot culture 20 2 . 60 
+pulchellum. — A summer floworiug species similar to 
mtivtim but smaller flowers, earlier in the season. 
$8.00 per 100 15 1.50 
tvernum. Spring Snoiojlake. — Flowers large white, 
tipped with green ; very early. Fine for mnsses. 
§1.00 per 100; SG.OO per 1000 15 
tvesicaria. — New 25 
Lilium. — For some years past the cultivation of Lilies has 
formed n prominent feature in the garden of 
many amateurs in this country, so that now the 
demand for bulbs of the best sorts boa grown to 
very large proportious. There is hardly a gar- 
den in the country, which has not a suitable spot 
for planting some of the species now in cultiva- 
tion, and owing to the great reduction in the 
price of bulbs, none need be without a sutHcient 
number to make a fine show of flowers from June 
until October. "Whether planted in the border, 
among shrubs or, in the case of Canadense and its 
varieties, in swampy spots, they cannot fail to 
attract great attention from the htately habit of 
some, or the delicately marked, often fragrant 
flowers of others. In select iiig a location for 
planting Lilies, due attention mustbo paid to the 
proper preparation of the soil. In the first 
place, it ought to be properly underdraincd, so 
that no water can collect around the bulbs, then 
it should be deeply and thoroughly enriched with 
old, well-rotted stable manure ; if a portion, say 
