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OOLCHICUM (Meadow Saffron) ; the great Croeus-like flowers carpet the ground 
in September and October, with colours ranging from pure white to intense crimson. The 
foliage appears in Spring, and is almost as varied as the flowers : in some it is large and 
massive, and in others small and frill-like ; a grand bulb to naturalise. h s 
autumnale, light purplish rose , per too, 12/6; per doz. 2/- o 
album, large pure white flowers 15 /-; (> 2/3 o 
,, plenum, pure white, large and very double, very scarce 5 
plenum, lilac, large and very double per 100, 15/-; per doz. 2/3 o 
roseum, a charming rosy lilac colour ,, 15'-; ,, 2/3 o 
,, plenum, large double flowers, very pretty ,, 15/-; ,, 2/3 o 
striatum plenum, very pretty doublestriped flowers ,, 15/-; ,, 2/3 o 
Bivonae, large rosy lilac flowers, a fine species ,, 5/6 o 
byzantinum, very beautiful rose-coloured flowers, perfect in form, and produced in great 
profusion . per doz. 5/6 o 
Parkinsoni, petals gracefully rcflexed, and beautifully chequered rose-lilac and white, a 
remarkably striking flower per too, 30/-; per doz. 4/6 o 
Sibthorpi, the largest of the Colehieums, flowers handsome rosy purple chequered 3 
speoiosum rubrum, bright purplish-rose, petals of great substance, very large and 
handsome per doz. 6/6 o 
szovitzianum, small rose-coloured flowers, very pretty ,, 2/6 o 
variegatum (syn. tessellatum and agrippinum), rose-purple chequered, a very 
pretty and showy flower per 1000, 75 /-; per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 o 
mixed Colehieums. for naturalising in wild gardens, woodlands, &c. ,, 7/6 ; ,, 1/3 
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Pretty small Winter- and Early Spring-flowering Species. 
crociflorum, small white flowers, lined purple-violet, February, ht. 3 inches 2 6 
montanum, a beautiful little species throwing up a profusion of flowers, rose to blush-white, 
ht. 3 inches per doz. 6/6 o 8 
COMMELIN A tuberosa, a fine border plant, covered with flowers of the richest gentian 
blue, from Summer to Autumn ; olant in Spring, i£ ft per 100, 8/6; per doz. 1/3 o 2 
COOPER! A (Evening Star), lovely little bulbous plants from Texas, with fragrant flowers; 
they require sunny sheltered situations and light soil, or may be grown in a frame or cool 
greenhouse. 
Drummondii, bearing a long tubular pure white flower, primrose scented, I ft. per doz. 4/6 o 5 
peduneulata, resembling the above, but the flowers opening only in the cool of the evening 
per doz. 4/6 o 5 
COR YDALIS bulbosa, a very graceful little Spring flower for front border and rockwork, 
flowers rosy purple, £ ft per 100, 5/6; per doz. 10 d. ... 
,, Ledebouriana (C. rutaefolia), a beautiful little creeping plant bearing 
racemes of rosy purple flowers in February and March per doz. 10/6 1 o 
*CRINUM, handsome warm greenhouse plants, with large umbels of funnel-shaped flowers. 
C. Moorci and C. Powellii may be successfully grown and flowered out of doors if planted 
under the south is all of a stove or warm greenhouse, and protected during Winter with a little 
straw. C. longifolium is quite hardy. 
augustum, a noble species, bearing immense heads of bloom ; flowers inside white to 
purple; outside, rose-purple, deliciously scented 10/6, 15/-, & 21 o 
campanulatum (aquaticum), a handsome plant with large rosy red flowers; it should 
be stood in water whilst growing, 3 ft , 3 6 
erubescens, flowers rosy white, outside purple, 2 ft Strong bulbs 7 6 
flmbriatulum, bearing umbels of very large fragrant flowers, striped white and carmine ... 4 6 
longifolium (syn. capense), fragrant t Handsome hardy border ) 
pale rose flowers | plants bearing umbels of f 100, 25/-; doz. 3/6 o 4 
,, album, fragrant pure white] long funnel-shaped flow- 1 
flowers I ers, ht. 2 to 3 ft. ) ,, 6/6 o 8 
Moorei (syn. Makoyanum), fine large blush-rose flowers, handsome variety, 2 ft. ...3/6 & 5 6 
Powellii, a very handsome species with beautiful large rose-coloured flowers, 3 to 4 ft 2 6 
,, album, bearing very beautiful large pure white flowers, 3 to 4 ft 4 6 
,, intermedium, a very beautiful hybrid, with large pale rose-coloured flowers... 5 6 
yemense, bearing very large satiny white fragrant flowers, very beautiful 3 6 
♦CROCOSMA aurea, a most valuable decorative bulb, lighting up the garden in September with 
its graceful racemes of bright orange-coloured flowers, which are greatly prized for 
cutting, 3 ft. Plant out in light soil April or May. As a pot plant (6 bulbs in a 
pot), it is very charming per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 ... 
,, imperialis (new), a grand acquisition, flowers twice the size of C. aurea , and of a 
fiery orange colour, a tall and vigorous grower, exceedingly showy per doz. 15 - 1 6 
