CROCUS-CHEAP DUTCH, CHOICE NAMED, i 
yellow, of striped, of purple, and of pure white Crocus, also fancl 
expand, in February and March, with such brilliant effect as to elicitl 
in lawns and pleasure parks, where the grass is not mown very earl\| 
effective. The frequenters of Rotten Row were this season charmed! 
over the grass. In wildernesses, woodland walks, rockeries, etc., th| 
the sweet-scented violet, the primrose, and the oxlip. 
The Autumn and Winter flowering Crocus cannot be too kighM 
mencc flowering, and continue in succession till the Spring varieties r<| 
really blue Crocus in cultivation, and is the most beautiful of Autum 1 
CHEAP DUTCH CROCUS.I 
These are offered by the thousand to induce extensive planting asl 
borders, woodland walks, wild gardens, lawns, pleasure parks, etc. 11 
Golden Yellow Crocus to edge off beds cut in the grass, and such v| 
beds and borders, as opportunity occurred, throughout his garden, I 
February and March the skill of the artist would fail to portray the goil 
sent to him 20,000 purple, white, and striped to plant in alternat<| 
February and March the Tulip beds were gay with Crocus. 
740 1000 in 8 varieties 17 o I 742 250 in 8 1 
741 500 in 8 „ 8 6 743 100 in 8 ] 
744 Mixed, all colours 
745 Blue and Purple, mixed 15 
746 Striped, mixed 15 
747 White, mixed 15 
748 Golden Yellow, very fine 13 
749 Large Golden Yellow 18 
750 Extra large Golden Yellow.. 25 
per 1000. per 100. per doz. 
d. ». d. a. d. 
O...I 9...0 4 
O...I 9...0 4 
O...I 9...0 4 
6... 1 6...0 4 
0...2 0...0 4 
0...3 0...0 6 
751 Cloth Of 1 
purple I 
752 Cloth of! 
striped \ 
753 Scotch, 1 
754 Versicolorl 
CHOICE NAMED DUTCH CROCUS 
The following varieties are recommended for their large flowers, rich, L 
They are admirably adapted for select beds, or carrying out specific designs. L 
shades, whites pure as a snowflake, and yellows bright as burnished gold 1 
Scott stands out prominently with flowers almost as large as the Tulip, il 
are the best; they should be planted thickly, and in the first stage treatecl 
of the Hyacinth, in pots. When removed from under the ashes, place them in 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS. 
767 250 in 10 
758 100 in 20 
spleil 
755 1000 in 10 splendid varieties 30 
756 500 in 10 „ 16 
759 Extra fine mixed, from named varieties, all colours.. 
per 100. per doz. 
s. d. e. d. 
760 Barr’s New Golden Yellow, roots ex- 
tremely large, and generally pro- 
ducing fro?n 12 to 18 flowers each... 4 6...0 9 
761 David Rizzio, deep purple 3 6...0 6 
762 General Garibaldi, white, striped 
with purple 3 6...0 6 
763 Koh-i-noor, large dark purple (new) 7 6...1 o 
764 La Majestueuse, violet striped, on a 
delicately tinted ground 3 6...0 6 
765 La Neige, snow white 4 0...0 8 
766 Lamplighter, bright purple 4 0...0 8 
767 Lilacinus superbus, sky blue 3 6...0 6 
768 Mrs. Beecher Stowe, pure white ... 3 0...0 6 
The foregoing varieties embrace the largest flowered and most diver sifii 
named Crocus, a collection of which we grew at our Experimental Grou, 
the best representatives only. 
CHOICE SPECIES OF CROCUS. 
Those enumerated under this heading are more or less rare. They are \ 
them to cultivators of hardy flowers, as they form the connecting link betweJ 
and of Spring. In our Experimental Grounds we have one or other of these j 
September to April. The first to flower is Nudiflorus, with its large violet-purple 
the only really blue Crocus ; it is a great beauty, and continues in flower a 
by Serotinus, Sativus, and the beautiful soft lilac Odorus longiflorus, and Impeil 
tion of colours ; these, and a few other species which we hope to offer at some ft J 
till the Dutch varieties commence blooming ; (a) indicates the Autumn flow e I 
(s) those which flower in Spring. 
per doz. each 
769 Mont Blanc, 1<M 
770 Ne Plus Ultra, ; 
771 Othello, fine da\ 
772 Pride of AlbiOi f 
large and fine 
773 Prince Albert, 
774 Princess Alexrl 
lilac, large fl(\ 
775 Queen Victoria] 
776 Sir J. Franklin f 
777 Sir Walter Sctl 
cilled lilac, vcj 
778 Vulcan, rich pu\ 
». d. 
9 
779 Aureus, rich golden yellow, rare (s) 
780 Biflorus pusillus, a miniature form 
of the Scotch crocus (s) 2 6...0 
781 Imperati, violet, fawn, and black (w) 5 6...0 
782 Lacteus, creamy-white (s) 9 0...1 
783 Nudiflorus, violet-purple (a) 2 6...0 
784 Odorus longiflorus, soft lilac (a) ... 5 6...0 
785 Oltverii, orange yellow) (w) 1 
786 Sativus, purple (a) o 6 
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787 Serotinus, blue (; 
788 Sieberi (nivalis), 
789 Speciosus, blue, 
lines and masse. 
790 Stellaris, yellow, 
791 Sulphureus concc 
792 „ striatf 
blac\ 
793 „ pallid^ 
