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OESeRIPTIVE LIST ©P 
The Best Bulbs. Tubers, etc. 
FOR ALL SEASONS AND CLIMATES. 
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED FOR EASY REFERENCE. 
In the fallowing pages we give descriptions, as far as space permits, of the various Bulbs, etc., 
witli general lioles as to their cultural requirements. The illustrations are mostly reproductions, on a 
greatly reduced scale, of photographs taken at our Nurseries. 
Great care is taken in the selecting of our Bulbs, these being drawn from the best bulb farms 
only. High-class Daffodils and Tulips, etc., also many rare and beautiful bulbous plants, tve are 
ourselves large growers of. 
X Those bulbs and tubers marked thus x ripen late and are sent out from November 
to March. All other bulbs, etc., are ready for despatch in September and October. Orders 
which embrace early and late ripening bulbs, etc., will be executed therefore in two parts. 
each— f. d 
X ACHIMENES, a charming family of plants with brilliantly coloured elegant flowers making 
a very pleasing decoration in the greenhouse from early Summer onwards ; in colour they 
range from vermilion and scarlet to rose, lavender-blue, and white, etc. Pot in rich light 
soil in Spring {5 roots to a 5-inch pot) and plunge in a gentle bottom heat ; when in bloom 
they may be removed to any ordinary greenhouse or conservatory. 
5 each of 10 distinct varieties, 10/6; 5 each of 5 distinct varieties, 5/6 
Beautiful Hybrids, mixed, containing a great variety of charming colours 
per 100, 14/6 ; per doz, 2/- — 
tubiflorsi {syn. Dolichodeira), a valuable but little known pot-plant for greenhouse, 
bearing trusses of long tubular white flowers which have a delicious fragrance ...per doz. 6/6 o 7 
ACIDANTHERA bicolor. See Spring Bulb List. 
ACONITE-Winter. See Winter Aconite. 
ADONIS amurensis, graceful fern-like foliage, large single yellow flowers Feb.-March, 
AGAPANTHUS (African Lily). See Spring Bulb List. 
X ALBUCA Nelsonif a lovely bulbous plant from the Cape, producing in July and August 
handsome spikes of almond-scented pure white flowers, with brown stripe down petal (under 
glass piD'e white\ ht. 3 ft. ; plant out of doors under a south wall in Spring, and lift the 
bulbs in Autumn. It may also be potted up in Autumn for greenhouse culture. ..per doz. 12/6 i 3 
allium, a decorative and showy family of hardy Spring- and Summer-flowering bulbs, valuable 
alike for borders or rockwork and for naturalising in woods, etc. They are Spring-floweiing 
except where otherwise stated. 
£iCumina.tum, with beautiful soft rosy lilac flowers in umbels, ht. i ft per doz. 2/6 o 3 
albo-pilosum, a striking species with large heads of lilac flowers and downy white foliage 
per doz. 12/6 i 3 
azureum, handsome intense blue flowers in July, quite hardy, ht. 2 ft 3/^ ° 4 
descendans, producing in July heads of dark red-purple flowers, ht. 2 ft ,, 3/^ ° 4 
g^iganteum i^syn. nobile), a handsome rare species with large heads of greyish lilac 
flowers which remain beautiful for a long time, ht. 3 ft 5 
karataviense, a handsome plant, with very large broad glaucous-green foliage spreading 
close to the ground, and large globular heads of reddish lilac flowers, ht. ^ ft per doz. 2/6 o 3 
Moly (Golden Garlic), showy bright yellow flowers in large handsome umbels, valuable 
for flower borders and naturalisation, ht. i ft per 1000, 21/- ; per 100, 2/3 ; per doz. 4a. 
neapolitan um, an elegant bouquet flower largely grown for the market, producing 
numerous heads of graceful white flowers ; it is a charming plant to naturalise in shady 
woods, associated with the blue Wood Hyacinth, ht. 15 inches . ^ . 
Extra strong bulbs, per 100, 3/6 ; per doz. oa. 
Ostrowskianum {syn. oreophyllum), a charming species from Asia Mmoiq with 
large heads of beautiful rose-coloured flowers, valuable for the rock garden and flower border, 
ht i ft pe>- 100. 5/- ; per 9^' — 
