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DESCRIPTIVE LIST ©F 
The Best Bulbs, Tubers, etc. 
FOR ALL SEASONS AND CLIMATES. 
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED FOR EASY REFERENCE. 
In the following pages we give descriptions, as far as space permits, of the various Bulbs, etc., 
with general notes 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, -Me 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— s. 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 batches from February to April (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/- — 
ACIDANTHERA bicolor. Plant in Spring, see Spring Bulb Catalogue. 
ACONITE Winter. See Winter Aconite. 
ADONIS amurensis, producing graceful fern-like foliage and large single yellow flowers 
during February and March; plant from Sept, to Nov., ht. 1 ft.... I O 
(> fl. p|., producing handsome double yellow flowers during February 
and March, ht. 1 ft 1 ® 
AGAPANTHUS (African Lily). Plant in Spring, see Spring Bulb List. 
xALBUCA Nelsoni, 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 pure while), ht. 3 ft. ; plant out of doors under a south wall in Spring, and lift the 
bulbs in Autumn ; or pot up in late 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- flowering 
except where otherwise stated ; plant Sept, to Nov. 
acuminatum, with beautiful soft rosy lilac flowers in umbels, ht. 1 ft per doz 4/6 o 5 
azureum, handsome intense blue flowers in July, very attractive, ht. 2 ft ,, 4/6 0 5 
descendans, producing in July heads of dark red-purple flowers, ht. 2 ft 5/6 0 6 
flavum, small canary-yellow flowers in graceful drooping umbels, very charming, July- 
flowering, ht. | ft ....per doz. 3/6 o 4 
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. j ft per doz. 3/6 o 4 
Moly (Golden Garlic), showy bright yellow flowers in large handsome umbels, valuable 
for flower borders and naturalisation, ht. 1 ft per iooo, 21/- ; per 100, 2/3 ; per doz. 4 d- 
neapolitanum, an elegant bouquet flower largely grown for the market, producing 
numerous heads of graceful white flowers ; it is also a charming plant to naturalise in 
shady woods, associated with the blue Wood Hyacinth, ht. 15 inches 
Extra strong bulbs, per 100, 4/6 ; per doz. 8 d. — 
Ostrowskianum (syn. oreophyllum), a charming species from Asia Minor, with 
large heads of beautiful rose-coloured flowers, valuable for the rock garden and flower border, 
ht 1 per 100, 5/6 ; per doz. 10J. — 
