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EUCHARIS amaionica (The White Amazon Lily), the snow-white flowers of this 
handsome stove-plant are deliciously fragrant, and are much used for bouquets and wreaths, 
ht j i ft Strong bulbs, per doz. 25/- 
x EUCOMIS punctata. See our spring Catalogue of Bulbs and Tubers ,, 12/6 
FREESIA (Sweet-scented). Freesias are prized for their delightfully fragrant graceful flowers, 
which last longer in water than almost any other flower. Pot up the corms from August to 
October, 6 in a 5-inch pot, or 12 in a 7-inch to make a better display. The tops of the 
bulbs should be buried 2 inches below the 
surface of the soil, which should be a 
compost of good mellow loam, well-decayed 
farmyard manure and a little bonemeal. 
Care must be taken that there is good 
drainage. Stand the pots outside on a 
sunny border and keep them slightly shaded 
until growth is showing, when expose them 
to full sun and keep them in continuous 
growth, giving water when dry. Before 
severe frost comes on, remove the pots to 
the sunny part of a greenhouse and give 
plenty of air (avoiding draught). Or they 
may be placed in an airy sunny window, 
care being taken not to expose them to 
draught or the drying heat arising from gas. 
As growth progresses give more water, 
and when flower spikes are showing supply 
moisture by standing the pots in saucers of 
water. When the flower buds are opening, 
a little weak liquid manure water will be found beneficial. If required for Christmas decora- 
tion the corms should be potted up in August, grown out of doors as described above, and 
be brought into a gentle warmth from the end of November to the beginning of December. 
By bringing into warmth successive batches during November, December and January a 
succession of bloom can be easily maintained. The coloured Freesias offered are 
wonderfully decorative. 
Amethyst, flowers a charming soft shade of silvery lilac with while throat, very beautiful. 
Award of Mf.rit R.H.S per doz. 7/6 
Canari, flowers very large, pale soft chrome-yellow shading to primrose with golden mark- 
ings on lower petals, very beautiful per doz. 15/- 
Chapmanii, elegant racemes of soft yellow flowers with golden shading and a brilliant 
deep orange blotch, delicately fragrant per too, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 
Dainty Maid, a remarkably pretty new hybrid with habit of F. refracta alba, bearing 9 to 
12 well-formed flowers on a raceme, silvery rose-lavender with coppery tinge, having a 
white centre and a bright yellow spot on lip per doz. 7/6 
Fairy Queen, a fine new variety raised by Mr. Herbert Chapman, flowers white with a 
very handsome blotch of reddish orange on lower petals, a remarkably striking flower 
per doz. 15/- 
Leichtlini major, flowers cream, with orange blotch, 1 h ft., per 100, 7/-; ,, 1/- 
,, Extra large bulbs ,, 8/6 ; ,, 1/3 
Le Phare, flowers a charming carmine-rose, colour deepening with age. Award of 
Merit R.H.S per doz. 8/6 
Purity, a fine new strain of tall robust habit, with flowers larger than Refracta. alba, and 
pure white, with a very faint lemon blotch on lower petal, deliciously scented ; strongly 
recommended per too, 10/6 ; per doz. 1/6 
refracta, white with soft yellow blotch, robust grower and free bloomer ; the best variety 
for forcing large bulbs, per 100, 6/- ; per doz. lorf. 
Very large bulbs, ,, 9/6; ,, 1/4 
,, alba (true), a very beautiful and graceful variety, bearing sprays of snowy 
white flowers, of more slender habit than F. refracta, highly prized for cutting, 
1 ft per 100, 8/6 ; per doz. 1/3 
Rosa Bonheur, flowers bright rose developing to carmine-rose with rich yellow blotch 
on lower petals, beautiful per doz. 8/6 
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