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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, -ve are 
cur selves large groaers of. 
x wr 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 dowers making 
a very pleasing decoration in the greenhouse from early Summer onwards. 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. I ft.... I o 
,, ,, fl. pi., producing handsome double yellow flowers during February 
and March, ht. I ft I 6 
AGAPANTHUS (African Lily). Plant in Spring, see Spring Bulb List. 
ALLIUM, adecoralive 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. i ft per doz 4/6 o 5 
descendans, producing in July heads of dark red-purple floweis, ht. 2 ft ,, 5/6 o 6 
Moly (Golden Garlic), showy bright yellow flowers in large handsome umbels, valuable 
for flower borders and naturalisation, ht. 1 ft per 100, 4/6 ; per doz. Sri. — 
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, 6/6 ; per doz. 1/- — 
Rosenbachianum, producing large round heads of purple-rose flowers, a very showy 
variety, ht. 2j ft per doz. 7/6 o 8 
roseum, bearing umbels of bright rose-coloured flowers, ht. 1 ft ,, 1/9 o 2 
triquetrum, white, striped green, pretty drooping umbels, ht. 1 ft ,, 1/9 o 2 
x ALSTROMERIA, these beautiful “Peruvian Lilies” arc easy to cultivate, and produce in 
Summer abundance of showy attractive flowers, which last long in water when cut. They 
like a well-drained light soil and a sunny situation. Plant from November to March with 
the top 6 inches below the surface, by preference close to a south wall Or hedge, and protect, 
the first Winter, with leaves or litter. They should be allowed to remain undisturbed, so as 
to become well established. 
aurantiaca (syn. aurea), handsome flowers ranging from rich to dark orange, spotted 
carmine, very showy and valuable for cutting ; it should be grouped in every herbaceous 
border, ht. 3 fl: ....per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
Chilensis hybrida, mixed, beautiful shades of rose, crimson, yellow, buff, and blush, 
with orange-yellow and crimson markings, ht. 2 ft per 100, 12/6 ; per dr z. 1/9 o 2 
lutea, bright yellow flowers spotted carmine, very pretty, ht. 3 ft. ... ,, 12/6; ,, 1/9 o 2 
psittacina (The Parrot Flower), bright crimson, splashed green and mahogany, ht. 2 ft. 
per 100, 15/-; per doz. 2/3 o 3 
