FALL CATALOGUE OF HARDY BULBS AND PLANTS. 
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^^EGIAliTlES ANDj^YEETIES. 
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Under this heading we offer Bulbs and Plants* which, on account of their novelty, or other special merits, we deem 
worthy of more than ordinary notice. This list contains some extra ffood thiu«:s,— Black Calla, Tulipa Greiffi, Pyrethrums, 
Childs’ Dwarf Ever-blooming Calla, etc. The Twining Hyacinth is a bulb which has for yeara been eagerly sought ; but we 
have heretofore been unable to obtain it. Notice our special select bulbs of LIlium Candidum, Harrisi, and Double Roman 
and Paper White Granditlora Narcissus. The new Wheat and Rye, which we also offer, are especially valuable. 
The New Black Calla. 
Among recent bulb introductions we doubt If there has, 
in several years, been anything brought out which is so 
eminently desirable as this. It is a bulb which has come to 
stay, and find its way rapidly into every collection of winter 
flowers. We say winter flowers, as It Is strictly a winter 
bloomer, and will bloom no other time. Its flowers are enor- 
mous, fully a foot In length ; color, clear coal-black ; so In- 
tense that It really shows a brilliancy, and, as may well bo 
imagined, it Is a flower of the most striking oddity and 
beauty. A person who possesses a bulb of this Calla has. 
Indeed, a treasure, which will be the envy of an entire 
neighborhood. The bulbs are large, and should be potted in 
the fall, and, when growth commences, set In a window. 
After blooming, the foliage will die down, and the bulb 
should be kept dry for planting again in the fall. In addi- 
tion to its great beauty and oddity, it has a line fruity fra- 
grance. It is a native of the Holy Land. Fine bulbs, 85 cts. 
each. 
Tl|e Floral Fire-Gracker. 
(BRODIAEA COCCINEA.) 
A beautiful and interesting winter-blooming bulb. It is a 
flower of striking beauty, and one that catches every eye. 
Its blooms are borne in clusters, at the end of long, slender 
stems, and droop like a Fuchsia. They are two to three 
inches in length, of a deep bright crimson-scarlet color, 
tipped with green and white (the cut represents it per- 
fectly). It is among the easiest of all bulbs to grow, 
and it is sure to succeed and bloom elegantly with anyone. 
Pot the bulbs at any time during fall, and treat them as 
recommended on page 5. In this lovely flower our friends 
will find a most beautiful and novel thing, and unlllie 
anything you have ever grown or seen. Fine bulbs. 10 cts. 
each ; 3 for 25 cts. 
■ TUB tXORAI. FlUK-i UAt.KEH. 
Myosotis t^erfectiop. 
The Giant Flouuered Fopget-JVIe-rlot. 
This is the finest of all Forget-Me-Nots, and one of the 
most lovely winter blooming plants It Is possible to have. 
The blossoms are very large, double the size of ordinary 
Myosotis, and borne profusely all winter, its lovely blue color 
and airy grace making II. most Iwautiful and useful. Fine 
plants for immediate blooiiiliig, 2ii cis. eacli ; 3 for SO cts. 
