Cooling’s Choice Bulbs for Autumn 1912 
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MONTBRETIA. — Beautiful late summer flowering 
plants, resembling a small Gladiolus. They are per- 
fectly hardy and increase rapidly. The flowers are freely 
produced on branched spikes feet high, and are very 
useful as cut blooms for vases, &c. 
100 Selected Bulbs in lo choice varieties, 4s. 
California, deep golden yellow, very free flowering 
per too, 4s. 6d. ; doz. pd. 
Etoile de Feu (Star of Fire), bright vermilion, centre 
yellow, outside blood red, very floriferous, one of the 
most beautiful per too, 4s. 6d.; doz. gd. 
George Davidson (neiv), flowers of large size, glistening 
orange-yellow, well opened, very vigorous in growth, 
3 ft. per too, 10/6 ; per doz. is. 6d. 
Gerbe d’Or, pure golden yellow per 100, 3s. 6d.; doz. 6d- 
Germanica, extra large orange scarlet flowers, 3 to 3J in. 
across, produced in great profusion per doz. is. 6d. 
Lady Hamilton (neiv), yellow shaded apricot, large flower 
and very free flowering ... each is.; per doz. 7s. 6d. 
Macrophylla, robust grower of branching habit, flower 
orange outside, inside yellow, per 100, 3s. 6d.; doz. 6d. 
Prometheus (new), rich orange with dark crimson spots 
at the base of the petals ; the flowers are larger than 
those of any other Montbretia ; 3 feet 
each IS. 6d.; per doz. 15s. 
Speciosa, orange with yellow disc in the centre, very 
distinct ... ... per 100, 3s. 6d.; per doz. 6d. 
Rosea, bright salmon rose, distinct 
per 100, 3s. 6d.; per doz. 6d. 
ORNITHOGALUM. — Effective and showy bulbous 
phants for forcing. 
Umbellatum (Star of Bethlehem), per 100, 2s. 6d ; doz. 6d. 
SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM (Monarch of 
the East). — Produces out of the dry Bulb without 
water or soil a beautiful coloured flower spathe i6 to 
18 inches long. 
Extra Large Bulbs, with cultural directions 
each 6d. ; doz. 5s. To arrive in October. 
SCHIZOSTYLIS COCCINEA. — Brilliant scarlet 
flowers, having somewhat the appearance of a small 
Gladioli. Quite hardy, easily grown, and gives a goodly 
supply of bloom in the autumn. — Per doz. is. 
SOLOMON’S SEAL. — A handsome garden plant with 
strong stems 2 feet long, with erect leaves and pendent 
flowers. It has a graceful appearance and shows to 
great advantage in a shrubbery leaning forward in front 
of low bushes. — Per doz. is. 6d. 
SPARAXIS. -^Similar in style and habit of growth with 
the Ixia but a little dwarfer. 
100 Bulbs in 10 beautiful varieties, to name, 5s. 6d. 
50 do 5 do do 3s. 
Choice Mixed ... ... per 100, 2s 6d. ; per doz. 4d. 
TIGRIDIAS. — A handsome Autumn flowering plant, 
with a profusion of remarkable and strikingly beautiful 
flowers. Their gorgeous colourings look more like the 
blossoms of some brilliant orchid or inhabitant of the 
warm stove than the produce of an open air plant. 
Bulbs ready in November. 
Aurea, rich old gold, a perfectly clear flower with small 
centre, mottled chocolate per doz. is. 
Conchiflora, petals yellow, cup yellow and spotted scarlet 
per doz. is. 
Grandiflora alba, fine white flowers with large brown- 
red blotch on yellowish ground ... ... per doz. is. 
Lilacea, brilliant crimson-magenta with white centre, 
which is heavily marked with dark chocolate spots 
per doz. is, 
Pavonia, petals scarlet and spotted scarlet, with orange 
cup per doz. is. 
Rosea, petals pure white, suffused and lined with bright 
rose towards the edge, centre maroon with dark 
spots; very attractive and distinct per doz. is. 6d. 
Fine Mixture of above varieties, per 100, 7s.; doz. is. 
TRITELEA UNIFLORA. — A perfect little gem 
for either pot culture or for borders. Each bulb 
produces several pretty star - shaped flowers one to 
two inches diameter, of a delicate milky white suffused 
with blue, and with the perfume of Primroses. — Per 
100, IS. 6d. 
TRITONlA.^Att ractive graceful plants with drooping 
ribbon-like leaves and flowers of the most brilliant 
colours, which continue a long time in bloom. 
Crocata, Mixed Varieties ... per 100, 6s. ; per doz. is. 
TUBEROSE By successional planting Tuberoses may 
be had in flower during the whole year. The cultivation 
is simple, requiring merely to be started in a bottom heat. 
Three or more roots are grown in a pot. 
American Double (Pearl Excelsior). The best variety, 
not being so tall in growth as the others, yet 
very floriferous, and spreading the same delicious 
perfume. Ready in December. — Per doz. is. 6d. ; 
per 100, los. 
African, Double. Fine quality. These can be supplied 
in September as they ripen much sooner than the 
American, extra large selected roots only. —Per doz. 
2s. 6d.; per 100, 17s. 6d. 
The Montbretias are of the easiest cultivation, and if allowed to remain for several years they form 
magnificent clumps, giving a profusion of bloom ; the new varieties, George Davidson and Prometheus, are 
great improvements. 
