Illustrated Catalogue oj Dutch Flower Roots. 
Ixias. 
These beautiful free-flowering Cape bulbs are deserving of much greater attention than they have hitherto received from the 
horticultural public, as they afford with but very little cultural skill, an abundance of strikingly brilliant and richly coloured flowers, 
which apart from their elegance of form, are exceedingly valuable to cut for the decoration of the drawing-room, bouquets, &c. In the 
south and westorn districts of England they may fairly be considered as hardy, but in most other parts of the British Isles they 
require to be planted deeply so as to be out of reach of severe frosts, or to have the protection of a cool pit or frame in Winter. 
They delight in a deep, rich, sandy soil, and when planted out of doors, a warm, sunny, well-sheltered border should always be selected. 
They thrive well in pots of light rioh, sandy soil, planted five or six in a five-inch pot, placing the pots in a cool pit or frame, and 
giving plenty of air on all favourable occasions. Ixias do not require so much water when growing as most, 'plants of a similar class, 
and watering may be discontinued when the plants have done flowering. If planted in six or seven-inoh pots, several in a pot, 
they may be bloomed a second year without re-potting. 
Aurantiaca major. Fine yellow, black eye 
Beauty of Norfolk. Light yellow, tinged 
magenta, eye amber, free and beautiful bloomer ... 
Brutus. Yellow, brown eye, large flowers ... 
Caesar. Golden yellow, with dark eye 
Conqueror. Velvet red, with yellow eye ... 
Crateroides. Bright scarlet, very showy ... 
Duchess of Edinburgh. Pure white, back of 
petals striped rose, black eye ; line 
Faunus. Orange yellow, black eye, large flower 
Galatea. Beautiful white, with assure blue eye; 
first-class 
Golden Drop. Beautiful large yellow, with 
maroon eye ... 
Gracchus. Bright yellow, with ruby eye 
Hybrida longiflora. Rose colour, with black 
eye; a beautiful variety whioja never closes 
Hypatia. White, flushed lilac, dark eye ... 
Lady Slade. Brilliant pink ; splendid 
La Fiancee. White, with bright blue centre 
Loeta. White and purple, brown eye 
Pallas. Beautiful pale yellow, with dark purple 
eye; very showy 
Prestois. Flowers of very large size, beautifully 
formed, white, with a dark red eye ; magnificent . . . 
Queen Victoria. White, deep claret eye 
Sarnia’s Glory. Bright yellow, with black eye; 
the most beautiful Ixia grown, very distinct 
Silas. Creamy white, eye crimson, outside tinged 
purple 
Smiling Mary. Deep magenta rose ; extra 
Viridiflora. Brilliant emerald green; singularly 
beautiful 
Vulcan. Deep crimson, shaded orange 
Wonder. Bright scarlet, double flowers, very 
fine, sweet-scented 
Choicest mixed. In beautiful variety 
per 100, 4s. 
Ixias in Collections. 
100 in 20 choice varieties ... ... 15s, 6d. 100 in 10 choice varieties 
75 in 25 choice varieties ~ ~ 12s. 6d. 36 in 12 choice varieties 
12 in 12 choice varieties, with names 
per dor. each, 
s. d. s. d. 
2 0 0 3 
16 0 3 
10 0 3 
10 0 3 
16 0 3 
10 0 3 
10 0 3 
16 0 3 
16 0 3 
16 0 3 
16 0 3 
10 0 3 
16 0 3 
10 0 3 
16 0 3 
10 0 3 
10 0 3 
16 0 3 
16 0 3 
2 0 0 3 
16 0 3 
2 0 0 3 
2 0 0 3 
2 0 0 3 
2 0 0 3 
0 8 — 
14s. 6d. 
5s. 6d. 
2s. 6d. 
Crown Imperials 
(Fritillaria imperialis). 
These stately growing hardy plants thrive best in a deep, rich, and moist soil, and in a position "where they obtain a fair amount 
of sunshine, and at the same time sheltered from high winds ; they will, however, grow well in any good garden soil, and if 
allowed to remain undisturbed for several years, will form huge picturesque groups of rare beauty. The pendent bell-shaped flowers 
vary in colour from deep chocolate red to reddish buff, orange and pure yellow, and are surmounted by a tuft of beautiful green 
foliage, giving the plants a fine appearance. The gold-striped, with its lovely variegated foliage, is especially handsome. The bulbs 
should be planted with their crowns four or five inches below the surface, and eight inches to a foot apart. 
each— s. d. 
Double B,ed I u™, f 2 0 
„ Yellow j ^ erj fine vaneties l 2 6 
Single Reflow j Fine showy sorts J P- doz. 4s. 6d. 0 6 
each— s. d. 
Single Gold-striped. Foliage handsomely variegated 
per doz. 10s. 6d. 1 0 
„ Maximus. Single red ; very fine „ 10s. 6d. 1 0 
„ Fine mixed per 100, 25s. ; „ 3s. 6d. — 
