Illustrated Catalogue of Dutch Flower Roots. 
Crocus — Superb New and Choice Varieties. 
FOB POT CULTUBE, SMALL BEDS, &c. 
The following select varieties produce large handsome flowers of distinct and beautiful colours, and in consequence of their 
brightness and purity of colour, are unrivalled for striking effects on large or small beds, marginal lines, &c., and also for growing in 
pots, window-boxes, hanging-baskets, jardinettes, &c. 
CHOICE NAMED CROCUS. 
Cultivation.— As foremost amongst the harbingers of 
early Spring, this beautiful class of the genus Iridaceaa is at 
once the most lovely and hardy of our vernal favourites, and we 
may also add the most permanent. Almost every kind of soil 
or situation seems congenial to their development; but soil 
which is fairly light and rich, and an open sunny aspect, are 
requisite to grow them to their fullest perfection of size 
and brilliancy. Planted in clumps or lines on mixed beds 
or borders, the pure whites, golden yellows, rich purples, 
soft blues, or the beautifully pencilled “La Majesteuse” 
are all and each very handsome; but beds of purples or 
blues, edged with golden yellow or pure white, or a trio of 
colours planted in lines in front of shrubbery borders, &c., 
are exceedingly charming, and when expanding in the sun- 
shine, form a sight not soon to be forgotten. Their culture 
is simple in the extreme. In planting out of doors, the 
bulbs, or more properly speaking corms, merely require to 
be dibbled in about three inches deep, and two or three 
inches apart, and left to themselves; and if they can remain 
where planted for two or three years all the better, as they 
will then bo found to have made a good increase, and may, 
after blooming, be taken up, divided, and replanted. The 
Crocus is admirably suited for cultivation in pots, pans, 
window boxes, &c , and when so grown the roots should be 
planted closely together to produce a good effect. When 
in pots, six or eight roots should be planted in a pot of about 
five inches diameter, filled with light rich soil, and the pot 
plunged or buried to a depth of two or three inches in some 
kind of light porous soil or material, till the crowns begin 
to show signs of pushing through, when they should be 
placed near the glass and kept W'ell supplied with water. 
The fine named varieties are the best for this purpose. A few 
planted in shallow boxes of rich soil will be found very 
useful to lift, when coming into bloom, for planting in 
hauging-baskets, &c. The bulbs may be planted any time 
during September, October, or November; early planting is, 
however, much to be preferred, as those planted towards the 
end of the year never bloom so satisfactorily as those planted 
earlier in Autumn. 
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Albion. Striped blue and white ; fine ... 2 6 
Argus. VioleVflaked ; w'hite, handsome ... 2 6 
Bride of Abydos. Beautiful large pure white 3 0 
Caroline Chisholm. Large puro white ... 3 0 
David Bizzio. Deep rich purple; splendid ... 2 6 
Garibaldi. White, violeVstriped ; large and 
handsome ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Grand Vedette. Purple blue ... ... 2 6 
J ohn Bright. Very fine dark blue ; large flowers 2 6 
King of the Blues. Splendid large dark blue ; 
immense flowers ... ... ...3 0 
La Majesteuse. Beautiful violet-striped ... 2 6 
Lord Palmerston. Sky blue, striped ... 2 6 
Lilaeeus. Bluish lilac ; vrhite edged, distinct 2 6 
Mammoth. Pure white; extra large ... 2 6 
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Splendid mixed, from named varieties 
Margot. Large pale lavender or heliotrope, 
exquisitely formed ... ... ... 4 6 
Mont Blanc. Pine large pure white ; splendid 2 6 
Ne Plus Ultra. Blue, edged with white; 
pretty ... ... ... ... 2 6 
Othello. Fiue bright purple ... ... 3 0 
Prince Albert. Purplish lilac ... ... 2 6 
Purpurea grandiflora. Dark purple ; extra 2 6 
Queen Victoria. Pine pure white ... 2 6 
Queen of Sheba. Rich golden yellow ... 4 0 
Sir John Franklin. Pine dark purple ... 2 6 
Sir Walter Scott. Blue and white striped; fine 2 6 
Victor Hugo. Dark blue, splendid, very 
distinct ... ... ... ... 4 6 
Vulcan. Rich dark glowing purple ... ... 2 G 
per 1000, 18s. Gd.; per 100, 2s.; per doz. 4d. 
per doz. 
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Collections of New 
OUB OWN 
1000 in 20 choice varieties, with names 
.. 30s. 
Od. 
1000 in 10 choice varieties, with names 
.. 25s. 
0d. 
500 in 20 choice varieties, with names 
.. 15s. 
6d. 
600 in 10 choice varieties, with names 
.. 14s. 
Od. 
and Choice Crocus. 
SELECTION. 
500 in 5 choice varieties, with names ... 12s. 6d. 
100 in 20 choice varieties, with names ... 4s. Od. 
100 in 10 choice varieties, with names ... 3s. 6d. 
100 in 5 choice varieties, with names ... 3s. Od. 
FOB CHEAP DUTCH CBOCUS, see next page. 
