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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
MISCELLANEOUS BULBS, ROOTS, &c. 
TUBEROSES. 
Theoe delioioutly fragrant and exceedingly useful dowers are much more easily 
grown than is generally supposed, and will well repay the little trouble that is 
necessary to hare them in perfection. For early forcing pot singly into five or 
six inoh pots, as early in the season as the bulbs can be obtained, and plunge in 
a good moist beat, withholding water till the foliage make its appearance, when 
water may be given abundantly till the flower- buds are formed, when they may bs 
removed to the greenhouse or conservatory and less water given. For Autumn 
blooming, pot singly into five or six-inoh pots in Maroh or April, using a light rich 
compost, and plunge the pots about six inohes above their rims in cocoa-nut fibre, 
coal ashes, or any light material, under the stage of a greenhouse or in a cool pit 
or frame ; when the foliage of these makes its appearance they should be removed 
and plunged under a south wall, removing them to the greenhouse or indoors as 
the flower buds are formed. Dry roots may also be planted in sheltered places 
in the open ground, from the middle of April to the latter part of May, and will 
g roduoe beautiful flowers in Autumn if taken up and potted when coming into 
ower, and will furnish a supply of beautiful bloom in the greenhouse almost up 
to Christmas. 
DOUBLE, ‘AMERICA* PEARL.” Fine new dwarf variety from the United 
States ; delioiously fragrant, with large double flowers, pure white 
Seleoted root*, per 100. 12s. 6d. ; per dot. 2s. Od. : each 3d. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
For early foroing, single crowns of these should be planted about twelve in 
a five inoh pot, with the buds well above the surfaoe. Cover the crowns with 
a little moss or an inverted flower-pot and place them in a good heat of say 86 to 
90 degrees ; water frequently with tepid water, and if judioiously looked after 
they will bloom in four or five weeks from time of potting. Good single orowna 
are muoh the best for this purpose. 
SELECTED SINGLE CROWNS FOR FOROING 
per 1000, 60s. ; per 100, 6s. ; per dot. Is 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
Fortin’s Giant-flowered. 
A very fine variety with remarkably large handsome bells on long sturdy 
stalks. It is not to early and doea not force «o well as the ordinary variety, but 
will bloom splendidly out of doors in a sheltered position. Quite hardy. 
STRONG FLOWERING CROWNS .= per 100, 12s. Od. ; per do*. 2s. Od. 
GOOD PLANTING CROWNS 7s. 0d. „ la. 6d. 
MONTBRETIAS. 
Beautiful ahowy Summer-flowering plants, producing graceful spikes of brilliantly coloured flowers 
OROCQ8M LORA. Rioh orange yellow ... . . ... . . . . _ 
GEORGE DAVISON Inew). Splendid spikes of large rioh orange-yellow flowers. Very fine ... 
PROMETHEUS (new). Deep orange, with carmine ring, exceptionally large flower 
SEEDLING VARIETIES, MIXED. Containing many beautiful colours ... „ _ 
DAHLIAS, POT ROOTS (Dry Tubers). 
We offer a* below, dry tubers from our splendid collection of choice named Dahlias, whioh includes the finest varieties in commerce. Considering 
the low prices at whioh these are quoted, it must be distinctly understood that the selection of varieties must, in all instances, be left to ourselves. 
CACTUS-FLOWERED. Choice named sorts, carefully selected, beautiful varieties . . ... . . per 100, 30s. ; per doz. 4s. 6d. 
SHOW AND FANCY. Finest named exhibition varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . per doz. 3s. 6d. 
POMPONE. From our choioe collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . per doz. 3s. 6d. 
LARGE-FLOWERED CANNAS. 
These magnificent plants with their beautiful spikes of brilliantly coloured Gladiolus-like flowers and handsome foliage, have become highly popular 
for bedding out on lawns, Ao., and for greenhouse and conservatory decoration. They are as easily grown as most bedding plants, and are grandly 
effective in groups or oentrea of beds. Break up the ground and manure as for Dahlias, and plant out in May as soon as danger from frost is over. 
They will soon start into growth and bloom, and if mulched with abort well-rotted manure and well watered should the weather be dry, they will give 
a Bplendid show of beautiful flowers till killed by the troat in Autumn. In Ootober or November they may be taken up, and aftor a short period of 
rest, divided and potted, when they will again start into prowtb and bloom in the greenhouse ; or the roots may be kept dormant till 8pring, when 
they should be divided and potted np for turning out again in May. If grown for their beautiful foliage alone they are well worth growing, and with 
additional charm of their gorgeous spikes of beautiful flowers they oannot be too highly reoommended. 
We have a very fine collection of these, including the most brilliant and beautiful colours. 
CHOICE NAMED VARI ETIES, our selection .. . . .. .. .. .. per 100, 76s. ; per doz. 18*. 
OROZY’S DWARF VARIETIES, CHOICE MIXED IN BEAUTIFUL VARIETY. Splendid for massing in large beds, &o. 
per 100, 40s. ; per doz. 6s. 64. 
Very useful for outting. 
„ _ Per 100, 4s. 6d. ; per doz. 8d. 
_ Per doz. 10s. 6d. ; eaoh la. 
. . . . . . . . eaoh 2e. 6d. 
.„ Per 100. 6s. ; por doz. 9d. 
