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Illustrated Catalogue of Bulbs and Flower Roots. 
MISCELLANEOUS BULBS. 
ALSTRCEMERIA. 
CHILENSIS. Showy plants for a warm dry 
border. Planted nine Inches deep thoy may 
remain undisturbed for years, and will bloom 
abundantly. Choice mixed, 3/8. per doz. 
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA. 
(Belladonna Lily). 
Delicate pale rose, autumn blooming. 1/- each. 
10/6 per doz. 
ARUM LILY (iCthiopicum). 
Dormant Gorins. Pure white semi-dwarf 
variety. 6d. each, 5/- per doz. 
ARUM (RICHARDIA) ELLIOTIANA. 
THE YELLOW ARUM. Beautiful colour with 
silver spotted loaves. Strong conns, 2/- each. 
BULBOCODIUM VERNUM. 
For edgings, etc. Bright, rosy purple, very 
early. 15/- per 100, 2/3 per doz. 
CAMASSIA ESCULENTA. 
Spikes of pretty star-like flowers. Colourllght 
. blue. 7/- per 100, 1/2 per doz. 
CHIONODOXA. 
This is one of the most beautiful hardy 
Spring-flowering bulbs In cultivation, and one 
of the very easiest to grow. Planted six or 
eight In a live-inch pot has a very pretty effect 
in the greenhouse. Out of doors they should 
be placed not less than four Inches deep, and 
about three Inches apart, and to be effective, 
not less than ten to twelve should be planted 
In a patch. 
LUClLL/E (Glory of the Snow). Quite hardy, 
will thrive in any soil, and produces an 
abundance of brilliant sky-blue, white- 
centred flowers. 6/- ner 100, lOd. per doz. 
SARDENSIS. Beautiful deep blue flowers with 
a small white centre ; charming variety. 
7/- per 100, 1/1 per doz. 
Selected Bulbs. 9/- per 100, 1/4 per doz. 
CROWN IMPERIALS. 
(Fritillaria Imperialis), 
These stately growing hardy plant* grow well in 
any good garden soil, and if allowed to remain 
undisturbed for several years, will form pictu- 
resque groups of rare beauty. The bulbs should 
be planted with their crowns four or five Inches 
below the surface, and eight Ins. to a foot apart. 
SINGLE RED. tine showy sort. 10/6 per doz., 
II- eaoh. 
SINGLE YELLOW. Large flowers. 10/6 per 
doz.. II- eaoh. 
MIXED. 4/6 per doz., 6d. eaoh. 
SCHIZOSTYLIS COCCINEA. 
Spikes of crimson flower like a small Gladiolus, 
blooming during Autumn and Winter. 14/- 
per 100, 2/- per doz. 
SPIR/EA MULTIFLORA 
COMPACTA. 
Clumps for pots, growing freely with ample 
water supply. Ready in November. lOd. 
each, 9/- per doz. 
SCILLA SIBIRICA. 
This beautiful olass should be grown freely 
In every garden. In height they do not exceed 
four or five inches, and their lovely bending 
sprays of rich ultra-marine blue flowers appear 
in the greatest profusion during the month 
of March. Planted eight or ten in a six-inch 
pot and treated as recommended for Hyacinths, 
they succeed equally well, and have a pretty 
effect in the greenhouse. 
SIBIRICA (Preecox). Fine bright blue, splen- 
did for edgings, clumps, or the mixed border, 
pots, etc. 8/- per 100, 1/2 per doz. 
Selected Bulbs, 11/- per 100, 1/8 per doz. 
SCILLA CAMPANULATA 
(The Wood Hyacinth). 
These lovely flowers are most showy In May 
in the wild garden. They alBO do exceedingly 
well planted five or six in a pot for greenhouse 
cultivation. 
ALBA. 7/- per 100, 1/2 per doz. 
BLUE QUEEN. Large bright blue flowers on 
strong stems. SI- per 100, 1/3 per doz. 
C/ERULEA. Blue spikes of flowers. 6/6 per 
100, II- per doz. 
ROSEA. Pretty shade. 9/- 100, 1/4 doz. 
SNOWDROPS. 
Snowdrops will thrive in almost any soil or 
situation, and best when planted in clumps and 
left to take care of themselves for several years 
in succession, when they will form handsome 
and increasingly large groups. October is the 
best month to plant, and the bulbs should be 
placed three or four inches deep, and about 
two inches apart. It is not possible to ensure 
the single or double snowdrops free 
slight admixture of either variety. 
per 100. 
s. d. 
FINE DOUBLE .. ..6 0 
,, Large bulbs . . 8 0 
FINE SINGLE .. ..4 6 
Selected bulbs . . 6 0 
from a 
per doz. 
a. d. 
0 10 
1 2 
0 8 
0 10 
FRITILLARIA (Snakeshead). 
MELEAGRIS MIXED. Handsomely chequered 
flowers, hardy, grows well in bowls. 6/6 per 
100, 1/- per doz. 
SPARAXIS. 
Showy colours resembling Ixias, but with 
larger flowers and more variation of colour in 
the individual blooms. 5/- per 100, lOd. per doz. 
IXIOLIRION PALLASII. 
Deep blue tubular flowers, blooming in May. 
8/- per 100, 1/2 per doz. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
Clumps for outdoor planting, ready end of 
October. 1/9 each, 18/6 per doz. 
LEUCOJUM VERNUM. 
SPRING SNOWFLAKE. Large white flowers 
tipped green, resembling a;giant snowdrop. 
12/- per 100, 1/9 per doz. 
PUSCHKINIA LIBANOTICA. 
LEBANON SQUILL. White and soft blue 
flowers, a charming flower. 6/6 100, 1/- doz. 
TRITELIA. 
UNIFLORA. Early flowers, lilao white, good 
for edgings. 4/- per 100, 8d. per doz. 
v VIOLACEA. Lavender striped violet. 
5/- per 100, lOd. per doz. 
WINTER ACONITE. 
The little Aconite, which blooms earlier than 
the Snowdrop, is invariably the first flower in 
the garden to greet us in the New Year, and 
should always be grown freely in sunny 
positions near the house, or walks, for the 
weloome display they make with their golden* 
yellow flowers ao early in the season. 
Strong Flowering Boots, 3/6 per 100, 7d, per doi. 
