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MISCELLANEOUS BULBS AND ROOTS 
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Acliinienes — When well grown there are tew more pleasing plants than these ; 
they require a very light, free soil and a high moist temperature of about 
seventy-live degrees though they may be grown moderately well in ten or 
fifteen degrees less heat if kept close and damp. They are well adapted for 
hanging baskets and all similar situations $0.2o 
Bessera elegans — (Coral Drops) — Bright coral scarlet, with white cups and dark 
blue anthers 
Caladiam esculentum— (Elephant’s ears) 
„ fancy leaved — Beautifully marked foliage 
Cooperia Drummondu — (Evening Star) white 
“ Oberwetteri — Bright green ; recent introduction . . . 
“ Pedunculata— Beautiful white fragaant flowers — 
Cyclobothra flava — (Yellow Shell Flower) — Golden yellow cup with fine black 
dots 
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Dahlia — Splendid assortment of double varieties 
Doryantlies exeelsa — (Giant Torch Lily of Australia) — A beautiful and distinct 
plant with long Dracena like foliage, throwing up a lofty spike of bright 
scarlet flowers like an immense fiery torch, the stem of which is often twelve 
to fifteen feet high. Extra strong flowering bulbs 
Eucliaris Amazonica — A perfect gem for pot culture; bears large, waxy snow- 
white star-like blossoms of great beauty ; easily grown — large flowering bulbs, 
50 cents each ; small 
Gloxinias — Choice varieties, mixed 
Hoteia Japouica — (Spiraea) — Beautiful feathery white flowers 
Iris — This beautiful class of plants exhibits great variety of form and color. All 
the varieties are perfectly hardy and very suitable for flower borders, the rich 
and delicate flowers rendering them very attractive ; useful as cut flowers as 
they last a long time in water. 
Iris, English — All colors mixed 
“ German — Of exquisite colors, beautiful and fragrant 
“ Japanese — (Kaempferi) — Marvellous in form and color 
“ Spanish— Largely grown for cut flowers 
Milla biflora — A Mexican bulb, producing pure white waxy flowers, over two 
inches in diameter ; a splendid plant for cultivation in the dwelling house, 
being easily forced into bloom 
Mon thretia.— Magnificent decorative plants, producing long branching spikes of 
Gladioli-like blooms, two to three feet high, in the most delicate and richest 
shades of yellow, orange and scarlet 
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Tritoma uvaria graixliflora — (Red-Hot-Poker-Plant.) Strikingand attractive 
plant, throwing up stalks three to five feet high, bearing large solid spikes of 
brilliant orange-scarlet colored flowers of great size and brilliancy 
Zephyranthes — Gems of rare beauty, producing freely either in pots or the open 
ground, pretty lily-like flowers of the style of Amaryllis. Many varieties 
mixed 
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