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A. B. DAVIS & SON, PURCELLVILUE, VIRGINIA. 
Auratiiin. (The G>.lcien-Rayed Queen of Lilies.) This magnificent variety has be- 
come one of the standard favorites of the flower garden, and is considered by many the 
finest of all Lilies. The immense blooms are produced in great profusion, and are deli- 
ciously fragrant. Fine bulbs, 30 cents each. 
Tisriiiiim Flore Pleno. (Double Tiger Lily.) Very desirable. 25 cents each. 
Caiuliduni. The well-known hardy Garden Lily ; snow white, fragrant blosscms; 
one of the best varieties for forcing, and an established favorite. 20 cents each. 
Lilium llubrum. Rose, spotted with crimson. 25 cents each. 
ORNITHOGALUM ARABICUM. 
A native of Arabia. Bulb large and solid, closely resembling that of a Hyacinth, and 
requiring exactly the same culture ; leaves long and narrow ; flower spikes 18 to 24 inches 
high, strong and graceful, bearing an immense cluster of large, pearly white flowers, hav- 
ing a jet-black center. The individual flowers keep perfect many weeks before fading, 
so that for more than a month this grand spike of bloom is in full glory. Its durability is 
almost without equal among flowers. Its culture is the easiest, as it will grow in any 
position in any window. A bulb can be planted in a four inch pot, or several in a larger 
pot or box. For open ground culture they do well if protected from freeaing severely. 
10 cents each. 
TRITELEIA UNIFLORA. 
This is one of the choicest additions to winter flowering bulbs that has been ofiered 
in many years. The bulbs are small and several can be planted in a pot, each onectf 
which will send up several flower scapes, bearing star-shaped blossoms one inch in di- 
ameter, pure white, elegantly lined with celestial blue. They are also quite hardy and can 
be planted in the open ground for bloom in the early spring. Fine bulbs, 5 cents each. 
FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA. 
The easiest to grow and most beautiful of all winter flowering bulbs. Its sprays of 
chaste white flowers among the green foliage gives it the appearance of an immense Lily 
of the Valley, with fragrance far more delicate and pleasing. The flowers are two inches 
long, and about the same in width, shaped like miniature Gladioli, and borne in clusters 
of six to ten on depressed horizontal scapes. The body of the flower is pure white, with 
lower segments spotted lemon yellow. The perfume is most delicious. The flowers are 
particularly useful for cutting. Its cultivation is of the simplest ; it requires only to be 
potted in October, to be watered sparingly at first, placed in a sunny window, and wa- 
tered more as growth progresses, to cents each. 
ALLIUM NEAPOLITANUM. 
}. II ir.ice .SK F.irraiid, llorlicjUuial Primer, Harrisburg, Pa. 
A grand bulb for winter blooming. Its flower stems are twenty inches high, support- 
ing a large cluster of delicate white flowers, which keep perfect many weeks.. Plant 
three to six bulbs in a five inch pot. Planted in the garden they are also splendid for 
early spring blooming. 5 cents each. 
CYCLAMEN PERSI- 
CUM GIGANTEUM. 
This 'is a decided improvement over 
the old variety, being of a more robust 
habit and stronger grower ; produces 
flowers on short, stout stems, of immense 
size, often measuring on well grown bulbs 
two inches in diameter ; the foliage is also 
beautiful. Good bulbs, 25 cents each. 
I XI AS AND SPAR AXIS. 
I'REESI.V REFRACTA ALBA. 
The Ixias produce their beautiful 
flowers in spikes, and are of the most 
brilliant and dazzling colors, and sure to 
attract attention. Sparaxis are much like 
Ixias, except thauthey bear their flowers 
in graceful, drooping racemes, instead of 
erect spikes. There are a great variety of 
colors. For winter blooming nothing can 
be more satisfactory than both Ixias and 
Sparaxis. Half a dozen bulbs can be 
planted in a five inch pot. For open 
ground culture give them winter protec- 
tion with leaves or straw. 5 cents each. 
