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H. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
Bulbs for “The Home 
Beautiful" 
Notice the photograph prints of these beautiful bulbs on the back cover page. 
Our earliest and by far most beautiful early spring flowers come from fall planted bulbs. 
For years and years Holland and France have been noted for their bulbs and over there we 
find many growers. The great specialist growers are noted all over the world and these 
great specialists grow bull)s for us to supply you with the most delightful tulips, hyacinths, 
narcissi, etc., that are to be found anywhere. 
The writer, Mr. W. R. Hastings, has taken special interest in bulb growing, carefully in- 
specting great growing fields and bulb storing houses in Holland and France. Also, on tlie 
Hastings’ Plantation, thousands of bulbs are grown in trials, where we can see just what 
varieties do best year after year in the South. Our bulb business is growing perhaps faster 
than any other line of our seed trade and we are doing everything possible to give you the 
very best tried varieties that we have found to do best in the South. 
Some few of our customers think it strange that we pay several dollars or many dollars 
apiece for some new itulb introductions. It is not strange after we grow them and see that 
some are beautiful and brilliant new varieties and worth supplying to our ci>stomers. As 
quickly as we can grow or have our specialist growers produce enough of these especially 
fine new varieties we list them for sale. On these new and extra fine varieties we particu- 
larly want to call your attention to the prices. They are generally about 50 to 100 per cent 
lower than for first-size bulbs from other reliable houses. 
You will find that our named varieties of bulbs are the finest you can obtain and that 
they have been chosen because each is the very best of its particular color and type. All 
of our named varieties are absolutely first-size bullis that are sure to grow and bloom when 
properly cared for. They are very easy to grow, are strong and healthy, vigorous growers, 
hardy and of the deepest, richest and rarest of colors. The sight of a large block of daffodils 
on the Hastings’ Plantation is of course a wonderful sight but a bed or border of daffodils, 
tulips or hyacinths in your yard can be your delight. These fall bulbs can be planted inside 
or outdoors. Some can be grown in bowls of water. All can be grown in pots or boxes 
in the house and all can be grown outdoors. They are excellent for cut flowers as well as 
blooming plants indoors and make the most gorgeous outdoor displays. 
For a yard and house full of happiness and color, as well as “The Home Beautiful’’, plant 
these bulbs by the hundred instead of by the dozen this year. They are a wealth of beauty 
and you will be many times repaid for growing them. 
Remember one thing ai)out Hastings’ Bulbs. You cannot buy better bulbs anywhere at 
any price and we have from our years of experience tried to select the finest varieties that 
have ever been grown. They are sure to make a wealth of show and bloom. In our offers, 
our selections have been made to give you the best and most satisfactory variety of each 
dominant color in which these bulbs flower. Y^ou can depend on them and you may expect 
the most perfect and brilliant bloom from every bulb planted. 
Hastings’ Mammoth Crocus 
Hastings’ Mammoth Crocus-First of All Spring Blooms 
The Crocus is the first flower to bloom in the spring. Further 
north it is often seen while snow still covers the ground. In the 
South it is perfectly hardy and may be left in the ground to bloom 
for years. Most every other thing of beauty seems afraid of frost, 
sleet, snow and all cold weather but the undaunted Crocus comes 
right out with its beautiful appearance and lets us know that 
spring is on its way. 
Crocuses may be planted for bed effects with other bulbs and 
will bloom and baout of the way before the other bulbs make their 
appearance. They may be grown also in pots and boxes but their 
natural and most beautiful effect is from planting them all through 
your lawn. They grow very low and will not hurt the lawn, which 
can be mowed or cut close except during the two or three weeks 
the crocuses are in bloom. ’So early in the season there is little 
lawn growth anyway so the appearance of the lawn is not bothered 
if left uncut while these delightful harbingers of spring are in a 
profusion of bloom. 
Crocuses attract more attention than most any other flower be- 
cause of their extra earliness and delightful rich colorings at a 
time when no other flower is in bloom outdoors. 
A charming effect is made by planting them in clumps or singly anywhere 
and everywhere in your lawn. They are most effective, of course, when planted 
in large numbers, say about 500 in a bed or in a part of your lawn. 
Plant some of these this fall for the earliest bloom of the spring. The rich 
tones and colorings are sure to please you and the selection of varieties below 
are the very best you can plant. They are entirely hardy. 
Non plus ultra — blue; Baron von Brunow — purple mauve; Sir Walter Scott — 
striped or variegated, purple stripes on white; Queen Victoria — pure white; 
Yellow Mammoth— extra large yellow, are the best varieties for the different 
colors for planting throughout the South. It is easier to order by color. You 
will get the named varieties above. 
CROCUS: Blue, purple, striped white, yellow, mixed (all colors). Price: 
Dozen, 35 cents; 100 for .$2.50; 1,000 for $20.00; postpaid. 
HASTINGS’ MAMMOTH WHITE FREESIAS 
These small bulbs give delicate and beautiful blossoms; their fragrance being 
especially delightful. Amercian grown bulbs show tendency towards yellow 
shades and spots or blotches b\it our Freesias are all grown for us in Europe 
where the greatest attention is paid to breeding and selection for the pure 
white fragrant blooms. The pure white is the highest type, largest and finest 
flowering Freesia. In your home window it will flower in six weeks after 
growth starts. Refracta Alba, the pure white, is the only variety we sell. 
Price: Dozen, 35 cents; $2..50 per hundred; postpaid. 
l ll V This Flower of the Gods, “Shui Sin 
WriMriEi^Ei kBl.1 par,” Water Fairy or Joss Flower 
as it is called by celestials, is a variety of Narcissus that blooms profusely 
chaste flowers of silvery white with cups or short trumpets of golden yelloAv. 
These mammoth sized bulbs are of great vitality and luxuriant growth, pro- 
ducing several spikes of flowers within four to six weeks after planting. They 
are very easily grown by everybody and almost everywhere. They do well in 
pots of earth but are beautiful when grown in shallow bowls of water with 
enough pebbles to keep them from falling over when in bloom. A dozen bulbs, 
started at intervals will give a succession of blooming lilies throughout the 
winter. Plant some for house plants through the winter. Chinese Sacred Uily 
Bulbs — Extra Earge, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; postpaid. Not prepaid: 
$20.00 per hundred. 
WHY PLANT LARGE BULBS 
Bulbs come in many sizes and we are often asked why we offer the largest 
sized bulbs. The reason is that with practically all flower bulbs the largest 
bulbs produce the largest plants, the largest and most perfect blooms and 
the richest and most uniform shades and colors. 
Hastings’ Exquisite Mammoth White Freesias 
