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COLCHICUM PAKKINSONI. 
These are large bulbs of the best va* 
rieties, and are remarkable for richness 
of color and size of their flowers, and 
are the best to use for pot culture or 
where extra fine results are wanted. 
Cloth of Gold. Golden yellow veined 
brown on the outside. 
King: of the Blues. Brilliant pur* 
plish blue. 
Mme. Mina. White, striped lavender 
blue. 
Mamnoth Yellow. Golden yellow, 
very large bulbs, and very free-flower* 
ing. 
Mont. Blanc. Targe pure white. 
Purpurea grandiflora. Richest 
purple, very large flowers. 
Queen of the Netherlands. Purest 
white, large flower and very free. 
Sir Walter Scott. White, striped 
with violet. 
Price, any of the above in extra 
fine bulbs, 15 cts. per doz.; 75 cts. per 
100 ; $6.50 per 1000. If by mail, add 
20 cts. per 100 to named Crocus. 
Giant Named Crocus. 
MIXED CROCUS. 
The bulbs offered under this head are 
smaller than our Giant Named sorts, but are 
quite satisfactory for planting in the grass or 
for any position out of doors. 
Blue and Purple shades, 10 cts. per doz ; 
50 cts. per 100 ; $4.00 per 1000. 
Striped and Variegated sorts, 10 cts. 
per doz.; 50 cts. per 100 ; $4 uO per 1000. 
White sorts, 10 cts. per doz.; 50 cts. per 
100 ; $4.00 per 1000. 
CROCUS. 
This brilliant and universally admired spring flower 
will thrive in any soil or situation, but to be brought 
to the highest perfection it should be grown in an 
open bed or border of deep rich, sandy loam. When 
planted in large groups or lines of distinct colors, the 
effect is very stiilring, and the bulbs are now offered 
so cheap as to justify their liberal use. They are 
invaluable for pot culture. To secure a succession 
of blooms commence planting early in October. 6 or 
8 bulbs in a pot (the named varieties are best for this 
purpose), using rich soil, and planting about an inch 
deep. Place the pots on a surface of ashes, cover 
the top one inch deep with soil, until the leaves ap. 
per, when they may be removed to the house. They 
can also be grown in saucers or bowls, in water and 
pebbles, in the same way as the Chinese Sacred Lily. 
DREER’S GIANT NAMED CROCUS. 
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Golden Yellow, good bulbs, 10 cts. per doz.; 50 
CIS. per 100; $4 00 per 1000. 
All Colors Mixed. 10 cts. per doz.; 40 cts. per 
100; $3.50 per 1000 
If wanted by mail , add 10 cts. per 100 for postage 
to Mixed Crocus. Dozens mailed without extra 
charge. 
COLCHICUM. 
(Autumn-flowering Crocus.) 
Autumnale {Meadow Saffron'). Very effective 
and handsome hardy plants, the flowers of which 
come through the ground without the leaves in 
the fall, the leaves appearing the following 
spring. The flowers comprise many shades of 
white, purple, rose, striped, etc. 5 cts. each ; 50 
cts. per doz.; $3 50 per 100. 
Parkinson!. A. distinct and beautiful sort, re¬ 
markable for the peculiar arrangement of color 
in its flow’ers, they being checkered with dark 
purple on a white ground; unique. 5 cts. each; 
50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
Mixed Crocus in the Grass, 
The six Tulips shown in colors on the cover of this Catalogue are unsurpassed for bedding. 
