Some of These Plants Are Useful Both Indoors and Out 
Gloxinias 
Elegant and handsome pot-plants for 
window or conservatory. 
Black Prince. Giant flowers of black-blue, 
passing to indigo-blue at outer edges; 
violet throat, edge slightly ruffled. 
Blue Bell. Handsome scilla-blue flowers. 
Brunhilde. Giant pure white blooms. 
Cyclops. Giant carmine blooms, with white 
margin and spotted throat. 
Defiance. Large; glowing crimson-scarlet. 
Emperor William. Large, deep violet 
blooms, bordered cornflower-blue, with 
white edges. 
Emperor Frederick. Vivid scarlet, with 
white-bordered edge. 
Large Pink Perfection. Perhaps the best 
in this color. 
Meteor. Large carmine-scarlet sort with 
white throat and curled white border. 
Othello. Black-violet. 
Purple Prince. Large; purple-crimson. 
Waterloo-Crispo. Deep black-purple, 
curled carmine borders. One of the best. 
Mixed. Good mixture of above sorts. 
Monster selected bulbs, $6.50 per doz.; $45 per 100 
Montbretias 
Cultural Notes by T. H. EVERETT 
A sunny position, a deep, well-worked soil, 
enriched with rotted manure and bonemeal, 
are first essentials toward success. They 
may be planted in April or May, in double 
rows 15 inches apart, allowing 2 to 3 inches 
between the corms, or in groups of a dozen 
or more in the mixed border. Four to 5 
inches is the correct planting depth. 
During the growing period the surface of 
the ground must be kept well cultivated 
and in extended periods of drought give the 
ground a thorough soaking at ten-day 
intervals. The wiry stems are sufficiently 
rigid to stand without artificial support. 
South of New York, Montbretias will winter 
safely if heavily mulched with leaves, litter, 
or salt hay, but farther north it is advisable 
to lift them in the same manner as gladiolus 
after the first hard frost. 
His Majesty Montbretia 
Gloxinia, Emperor Frederick 
MONTBRETIAS, continued 
Etoile de Feu. 2 ft. Very graceful soft red 
flowers, with orange throat. $1.50 per doz.; 
$8 per 100. 
Fire King. Large bright scarlet flowers. 
$1.50 per doz.; $8 per 100. 
George Davison. Free flowering; yellow. 
$1.50 per doz.; $8 per 100. 
His Majesty. Brilliant scarlet flowers 3 
inches across. $3 per doz.; $20 per 100. 
King Edmund. Fine orange-vellow (lowers 
measuring 2 inches across. $1.50 per doz.; 
$8 per 100. 
Lady Hamilton. Lovely, large yellow, 
shading to apricot at center. $1.75 per 
doz.; $12 per 100. 
Lord Nelson. Large, vigorous variety. 
Dazzling crimson with yellow. $1.75 per 
doz.; $12 per 100. 
Queen Alexandra. Chrome-yellow with 
carmine blotch at base of petals. $2 per 
doz.; $15 per 100. 
Star of the East. Pale orange-yellow with 
lemon-yellow eye. Very choice. $5 per 
doz.; $30 per 100. 
Una. 3 ft. Well-shaped flowers of rich 
apricot, with carmine blotch. $2 per doz.; 
$15 per 100. 
Mixed Varieties. $1 per doz.; $6 per 100; 
$45 per 1000. 
Dielytra 
Nerine (Amaryllidaceae) 
Splendid for greenhouse or frames. The 
bulbs produce large umbels of beautifully 
colored flowers that keep perfect and fresh 
for many days when cut. 
Corusca major. Scarlet. $16 per doz. 
Fothergilli major. Vivid scarlet. $16 per 
doz. 
Superb Hybrids. From one of the finest 
collections. Many beautiful distinct shades. 
$15 per doz. 
Spirea 
These hardy Astilbes will thrive in anj 
good, rich soil, flowering in June and July. 
America. Charming lilac-rose flowers. 
Gladstone. Fine spikes of pure white. 
Gloria Superba. Brilliant dark pink. 
Philadelphia. Clear lavender-rose. 
Queen Alexandra. L.arge flufTy pink 
blooms. 
Rubens. Deep carmine-rose. 
Field-grown clumps of any of the above, $12 per doz. 
All the above can be supplied from cold storage 
at any time desired at $13.50 per doz. 
Tigridia 
The Mexican Shell-flower 
May be compared to gorgeously colored 
seashells, 5 inches across, resting on wiry 
stems about 1 foot long. Foliage somewhat 
like gladiolus and general treatment of the 
bulbs, planting, and harvesting, the same as 
for gladiolus, $3.50 per doz.; $25 per 100. 
Spectabilis (Bleeding-Heart). Fine for 
spring planting in the perennial border and 
as pot-plants. $7.50 per doz.; $55 per 100. 
Hyacinthus 
Candicans. Pure white. Contrast elegantly 
with gladiolus. Planted anywhere, singly 
or in clumps, they are gorgeous. $2 per 
doz.; $12 per 100. 
Tritoma 
Pfitzeri (Red-Hot Poker). Very fine for 
bedding. Brilliant red blooms throughout 
the late summer and fall. $3 per doz.; 
$20 per 100. 
Rufa. Tall, slender, orange-yellow flowers. 
$4 per doz.; $25 per 100. 
Dwarf or Rockery Hybrids. 1 to 1ft. 
Very desirable for low positions in rock- 
gardens, etc. $4.50 per doz.; $30 per 100. 
WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
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