Caution—We regret zve cannot accept orders amounting to less than $2.50. 
Please read the Sections, “Orders,” “Shipments” 
and “Prices” on pages 7 and S. 
Spring-Flowering Bulbs for Fall Planting 
No class of plants provides more useful material for the garden 
than do the spring-flowering bulbs. In the first place, they bloom 
at a time when the long winter has grown to be most irksome with¬ 
out the comforting beauty of the garden; then again, the require¬ 
ments for success are few and simple, and one may be almost 
positive of satisfactory results. All these good points make them 
a most welcome addition to the comparatively limited number of 
herbaceous plants which the enthusiast may use to ensure a suc¬ 
cessful beginning of the gardening year. 
In beds or borders, in sheltered nooks among shrubbery, or in 
broad, irregular patches on the edges of woodland, the bulbs afford 
a profusion of bloom from earliest spring until well into June. 
Success with most bulbous plants is principally a question of pro¬ 
viding suitable conditions for the development of the flower, which 
has been formed in the bulb during the previous growing season. 
If a Tulip bulb, for instance, be tut open at planting time, the tiny 
flower will be found perfectly formed within the protecting scales 
of the bulb. To ensure the May blossom, it is necessary only to 
perform properly the autumn planting. Our leaflet containing cul¬ 
tural directions is delivered to our customers when the bulbs are 
forwarded. 
Cream Quality 
To sell the best bulbs produced in Holland and to describe them 
fully and accurately, has been our business policy ever since our 
first catalogue was dropped in the mail box. The many compliments 
we constantly receive about our catalogue justify us, we believe, in 
calling it The Blue Book of Bulbs, while the increasing number of 
our satisfied customers is still our warrant for printing The Cream 
of Holland on our bag labels. 
Strict adherence to this policy, combined with Mr. Hunt’s intimate 
and discriminating knowledge of the spring-flowering bulbs, is re- 
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