M. VAN WAVEREN & SONS, INC. 
101 West 31st Street, New York City 
POETAZ VARIETIES 
(Continued ) 
Per 100 
ORANGE CUP. Creamy white, conspicuous 
orange cups, a most delightful color combina¬ 
tion of plastic rubies floating on sulphur pools, 
6-8 florets and usually 2 stems per bulb. Keeps 
its color in bright sunlight positions_ 5.00 
SCARLET GEM. This is “Admiration” stepped 
up. Beautiful deep yellow with solid dark red 
The Narcissus family now contains varieties 
that can not be forgotten, even if seen only once. 
They are unavoidably remembered for their atten¬ 
tion-compelling beauty. We instantly recall 
“Whistler” for great size and symmetry, “Croe¬ 
sus” for superb harmony in gold and red, "Bonfire” 
for contrast of purity and fire, “Primrose Phoenix” 
for its mass of pure primrose petals. 
We can usually supply round bulbs of 
Per 100 
eye. Four to five of these attractive flowers on 
each stem. Something new for the shows. 
Height about 18 inches___ 40.00 
SOLEIL BRILLANT. A fine, perfectly hardy 
form of the famous Soleil d’Or. Bright yellow 
petals and deep orange cups, from 8 to 15 on a 
stem. It is 4 to 5 inches shorter than 
Soleil d’Or and can therefore be used to per¬ 
fection for pans for Easter and earlier as it 
produces big clusters of color, just above the 
foliage and sells at sight. We are happy to 
introduce this lasting variety which will de¬ 
light everyone in the garden and in the green¬ 
house. Because of its hardiness it is properly 
placed in the Poetaz class, but it is so clearly 
an offspring of Soleil d’Or that it can safely 
also be called a Polyanthus_ 8.00 
5 varieties at 20% below catalogue prices. 
POLYANTHUS VARIETIES 
Per 1000 
SOLEIL D’OR. Our Virginia grown Soleil 
d'Or are the true French dark yellow type 
with deep orange cup. The bulbs are not as 
large as those grown further South, nor can 
they be forced as early. For early work the 
Florida and California grown stocks are cer¬ 
tainly to be preferred and the price paid for 
them may be entirely justified. For midseason 
and later forcing however, we recommend our 
Virginia grown bulbs, which will give a splen¬ 
did account of themselves in dollars and cents. 
13 c. M. and up ___ $60.00 
Southern Grown bulbs, 14 c. M. up _ 75.00 
Southern Grown bulbs, 15 c. M. up 90.00 
SOLEIL BRILLANT. (Polyanthus X. Poetaz.) 
W e discovered this variety only four years ago. 
Or, to be more exact, we discovered its useful¬ 
ness as an exhibition and Easter trade variety. 
Much sturdier than Soleil d'Or, better stems, 
5 inches shorter in growth, standing up splen¬ 
didly under all conditions. Same bright colors, 
fragrance much more subdued than that of 
Soleil d'Or, and the florets are larger. 
per 100 $8.00_ 75.00 
PAPERWHITE GRANDIFLORA. True 
Southern grown stock, 13 c. M. and up_ 25.00 
14 c. M. and up----- 35.00 
POETICUS 
(Poet’s Narcissus) 
Per 100 
BIFLORUS. Parkinson called thin the “Prim¬ 
rose Peerless Daffodil”. It is found wild in the 
Tyrol. “Twin Poeticus” and “Twin Sisters” 
are other names for it, because it invariably 
blooms with two florets to each stem. Petals 
cream, sulphur cups. Exceptionally sweet 
fragrance, much milder than Poeticus. Blooms 
^ when all the other types are over_ $ 3.50 
CASSANDRA. Immaculate white perianth, 
dark red rimmed crown, fine___ 6.00 
GLORY OF LISSE. A fine Poeticus for forc¬ 
ing, much better than Ornatus. This and 
Horace are the best florist cutflower varieties. 
Not as bright eyed as Horace but a little 
earlier and therefore very valuable for the early 
market, per 1,000 $45.00... 5.00 
Per 100 
HORACE. Pure white perianth, conspicuous red 
eye, free flowering and strong stemmed, a 
splendid forcing variety. This and Thelma are 
the two most outstanding Poets, per 1,000 
$40.00 ______ 4.50 
JULIET. Pure white, fine cup margined scarlet. 
Poets require more room in the flats than the 
bulbs indicate, they need more light, more 
water, more air and less heat when grown 
under glass than most other Narcissus. Cut 
only when just fully opened. Color, stamina 
and perfume develop during the last few hours 
while the petals stretch and straighten out_ 6.00 
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