FOR QUALITY WAYSIDE 
Mertensia Virginica - Virginia Blue Bells 
This is indispensable in the garden for color effect; flowers are 
porcelain blue turning pink with age. The plant grows from 1 to 
2 feet high, bearing a panicle of flowers about 1 inch long in 
short pendent clusters. It is splendid for the open border or for 
naturalizing along the woodland path, in the dell, along the 
brook or pond; it flowers from the time Daffodils are in bloom, 
continuing while the May-flowering Tulips are at their best. We 
urge all garden lovers to use this beautiful plant in quantities, 
as it is permanent and so helpful to create beautiful pictures, 
especially in shady places. 
Doz. 100 
Extra Heavy Roots. For immediate effect for natu¬ 
ralizing. We guarantee these roots to bloom 100 
per cent .$1.25 $ 8.00 
Choice Selected Roots. For use in the garden when 
space is limited and only room for the best. 1.70 12.00 
Muscari - Grape Hyacinths 
Muscari are charming spring-flowering subjects. They can 
grow under trees and shrubs and also do well in full sun in the 
border or at a sunny spot of the rockery, without any special 
attention. They are best planted immediately on receipt and can 
remain undisturbed for years. They are absolutely hardy and 
some varieties are delicately fragrant. Botryoides, Azureum and 
Armeniacum are beautiful when forced in the house, same cul¬ 
ture as Freesia; while Plumosum is always a source of great 
interest. All are about 5 inches high. 
100 
Botryoides coeruleum. Bright blue, very free-flower¬ 
ing at the time of the Crocuses. This is the com¬ 
mon blue Grape Hyacinth and fine in the rockery. 
Foliage is more compact, is better for the rockery 
than Hyacinth Botryoides .$3.00 
Botryoides album. This is the white form which is 
very pretty planted with the blue variety. 4.50 
Heavenly Blue. While there are several kinds of 
Muscari we consider this variety the best for mass 
planting. They flower about the time the Chiono- 
doxas and Crocuses are going. They do very well 
in the wild garden and also in grass if it is rot 
too rank. They are nice under trees and along the 
borders where they may be left undisturbed; 
perhaps a little too robust for the rockery. 2.75 
Plumosum (Plume Hyacinth). Bearing in May. hand¬ 
some feathery plumes of violet colored flowers; 
very attractive. Height 7 inches. A most unusual 
and fascinating flower . 6.50 
Ornithogalum - Star of Bethlehem 
Arabicum (Arabian Star of Bethlehem). Makes a 
large umbel of small white flowers with black base 
produced on a tall spike. Hardy and very prolific 
in the extreme south but must be protected or 
forced in the North . 6.00 
TJmbellatum (Star of Bethlehem). This is the small 
white hardy variety that is seen in great profusion 
around many of the old gardens. It propagates 
readily and adapts itself splendidly to naturaliz¬ 
ing. It does well over a wide temperature range 
and blooms profusely with little or no care. 5.00 
Thyrsoides. This is the famous Chincherinchee, the 
wonder flower from South Africa. Flowers of this 
bulb, arriving from South Africa after a six 
weeks’ trip, have attracted considerable attention 
at the eastern markets, due to its extreme lon¬ 
gevity. The flowers are pyramidal shape with the 
buds of straw color changing to pure white. It is 
not hardy in the North but an excellent forcing 
subject and is very fine for outdoors in the South. 9.00 
Oxal is - Shamrocks 
Suitable for pots or hanging baskets for winter flowering. Very 
easily grown in the house. Their clover-shaped leaves are most 
attractive as well as the small cuplike blooms. They are excel¬ 
lent inexpensive small plants for decorating the home and grow¬ 
ing on window sills. 
100 1000 
Buttercup. The flowers are pure, bright yellow, and 
produced in great abundance .Doz., 55c..$3.00 $27.50 
Grand Duchess. Lavender, pink, -white ..Doz., 55c.. 3.00 27.50 
Ranunculus 
Adapted for growing in pots or in the greenhouse, use same 
culture as for Freesia. They are hardy south of Washington 
where they may be planted in ordinary good garden soil. Their 
brilliant lovely globular-shaped flowers are splendid cut flowers 
and lovely at all times. May be left undisturbed for many years. 
In the North, bulbs may be planted in April and May outdoors 
and will bloom in July and should be taken up for the winter 
and stored dry until the following season. 
100 1000 
Double French Mixed. Mixture in shades of yellow, 
pink, red, white and orange. They are most lovely 
cut flowers, and while not as large as the Giant 
Paraflor, they are equally handsome ..Doz., 55c..$3.50 $32.50 
1000 
$28.00 
42.50 
25.50 
62.50 
55.00 
45.00 
85.00 
GARDENS 
Muscari, Heavenly Blue. 
Ornithogalum. 
Ranunculus. 
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