Muscari Heavenly Blue, the finest of the Botryoides family. 
Miscellaneous Bulbs, Continued. 
MUSCARI, Continued 
Botryoides Album (White Grape Hyacinth). White. 60 cts. per dozen, 
$4 per 100. 
Botryoides Carneum. Light rose. 90 cts. per dozen, $6 per 100. 
Commutatum Coeruleum. Dark blue, almost black. 60 cts. per dozen, 
$4 per 100. 
Heavenly Blue. Bright sky-blue. This variety is the best and largest of the 
Grape Hyacinths. The bells are large and form a most impressive truss. 
60 cts. per dozen, $4 per 100. 
Plumosum (Feather Hyacinth). Violet-blue. The spike has a perfect pyra¬ 
midal shape and a real violet-blue color. The petals of the flowers are so 
narrow, that they look like feathers; hence the name “Feather Hyacinth.” 
90 cts. per dozen, $6 per 100. 
Bulb Planting Don’ts. It is just as important to know what not to do as it 
is to know how to do it. For instance, do not plant bulbs while the soil is too 
wet. If after digging you pick up a handful of soil and it crumbles easily through 
your fingers, well and good. If the soil forms a ball when being squeezed, it is 
too wet. Soil dug when too wet bakes and becomes hard, forming anything but 
a congenial bed for bulbs. Most planters set bulbs too deep. Read the cultural 
directions under the various chapter headings. Where planting 4 inches deep is 
suggested, bear in mind that that means 4 inches of soil measuring from the bot¬ 
tom of the trench. Too shallow planting is just as dangerous as planting too deep. 
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