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^Alertens/a Virqinica 
(Virginia Blue Bells) 
This is indispensable in the garden for color effect; flow¬ 
ers 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 
♦Flowering roots for immediate effect for naturalizing. 
$10.50 per 100; $95.00 per 1000. 
We guarantee this root to bloom 100 per cent. 
the time Daffodils are in bloom, continuing while the May- 
flowering Tulips are at their best. We urge all garden 
lovers to use this delightful plant in quantities, as it is 
permanent and so helpful to create beautiful pictures, espe- 
dally in shady places. 
♦Choice selected roots for use in the garden when space 
is limited and there is only room for the best. 
$2.20 per 12; $15.50 per 100. 
Or nit hog alum 
(Star of Bethlehem) 
Very easily grown bulbs, especially Umbellatum, which 
multiplies rapidly under any conditions. 
♦Arabicum (Arabian Star of Bethlehem). 
85c per 12; $6.50 per 100. 
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. 
♦Umbellatum (Star of Bethlehem). 
70c per 12; $5.50 per 100. 
This is the small white hardy variety that is seen in 
great profusion and around many of the old gardens. It 
propagates readily and adapts itself splendidly to natur¬ 
alizing. It does well over a wide temperature range and 
blooms profusely each season with little or no care. 
♦Thyrsoides. 85c per 12; $6.00 per 100. 
This is the famous Chincherinchee, from South Africa. 
The flowers are pyamidal shape with the buds of straw 
color changing to pure white. 
Oral 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 cup-like blooms. 
They are excellent inexpensive small plants for decorating 
the home and growing on window sills. 
Adenophylla. $5.00 per 12; $40.00 per 100. 
A lovely little hardy species from Chile forming small 
compact rosettes of foliage and dainty small lilac-pink 
flowers opening only in the sun. Height 3 inches. Plant 
in the rock garden or in pots from end of August to 
November. A very rare variety. 
♦Grand Duchess. 55c per 12; $3.85 per 100. 
Lavender, pink, white in separate colors. 
jPuschhinia 
Scilloides. $1.05 per 12; $7.50 per 100. 
A beautiful little April-flowering bulb prized for the 
permanent hardy flower border and rock garden; it is 
also an easily grown indoor pot plant. The flowers are 
white, shaded and striped a soft clear blue, about 6 
inches high. 
<SR~an unculus 
Their brilliant lovely globular-shaped flowers are splen¬ 
did cut flowers and lovely at all times. May be left undis¬ 
turbed for many years. In the north, bulbs may be planted 
New Giant Paraflor. 75c per 12; $5.00 per 100. 
This new giant Ranunculus is far ahead of the common 
types. The perfectly double flowers are produced on 
tall, stout stems and appear in every conceivable shade 
of color. The blooms are many times larger than the 
old type. 
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. 
♦Double French Mixed. 70c per 12; $4.50 per 100. 
Mixture in shades of yellow, pink, red, white, and or¬ 
ange. They are most lovely cut flowers, and while 
not as large as the Giant Paraflor, they are equally 
handsome. 
Scilla * Squill 
May-Flowering Scilla 
The English Blue Bells (Scilla nutans) with its long 
varieties (S. hispanica) have erect flower-spikes and open 
campanulate flowers. All are very effective in flower and 
shrubbery borders, and most valuable for wild gardens and 
woodlands, where they should be largely naturalized. Wood 
Hispanica (Campanulata). 65c per 12; $4.00 per 100. 
The Spanish Squill, blue. 
♦Flispanica alba maxima. 70c per 12; $4.50 per 100. 
Large white flowers. 
Hispanica, Amethyst. 85c per 12; $5.75 per 100. 
Clear blue, very large spikes. 
♦Hispanica, Blue King. 85c per 12; $5.75 per 100. 
Fine blue, exceedingly free. 
Hispanica, Blue Queen. 75c per 12; $4.75 per 100. 
Porcelain-blue, tall growing and very free flowering. 
Hispanica, Enchantress. 85c per 12; $5.75 per 100. 
Delicate pure blue, broad pyramidal spikes, strong 
stems. 
Hispanica, Excelsior. 75c per 12; $4.75 per 100. 
Large bells, deep blue, very fine tall and large spikes. 
Hispanica, La Grandesse. 85c per 12; $5.75 per 100. 
White, beautiful large 6pikes, new. 
Hyacinths may be planted in bare shady places and odd 
corners which often have a desert-like appearance which 
can thus be rendered bright and cheerful. They will also 
thrive under Fir and Pine trees, where few other plants 
will grow. 
Hispanica, Peach Blossom. $1.65 per 12; $11.25 per 100. 
Pale pink, large spikes. New. 
Hispanica, Perle Brilliant. $1.30 per 12; $9.25 per 100. 
Clear blue, large spikes. New. 
♦Hispanica, Queen of Pinks. $1.00 per 12; $7.00 per 100. 
Deep pink, beautiful large spikes. 
Hispanica, Skyblue. 85c per 12; $6.00 per 100. 
Fine dark blue, late. 
♦Nutans. 65c per 12; $4.00 per 100. 
The common Scotch Bluebell or Wood Hyacinth. 
♦Nutans, Alba Major. 75c per 12; $4.75 per 100. 
Large white form of the above. 
♦Nutans, Blush Queen. 75c per 12; $4.75 per 100. 
Fine pale pink form of the above. 
Nutans, Rubra. $1.20 per 12; $9.00 per 100. 
Lilac-red, form of the Scotch Bluebell. 
