JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
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The Crocus is the recognized harbinger of spring. Be¬ 
tween the lulls of late winter’s tempest its brave little flow¬ 
ers first appear, minding not the least frosts or flurries of 
snow. For six weeks its bright flowers smile saucily at us, 
auite sure of their welcome. Their cost is so trifling that all 
eau afford to plant them freely. The Crocus has been much 
improved late years in sizeofbloouiandvarietyofeolorings. 
Crocus arc extra fine for borders, etc., and are particularly 
charming dotted by twos and threes over the lawn. They 
come in earliest spring, and peep through the grass, as the 
wild flowers do in the meadows. 
Fine Mixed Crocus—Of all colors. Fine, select bulbs, IOC- 
pet dozen; 60c. per 100: 34.00 per l.Ooo. 
Giar^t {-MoWered G roc ds. 
A few special extra large-flowering sorts of which we 
offer extra fine bulbs either for winter blooming or for gar¬ 
den planting 
Giant White—Enormous pure white lily-like blossoms. 
Giant Yellow—Gigantic bulbs which produce large golden 
. blossoms in great masses. 
Giant Striped—(Lord Fielding) Great blossoms beautifully 
striped violet on white ground. 
Giant Bine—(Sir J. Franklin)—Largest and finest blue. 
PRICE-15C. per dozen-, $ 1.00 per 100 ; 3 of each for 20 c. 
Giant Flowered Mixed—This strain is a special mixture of 
the host new sorts and improved seedlings, prepared for 
us in Holland by those who make a specialty of these 
bulbs. Only those sorts with the largest flowers and best 
colors aro admitted in the mixture- Either for garden or 
house this Crocus mixture cannot bo surpassed. Croons 
for tho house do not thrive underdry heat or gas. but do 
well in any sunny window of moderate temperature; 
they can also be grown in roomsalmost destitute of flro 
heat. Try them. I5c. per dozen; $ 1.00 per loo. 
Queer) Wilbelnjirui G rocil »- 
An improved Crocus, producing a bulb of enormous size 
and correspondingly large flowers and more of them. We 
have it in four colors: white, blue, striped and yellow, and 
they will be a revelation of beauty to all who plant them. 
Best of all Crocus for winter blooming in pots, but for the 
open ground, flowering in early spring, they are simply 
grand, the flowers being as large as good Tulips. 
Great white—Puro snow-white. 
Great Blue Rich purple-biue. 
Great Striped—Wnito and bluo. 
Forty Flowered Each bulb produces from twenty to fifty 
beautiful blossoms of a deep, rich glowing yellow and it 
blooms much earlier than other sorts. 
PRICE—5c. each] the 4 far 15c.; 35c. per dozen. 
Mixed Colors—Above 4 sorts, 30c. per dozen. 
