FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS THAT BLOOM FOR 1897. 
GRANDEST NAMED HYACINTHS at 10c. 
EXQUISITE NAMED NARCISSUS at 5c. 
RICHEST NAMED TULIPS at 4c. 
Giant-Flowered Crocus, Rare Lilies, Charming^ Scillas, Iris* 
Snowdroos, Chionodoxas, Camassia, Triteleia, Etc. 
Special Collection of Elegant Hardy Perennial Plants, Flowering 
Shrubs, Hardy Climbers, Choice and Rare New Fruits. Etc. 
FOR CHOICE WINTER-BLOOjniNG BULBS, PLHflTS AND SEEBS, SEE PAGES 5 TO 32. fcs- 
. HARDY OR HOLLAND BULBS. 
j AKDY ok HOLLAND BULBS, are most deservedly popular. In the flower garden they have wrested two months 
<sl»-I 0 f each year from Winter’s stern grasp. Before the last snowdrift has melted, the Snowdrop, Scilla and Croons 
A appear, close followed hy a score of others that have made the name “ Spring Flowers ” synonymous with 
beauty and fragrance. Indoors they have won equal triumph. The place of honor once held by the tender Geranium and 
Begonia belongs now to the Hardy Bulbs, that, while enduring the most hardships and extremes, are at the same time the 
most beautiful, fragrant, and the most certain to bloom. ^ 
Our sales of these bulbs are something enormous. The quantities in which we buy secure us the choice of Holland s 
annual output, and we give our customers the benefit of it in the fine, plump, heavy bulbs we send out, and the remarkable 
low price at which we offer them. They are now so very cheap that no lover of rare and beautiful flowers need be without 
a good collection. 
CULTURE IN THE CARDEN— Bulbs are especially val¬ 
uable for outdoor planting, as they bloomat a time when the 
garden is utterly destitute, and make it gay and attractive. 
Scillas, Snowdrops and Crocus appear as soon as the snow is 
away, and are quickly followed by Hyacinths, Isarcissus. 
Tulips, etc. The display which a few of these bulbs make m 
the early spring is indeed charming, and they are always 
appreciated more than any other class of flowers, for they 
come when most needed. 
The many forms and rich and varied colors of the Tulip 
make this bulb one of the most important of all garden 
flowers for a gay and dazzling display. For delicate fra¬ 
grance and refined beauty and grace, the Narcissus, with its 
great variety of form and charming colors, is always ad¬ 
mired and is one of the moat pleasing of all bulbous plants. 
Of Hyacinths we need not speak, for they are well known ; 
their large round spikes of bloom in a garden or window lend 
a charm which no other plant can rival. No class of flowers 
are so easy to grow or surer to bloom than bulbs, and it is an 
established fact that they always surprise those who plant 
them by proving much better than one unacquainted with 
them can imagine. 
For garden culture bulbs do not require a very rmh soil 
and are easily cared for. Plant in September, October or 
November, which is the best time. Late in the fall the beas 
can be covered with leaves or coarse litter which should be 
removed early in spring. After the bulbs are through flow¬ 
ering, the leaves soon turn yellow and die, and are then ripe 
enough to be taken up and stowed away for planting again in 
the fall, leaving the beds to be filled with other plants for 
the summer display, or, if desired, they can be left in the 
beds the whole year. 
PREPARATION OF BEDS- Spade up making the beds 
a little higher than the surface, so that water will readily 
drain off. If the soil is poor, add a liberal quantity of well- 
retted manure. 
TIME TO PLANT— September, October and November 
are the best months for planting bulbs in the garden. Set 
them from one to six inches apart, according to variety or 
size, and from one to three inches deep. 
PROTECTION —After planting, the beds should be cov¬ 
ered with leaves, straw or other coarse litter (as a mulch or 
protection), which should be removed when the bulbs start 
in early spring. This is not necessary to save the bulbs, for 
most kinds are perfectly hardy in any situation without 
protection, but it is most advisable to do it, for it preserves 
the vitality of the bulbs to a great extent, and when in 
bloom you can notice that those which were protected will 
be twice as good as those which were not. 
Specialties * in * Hardy * Bulbs. 
the choicest gems 
For Fall Planting and Spring Blooming, at Greatlg Maced Prices. 
