Some of These Plants Are Useful 
Both Indoors and Out 
Gloxinias 
Elegant and handsome pot-plants for 
window or conservatory. 
Black Prince. Giant flowers of black-blue, 
passing to indigo-blue at outer edges. 
Blue Bell. Handsome scilla-blue flowers. 
Brunhilde. Giant pure white blooms. 
Cyclops. Giant carmine blooms, with white 
margin and spotted throat. 
Defiance. Large; glowing crimson-scarlet. 
Emperor William. Large, violet blooms, 
bordered cornllower-blue; white edges. 
Emperor Frederick. Vivid scarlet, with 
white-bordered edge. 
Large Pink Perfection. 
Meteor. Large carmine-scarlet sort with 
white throat and curled white border. 
Othello. Black-violet. 
Purple Prince. Large; purple-crimson. 
Waterloo-Crispo. Deep black-purple, 
curled carmine borders. One of the best. 
Mixed. Good mixture of above sorts. 
Monster selected bulbs, $5 per doz.; $37.50 per 100 
Montbretias 
Cultural Notes by T. H. EVERETT 
A sunny position, a deep, well-worked soil, 
enriched with rotted manure and bonemeal, 
are first essentials toward success. They 
may be planted in April or May, in double 
rows 15 inches apart, allowing 2 to 3 inches 
between the conns, or in groups of a dozen 
or more in the mixed border. Four to 5 
inches is the correct planting depth. 
During the growing period the surface of 
the ground must be kept well cultivated 
and in extended periods of drought give the 
ground a thorough soaking at ten-day 
intervals. The wiry stems are sufficiently 
rigid to stand without artificial support. 
South of New York, Montbretias will winter 
safely if heaviiy mulched with leaves, litter, 
or salt hay, but farther north it is advisable 
to lift them in the same manner as gladiolus 
after the first hard frost. 
His Majesty Montbretia 
MONTBRETIAS, continued 
New Earlham Large-flowered 
Hybrids 
Awarded the Royal Horticultural 
Society’s Gold Medal 
APRICOT QUEEN. 2}i ft. 
Rich, golden apricot, medium- 
sized flowers. $4 per doz. 
CITRONELIA. 3H ft- Beauti¬ 
ful rich canary-yellow, star¬ 
shaped flower, with crimson- 
maroon blotch in center. Ro¬ 
bust grower; very handsome. 
$5 per doz. 
FIERY CROSS. 3 ft. Large, 
open flowers of good substance, 
with broad petals of intense, 
glowing, fiery orange, large 
primrose center, and small 
crimson blotches surrounding 
eye. A good sturdy grower. 
$5 per doz. 
GRENADIER. 2% ft. Large, 
star-shaped, vivid orange-scar¬ 
let flowers with crimson flush 
and golden sheen. An excep¬ 
tionally fine variety. $10 per 
doz. 
INDIAN CHIEF. 2)4 ft. Fine 
broad-petaled flowers of clear 
glistening orange; center suf¬ 
fused crimson blotched ma¬ 
roon; clear golden throat. A 
glowing color and vigorous 
grower. $5 per doz. 
RED KNIGHT. 3 ft. Very large, 
star-shaped flowers of rich 
vermilion, shading to gold; 
center heavily overlaid with 
maroon. A fine sturdy variety. 
Hunt’s Superb Hybrid Nerines 
$8 per doz. [ 
Nerine (Amaryllidaceae) 
MONTBRETIAS 
The Best of the Older Varieties 
Splendid for greenhouse or frames. The 
bulbs produce large umbels of beautifully 
colored flowers that keep perfect and fresh 
for many days when cut. 
Etoile de Feu. 2 ft. Soft red fl owers, with 
orange throat. $1.25 per doz.; $6 per 100. 
Fire King. Large bright scarlet flowers. 
$1.25 per doz.; $6 per 100. 
Corusca major. Scarlet. 
Fothergilli major. Vivid scarlet. 
Superb Hybrids. From one of the finest 
collections. Many beautiful distinct shades. 
George Davison. Free flowering; yellow. 
$1.50 per doz.; $8 per 100. 
Each of above varieties, $15 per doz. 
His Majesty. Brilliant scarlet flowers 3 
inches across. $3 per doz.; $20 per 100. 
King Edmund. Fine orange-yellow flowers. 
$1.50 per doz.; $8 per 100. 
Lady Hamilton. Lovely, large yellow, 
shading to apricot at center. $1.50 per 
doz.; $10 per 100. 
Lord Nelson. Dazzling crimson with yellow. 
$1.50 per doz.; $10 per 100. 
Queen Alexandra. Chrome-yellow with 
carmine blotch. $1.75 per doz.; $12 per 100. 
Star of the East. Pale orange-yellow with 
lemon-yellow eye. $4 per doz.; $25 per 100. 
Una. 3 ft. Rich apricot, with carmine 
blotch. $1.75 per doz.; $12 per 100. 
Mixed Varieties. $1 per doz.; $5 per 100; 
$40 per 1000. 
Dielytra 
Spirea 
These hardy Astilbes will thrive in anj 
good rich soil, flowering in June and July. 
America. Charming lilac-rose flowers. 
Gladstone. Fine spikes of pure white. 
Gloria Superba. Brilliant dark pink. 
Philadelphia. Clear lavender-rose. 
Queen Alexandra. L.arge; fluffy pink. 
Rubens. Deep carmine-rose. 
Field-grown clumps of any of the above, $11 per doz. 
All the above can be supplied from cold storage 
at any time desired at $12 per doz. 
Tritoma 
Pfitzeri (Red-Hot Poker). Brilliant red 
blooms throughout the late summer and 
fall. $4 per doz.; $25 per 100. 
Rufa. Tall, slender, orange-yellow flowers. 
$4.50 per doz.; $30 per 100. 
Dwarf or Rockery Hybrids. 1 to 1 ]4 ft. 
$4.50 per doz.; $30 per 100. 
Spectabilis (Bleeding-Heart). Fine for 
spring planting in the perennial border and 
as pot-plants. $6 per doz.; $40 per 100. 
Hyacinthus 
Candicans. Pure white. Contrast elegantly 
with gladiolus. $2 per doz.; $12 per 100. 
Ismene (Hymenocallis) 
Calathina. A grand summer-flowering 
bulb with large, amaryllis-like, pure white, 
fragrant blooms. $3.50 per doz. 
Zephyranthes 
Rush-like foliage, about 6 inches high, 
from which rise open-petaled, crocus-like 
flowers in various colors. Fine for spring 
planting in borders and rockeries. They start 
blooming in August and continue to send us 
fairy cups until frost. 
Ajax. Sunny yellow. Very free flowering. 
$5 per doz. 
Rosea. Much larger than the preceding 
variety. Lovely salmon-rose. A few 
flowers in a small silver vase or placed 
upright in a low bowl present a charming 
effect. $2.50 per doz. 
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