Autumn-Flowering Crocuses; Plant in August 
One of the most entrancing and inspiring sights that one 
can see when traveling through the Engadine and the 
Bernese Alps in Switzerland in late August and September, 
is the landscape on the mountain sides, dotted with pic¬ 
turesque farmhouses, covered in many places with thou¬ 
sands upon thousands of the autumn-flowering Crocuses 
bravely unfolding their softly colored petals, showing their 
lovely, often gaily colored hearts, fearless of the oncoming 
winter. 
The great pleasure of having quantities of these lovely 
flowers in our gardens, in the lawn, along the bank or 
driveway or in forgotten corners in great variety, flowering 
there through September into October, and some varieties 
even flowering until severe frost puts an end to all this 
gayety, is easily within our grasp. 
They are also very attractive grown in pots indoors. 
These crocuses grow very successfully in ordinary soils, 
but for the rare species we recommend adding a small 
quantity of well decayed leaf mold to the soil and sur¬ 
rounding the bulbs with a little sharp sand. They are 
thankful for a little mulching. 
We need only to reserve some of these NOW for plant¬ 
ing during late August or early September; these gems 
will flower within two or three weeks after planting, blos¬ 
soming luxuriantly from year to year. 
ASTURICUS. A very showy species from the As- 
turia Mountains; pale mauve to purple-lilac with 
darker stripes at base. $2.25 for 10; $20 per 100. 
IRIDIFLORUS (Byzantinus). A native of Hun¬ 
gary, Western Transylvania, and the Banat; large 
purple outer segments, inner segments pale lilac, 
much branched; lilac anthers, very distinct and 
handsome. $2.25 for 10; $20 per 100. 
LONGIFLORUS MELITENSIS. Soft lilac, feath¬ 
ered deep yellow at base, anthers yellow; stig¬ 
mata orange-red. Violet scented. $3.50 for 10; 
$32.50 per 100. 
MEDIUS. A fine species from the neighborhood 
of Mentone and Spezzia; flowers lovely rich vio¬ 
let, with handsome purple veining at base; stig¬ 
mata rich glowing orange-red; one of the hand¬ 
somest of the autumn-flowering species. $2.25 for 
10; $20 per 100. 
NUDIFLORUS. Flowers rich clear purple; a 
native of the Asturia Mountains, the Pyrenees, 
Landes and Cervennes, etc., and at one time 
naturalized in the Midland Counties of England. 
$1.05 for 10; $8 per 100. 
PULCHELLUS. Lavender-blue with white an¬ 
thers and orange spotted throat; a lovely species 
found growing in the heathy thickets bordering 
the Bosphorus. $1.75 for 10; $15 per 100. 
SALZMANNII. A native of Tangier; lilac, dark 
feathered, delighting in a damp soil. $1.05 for 10; 
$8 per 100. 
SATIVUS (Saffron Crocus). Habitat Italy to 
Kurdistan; large flowers, purplish lilac, feathered 
violet, with showy orange stigmata, slightly 
scented. Flowering freely when established. $0.70 
for 10; $4.50 per 100. 
SPECIOSUS. Bright violet-blue, prettily veined, 
having orange-red anthers and light yellow 
throat; large, handsome and showy, one of the 
best for naturalizing in grass and massing in 
borders or in rockwork. $0.55 for 10; $3 per 100. 
SPECIOSUS AITCHISONII. Long handsome 
flowers, with sharp tapering petals, lavender, 
prettily feathered a darker shade and with silvery 
flush on outer petals. Very late. $0.75 for 10; 
$5 per 100. 
SPECIOSUS ALBUS. A very fine white-flowered 
variety. $1.45 for 10; $12 per 100. 
SPECIOSUS ARTABIR. A beautiful variety with 
large pale blue flowers and dark veinings. $0.60 
for 10; $3.50 per 100. 
Very late dark blue. 
SPECIOSUS GLOBOSUS. 
$0.65 for 10; $4 per 100. 
SPECIOSUS POLLUX. Pale violet-blue exterior 
shaded silvery white. Very large flowers. A 
beautiful introduction. $0.70 for 10; $4.50 per 100. 
ZONATUS. Rose-lilac, yellow center and orange 
zone; ethereal in its lovely coloring. $0.55 for 10; 
$3 per 100. 
We recommend that you always plant the largest 
bulbs for finest effects. 
For extensive naturalistic plantings which require 
many thousands of bulbs, we can offer a smaller 
size, good flowering bulb in fine varieties at $25 per 
1000. 
“Like Lilac flame its color glows, 
Tender and yet so clearly bright, 
That all for miles and miles about 
The splendid meadoiv shineth out, 
And far off village children shout 
To see the welcome sight.” 
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