AUTUMN-FLOWERING CROCUSES 
Finest Varieties • All Perfectly Hardy 
ASTURICUS. A very showy species 
from the Asturia Mountains; flowers 
pale mauve to purple-lilac with 
darker stripes at base. 
$2.25 for 10; $20.00 per 100 
IRIDIFLORUS (Byzanlinus). A native 
of Hungary, Western Transylvania, 
and the Banat; large rich purple 
outer segments, inner segments 
pale lilac, much branched; lilac 
anthers, very distinct and hand¬ 
some. 
$2.25 for 10; $20.00 per 100 
LONGIFLORUS MELITENSIS. Soft 
lilac feathered deep yellow at base; 
anthers yellow; stigmata 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 violet, 
with handsome purple veining at 
base; stigmata rich glowing orange- 
red, one of the handsomest of the 
Autumn-flowering species. 
$2.25 for 10; $20.00 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; $8.00 per 100 
PULCHELLUS. Lavender-blue with 
white anthers and orange-spotted 
throat; a lovely species found grow¬ 
CROCUSES IN THEIR NATIVE HABITAT IN THE SWISS ALPS 
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 rock- 
work. 
$.55 for 10; $3.00 per 100 
SPECIOSUS AITCHISONII. Long 
handsome flowers, with sharp taper¬ 
ing petals, lavender, prettily feath¬ 
ered a darker shade and with silvery 
flush on outer petals. Very late. 
$.75 for 10; $5.00 per 100 
SPECIOSUS ALBUS. A very fine 
white-flowered variety. 
$1.45 for 10; $12.00 per 100 
SPECIOSUS ARTABIR. A beautiful 
variety with large pale blue flowers 
and dark veinings. 
$.60 for 10; $3.50 per 100 
ing in the heathy thickets bordering 
the Bosphorus. 
$1.75 for 10; $15.00 per 100 
SALZMANNI. A native of Tangier; 
lilac, dark feathered, delighting in 
a moist soil. 
$1.05 for 10; $8.00 per 100 
SATIVUS. (The Saffron Crocus). 
Habitat Italy to Kurdistan; large 
flowers, purplish lilac, feathered 
violet, with showy orange stigmata, 
slightly scented. Flowering freely 
when established. 
$.70 for 10; $4.50 per 100 
SPECIOSUS GLOBOSUS. Very late 
dark blue. 
$.65 for 10; $4.00 per 100 
SPECIOSUS POLLUX. Pale violet- 
blue exterior shaded silvery white. 
Very large flowers. A beautiful 
new introduction. 
$.70 for 10; $4.50 per 100 
ZONATUS. Rose-lilac, yellow center 
and orange zone; ethereal in its 
lovely coloring. 
$.55 for 10; $3.00 per 100 
FINE VARIETIES—All Mixed. $3.00 
per hundred; $25.00 per thousand 
PLEASE ORDER AT ONCE 
Please send orders today (use enclosed postal 
card); shipments will go forward late August and 
early September; the bulbs should be planted im¬ 
mediately on arrival. These gems will flower within 
two or three weeks after planting, blossoming lux¬ 
uriantly from year to year in increasing number. 
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