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MINIATURE CROCUSES. 
AUTUMN-, WINTER- AND SPRING-FLOWERING SPECIES. 
Gems for the Rock Garden and Pots. 
No hardy garden is complete without these little floral gems, which carry on a continual display of 
bloom from September to March, and light up the garden with their bright colours in winter when few 
other plants are flowering. They are all very dainty and refined, and in the rock garden or naturalised 
in grass form a charming picture ; they are also admirably adapted for the Alpine house. 
Cultural Directions.— Plant the Autumn-flowering varieties in July or August ; the Winter 
and Spring-flowering varieties in September or October. These Crocuses will flourish in any good 
garden soil, but we recommend the addition of a little well-decayed leaf mould, and in planting sur¬ 
round the bulbs with sharp sand, covering them with 3 to 4 inches of soil. 
Selections of Autumn-Flowering Species. 
3 each of 18 Autumn-flowering species. 22/6 
3 each of 12 Autumn-flowering species .14/- & 20/— 
Selections of Winter-Flowering Species. 
3 each of 8 Winter-flowering species. 12/6 & 20/— 
Selections of Early Spring-Flowering Species. 
3 each of 12 Early Spring-flowering species .15/— 
3 each of 8 Early Spring-flowering species, extra choice sorts.. .18/- 
JWThe few species quoted in the following list are mostly those we can offer cheaply in quantity, and 
we can strongly recommend them for naturalising in the rock garden and in grass, etc. 
A Full Descriptive List of Crocus Species giving their native habitats, supplied on application. 
Autumn-flowering Crocus Species. ioo. doz. 
longiflorus (syn. odorus), charming soft lilac flowers with brilliant scarlet stigmata, 
delicately scented. 35/- 5/- 
ochroleucus, flowers creamy white with bright orange base, a charming variety. . 35/- 5/- 
Salzmanni, silvery lilac flowers, shaded and feathered on outer petals dark lilac, 
orange stigmata. 22/6 3/3 
sativus (Saffron Crocus), large flowers, purplish lilac, feathered violet, and with long 
blood-red stigmata, slightly scented ; flowers freely when established. 12/6 1/9 
speciosus, large bright violet-blue flowers, prettily veined, with orange-red stigmata 
handsome and showy ; one of the most beautiful Autumn Crocuses for planting in 
grass, borders, or rock garden. Award of Garden Merit, R.H.S. 10/6 1/6 
zonatus, flowers rose-lilac, centre yellow with orange zone, very beautiful. 12/6 1/9 
Mixed autumn-flowering species for naturalising in grass, wild gardens, 
rock gardens, etc.P er 1,000, 115/- 12/6 1/9 
Winter-flowering Crocus Species, 
chrysanthus seedlings mixed, flowers varying from clear yellow to 
primrose and white, stained and stippled bronze and brown on exterior. 48/— 6/6 
Imperati, inner petals violet, outer petals fawn, more or less feathered violet to 
black, very beautiful and delicately fragrant. Award of Garden Merit, R.H.S. 32/6 4/6 
Sieberi, a lovely species, flowers soft lavender-blue with golden-yellow base and 
orange stigmata. Charming grown in bowls indoors. Award of Garden Merit, R.H.S. 21/- 3/- 
Early Spring-flowering Crocus Species, 
biflorus argenteus, a beautiful variety of the Scotch Crocus, outer petals 
feathered deep lilac on a cream ground, inner petals silvery lavender, sweet-scented. 25/- 3/6 
susianus (Cloth of Gold), flowers rich golden-yellow, striped brown on outer petals, 
a gem for the rock garden. 10/6 1/6 
nianus, a beautiful flower, pale sapphire-lavender, with silvery grey 
exterior and orange stigmata ; a charming continuous bloomer, and one 
of the best to naturalise in grass. Award of Garden Merit, R.H.S... 9/6 1/4 
Barr’s Purple, a large handsome new form, exterior pale silvery lilac. 
interior rich glossy purple-lilac with orange stigmata, very showy. 30/- 4/- 
vernus Stormcloud, a lovely hybrid with globular broad-petalled flowers of a 
silvery lavender with deep purple-violet blotch at apex of petals. - 5/6 
ver >sicolor picturatus, the best form of the Cloth of Silver Crocus, flowers 
white well-feathered ruby-purple, very effective. 10/6 1/6 
Mixed Winter and Early Spring-flowering species, .per 1,000, 95/- 10/6 1/6 
CROWN IMPERIAL. See Fritillaria imperialis, page 26. 
