PLANT 
Deduct 20% from These Prices 
The removal of our West Park Street store from Newark’s retail shopping 
district (with its high overhead) to our warehouse on south Washington Street 
(with a very low overhead) makes possible this new sales policy. 
You can now make this worthwhile saving on your purchases of Forbes 
high quality flower-bulbs, lawn grass seeds, flower and vegetable seeds, and 
most fertilizers — a saving of 20 per cent off our regular competitive 
catalog prices. Here’s your real garden opportunity! 
Our warehouse store, with everything under one roof, is on south Wash¬ 
ington St., half-way between Kinney St. and Clinton Ave. Easy parking at 
all times right at our door, or if you prefer, phone MA 2-3740 , or mail us 
your order. We deliver promptly. 
ALEXANDER FORBES & CO. 
New Jersey’s Largest Seedsmen 487-491 Washington St., NEWARK, N. J. 
CITY OF HAARLEM 
INGLESCOMBE YELLOW 
CLARA BUTT 
LOUIS XIV 
VELVET KING ZWANENBURG 
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TULIP CULTURE 
CANDIDUM LILIES 
REGALE LILIES 
For Outdoor Growing.— Set bulbs 4 to $ inches deep, and 5 to 6 inches 
apart in good garden soil, in October or November, before ground freezes. Use 
a little sand around each bulb. 
For Pot Culture.— Use a good potting soil or fiber and set the bulbs so 
that the tops show above the surface. The time to pot the bulbs is between Sep¬ 
tember and the last of November. First soak the pot or bulb-pan in water. Use 
three or four bulbs to a $-incb pot; six or seven to a 7-inch bulb-pan, or ten bulbs 
to an 8-incb bulb-pan. Keep pots in a dark, cool, airy place until roots have 
developed and lop-growth has started (usually about twelve weeks); then bring 
them into the light. Pot every ten days to have a succession. 
Hardy Lilies for Outdoors 
Lilies, with their wonderful beauty and fragrance, 
are hardy, thrifty flowers. They like partial shade and 
appear best against a background of shrubbery. They 
thrive well in borders, and in formal gardens, and bloom 
in midsummer when fine flowers are scarce. 
Candidum (Madonna Lily). The snowy white flowers 
grow three to twenty on each stem. Blooms June 20. 
4H h. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. September 
delivery. 
Regale. The fragrant flowers are white, shading to 
pale yellow in the center, with a pink tinge on outer 
edges. It grows 3 to 4 feet high and is extremely 
hardy. Blooms in July. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
October delivery. , . , 
Tenuifolium (Coral Lily). Dwarf, very graceful, with 
thread-like leaves and clusters of bell-like, recurved, 
coral-red flowers. 3 to 4 ft. June. (6 in.) 20 cts. 
each, $2 per doz. 
Spade over the ground thoroughly to a depth ol 18 inches before Cotct 
ing. from 6 to 8 inches, is best, with ample sand around and beneath each bulb to provide proper,“ ra "“ g t ' , 
After potting, water very thoroughly and place outside in a cold fra me, or bury pots in a y P] a £®, 
ashes or straw. After a month bring inside to 65° •" 
tsicie in a coiairamc, or uui.y (ryw .7 
i partial light until 6 inches high, then expose to lull light. 
Exhibition Hyacinths 
These bulbs are of selected size and fully aged for 
forcing purposes. Plant bulbs singly in a 5-inch pot, or 
four to an 8-inch bulb-pan. 
Gertrude. Dark pink. 
Gigantea. Blush-pink, shaded dark pink. 
Grand Maitre. Lavender-blue. 
King of the Blues. Dark blue. 
King of the Yellows. Yellow. 
L’Innocence. White. 
Any of the above, Mammoth Bulbs, 20 cts. each, 
$1.95 per doz., $15.50 per 100 
BEDDING HYACINTHS 
These Hyacinths are specially selected for best color, 
strongest stem, largest flower, and all will bloom at the 
same time The bulbs are of maximum bedding size 
and well seasoned. In distinct shades of Rose, Dark 
Red, White, Light Blue, Dark Blue or Yellow. 
KING ALFRED DAFFODIL 
JONQUILS 
POETICUS ORNATUS 
CONSPICUUS 
SIR WATKIN 
HERBACEOUS PEONIES 
Supremely gorgeous and of life-long permanence. Peonies form the 
basis of every well-considered flower-garden. As individual clumps or 
in borders in front of shrubbery they are magnificent. They last a week 
or more when cut. Plant them not too deep—2 inches of earth over 
the buds is sufficient. We ofTer 2-year-old clumps with 3 to 5 eyes. 
Double White, Double Pink, and Double Red, at 30 cts. each, 
$3 per doz. 
Bleeding-Heart (Dicentra spectabilis ) 
This is an old-fashioned favorite. Its long racemes of graceful, heart- 
shaped, pink blooms are always attractive. It is used largely for forcing, 
but it is quite at home in any part of the hardy border, specially the 
shade. Strong roots, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
Ojfj 
Mixed Crocus 
CROCUS 
These gay early spring flowers- 
make delightful mass plantings for 
among grass, under tiees, in bor¬ 
ders and the rock-garden. If 
planted 2 inches deep and 1 to 2 
inches apart, they will bloom each 
spring for several years if undis¬ 
turbed. They also make excellent 
house-plants if forced without too 
much heat. Plant 12 to 15 corms to 
a 6- or 7-inch bulb-pan, keep in cool 
cellar, and water well for 6 weeks until well rooted. Bring pans to 
warmth and light gradually. Pot every 10 days for continuous bloom. 
Albion. Lavender, striped white. 35 cts. per doz., $2.75 per 100, 
$25 per 1000. 
Baron von Brunow. Blue-purple. 35 cts. per doz., $2.75 per 100, 
$25 per 1000. 
Mont Blanc. Large; pure white. 35 cts. per doz., $2.75 per 100, 
$25 per 1000. 
Yellow Mammoth. Very attractive. 40 cts. per doz., $3 per 100, 
$27.50 per 1000. 
Mixed. 30 cts. per doz., $2.25 per 100, $20 per 1000. 
Tulipa Clusiana 
90 cts. per doz., $7 per 100 
Described on back of Folder 
Galanthus (Snowdrops) 
50 cts. per doz., $3.75 per 100, 
$35 per 1000 
See other side 
Scilla sibirica, Blue 
50 cts. per doz., $3.75 per 100, 
$35 per 1000 
See other side 
