Bulbs and Roots 
There is great variation in the quality of bulbs and roots offered on the market. We make a specialty of 
securing the firmest, ripest bulbs which we think will give the best results. There is no surer way of having 
a conservatory full of marvelous flowers or a garden full of brilliant color than by planting the bulbs and 
roots which we supply. 
Achimenes 
These attractive new seedlings were raised 
by a noted hybridizer and far surpass the 
older varieties in size and beauty of bloom. 
ACHIEVEMENT. Medium-sized, rose-pink 
flower with a carmine eye. $5 per doz.; 
$35 per 100. 
Ambroise Verschaffelt. White, veined 
with lilac. 
Dainty Queen. Pure white; lavender eye. 
Galathea Improved. Large, violet flowers. 
Magnifica. Tall. Magnificent sky-blue 
flowers having white throats. 
Margherita. Large, pure white flowers. 
Purity. The finest pure white produced. 
Supreme. Mammoth light blue flowers, 
white eye. 
Swansoni. Mauve, mottled blue with a 
white throat. 
Each of the above varieties, except where noted, 
$3 per doz.; $20 per 100 
Acidanthera 
Bicolor. A lovely bulbous plant for outdoor 
culture. Creamy white, with chocolate 
blotch; very fragrant. $2 per doz. 
Amaryllis 
Ideally suited for window culture. 
Halli ( L\/Coris squamigera). This variety is 
perfectly hardy and will grow anywhere 
without protection. Of unique blooming 
habit, sending up, in August, several 
flower-stalks to the height of 2 feet, bear¬ 
ing large bunches of fragrant lavender- 
pink blossoms. $1.50 each; $15 per doz. 
Vittata Hybrids. $1.25 each; $12 per doz. 
Tuberous-rooted Begonias 
Cultural Notes by T. H. EVERETT 
For window- or porch-boxes, beds or 
borders in semi-shaded positions, Tuberous- 
rooted Begonias are unexcelled for summer 
display, while well-grown examples in pots 
never fail to excite admiration. 
Tubers may be started into growth in late 
April by laying them in flats containing 
humus or leaf-mold, with the sprout side 
down. Spray with water at frequent intervals 
in a temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees. 
When the leaves begin to unfold, reverse the 
tubers and after two or three days transfer 
them singly to 4-inch pots. Use a compost 
having a large humus content. Sufficient 
sand must be used to make the compost very 
light and friable. See that the pots are well 
drained, and do not press the compost too 
firmly. Water moderately until the pots are 
filled with roots, more freely afterward. A 
temperature of 60 to 65 degrees with a humid 
atmosphere is conducive to growth. 
GIANT SINGLE. The flowers are of waxy 
texture, often measure 7 inches across, and 
have a glowing sheen not found in any 
other bloom. Plants grow 18 inches high. 
Pink Beauty. Flesh-pink. 
Red Giant. Bright red. 
Mammoth Rose. 
Crimson King. 
Dark Blood-Red. 
Yellow Prince. 
Victoria. Pure white. 
Apricot. 
Scarlet Letter. Dazzling scarlet. 
Burnt-Orange Giant. 
Salmon Beauty. 
Mixed. 
Monster bulbs of above, $3 per doz. 
MAMMOTH DOUBLE. Colors- 
Pink, Red, Rose, White, Yellow, 
Crimson, Orange, Scarlet, Dark 
Blood-Red, Apricot, or Mixed. 
Monster bulbs, $3 per doz. 
FRILLED AND RUFFLED- 
EDGED GIANTS. Colors- 
Rose, Light Pink, White, Yel¬ 
low, Bright Red, Dark Red, 
Orange, or Mixed. Monster 
bulbs, $3 per doz. 
CRESTED TUBEROUS- 
ROOTED. These have solid, 
cockscomb-like, crested centers, 
ruffled edges, and measure about 
4 inches across. 
Colors—Pink, Red, 
Rose, Yellow, 
White, or Mixed. 
Monster bulbs, $4 
per doz. 
HANGING-BAS¬ 
KET. (Trailing 
Tuberou s-rooted 
Begonias.) Splen¬ 
did for growing in 
hanging-baskets 
or as individual 
specimens in pots 
wh er e t h e b ranc hes, 
drooping over the 
edges, produce 
masses of attrac¬ 
tive, showy flowers. 
Colors—mixture of 
flesh-pink and dark 
rose, with some 
red, white, yellow, 
and orange. Mon¬ 
ster bulbs, $4 per 
Frilled and Ruffled Tuberous-rooted Begonias 
Caladiums, Fancy-leaved 
Brazilian Collection. This Collection pro¬ 
vides a variety of colors and markings, 
making them ideal pot-plants for the 
conservatory, and consists of one each of 
18 named Fancy-leaved Caladiums, $10. 
Mixed varieties. $4 per doz.; $30 per 100. 
Cal la 
Elliottiana. Large, deep golden yellow. 
Leaves spotted white. $7.50 per doz.; 
$55 per 100. 
Calanthe (The Terrestrial Orchid) 
Of very easy culture, producing many long 
and beautiful flower-spikes. We have a fine 
assortment of choice bulbs to ofTer, at very 
reasonable prices, of the following choice 
varieties. March and April delivery. 
Harrisi. Pure white. $5 each; $50 per doz. 
Murrayi. White, with wine-colored center. 
$3.50 each; $35 per doz. 
Orpetiana. White, dark pink center. 
$2.50 each; $25 per doz. 
Vanderbilti. Cream, with purple center. 
$3 each; $30 per doz. 
Veitchi. The popular pink variety. $2.50 
each; $25 per doz. 
Cannas 
Dormant Roots—Two to three eyes each 
Particularly handsome and useful for mass 
bedding or spacing out with other plants in 
borders. 
Antoine Wintzer. 5 ft. The most gorgeous, 
dazzling crimson color yet produced in 
Cannas—so vivid it defies description. 
$3 per doz. 
King Humbert. 5 ft. Bronze-leaved. 
Flowers orange-scarlet. $2.50 per doz. 
M rs. Alfred Conard. 4 ft. One of the best 
Cannas. Flowers of an exquisite shade of 
salmon-pink, produced in great abundance 
on robust, upright stalks. $3 per doz. 
Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont. 4 ft. Ruffled giant 
flowers of rich watermelon-pink. $4 per 
doz. 
The Ambassador. 5 ft. A bronze-leaved 
President. Vigorous. $2.50 per doz. 
The President. 5 ft. Far and away superior 
to any other red Canna. $2.50 per doz. 
Wyoming. 6 ft. The rich bronze foliage is 
crowned by immense trusses of an intense 
orange color. Very stately. $3 per doz. 
Yellow King Humbert. 4 Yi ft. As vigor¬ 
ous as King Humbert, with bright yellow 
blooms dotted with bright red. $3 per doz. 
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. 
Defiance. Large; glowing crimson-scarlet. 
Emperor William. Large, violet blooms, 
bordered cornflower-blue; white edges. 
Emperor Frederick. Vivid scarlet, with 
white-bordered edge. 
Fairy Queen. Large white flowers, shaded 
soft pink, with magnificent red-spotted 
throat. 
King of the Reds. Large; deep wine-red— 
an alluring shade. 
Othello. Black-violet. 
Mixed. Good mixture of above sorts. 
Monster selected bulbs, $5 per doz.; $37.50 per 100 
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WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
