Some of These Plants Are Useful Both Indoors and Out 
His Majesty Montbretia 
Montbretias 
Cultural Notes by T. H. EVERETT 
A sunny position, a deep, well-worked soil, 
enriched with rotted manure and bonemeal, 
are first essentials toward success. They 
may be planted in April or May, in double 
rows 15 inches apart, allowing 2 to 3 inches 
between the corms, or in groups of a dozen 
or more in the mixed border. Four to 5 
inches is the correct planting depth. 
During the growing period the surface of 
the ground must be kept well cultivated 
and in extended periods of drought give the 
ground a thorough soaking at ten-dav 
intervals. The wiry stems are sufficiently 
rigid to stand without artificial support. 
South of New York, Montbretias will winter 
safely if heavily mulched with leaves, litter, 
or salt hay, but farther north it is advisable 
to lift them in the same manner as gladiolus 
after the first hard frost. 
Earlham Large-flowered Hybrids 
Awarded the Royal Horticultural 
Society’s Gold Medal 
Apricot Queen. 2 Yi ft. Rich, golden apri¬ 
cot, medium-sized flowers. $3 per doz. 
Citronelia. 3 Yt. ft. Beautiful rich canary- 
yellow, star-shaped flower, with crimson- 
maroon blotch in center. Robust grower; 
very handsome. $4 per doz. 
Fiery Cross. 3 ft. Large, open flowers of 
good substance, with broad petals of 
intense, glowing, fiery orange, large prim¬ 
rose center, and small crimson blotches 
surrounding eye. A good sturdy grower. 
$4 per doz. 
Grenadier. 2 % ft. Large, star-shaped, 
vivid orange-scarlet flowers with crimson 
flush and golden sheen. An exceptionally 
fine variety. $8 per doz. 
Indian Chief. 2}^ ft. Fine broad-petaled 
flowers of clear glistening orange; center 
suffused crimson blotched maroon; clear 
golden throat. A glowing color and vigor¬ 
ous grower. $4 per doz. 
Red Knight. 3 ft. Very large, star-shaped 
flowers of rich vermilion, shading to gold; 
center heavily overlaid with maroon. A 
fine sturdy variety. $7 per doz. 
The Best of the Older Montbretias 
Etoile de Feu. 2 ft. Soft red flowers, with 
orange throat. $1.25 per doz.; $6 per 100. 
Fire King. Large bright scarlet flowers. 
$1 per doz.; $5 per 100. 
George Davison. Free flowering; yellow. 
$1.25 per doz.; $7 per 100. 
His Majesty. Brilliant scarlet flowers 3 
inches across. $2.50 per doz.; $18 per 100. 
King Edmund. Fine orange-yellow flowers. 
$1.25 per doz.; $7 per 100. 
Lady Hamilton. Lovely, large yellow, 
shading to apricot at center. $1.25 per 
doz.; $8 per 100. 
Lord Nelson. Dazzling crimson with yellow. 
$1.25 per doz.; $8 per 100. 
Queen Alexandra. Chrome-yellow with 
carmine blotch. $2.25 per doz.; $16 per 100. 
Star of the East. Pale orange-yellow with 
lemon-yellow eye. $4 per doz.; $25 per 100. 
Una. 3 ft. Rich apricot, with carmine 
blotch. $2.25 per doz.; $16 per 100. 
Mixed Varieties. $1 per doz.; $5 per 100; 
$40 per 1000. 
Tritoma Pfitzeri 
Dielytra 
Spectabilis (Bleeding-Heart). Fine for 
spring planting in the perennial border and 
as pot-plants. $6 per doz.; $40 per 100. 
Hyacinthus 
Candicans. A picturesque plant that in 
many ways resembles the vucca. In late 
summer the tall flower-spikes carry pure 
white, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers. De¬ 
sirable in the background, or in contrast 
with a group of evergreens. $1.50 per doz.; 
$10 per 100. 
Ismene (Hymenocallis) 
Calathina. A grand summer-flowering 
bulb with large, amaryllis-like, pure white, 
fragrant blooms. $3.50 per doz. 
We recommend the new White Hardy 
Lily (Lilium philippinense formosanum ) 
with its fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers. 
$4 per doz. Illustrated and fully described 
on p. 34. 
Nerine (Amaryllidaceae) 
Splendid for greenhouse or frames. The 
bulbs produce large umbels of beautifully 
colored flowers that keep perfect and fresh 
for many days when cut. 
Corusca major. Scarlet. 
Fothergilli major. Vivid scarlet. 
Superb Hybrids. From one of the finest 
collections. Many beautiful distinct shades. 
Each of above varieties, $15 per doz. 
Spirea 
These hardy Astilbes will thrive in any 
good, rich soil, flowering in June and July. 
America. Charming lilac-rose flowers. 
Gladstone. Fine spikes of pure white. 
Gloria Superba. Brilliant dark pink. 
Philadelphia. Clear lavender-rose. 
Queen Alexandra. Large; fluffy pink. 
Rubens. Deep carmine-rose. 
Field-grown clumps of any of the above, $11 per doz. 
All the above can be supplied from cold storage 
at any time desired at $12 per doz. 
Tritoma 
Pfitzeri (Red-Hot Poker). Brilliant red 
blooms throughout the late summer and 
fall. $4 per doz.; $25 per 100. 
Rufa. Tall, slender, orange-yellow flowers. 
$4.50 per doz.; $30 per 100. 
Dwarf or Rockery Hybrids. 1 to 1)^ ft. 
$4.50 per doz.; $30 per 100. 
Tuberoses 
The sweet-scented Tuberose is now exceed¬ 
ingly popular. It possesses a character and 
perfume distinct from any other flower and 
is easy of cultivation, both indoors and out. 
Excelsior Pearl. Large; double; white. 
$1.50 per doz.; $9 per 100. 
Cold-storage bulbs, May delivery, $12 
per 100. 
Single Mexican. Large; single; white. 
$1 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 
WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
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