BULB FLOWERS 
For Fall Planting 
The kinds offered here should all be planted 
in the autumn, to blossom the following spring, 
or in the case of forcing bulbs, during the winter. 
Usually available, unless otherwise mentioned, 
from early September until past the middle of 
November, but better mention an alternative 
kind or two on orders sent in after the middle 
of October, for naturally some sorts become de¬ 
pleted. Garden hardiness may be assumed un¬ 
less statement or implication to contrary ap¬ 
pears but of course some protection of straw 
or leaves may be needed in very exposed 
northern locations. 
Bulbs are not prepaid. If you want them by 
mail, add 5% to your remittance for points east 
of Pittsburgh and north of Potomac, 10% to the 
Mississippi, and 15% west of the river. This is 
to cover postage and packing. I shall assume 
that shipment is desired by express, collect, if 
no allowance for postage accompanies order. 
CALOCHORTUS ALBUS—The Fairy Lantern. Snowy, 
translucent blossoms, exquisitely shaped, and carried in 
graceful, swaying sprays. It has been said of a form of 
this plant that with it the world would seem rich, though 
no other flower existed. It is tall enough for cutting, likes 
trifle of shade, and at Philadelphia makes itself thoroughly 
at home in the garden, as though there to the manor born. 
See illustration on cover. 4 for 25c; 10 for 50c; 25 for $1. 
THE PINK FRITILLARY—Fritillaria pluriflora. Many 
large open bells of pure deep rose. Very beautiful. Likes 
a bit of shade. Almost a Lily, but rarer and daintier than 
most Lilies. Ten inches. Each 20c; 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50. 
CAMASSIA LEICHTLINI—The flowers are spreading 
stars, perfectly formed, sometimes an inch and a half across, 
and each tall, airv, loosely formed spike carries many of 
them widely open at one time. The spikes are often four 
feet tall, and may bear one hundred blossoms. The bulbs 
seem to be fully hardy anywhere in the country, and the 
season of bloom is long, all through late spring. I offer 
mixed colors only, including white, rich cream, delicate 
lavender, indigo and blue-violet. Camassias cannot be recom¬ 
mended too highly for every garden, and this is possibly the 
finest of them. 2 for 25c; 10 for $1.00; 25 for $2.25. 
CAMASSIA QUAMASH-Many years ago I lived in the 
Pend Oreille River valley, up toward the northeasterly cor¬ 
ner of Washington State. There I have seen the prairie- 
like meadows and flood-plains as waving fields of shimmer¬ 
ing ultramarine, when Camassia quamash was in bloom. 
The Indians used to dig the bulbs as food, likely they still 
do, and the flavor was said to be sweet and “chestnutty.” 
1 have not tried them, enjoyed the flowers too much to 
want to destroy the bulbs. This Camassia grows 18 to 24 
inches high, and the flowers are informal and somewhat one¬ 
sided stars in various rich shades of blue. Camassia qua¬ 
mash gives, a splendid effect in mass colonies, and the cost 
is low enough so that one can afford to plant liberally. Of 
great hardiness. 10 for 45c; 25 for $1.00; 50 for $1.75. 
ZYGADENUS FREMONTI—A fully hardy bulb, and a 
real beauty, with open sprays of blossom stars, creamy yel¬ 
low, with deep yellow centers. Very like Camassia, and 
may be grown with them, giving a new color. Please note, 
though, that unlike Camassia bulbs, those of Zygadenus are 
not edible. An ornamental bulb that deserves wide planting. 
2 for 25c; 10 for $1.00. 
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA—This stately Amaryllis is 
well-called “The Beautiful Lady.” The sweetly fragrant 
flowers are satiny trumpets of carmine pink to lustrous 
rosy crimson. It makes a delightful pot bulb, blooming 
year after year; or planted deeply in a not too-exposed 
position, it will usually winter over safely in the open 
ground as far north as New York City. Each 40c; 2 for 
75c; 4 for $1.40. 
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