CALL THEM BULBS 
Even though the intriguing kinds offered here may not 
be truly bulbs, we might just as well call them so, for they 
are very bulb-like, and are handled and planted in the dor¬ 
mant or semi-dormant state in precisely the same way as 
bulbs. They are really good. 
PLEASE NOTE: Bulbs are not prepaid and are sent by 
express collect unless remittance includes postage allow¬ 
ance. For postage and packing, add 5% east of Pittsburgh 
and north of Potomac, 10% beyond to Mississippi, and 
15% for destinations further west. 
CANDYSTICK TULIP—Elongated blossoms, banded with 
brilliant cherry on a ground of misty, pink-flushed cream. 
A charming miniature for the rock garden. Called also 
Lady Tulip, and botanically, Tulipa Clusiana. 3 for 35c; 
11 for $1.00; 25 for $2.00. 
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. 
JUST CROCUSES—I always watch for the first Crocus 
blossoms. There may be other flowers just a bit earlier, 
but none that are so luxuriantly colorful, or that give so 
much of that “Spring is here” feeling. In this blend there 
are all the gay Crocus hues; lavender, blue, purple, white, 
striped, yellow and the rest, in bulbs of blossoming size, 
large enough to naturalize wonderfully, or to give effective 
bloom-clumps year after year in the rock garden. 10 for 
20c; 50 for 85c; 100 for $1.75. 
IRIS DUTCH AND SPANISH—Named sorts, grown sepa¬ 
rately, in many rare colorings, are in this mixture, all true 
Bulb Irises, varieties and hybrids of Iris xiphium. The 
blossoms are very like orchids, at least in reminder, and 
particularly long-lasting as cut fi -•wsr«. Th*»v have been 
called Poor Man’s Orchid, but ri ’■> men arc giaa cnoutn 
to grow them, too, for they are ex •; T .y beautiful. Th. e 
will be russet and smoky bronze ..omuinttiunt ; ; c.e clue, 
indigo, rich yellow, white, softly c*nt"d. Hardy and ea-y 
Size “B,” nice blooming size. 1 v. 50*.: 36 for $1 00; 
100 for $2.50. 
CALLIPRORA IXIOIDES SPL -*N D'-INS— Pretty Faces 
Salmon yellow to golden buff c.~, each pe:al wHh « 
single brown stripe in the center. The blossoms, large and 
star-shaped, are carried in up-facing umbels on 18-inch 
stems. Handsome, easy and hardy. Sometimes classed as 
a Brodiae. 4 for 25c; 9 for 50c. 
SUNBRIGHT—A hardy tuberous-rooted succulent of most 
alluring beauty, in bloom all summer long. The blossoms, 
of luminous cherry rose, are carried in airy sprays on 
stems so fine as to be near-invisible, giving the odd effect 
of flowers floating in air. The leaves are brittle pencils of 
silver-powdered green in erratic tangle. Grows about a 
foot high. Particularly recommended. Botanically it is 
Talinum calycinum. Each 20c; 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00. 
BLACKBERRY LILY—This most interesting plant, Bel- 
amcanda chinensis, seems to be a sort of connecting link 
between Ixia and Iris. The foliage and the root habit are 
Iris-like, but the blossoms, carried high on slender branch¬ 
ing stems in informal sprays are those of Ixia, yet the color¬ 
ing would be odd in either family, for it is an apricot-tinged 
orange, spotted freely with rich crimson. After the flowers 
come ornamental seed clusters, like great glossy blackberries. 
These are often cut, then dried to use in winter decorations. 
The blossoms, too, make a nice cut flower. The Blackberry 
Lily is winter-hardy. 40 inches. 20c each; 3 for 50c; 
7 for $1.00. 
ALLIUM UNIFOLIUM — Slender foot-high stems that 
carry graceful clusters of bright rose-pink flowers. Easy 
and handsome. 3 for 25c; 10 for 65c. 
ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM—The Hardy Star of 
Bethlehem. Enormous quantities of pure white up-facing 
flowers in robustly branching umbels. Dwarf. Very pretty. 
A rugged individualist that needs no fostering care. 10 for 
40c; 25 for 90c; 100 for $3.00. 
THE COPPER IRIS—IRIS FULVA—Open, airy flowers 
in a most unique shade that lies between new copper and 
bronze, deepening to brown velvet toward the center line. 
Of full winter hardiness. Not, of course, a bulb, but may 
be treated as one. Each 20c; 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00. 
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