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WAYSIDE GARDENS s/ientor , ohio 
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Montbretia 
Montbretia 
EIGHT GIANT VARIETIES 
His Majesty. A glorious variety, flowers measuring 4 inches or more 
across; very broad-petalled, deep velvety scarlet shading down to 
gold, reverse of petals dark crimson shading down to gold. Height 
3 feet. Doz., $2.50; 100, $18.00. 
Princess. Brilliant ruby-scarlet, flowers of fair size, center yellow with 
small crimson blotches, very effective. Height 7/i feet. 
Doz., $1.35; 100, $10.00. 
Prometheus. Award of Merit. A magnificent flower 3 inches in 
diameter; deepest orange with showy crimson ring around eye; 
most distinct. Doz., $2.50; 100, $18.00. 
Queen Alexandra. A choice variety with erect habit of growth, 
chrome-yellow with carmine blotch at base of petals; late flowering. 
Height 3 feet. Doz., $2.25; 100, $15.00. 
Star of the East. Pale orange-yellow, with lemon-yellow eye, expand¬ 
ing flat and held erect. Flowers large; size, vigor, color and habit, 
magnificent. Doz., $3.25; 100, $23.00. 
Una. Golden apricot flushed orange and blotched with crimson. The 
reverse of the petals is deep golden orange, flushed crimson. 
A very free blooming and strong Montbretia. 
Doz., $2.25; 100, $15.00. 
Citronella. Beautiful rich canary-yellow star-shaped flowers with 
crimson-maroon blotch at center, robust grower. 
Per doz., $4.00; per 100, $30.00. 
Fiery Cross. Large open flowers of good substance with broad petals, 
intense glowing fiery orange with large primrose center and small 
crimson blotches around the eye, dark stems, and dull crimson 
buds; a sturdy grower. Per doz., $4.00; per 100, $30.00. 
Earlham Large-Flowered Hybrids 
These are the magnificent new Montbretias which have attracted 
so much attention at the Royal Horticultural Society’s shows in 
England. They are a completely new race of flowers, the result of 
hybridization successfully carried out by the late Mr. Sydney Morris 
of Earlham Hall, Norwich. They represent an enormous advance 
over the ordinary Montbretias, being generally much taller and more 
robust in growth, and having flowers of great size and beauty. They 
make first-class border plants and are of great decorative value for 
cutting. 
Culture. Montbretias are of easy culture, preferring a light loamy 
soil well enriched with leaf mold, but no manure or chemical fertilizer 
should ever be used. A little Wayside Gardens Plant Food can be 
used and a light dressing of lime may prove beneficial. The moisture 
supply should be good. They thrive in the partial shade of borders 
or shrubbery as well as in full sunlight. Mulch lightly with peat or 
Utter but not manure for winter protection. 
SIX STANDARD VARIETIES 
Goldfinch. The branching heads of flowers are of good size, bright 
yellow with small maroon blotches at center, outer petals heavily 
shaded brilliant cherry-scarlet, very decorative. 
Doz., $2.25; 100, $15.00. 
Hereward. Pale orange-yellow, resembling the variety George Da¬ 
vison, but nearly one month later. The flowers have the shape 
of Martagon Lilies. Doz., 95c; 100, $7.00. 
King Edmund. A robust grower with large, open flowers, rich yel¬ 
low, carmine-blotched center. Doz., 95c; 100, $7.00. 
Lady Hamilton. Yellow suffused with a richer color until it becomes 
apricot. Flowers are more trumpet-shaped than other varieties 
and peculiarly graceful. Doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00. 
Lord Nelson. A handsome dark-stemmed variety, flowers of great 
substance, of a rich deep orange, outside of vermilion. 
Doz., $1.20; 100, $9.00. 
Marjorie. Large open flowers, orange-yellow, with crimson center; 
a beautiful flower, perfectly flat when fully open. Height 3 feet. 
Doz., $1.20; 100, $9.00. 
Mixed Colors. A planting of mixed Montbretia is an excellent in¬ 
vestment if flowers are required for cutting only. This mixture 
contains many varieties in a full range of colors. 
Doz., 80c; 100, $6.00. 
Montbretia. 
