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Hovey 6° Co.’s Autumn Catalogue 
CHIONODOXA LUCILLI/E, 
GLORY OF THE SNOW. 
This plant increases in popularity every season, and 
the more it is seen the more highly is it appreciated. 
It is simply perfect for spring decoration, and there is 
no plant in cultivation producing a more charming effect 
when planted in masses. It is perfectly hardy, and may 
be used with good effect for edging, for borders and for 
rockwork, flowering early in the season with the Snow¬ 
drop, and lasting a long time in perfection. It pro¬ 
duces twelve to sixteen flowers on a stem, of a lovely 
sky-blue, with a conspicuous white centre. Everyone 
who has a garden, no matter how small, should have at 
least one clump of this charming flower. It will thrive 
well in any good garden soil, and is also admirable for 
pot culture in the house. Each, 3 cents; per dozen, 20 
cents; per 100, #1.00. Extra size bulbs, each, 6 cents; 
per dozen, 60 cents; per 100, $4.00. 
CYCLAMEN. 
The Cyclamen is an especially fine plant for house 
culture, and "when in full bloom, presents a most beauti¬ 
ful appearance. The flowers are of very delicate colors, 
varying from deep blood red through all shades of pink 
and blush to pure white; the foliage is also highly orna¬ 
mental. Some of them are delicately fragrant. The 
bulbs should be planted in a four or five inch pot, in rich 
loamy soil, with which some peat and sand has been mixed, 
and good drainage secured; cover the bulb half over, 
leaving the top clear; water liberally when growing or 
in flower. 
EACH. PER DOZ. 
Pcrsicum Album, white . . 25 2.50 
Persic UIII Rllbruill, deep crimson . .25 2.50 
Pcrsicum Giganteum (Giant Cyclamen), the 
flowers of this magnificent strain are of extraordinary 
size and of great substance. It is remarkably free bloom¬ 
ing. Our bulbs are the finest to be obtained, and will 
produce flowers of rare merit. Each, 25 cents; per 
dozen, 2.50 
DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS. 
(Bleeding Heart.) 
CRINUM. 
( Ready in November.) 
These are fine bulbous plants, growing from a foot 
and a half to four feet in height. The flowers are large, 
produced freely in umbels, many of them being exceed¬ 
ingly fragrant and of the most pleasing colors. The 
bulbs should be potted in rich loam full of fibrous peat, 
and supplied with an abundance of water and heat. They 
always create a sensation when in bloom. Fine Sorts. 
Each, 40 cents. 
CROWN IMPERIALS. 
Showy and favorite flowers, which are quite hardy 
and easily cultivated; for pots or groups they are very 
fine. They not only have the merit of early blooming, 
but their tall stems ornamented with tufts of large pend¬ 
ant bell-shaped flowers, surmounted with their crown of 
glossy green leaves, renders them highly effective. Plant 
six inches deep in rich garden soil. 
One of our most beautiful hardy spring flowering 
plants, producing large racemes of showy pink and 
white, heart-shaped flowers. It is of the easiest culture, 
only requiring to be planted where it is to remain. It 
is also a grand plant for winter blooming in the house. 
Each, 25 cents; per dozen, £2.50. 
ERYTHRON III M, DOC’S TOOTH 
VIOLET. 
A charming group of spring flowering bulbous 
plants, perfectly hardy, grow rapidly, and flower pro¬ 
fusely; the foliage is large and beautifully spotted; the 
Cyclamen-like flowers are large and very bright, varying 
in color from pure white to deep purple. They prefer 
a rather moist and partially shady position. They are 
also desirable for pot culture, during the winter. 
Erythronium Grandiflorum Album (Giant 
Dog > s Tooth Violet), a. lovely species, grow ing eighteen 
inches in height, bearing six to twelve creamy white 
flowers of great size, extra fine. Each, 10 cents; per 
dozen, £1.00. 
Aurora, orange red . 
Crown on (Town, red, splendid 
Gold Striped, lovely 
Large Single Red, very beautiful 
Large Single Yellow, fine . 
Orange (Town, very handsome 
William III, bronzed red 
Mixed Varieties 
EACH. 
PER DOZ. 
EACH. 
PER DOZ. 
. .20 
£2.00 
Erythronium Dens canis Rose, beautiful 
$ .4O 
. .20 
2.00 
rose ....... 
•05 
• -25 
2.50 
Erythronium Dens canis Purpureum, 
• -15 
I..SO 
purple, very early .... 
•05 
.4O 
• *25 
2.50 
Erythronium Dens canis Violacea, vio¬ 
. .25 
2.50 
let ...... 
•05 
.40 
. .20 
2.00 
Erythronium Dens canis Mixed, extra 
. .IO 
1.15 
fine mixture of the best sorts 
•°5 
•30 
