8 GIANT-FLOWERING, FIRST-SIZE SINGLE HYACINTHS 
For Indoor Forcing and Outdoor Bedding 
This list is made up of the eight admittedly choicest varieties for both indoor and outdoor 
planting. The Bulbs are very large and perfect, and are known among growers and importers as 
“First-Size”. The only larger Hyacinth Bulbs are the Mammoth Exhibition class which 
are used sparingly by those who are willing to pay a little bit more for especially large Bulbs for 
growing in their homes, more particularly in water, and forcing in greenhouses. These First- 
Size Bulbs are the size selected by cut-flower greenhouse men to force for the great, beautiful 
flowers they sell in pans or individually in pots during the Winter, more especially at Christmas 
and Easter, and that are planted outdoors by those who want extra large and perfect flowers in 
some prominent bed or border. The First-Size Bulbs should be used for house blooming, whether 
in pans or water. Our suggestion" ~ .. 
is that you buy half a dozen of the 
Exhibition size so as to have a few 
extra choice specimens in the 
house, then half a dozen or more 
of the First-Size,and then outdoors 
you plant half a dozen or a dozen 
of the First Size,in a special group, 
using our Second-Size for the bal¬ 
ance of your outdoor planting. 
We ought to have mentioned it 
before that Single-flowering Hya¬ 
cinths are always classed as more 
desirable than the Double,although 
many of our friends prefer and al¬ 
ways order the double sorts. These 
are a size larger than any Hya¬ 
cinths we catalogued last year, be¬ 
cause stocks in Holland have again 
reached sizes to permit importa¬ 
tion of the larger Bulbs. 
€ORKEGGIO-» Pear- 
ly While. One of the newer and 
most exquisitely beautiful all-white 
Hyacinths,having a large.perfectly 
shaped spike of fully developed 
pure white bells. 
SOIVG OF BEUES-4 Dark Blue. The leader of the dark blues, a very dark 
glossy, intense indigo blue, the truss well rounded, tall and lasting an unusually long time. 
ILAIIY DERBY-J ICig'hJ Rose. An especially early blooming pink variety, the 
bells large and waxy in appearance, the truss of good shape, tall and very handsome. It is a 
particularly fine variety for pots, pans and bowls, and is frequently described as a brilliant red in 
color. A Hyacinth very much prized and in great demand. 
LA GRANDESSE-3 Snow-White. If you plant only one white Hyacinth let it be 
La Grandesse, which is accorded by all authorities first place as a pure white, rather la.te flower 
ing variety. The truss of bloom is well formed and of unusual height. 
Ij’ITVNOCEIVCE—S Pure Wliite. It is very difficult to judge between L’Innocence 
and La Grandesse, and the only real difference is that L’Innocence produces a somewhat looser 
spike of flowers, making it, to some, not quite so conventional as La Grandesse. It is a perfect 
flower and used more than any other white sort. 
QUEEN OF BLUES—4 Stine. The spikes are simply enormous, of a fine, 
light nlue, with a silvery sheen, and one of the best of the Hyacinths for medium late blooming, 
few giving better results either indoors or out, and the sort always recommended for pot planting. 
GERTRUDE-3 Bose- 
Pink. No better, finer,dark pink 
Hyacinth has ever been produced. 
It is a bright carmine-rose, the 
spike compact in form and quite 
tall. It has a sort of lilac shade of 
pink,running into silvery rose, and 
softly striped with carmine. 
GRAND MAITRE-8 
Porcelain-Blue. By all odds 
the most desirable light blue var¬ 
iety. The shading is just slightly 
tinted with a little deeper blue.The 
truss broad, perfectly formed, of 
large bells, very long and with an 
upright, stiff stem. 
A PAN OF SINGLES 
(Page 11)SPECIAL PRICES, 
All Poaliiaid; 23c eacli; 3 Pod- .15c: 6 foe 95c; 12 Tor $11.75: 25 for 
$13.35.100 for $11.50,by express,receiver to pay express charges 
