86 Tender Plants and Bulbs 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 
AMARYLLIS 
The Amaryllis produces showy flowers that are handsome and very attractive, 
resembling Lilies. The bulbs should be potted in a rich, sandy loam, with good 
drainage. They require abundant moisture when growing, but at their season 
of rest water should be given sparingly. 
Fragrans. Flowers three to four inches long ; yellow ; fragrant; stalks 15 to 
18 inches high. Each,' 15 cents. 
Regine (Equestre). One of the best of the Amaryllis family for winter- 
blooming. Flowers large, bell-shaped; color light scarlet, throat or center 
white. Each, 10 cents. 
Johnsoni. An elegant pot plant, with crimson flowers five inches in diameter, 
each petal striped with white. Flower-stalks two feet high, with clusters of 
three to five blooms. Each, 50 cents. 
Formosissima (Jacobean Lily). Eight to ten inches high. Flowers dark 
crimson. The bulbs are dormant during the winter. Each, 15 cents. 
Lutea. Flowers yellow, cup-shaped; free bloomer; very desirable. Each, 
15 cents. 
CALADIUM 
Vancy-Foliaged. The fancy-foliaged varieties are very satisfactory for 
summer decoration. Leaves striped, blotched, and spotted with white, crim¬ 
son,and pink; in fact, the variety of color is something wonderful. In the 
•all they die down, and the bulbs should be kept in the pots in a warm place. 
Each, 25 cents ; dozen, $2.50. 
Esculentum — Elephant’s Ear. One of the handsomest of the orna¬ 
mental-leaved plants. Roots obtained in the spring will makegood plants in 
the summer, and in the fall they should be taken up and stored in the cellar. 
Leaves three feet or more in length, nearly as broad. There is nothing so 
good as this Caladium for a grand bed of foliage in the garden. Medium¬ 
sized bulbs, each, 15 cents; dozen, $1 .«;o. Large-sized bulbs, each, 25 cents; 
dozen,$2.50, Mammoth-sized bulbs, each, 35 cents; dozen, $3.50. 
GLOXINIA 
Gloxinias are among the handsomest of our summer-blooming greenhouse 
plants. The flowers arc gorgeous, and the foliage has a velvety appearance. 
Bulbs should be started in spring in a warm place. They require partial shade 
and a liberal supply of water when growing. After blooming, water should be 
withheld and the bulbs remain dry through the winter. 
Red, White, Blue, and Spotted. Each, 20 cents; two for 35 cents; four 
for 60 cents. Dozen, 5 ' .00. 
OXALIS 
Free-blooming bulbs, fine for pots, vases, or for edging walks and beds. 
Plant three inches apart. Dozen, 15 cents; hundred, 75 cents; by mail pre¬ 
paid. 
Lasiandra. Rosy crimson. Tetraphylla, (Deppei). Rosy lilac. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 
The flowers are brilliant and large, handsomely formed, and of wonderful size 
often measuring from four to six inches in diameter. The plants bloom freely all 
summer, and are fine either as pot or bedding plants, being easily raised and 
requiring but little attention. They succeed best in a partially shaded situation, 
but should be protected from severe winds if possible. After the blooming 
season is over the tubers are dried and either left in the pots or placed in dry 
sand and kept until the spring, to be started again in February or March. • 
No class of plants has so marvelously improved in the past few years as the 
Tuberous Begonias. Persons familiar with the old sorts of Begonias would 
scarcely recognize this section as belonging to the Begonia family; for, in 
addition to the marvelous beauty of the flowers, the foliage has been greatly ' 
improved, and one will hardly find any two plants with the same kind of leaves. 
Double—White, Crimson, Scarlet, Rose, and Yeliow ; each, 20 cents; 
two for 30 cents; five for 60 cents ; dozen, 51.25. 
Single—White, Crimson, Scarlet, Rose, and Yellow; each, 10 cents; 
three for 25 cents; dozen, 75 cents. The set of five for 40 cents. 
Bearded Begonia fB. grandiflora erecta cristata . This curious strain ol 
Begonia has single flowers, of good size, bearing on each petal a dense crest 
or beard composed of curiously twisted threads, which gives the flower a 
gay and puzzling aspect. Highly interesting. Mixed colors; each, 20 cents ; 
two for 30 cents. 
CALLA 
Little Gem. A dwarf variety of the old Calla, ten to twelve inches high ; free 
bloomer. Each, 15 cents; two for 25 cents. 
Alba maculata, or Spotted Calla. Beautiful for pot culture. The foliage 
is marked in the same manner as that of the Yellow Calla. The bulbs must 
be kept in dry sand in the winter. Each, 10 cents ; dozen, $1.00. 
Yellow Calla (Richardia Elliottiana). This plant, like the Common 
White Calla, is a native of Africa. In mode of growth it is quite like the 
African or Egyptian Calla, but its leaves are marked with pure white spots. 
The flowers are nearly as large as those of Richardia Africana, but more 
urn-shaped, and the color is a rich canary-yellow. Its usual blooming time 
is late in the spring, and the culture of the plant very much the same as 
that of the While Calla. Each, 75 cents. 
Black Calla. A remarkable variety, flowers large, velvety, purplish black, 
with coal-black spathe. Each, 20 cents ; dozen, 52.00. 
MADEIRA VINE 
For porches and arbors no other climber gives such rapid and satisfactory 
results. The thick, dark green foliage forms a fine screen, and the white flow¬ 
ers are very fragrant. Price, strong bulbs, 5 cents each ; 50 cents per dozen. 
TIGRIDIA 
Tigridias are beautiful flowers, delicate as orchids, and showing wonderful 
blendings of colors. Plant bulbs in May and give the same care as to Gladi¬ 
olus for winter. 
Conchiflora. Yellow and orange, with dark spots. Each, 6 cents ; dozen, 
60 cents. 
Grandiflora alba. A beautiful variety, with large showy white flowers, 
marked at the base of each division with spots of a reddish brown color 
on yellow ground. Each, 6 cents; dozen, 60 cents. 
Grandiflora lilacea. Beautiful large flower, lilac, purple, and white spots in 
center. Each, 6 cents ; dozen 60 cents. 
WATER LILIES—Nymphaea 
Nymphaxis can be grown in any swampy piece of ground, and even in tubs 
of water sunk in the ground, or on the surface, and in aquariums in the house, 
with soil or mud at the bottom. For ponds, if a soft, muddy bottom, tie the root 
to a stone to sink it, and drop it in near the shore in two or three feet of water. 
Nymphaea odorata. Common white Water Lily,very fragrant. Each, 20 cents; 
dozen, 52.25. 
Odorata rosea ^Capc Cod Pink.) The choicest of all pink varieties. It is 
a most satisfactory plant to grow, on account of its profusion of bloom all 
summer and being as hardy as an oak. Each, 50 cents. 
Alba candidissima. The large-flowering variety of Europe. Whenever an 
abundance of bloom is desired it has no equal. The flowers often measure 
ten inches across ; petals very hroad, rounded at the point, and waxy white. 
Perfectly hardy anywhere. Each, 60 cents. 
Alba Gladstoniana. The finest white Nymphaea ever offered. Large, 
strong grower ; blooms abundantly from spring till frost. The flowers 
are of the largest size—from six to eight inches across—with broad, thick, 
pure, sparkling white petals. Each, 60 cents. 
Marliacea chromatella. Flowers eight inches across, delightfully fra¬ 
grant, and freely produced. Both stamens and petals are a beautiful lemon- 
yellow at their bases, exquisitely softening into light creamy yellow at their 
tips. Leaves dark green, irregularly blotched with brown. Each, 85 cents. 
The set of five for $2.50. 
$1000 in cash prizes to users of Vick’s Seeds. See Frontispiece 
