BULB FLOWERS 
For Spring Planting 
PLEASE NOTE—Bulbs are not post-paid. If wanted by 
mail, add 5% east of Pittsburgh and north of Potomac, 
10% beyond to the Mississippi, and 15% for destinations 
further west, to cover packing and postage. If no such 
allowance is made, I shall understand that shipment by col¬ 
lect express is desired. 1 guarantee safe arrival and freedom 
from freezing in transit, when shipping date is left to my 
option. 
CANADIAN CUSTOMERS desiring bulbs, will 
please apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture at 
Ottawa for the necessary permits and tags, before 
ordering. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA—Garden Amaryllis. Large 
and fantastic flowers of richest crimson with golden glints. 
Blooms splendidly, and quickly, in the garden, or may be 
forced. As easy as Gladiolus, and handled altogether in 
same way. See illustration, page 6. 2 for 35c; 7 for $1 00- 
25 for $3.25. 
MILLA BIFLORA—The desirable White Star Lily. See 
description on page 28, and illustration on page 31. Rare. 
Gladiolus culture. 60c each; 3 for $1.50. 
CRINUM LONGIFOLIUM—A beautiful and interesting 
flowering bulb of the Amaryllis family, with wide, arching, 
ribbon-like leaves two to three feet long, giving an exotic 
and tropical effect. In early summer robust flower-stalks 
appear, each crowned with a cluster of thick waxen trum¬ 
pets, white or palest blush, shading to deep rosy pink. Lasts 
a long time in blossom, and sometimes flowers again in au¬ 
tumn. Seems to be fully winter-hardy at Philadelphia and 
New York, if mulched with litter, but to be on the side of 
safety, better plant deeply in a not overly exposed location, 
in colder areas planting in cold frame might be good in¬ 
surance, or the bulbs may be dug in late autumn, and stored 
in dry sand or soil in cellar over winter. Big, flowering- 
size, bulbs. Each 65c; 2 for $1.25; 5 for $3.00. 
PANCRATIUM ILLYRICUM—Chalice blossoms of purest 
whiteness, with long, ribbon-like guard petals. The flowers 
are carried in umbel-clusters on twenty-inch stems, and 
about them there is a suggestion of perfume-haunted 
breezes from orange groves of some brighter sun-land. June 
and July. Store bulbs in winter. Each 40c; 4 for $1.50. 
TIGRID1A BLEND—The lovely and varied Shell-flowers. 
See Treasure Chest for full description. Exceedingly showy. 
While variations of red, orange and yellow will dominate, 
there will be a proportion of pink and rose, with even oc¬ 
casional white or lavender. Plant bulbs as soon as possible 
after receiving them. 2 for 25c; 6 for 65c; 10 for $1.00; 
25 for $2.25. 
TUBEROSE EARLY MEXICAN — Flowers that seem 
carved from white wax. Orange blossom perfume. Fine 
for border or cutting. 10 for 40c; 22 for 75c. 
TUBEROSE SPECIAL STRAIN—Grows taller than Mex¬ 
ican Tuberose, and possibly flowers longer. Blossoms, 
though, are much the same, but foliage, every leaf, is mar¬ 
gined with a sharply defined band of creamy white. The 
plants are most decorative in border or garden. A splendid 
strain. 3 for 25c; 10 for 70c; 25 for $1.50. 
GLADIOLUS AVALON BLEND—An actual blending of 
newer and finer named sorts: rose, pink, apricot, salmon, 
orange, bronze, copper, tangerine, buff, golden, and primrose, 
with red, scarlet and maroon. Then there are all the rich 
“pansy” shades, velvet purple, violet, amaranth, blue and 
lavender, with others mauve or opalescent; and white, of 
course, pure or tinted. I make this mixture up myself. 
Only large-flowered sorts of robust habit are included. It is 
really a unique blend. Nothing quite like it has been 
offered. 10 for 50c; 25 for $1.00; 100 for $3.50. 
MONTBRETIA BLEND—It will give border clumps of 
flaming gorgeous coloring in continuous and profuse show¬ 
ing from mid-summer to latest autumn. Nothing brighter. 
This mixture has varied shades of yellow, salmon, orange 
and scarlet. Do not let bulbs dry out before planting. 
They can be put in as early as the ground can be worked. 
Almost hardy, but safest way is to dig bulbs in fall, and 
store over winter, packed in sand or soil, in the cellar. 
3 for 25c; 10 for 70c; 25 for $1.50. 
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