RETAIL BULB CATALOGUE; AUTUMN 1917 
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CALLA (RICHARDIA) 
Aethiopica. (White Calla Lily.) A favorite winter plant. Alaninioth size. Each 25c.; 
doz. $3.00; 100 $18.00. Select size. Each 12c.; doz. $1.35; 100 $10.00. 
First size. Each 10c.; doz. 90c.; 100 $6.25. 
Elliotiana. Bears beautiful golden yellow flowers. Each 18c.; doz. $1.80; 100 $13.50. 
Godfrey Everblooming. Hybrid everblooming, rather dwarf variety, bearing perfect 
shaped pure white flowers. Each 25c.; doz. $2.70. 
Spotted Leaf.' (Alba Maculata.) Flower medium size, white with black centers; deep 
green leaves spotted white. Each 10c.; doz. 90c.; 100 $6.25. 
CHIONODOXA (GLORY OF THE SNOW) 
Hardy, blue flowers appear in the early Spring. Plant among other bulbs, or mass 
in rock garden, or plant in pots. 
Each Doz. 100 1000 
Chionodoxa Gigantea. Soft lavender; large flowers. $ .02 $ .20 $1.50 $14.00 
Lucillae. Bright blue flowers, white center. .02 .20 1.50 14.00 
Sardensis. Very deep bule.02 .20 1.50 14.00 
DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS 
(Bleeding Heart) 
This old favorite is still one of the best plants for a shady border or among shrubbery, 
or for pot culture. The foliage is fern-like and delicate and the broadly heart- 
shaped flowers of a rosy crimson color are yery beautiful; height about 2 feet. Very 
strong roots. Each I5c.; doz. $1.60; 100 $10.00; 1000 $90.00. 
ERANTHIS HYEMALIS 
(Winter Aconite) 
Winter Aconite produces its golden blooms very early in Spring amid an emerald green 
foliage. Excellent for moist locations and under trees. Height about 8 inches Each 
2c.; doz. 15c.; 100 $1.00; 1000 $8.50. 
ERYTHONIUM 
(Dog’s-Tooth Violet) 
Suitable for moist and shady locations. The foliage is handsomely variegated. The 
lily-like blooms arc of different colors and borne on long stems Mixed colors Doz 
25c.; 100 $1.35; 1000 $9.00. 
FREESIA 
Well known favorites bearing pretty, fragrant flowers in Winter; largely grown in 
pots, in conservatory or window-garden. 
Refracta Alba. Bears long sprays of white flowers with yellow throats; deliciously 
fragrant. Mammoth bulbs. Each 4c.; doz. 30c.; 100 $2.00; 1000 $18.00. First size 
bulbs. Each 3c.; doz. 25c.; 100 $1.75; 1000 $15.00. 
Purity. Improved type producing fragrant pure snow white, very large flowers. Mam¬ 
moth bulbs. Each 5c.; doz. 35c.; 100 $2.50; 1000 $22.00. First size bulbs Each 4c • 
doz. 25c.; 100 $1.60; 1000 $13.50. 
New Colored Freesias Beautiful novelties with lovely colorings and delicate fragrance 
Each 10c.; doz. $1.00; 100 $6.00. 
FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS 
(Crown Imperial) 
Hardy border plant; very stately, produce in Spring clusters of large, pendant bell-like 
flowers below a tuft of green leaves. Each 12c.; doz. $1.25; 100 $10.00; 1000 $90.00. 
FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS 
Dwarf plants bearing in Spring, bell-shaped, pendant flowers of many colors, which are 
oddly checkered and striped; equally valuable for pot and border culture Doz 25c • 
100 $1.35. 
