■SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS- 
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LILY BULBS. 
Auratum. (The Golden-rayed Lily of Japan.) The grandest of all the 
Lily family. Flowers pure white, with crimson spots, while through the 
centre of each petal runs a clear golden band. Flowers measure nearly 
a foot across, produced abundantly; deliciously fragrant. 3 to 5 feet. 
First Size Bulbs, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $12.00 per 100. 
Extra Large Bulbs, 20c. each, S2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
Elegans Erectum Robustum. Succeeds anywhere; flowers very large, 
erect and borne in clusters; orange, spotted maroon; 1£ feet; blooms in 
June and July. 15c. each, $1.50 doz., $12.00 per 100. 
Henryi. A strong, Healthy grower, and without doubt one of the best 
Lilies for garden culture and massing. The flower stalks, 3 to 5 feet high, 
carry 5 to 8 large flowers each, the color, a rich apricot-yellow, lightly 
spotted with brown. $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 
Longiflorum. Well-known, beautiful, snow-white, fragrant, hardy garden 
Lily; flowers trumpet shaped, 6 to 8 inches long. Height, to 5 feet. 
Blossoms in June and July. Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., $8 per 100. 
Speciosum or Lancifplium. Perhaps the most popular Lilies grown, 
being easy of cultivation, and produce large flowers of delicate beauty on 
strong stems. Height, from 2 to 4 feet; bloom in August. 
Speciosum Album. White. Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., $15 per 100. 
Speciosum Roseum. White, shaded and spotted with rose and red. 
Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
Speciosum Melpomone. Rich blood-crimson, heavily spotted. Price, 
20c. each, $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 
Speciosum Magnificum. New; a grandly beautiful variety; flowers 
nearly double the size of other varieties and of taller sturdy growth. It 
is a close ally of Speciosum Melpomone but of much larger size and 
richer coloring; rich red heavily spotted. 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. 
Tigrinum Splendens. (Improved Tiger Lily.) The grandest of the 
Tigers, black polished stem, sometimes 6 feet high. Very large pyramids 
of flowers, orange-red, spotted with black. 3 to 5 feet. Blooms in 
August. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 
Tigrinum Flora Plena. ( Double Tiger Lily.) 3 his is a plant of stately 
habit, growing from 4 to 6 feet high, bearing an immense number of double 
bright orange-red flowers, spotted with black. Blooms in August. Price, 
15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 
Umbellatum. ( Davuricum.) One of the best classes of the hardy Lilies; 
sturdy habit, 2 to 3 feet high, large show y flowers held in upright clusters 
at the summit; of easy culture, thriving under ordinary garden conditions, 
flowering in June and July. The colors range from rose to blackish-crim¬ 
son, yellow, buff, apricot, orange, etc., many being beautifully spotted. 
Umbellatum, Mixed Colors. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 
per 100. 
MILLA BIFLORA, MEX,CAN s oT a pV>st plower. 
A beautiful Mexican summer-blooming bulb. A group of them is alw ays 
in flower after the middle of summer and very attractive. Flowers star- 
shaped, 2 inches across, clear waxy-white, of great substance, enlivened by 
a frost-like sparkle: the fragrance is delightful. Place a stalk in water 
and the flowers will all open; we have seen 11 stalks shoot up successively 
from one bulb. The bulbs flower profusely and w ith great certainty. Height 
12 to 18 inches. For an effective display, groups of 12 to 25 or 
more should be planted about 6 inches apart in a sunny bed. 
Price, 5c. each, 50c. per doz., $4.00 per 100. {See cut.) 
MONTBRETIA. 
The Montbretia is one of the most floriferous and 
showy of summer-flowering bulbous plants. A 
dozen or more bulbs planted (5 inches apart in a 
group in a sunny position and allowed to remain 
will form magnificent clumps from 2 to 3 feet 
across, producing, in great numbers, graceful 
spikes 8 to 12 inches long, each spike bearing 
from 18 to 30 exceedingly showy star-shaped 
flowers, 1| to 2 inches across. They flower 
freely the first season, but clumps of 2 or 3 years' 
standing are required to bring out their great 
merits. {See cut.) Montbretia mixed hy¬ 
brids. Price, 5c. each, 50c. doz., $3.00 per 100. 
MADEIRA VINE. 
The old favorite, “ Climbing Mignonette." 
So much prized for porches and arbors, on ac¬ 
count of its rapid growth and freedom from 
insects. Thick, glossy leaves, and long, hang¬ 
ing stems of feathery, fragrant, white flowers. 
The tubers w r e offer are selected large size. 
Price, 5c. each, 50c. per doz., $3.50 per 100. 
OXALIS, SUMMER-FLOWERING. 
Valuable for edging w r alks, flow’er beds, etc. 
Bulbs planted 3 inches apart form rounded 
row r s of delicate foliage, about 1 foot high, 
which produce flowers in endless succession. 
Lasiandra. Rosy-pink. Price, 15c. doz., 
$1.00 per 100. . , 
Deippa. Rosy-white. Price, 15c. doz., $1.00 
per 100. 
HYACINTHUS :: :: 
:: :: C A N DIC A N S. 
{The Giant Summer Hyacinth.) A luxuriant 
growing, summer-flowering plant, spreading 2 to 
3 feet, throwing up great, tall spikes 4 to 5 feet in 
height, each bearing 20 to 30 large white, bell¬ 
shaped flowers, of easiest culture and splendid 
for groups. If planted in the centre of beds of 
scarlet Gladiolus, such as Brenchleyensis, the 
effect is magnificent. {See cut.) Price, 8c. each, 
75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. 
HENDERSON'S BULB CULTURE, Re T s t,b n ed “'. ,on ' 
PRICE, 50c., 
given FREE if asked for 
with orders to value of not less than 
$3.00. 
