BULB FLOWERS 
For Spring Planting 
PLEASE NOTE—Bulbs are not postpaid. 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 
collect express is desired. I 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 — The Garden Amaryllis. 
Great, fantastic flowers of richest crimson, with golden 
glints. Exotic in appearance, but of easiest possible hand¬ 
ling, blooming quickly and surely in the garden. Will 
make good offset increase. Usually given Gladiolus culture, 
digging in late autumn, and storing over winter in the 
cellar, or other frostproof place. May be forced in late 
winter, if desired. Illustrated on front cover. 2 for 35c; 
7 for .$1.00; 25 for $3.25. 
ACIDANTHERA BICOLOR — A charmingly graceful bulb- 
flower, illustrated on front cover of this catalog. The 
long-tubed lovely blossoms are cream-colored, with big cho¬ 
colate patch. An Ethiopian rarity. Handle bulbs like 
those of gladiohis. Grows 25 inches high. Best effect when 
three bulbs are planted in a group. Each 20c; 3 for 50c ; 
7 for $1.00. 
ACIDANTHERA MURIELAE- Splendid new species from 
western Ethiopia (Abyssinia deceased). Grows taller than 
Bicolor, forty inches fully. Long-tubed spreading blossoms 
of purest white, with rich, maroon-black patch. Really a 
beauty, and of unusual effect, a Gladiolus “gone graceful.” 
Each 40c; 4 for $1.60. 
COMMELINA COELESTIS — No flower is more fittingly 
named, for the tumbled masses of intensely, vividly blue 
blossoms are just the color of the deep summer sky. In 
bloom here from late May until November. Supplied in 
tuberous roots that should be dug and stored over winter 
like those of Dahlia. Illustrated, parje 4. 3 for 40c; 8 for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
COMMELINA COELESTIS' WHITE PANSY—Enamel white. 
Not, of course, really related to Pansy, but gives Bush 
Pansy effect. 3 for 60c; 7 for $1.00. 
CALLA ELLIOTTIANA -The Great Golden Calla. Will 
bloom freely in the summer garden, tubers being stored in 
cellar over winter. lakes a bit of peat moss mixed with 
soil at root depth. Each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
CALLA ALBO-MACULATA--An easy Garden Calla Lily, 
of highly satisfactory effectiveness in pool-side plantings, 
but doing well, also, under just ordinary garden conditions. 
If you want to make it particularly happy, mix some peat¬ 
moss with the soil. Flower-spathes of rich cream. Leaves 
spotted white on green. Illustrated, page 12. Each 15c; 
3 for 40c; 9 for $1.00. 
ALLIUM MONTANUM — ^Great domes of clustered star- 
blossoms in opalescent tones, silvery lilac to deepest blue- 
violet. 25 inches. In bloom for two summer months. Of 
fullest hardiness. Thick rhizome-roots. Good divisions, 25c 
each, 3 for 60c. 
ALLIUM SPHAEROCEPHALUM—A bulbous Allium, bloom¬ 
ing in late summer. Fluffed flower-heads of richest mul¬ 
berry top tall slender stems, to forty inches. Strikingly 
decorative. 3 for 40c. 
CINNAMON VINE — Quick-growing and handsome glossy¬ 
leaved vine. Roots fully winter hardy, and permanent. 
Effective on fence or trellis. 3 for 25c. 
MONTBRETIA BLEND—It will give border clumps of flam¬ 
ing gorgeous color in continuous and profuse showing from 
mid-summer to latest autumn. Nothing brighter. This 
mixture carries 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. Al¬ 
most hardy, but safest way North is to dig the bulbs in 
fall, and store over winter, i)acked in sand or soil, in 
cellar. 3 for 25c; 10 for 70c ; 25 for $1.50. 
GLORIOSA ROTHSCHILDIANA—This is the Glory Lily, 
Illustrated, above, and again on the back cover. The big 
blossoms have crisped and undulate petals. A gorgeous gold- 
margined ruby is perhaps the most usual coloring, but 
there is surprising individuality among them in applica¬ 
tion of hue and tone. Sometimes rich yellows will domi¬ 
nate, with but a bit of crimson stain, or again they tnay 
be crimson throughout. Rarely rosy forms appear. Gloriosa 
tubers may be planted out in May, and the plants will 
flower freekv then during July and August, reaching pretty 
well into September. In late autumn the tubers should 
be dug, and stored, packed in sand, in a frostproof place 
over winter. For most spectacular effect it is advised that 
tubers be planted in groups of three, the plants being then 
mutually self-supporting. Glossy, graceful foliage. Gloriosa 
may also be grown in pots, flood tubers, each 35c 3 for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
TIGRIDIA BLEND—The lovely and varied Shell-flowers. 
See illustration above, and, for full description, page 59 of 
this catalog. Of an exceeding showiness, easy in any sunny 
garden, in continuous and brilliant bloom for months. Gay 
reds, rich oranges, apricot and yellow will dominate, but 
there will be a proportion of pink and rose, with occasional 
whites and lavenders. The bulbs should be planted as soon 
as practicable after you receive them. 3 for 35c; 6 for 
65c; 10 for $1.00 ; 25 for $2.26. 
ORIENTAL BELL-FLOWER -Big, widely opened bells, iypi- 
cally bright blue-violet, but varying to purple, sky-hluc 
and white, pure or with azure striations. Of fullest hardi¬ 
ness. Most showy. Excellent, permanent border plant. 
Good cut flower. Will reach three feet. This is the new 
Early Giant Platycodon. Good tubers, 15c each, 3 for 40c; 
10 for $1.00 ; 25 for $2.25. 
CRINUM LONGIFOLIUM—A beautiful and interesting 
flowering bulb of the Amaryllis family, with wide, arch¬ 
ing, 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 
trumpets, white or palest blush, shading to deep rosy pink. 
Lasts a long time in blossom, and sometimes flowers again 
in autumn. 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 insurance, 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 $1.26 ; 5 for $3.00. 
HALF-EAGLE OFFER 
Once upon a time there was a coin called the Half-eagle, 
remember? Gone with the breezes, — but five dollars in 
any good currency will still buy a golden treasury of 
beauty in this collection offer of unusual bulbs. For it you 
will get 3 Gloriosa Rothschildiana, 7 Acidanthera bicolor, 
4 Acidanthera Murielae, 10 Tigridia Blend and 2 Crinum 
longifolium. Twent.v-six splendid bulbs and tubers, five 
labeh^d kinds, postage, etc-, extra as above, for FIVE 
DOLLARS. 
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