Ribsam’s Manual 
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Martin C. Ribsam & Sons Co 
SUMMER BULBS and ROOTS 
ANEMONES ( Windflower) 
Soak bulbs in water 24 hours before planting. If planted 
outdoors in the Fall they must be well protected. Plant in 
the Spring in well-drained soil and will flower during the 
Summer. 
St. Brigid. An ideal rockery bulb with beautiful colored 
double flowers. Each 6c., doz. 60c. 
De Caen. Beautiful single, Poppylike flowers with a wide 
range of color. Each 5c., doz. 50c. 
BEGONIAS, TUBEROUS-ROOTED 
This pretty class of Begonias is one of the most attractive of 
Summer flowering plants. Flowers measure from 4 to 6 inches 
across. Used to excellent advantage in window or porch boxes 
in semi-shaded places. Bulbs may be started indoors in Feb¬ 
ruary, March and April, and transplanted into beds as soon as 
all danger of frost is over, about May 20th. 
Crimson, Rose, White, Yellow, Orange, Salmon. 
Single or Double Varieties. Each 25c., doz. $2.50. 
CANNAS (Dormant Roots) 
May be started indoors in March or April. These are the 
large flowering varieties. Green foliage except where noted. 
Each Doz. 
COPPER GIANT. 4 ft. The finest variety we 
know. Large flowers of madder red and old 
rose with a suggestion of burnished copper. 
Green foliage and bears throughout the season .$0.20 $2.00 
THE PRESIDENT. Large, rich scarlet. 4 ft.10 1.00 
RED KING HUMBERT. Scarlet, bronze foliage. 
4 ft.10 1.00 
YELLOW KING HUMBERT. Bright yellow, 
dotted with bright red, green foliage. 4 ft.10 1.00 
HUNGARIA. A great clear rose variety. 3}^ ft.. .10 1.00 
EUREKA. Best white Canna ever introduced. 
4^ ft.15 1.50 
APRICOT. Large, bright apricot with cream 
border.10 1.00 
CALADIUM or ELEPHANTS-EAR 
Immense green leaves sometimes 2 feet across. Plants 5 feet 
high. Each 20c., doz. $2.00. 
CINNAMON VINE ( Dioscorea batatas ) 
A beautiful, rapid growing Summer climber with bright 
green, glossy foliage and spikes of deliciously cinnamon, 
scented, white flowers. Each 10c., doz. $1.00. 
DAHLIAS 
We have a choice lot of varieties too numerous to list, from 
50c. to $2.50 each. Send us your list. We shall be pleased to 
quote_ our prices on any of the Novelties, Exhibition or 
Leading Varieties. By expert Dahlia growers. 
Unnamed Varieties in pink, red, white and yellow. Each 
15c.. doz. $1.50, 100 $12.00. 
Tigridia 
HARDY LILIES 
Most Lilies thrive best when planted in a semi-shaded 
situation where the ground can be kept cool and moist by 
the protection of shrubs and a carpet of lawn grass cuttings. 
Planted among shallow rooting perennials or Rhododendrons, 
they find a congenial situation both as to soil and shelter. 
The bulbs should be planted from 6 to 9 inches deep, with a 
pocket of sand under the base of each bulb. 
AURATUM (Goldband Lily of Japan). Ivory Each 
white, brown spots. Yellow stripe through 
center of petals.$0.30 
AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM. Also called 
“Macranthum.” Robust grower, stouter stem, 
greater height, broader leaves, enormous flow¬ 
ers, white, richly spotted yellow.35 
CROCEUM {Irish Orangeman Lily). Bright, up¬ 
right orange flowers, 3 to 4 ft. high. Flowers 
in June-July.25 
SPECIOSUM RUBRUM. Delicate pink spot¬ 
ted crimson.25 
PHILIPPINENSE FORMOSANUM. Long, 
trumpetlike flowers with a beautiful, emerald- 
green throat.15 
REGALE. White, slightly tinged pink, with 
a shade of canary-yellow at center.15 
SPECIOSUM ALBUM. Snow-white flowers 
with a golden-green stripe through the center 
of each petal.35 
TENUIFOLIUM {CoralLily). Strongly recurved 
waxy red flowers; grows 1 to 2 ft. tall; flowers 
May-June. Ideal for rockeries.10 
UMBELLATUM ERECTUM. Has large red 
flowers and is much darker than Grandiflorum. 
2 to 2 Yi ft. high and blooms in June.15 
TIGRINUM FLOREPLENO {The Double Tiger 
Lily). This is the only Lily in a real double 
form, rich, dark salmon-orange, spotted with 
glossy black, 4 to 5 ft. high and blooms in 
August-September.15 
HYACINTHUS 
Candicans {Summer Hyacinth). Stately plants, producing 
tall spikes of large, pure white, pendant blooms during 
Summer. Very effective in the border or in clumps. Not 
hardy. 4 ft. Each 10c., doz. $1.00. 
ISMENE 
Calathina {Peruvian Daffodil). Flowers are pure white, 
borne three or four on a stem, and are very fragrant. Not 
hardy. Each 15c., doz. $1.50. 
MADEIRA VINE {Climbing Mignonette) 
A beautiful and popular vine, covering a large space in a 
short time. Fleshy, heart-shaped leaves of a light green and 
numerous racemes of feathery flowers of delightful fragrance. 
Each 10c., doz. $1.00. 
MONTBRET3AS 
Highly valuable for cut flowers they are of easy culture 
succeeding in a light, loamy soil. Treated as you would 
Gladiolus, they will produce beautiful clumps of Autumn 
flowers. 
Mixture. Contains shades of yellow, salmon, orange, and 
scarlet. Each 6c., doz. 65c. 
OXALIS 
An excellent Summer-blooming bulb which is showy in 
the border, rockery, or in pots or hanging baskets. Bulbs are 
not hardy. 
Bowi. Brilliant rose-red flowers blooming all Summer; ideal 
for the rockery. 12 for 25c., 100 for $1.50. 
Deppei. Small white flowers, contrasting beautifully with 
the fine green, purple-banded leaves. 12 for 25c., 100 for 
$1.50. 
EXCELSIOR Double Pearl TUBEROSES 
One of the most fragrant and most popular of the Summer¬ 
flowering bulbs. Easily recognized by its fragrance and beauti¬ 
ful flower spikes. 
MAMMOTH BULBS. Each 10c., doz. $1.00, 100 $8.00. 
CHOICE GARDEN PEONIES 
It is perfectly hardy, the plants require no other protec¬ 
tion than that which they afford themselves. 
Plant roots with eyes about 2 inches beneath the surface. 
ALL COLORS. Each 50c., doz. $5.00. 
TIGRIDIA 
Brilliant, colorful blooms in yellow and orange, attractively 
marked, blooming from Midsummer to frost. Treat the 
bulbs the same as Gladiolus. Each 10c., doz. $1.00. 
Doz. 
$3.00 
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