ELLIOTT NURSERY CO., EVANS CITY, PENNSYLVANIA 
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FLOWER IN MARCH 
B etween the melting of Winter’s last snow and the 
blooming of spring’s first tulip, a flat and barren landscape 
is an ordeal for sensitive people to endure. And it is quite 
unnecessary when Crocuses are available to fill the void. It 
would seem almost foolish to deprive oneself of the joy that 
Crocuses bring. Even if one were indifferent on one’s own 
account, isn’t it selfish to refuse to add beauty to the world 
when beauty may be had at so little cost? 
Crocuses, the earliest of all spring flowering bulbs, are also 
the cheapest, and there is nothing else to take their place. If 
the foliage is not cut off they will last indefinitely. They should 
be used for edging tulip beds or any garden bed or shrub bor' 
der. Scattered through the lawn, they will glejam like jewels 
against the verdant background. 
For best effects allow seven to nine bulbs for each square foot 
to be planted. 
AMETHYST. Brilliant porcelainTlue. Giant flowering. 
CLOTH OF SILVER. White, violet striped. 
ENCHANTRESS. A glorious, new light blue Crocus best described as 
porcelain-blue. The large flowers, while very delicate and lovely, are 
nevertheless distinct and permanent and the color does not fade with 
age. Enchantress is unquestionably the finest of the new light blue 
Crocus. 
EXCELSIOR. A true and lovely light delft blue Crocus and the largest 
Crocus flowers so far developed. 
GLADSTONE. The newest and incomparably the finest dark blue 
Crocus in existence. The flowers are the largest in the Crocus group 
and the color is the deepest, richest purple-blue possible. No other 
Crocus of its color compares with it in loveliness. 
GRAND LILAC. Lilac; very early and very fine. 
KING OF THE BLUES. Deep, national blue, dark and 
KING OF THE WHITES. Large snow-white; splendid 
new variety. 
PALLAS. A new giant Crocus; the large white flowers 
are striped purple. 
PURPUREA GRANDIFLORA. The finest purple 
Crocus. 
QUEEN OF TFIE BLUES. The finest porcelain-blue 
Crocus. 
REMEMBRANCE. The finest, giant navy-blue Crocus. 
SNOWSTORM. The largest flowers in the Crocus 
family, colored the purest, glistening, unblemished 
white. Snowstorm, the newest of the white Crocus, 
is by far and away the best of the whites and one of 
the best of all Crocus. 
STRIPED BEAUTY. A lovely new striped Crocus 
colored lavender and white. The flowers are as large 
as the largest Crocus 
Enchantress and very delicate and 
lovely in color and 
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CROCUS, LARGE YELLOW 
It will sometimes happen that a plant breeder will create a flower 
which his successors will struggle in vain to equal. Crocus, Large Yel¬ 
low, is such a flower. Created before the founders of the Elliott Nursery 
Company were born, its equal is yet to be produced, though during 
that time, all other Crocus colors have been improved beyond recogni¬ 
tion. Large Yellow is still incomparably the finest of the yellow Crocus 
and about the finest of all Crocus. 
Monster Bulbs. The finest obtainable. 50c per doz.; $3.25 per 100. 
Mammoth Bulbs. Specially selected grade. 45c per doz.; $2.65 per 100. 
Second Size Bulbs. 35c per doz.; $1.95 per 100. 
CROCUS IN MIXTURE 
The colors are white, blue, striped or yellow. In quantities of twenty- 
you have the privilege of ordering by color if desired; 
otherwise we will mix them for you. 25 for 60c; $1.95 
per 100; $16.00 per 1000. 
COLCHICUM - Meadow Saffron 
(Giant Autumn-Flowering Crocus) 
Planted in the garden the Colchicum flowers in Sep¬ 
tember and the flowers are from three to four times 
the size of the Spring-Flowering Crocus. The bulbs 
will bloom in the house in September without being 
planted or without water, and afterwards, in November, 
may be planted in the garden. 
COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE ALBA. Pure white. 
35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
COLCHICUM GIGANTEUM. Soft lilac, white cen¬ 
ter. 75c each; $7.50 per doz. 
Crocus Sieberi 
This lovely Crocus will 
bloom in February outside 
and each bulb will produce 
8 to 10 flowers colored deli¬ 
cate, soft blue with a golden 
throat. Beginning in Octo¬ 
ber plant this Crocus at in¬ 
tervals in pebbles and water 
and starting at Christmaj 
have it in bloom in the 
house all winter. 50c per 
doz.; $3.25 per 100. 
Large 
Yellow 
Carriage Prepaid on Every Shipment in the United States 
Striped 
Beauty 
