ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE BULBS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
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Bulbs and Roots 
Postpaid 
for House and Garden 
Some of the most beautiful flowering and foliage plants are grown from bulbs or roots. We offer and describe 
on this and the following pages a most select assortment of the finest, easy-to-grow kinds, for both indoor cul¬ 
ture and garden display. Our bulbs are carefully selected and guaranteed to give complete satisfaction. 
Amaryllis 
GIANT AMERICAN HYBRIDS. Huge flowers carried 
on strong stems. Mixture contains self-colors, as 
well as penciled varieties. 45c each, 3 for $1.20. 
Anemone— Windflower 
Long, stiff stemmed, showy flowers in many charm¬ 
ing colors. Blooms outdoors in May and June. 
Prefers warm soil and sheltered location. Hardy in 
mild climates. Fine for pots. 1 ft. 
ST. BRIGID. An extra choice mixture of semi¬ 
double and double flowers in many showy colors. 
3 for 25c; 12 for 70c; 100 for $5.00. 
CALLA — Richardia, Zantedeschia 
GOLDEN YELLOW (Elliottiana). The best of the 
yellow Callas with golden yellow blooms of velvety 
texture and dark green foliage with translucent 
creamy white spots. Extra strong bulbs, upland 
grown, insuring 2 or more flowers from each bulb. 
20c each, $2.00 per doz. 
Cannas 
For lawn decoration there is no plant equal to 
Cannas. Their bright luxuriant foliage and large 
clusters of brilliant flowers make a beautiful dis¬ 
play all summer. About 4 feet tall. 
Excelsior Double Pearl Tuberoses 
Tuberoses 
Double Pearl. (2% ft.) Beautiful compact 
flower spikes of extremely fragrant waxy white 
double blossoms. If planted outdoors when the 
ground is warm they will bloom late in the sum¬ 
mer. For earlier blooming start them indoors 
in pots. 
Large Choice Bulbs: 3 for 18c; 6 for 30c; 
12 for 50c, postpaid. 
Zephyranthes 
Zephyr Flower, Fairy Lilies 
Showy goblet-shaped blooms during the summer 
months. Easy to grow in the border or in pots 
or pans for porch and window decoration. 
Alba. Pure white. 10c each; 50c per doz.; 
$3.00 per 100. 
Rosea. Large rose-colored. 15c each; $1.40 per 
doz.; 100, $8.50. 
Our roots are all good healthy plump roots that 
are sure to give satisfaction. 
City 
foliage. 
of Portland. A rich salmon-pink. Green 
The President. 
let. Green leaved. 
Enormous rich vermilion scar- 
Summer Flowering 
These u'seful little plants are very ef¬ 
fective in masses or beds and are par¬ 
ticularly valuable for edgings. They 
produce an unbroken row of foliage 
about one foot high and continuous 
bloom. White, red, pink, mixed. Doz. 
20c, 100 for $1.50. 
King Humbert. Enormous flowers of a bright 
orange-scarlet. Bronze leaves. 
Yellow King Humbert. Bright yellow flowers. 
Green foliage. 
Price of any of the above four varieties, your 
selection: Each 15c; 3 roots 30c; 12 roots $1.00. 
ismene CalEntha Grandiflora. 
Ismene Calathina, Peruvian 
TtofFnrlil A grand summer-flowering 
bulb with large, fragrant 
Amaryllis-like white blooms with apple 
green markings in the throat. Very easy 
to grow. Keep bulbs in a warm dry 
room and plant out in June. Take up in 
October and store warm and dry during 
the winter. They do best in a well- 
drained fertile soil where they will mul¬ 
tiply rapidly. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Flowers of 
largest size 
and beautiful rich colors. The individual 
blooms are nearly 3 inches in diameter. 
They are borne on slender, wiry, branch¬ 
ing stems, frequently over 3. feet high. 
They are gay and attractive in the gar¬ 
den during the late summer and fall, 
also give wonderful material for cutting. 
Plant in April or May. Special mixed, 
10c each; 3 for 25c; doz. $1.00. 
Giant Montbretias 
Caladium or 
Caladium Esculentum f h 0 e i fage 
plants which can be grown in the open ground. 
Magnificent showy and grand plants. Bulbs, each 
15c, three for 40c. 
Fine climber, perfectly hardy, and is produced 
from tubers which make from 10 to 20 feet of 
vine. Beautiful heart-shaped leaves, bright green 
foliage, and clusters of delicate white flowers, 
sending forth a delicious cinnamon odor. Large 
tubers, 8c each, 3 for 18c, 6 for 30c. 
lV/faJpuJj, Vine Beautiful climber, of rapid 
maaena vine growthj has ligh t green, al¬ 
most transparent leaves. It will climb to the 
height of 20 feet and over. Excellent for house 
climbers. 7c each, 12 for 60c. 
Begonias 
Tuberous Rooted Unexcelled for summer 
bedding, such as lawn 
beds and borders. When fully exposed to the sun 
the beds must be kept moist. Single Sorts Mixed. 
Each 25c, 4 for 90c. Double Sorts Mixed, each 
25c, 4 for 90c. 
Select Gloxinias flaring bulbs 
for the window garden or 
conservatory. Potted in rich garden loam and 
placed in a light window they will develop into 
shapely plants covered with graceful large flowers 
of beautiful velvety texture. Mixed colors. 35c 
each, 3 for $1.00. 
Canna 
Galtonia Hyacinthus candicans—Cape Hya¬ 
cinth—A strong-growing, summer¬ 
flowering variety of Hyacinth, quite distinct from 
those which bloom in the spring. Makes a strong, 
stately flowerspike 3 to 5 feet high, which bears 
from 20 to 30 pure white, bell-shaped blooms dur¬ 
ing the summer and early fall. 15c each; $1.50 per 
doz. „ 
TiarlHia Shell Flower—Pavoma grandi- 
i iguuia flora. Mexican bulbs producing 
showy, large, oddly shaped blooms of exotic 
beauty. Well suited to planting in the mixed 
border. Handle the same as Gladiolus, planting 
the bulbs when the nights have become balmy 
and take up again before frost in the fall; 18 
inches high, flowering during the summer and 
fall months. 
Hybrids Mixed. 15c each; $1.50 per doz. 
uberous-Rooted Begopia 
