GALTONIA CANDICANS (Summer Hyacinth) 
Here is another bulbous flower for your July-August garden, among your 
lilies. The tall stem carries many pure white, bell-shaped flowers, and is very 
pleasing against a background of dark green foliage. Grows from 2 to 5 ft. 
Plant 6 in. deep, in sun or partial shade, and a rich, moist soil. 
6 12 25 100 
% to 1 in. cir. (medium).$ .75 $1.35 $2.50 $ 9.00 
1 in. up (large). 85 1.50 2.90 11.00 
HYACINTHUS PLUMOSUS (Plumed Hyacinth) 
I do not find these bulbs listed in many catalogues, and I have not been able 
to offer them for two or three years as my stock became depleted, but this 
morning I found 4 to 6 blooms on some of the bulbs, and although the stock is 
still limited, I couldn’t resist the temptation of offering them to you. There are 
three or four very attractive ways of using these. 
1. Plant them in small pots, one bulb to a pot. Plunge into a cold frame or 
outside soil (mulching same as other hyacinths if necessary). In the spring fill 
your window box with as many pots as it will hold, covering the rim of the pots 
with soil, and they will make an unusual and attractive display. When through 
blooming, remove the pots to some location where the bulb can go dormant and 
make a growth, as it starts its growth in the fall. Repeat the process next year, 
and they will give you many years’ bloom, if not forced. 
2. Plant them so vou can have a succession of blue in the border after the 
Muscari has gone by. 
3. Group them in some spot where you want something particularly showy 
and different, 
4. Use them at the foot of your rock garden. 
6 bulbs, $1.25; 12 bulbs, $2.35; 25 bulbs, $4.50. 
TIGRIDIAS 
I wonder if any of my customers would like some Tigridias to brighten their 
garden during July, August and September. These are very cheerful flowers 
and a number of attractive arrangements can be made with them, providing 
they are given sun; and they have bloomed in my garden even with a little 
shade. Plant them in pots for porch boxes. They are not hard to grow if given 
a soil not too heavy and plenty of water during the blooming season. Plant 4 
inches deep. I love to watch them in my border. Day after day they fade away 
and come anew. Some years ago one of my customers wrote me that she took 
Tigridia blossoms from the sunny outdoors into the house, and made a most 
beautiful flower arrangement, then called her family to see them. But when 
the family came, “The horrid things,” she said, “had closed their eyes and gone 
to sleep.” So don’t try Tigridia as a cool shaded house bouquet! Its place is 
out in the sun. 
In the fall, dig and care for the bulbs the same as gladiolus. If you prefer, 
you can place your order and I will send them to you in the spring. Kindly 
give date you wish them. 
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I will give you large bulbs (1 inch and up) in the following colors: 
White, cream, rose, dark red.Dozen, $2.00 
Red, yellow.Dozen, 1.25 
TWO EACH of all six varieties, mixed. 1.50 
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SWEENEY, STRAUB & DIMM, HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS, PORTLAND, OREGON 
