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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO., COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 
CLTV1A HYBRIDA 
If you are looking for a flower far from common possessing 
rare beauty, you want Clivia. The plants can be sold as fast 
as produced at grower’s own price. Resembles large flowered 
Amarylis, the plants not quite as tall and the foliage highly 
attractive the year round. Flowers fragrant in shade of scarlet 
and red as well as orange in great umbells during winter. The 
seed we offer is saved from new dwarf hybrids by a European 
specialist. Culture same as Amarylis but unlike Amarylis 
summer. Sow the seed from December to May. Height 20 
in. Price: 5 seeds 65c. 
GENTIANA ACAUUS 
Hardy robust growing perennial fine for pots and rock¬ 
eries and a highly valuable cut flower. Flowers bell shaped, 
large and open of intense deep blue, remarkably beautiful. 
Contrary to the rule, this Gentiana is easily raised. How¬ 
ever, the seed lays long before it germinates. It may ger¬ 
minate a few weeks after sowing and again the seed may 
lay for months before showing signs of life. 
Read article under the heading “Seed Germinates Slowly 
on page 60. 
Sow in a flat, pot up the seedlings when large enough to 
handle and plant in the open the following spring, spacing 
the plants 4x4 inches. Next spring place frames over the 
bed early in March and cover with sashes. Your plants will 
bloom then in April and May. Or you can pot up the plants 
and carry them into the greenhouse. Temperature 40 to 45 
degrees. You will get elegant plants for Mother’s Day, plants 
that will carry 6 to 10 blooms each. As your stock will get 
older and you will pot up plants two years old you will have 
40 to 60 blooms on a plant and if employing three years old 
clumps way over 100 blooms. The start from seed means 
long waiting. But as soon as you will get two year old 
plants, you can increase your stock fast by dividing the 
plants in August. From then on Gentiana Acaulis will show 
you plenty of profit. If you’ll say that Gentiana Acaulis is 
an old thing we say yes it is, in Europe. It will prove a 
success as it blooms early in the season before hot weather 
sets in and while growing conditions can be controlled. It 
ranks very high as a cut flower. The petals of the flowers 
are thick and leathery and the blooms “stand up” for many 
days after cutting. 
Gentiana Acaulis loves sun, should be planted in a fairly 
heavy to quite heavy soil and it must have perfect drainage. 
Once established it multiplies faster than German Iris and 
no plant is easier to handle. Height 6 inches. T. pkt. 20c; 
tV oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
PLANTS: 50 cents each, 3 for $1.40 prepaid. ^ 
CARYOPTERIS MASTACANTHUS 
Free flowering hardy perennial of high value for cut¬ 
ting. Blooms in great profusion from early in September 
till frost. Verbena-like flowers in blue, white and pink. Loves 
sandy soil. Will bloom till midwinter under glass. Easily 
raised from seed. In the North dies down in winter but new 
shoots spring up freely in the spring and produce a crop 
of bloom the same season. Height 3 ft. T. pkt. 15c; oz. $1.00. 
ECHIUM CRETICUM 
A new, hardy annual of easiest culture. The flowers are 
of soft, red color, very attractive. Fine for bedding or as a 
pot plant. In bloom during July and August. Height 18 in. 
T. pkt. 20c; % oz. 30c; oz. $2.00. 
ELEAGNUS LONGIPES 
Valuable shrub because highly ornamental and easily 
and inexpensively raised from seed. Flowers fragrant, yel¬ 
lowish white in May, followed by bright red, edible cherry 
like fruit that hangs in bunches from the branches. Foliage 
silvery white. Perfectly hardy; Height 5-6 ft. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 60c. 
EPACRIS HYBRIDA 
Half hardy shrubby perennial, one of the most beautiful, 
hard wooded plants known. Of the highest value as a pot 
plant and for cutting. Recommended only to experienced 
growers that understand the culture of Ericeae. Epacris 
requires same treatment as Erica. Worth growing because 
beautiful, out of the ordinary and a winter bloomer. The 
seed we offer is saved from choice hybrids of many colors, 
both single and double. 100 seeds 30c; 600 seeds $1.00. 
DIANTHUS NEGLECTUS 
This is a real gem because of unusual beauty, also be¬ 
cause it blooms in May and June when plants sell good. Pot¬ 
ted and displayed when in bloom, will sell fast for at least 15 
cents per plant, depression or no depression. It Is a hardy 
perennial of compact growth, foliage gray green and neat, 
flowers born singly on upright stalks the size of a quarter 
piece, cup shaped, rosy pink with an extraordinary appeal. 
Once established, will thrive in almost any soil for years, 
withstanding any amount of heat and drought. Height 6 in. 
25 seeds 20c; 50 seeds 35c; 100 seeds 65c; 500 seeds $2.50. 
DIANTHUS KNAPPI—Very dainty, rare, unique and the only 
Dianthus which produces yellow flowers which are born on 
slender stems in clusters during July and August. Extremely 
hardy, drought and heat resisting perennial, foot high. T. 
pkt. 40c. 
DIANTHUS WINTER!—An excellent new hardy perennial 
Pink producing on stiff upright stems very large, single, fra¬ 
grant flowers in many brilliant colors from May to frost. Does 
well under almost all conditions and will prove a fast selling 
plant Height 10 in. T. pkt 20c. 
DELPHINIUM ICEBERG 
Belladonna type, flowers pure white. Flower spikes 20 
inches long carried on good stout stems. Plant of vigorous 
growth and healthy. T. pkt. 20c; oz. 40c; oz. $3.00. 
LARKSPUR CORAL KING 
Giant Imperial type. New. Color unique, procclaimed by 
both professionals as well as amateurs as the most desirable 
color in Larkspur yet produced, namely coral-pink with a 
salmon tint. Flower spikes average 24-30 inches, individual 
flowers very large and fully double, well placed. T. pkt. 10c; 
Vs oz. 15c; oz. $1.00; lb. $10.00. 
SCHIZANTHUS HYBRIDUS 
BE. BADGER'S IMPROVED GIANT FLOWERED HYBRIDS. 
Large flowers, brilliant range of colors, from light pink 
through rose to deep purple, each flower with a large golden 
blotch. Contains no white flowers. Plants compact 12 to 
14 in. tall. Very outstanding strain for the Florist. T. pkt. 
15c; A oz. 30c; % oz. 55c; oz. $4.00. 
SCABIOSA BLUE MOON 
An entirely new type. Flowers extremely large and 
double, three inches across and three deep about the shape 
of an old-fashioned beehive. Of unimagined beauty. Color 
a luscious shade of deep lavender blue. An ideal cutting 
type, stems over Z feet long. T. pkt. 20c; *4 oz. 70c; oz. $5.00. 
