EARLY FLOWERING 
BULBS 
POSTPAID—Finest Selected No. I Bulbs 
MUSCARI, HEAVENLY BLUE 
Muscari (Grape Hyacinths) 
A charming and exceedingly popular spring flower, re¬ 
quiring no special culture or soil. Perfectly hardy and increas¬ 
ing rapidly by offsets. They look beautiful naturalized in the 
rock garden, while as edgings and massed in the flower bor¬ 
der they produce a lovely effect and continue a long time in 
bloom. 
Heavenly Blue. Produces freely well-furnished spikes of little 
globular bells—grape-like clusters closely set—of the bright¬ 
est and richest shade of gentian-blue imaginable. The flow¬ 
ers when grown in masses produce a wonderful effect, and 
fill the garden with a lovely clove-carnation scent. Valuable 
for cutting. Height 8 in. Plant 3 to 4 in. deep. 35c doz., $2.50 
per 100, $23.00 per 1000. 
Alba. Very pretty with its spikes of pure white bells, looking 
not unlike a wedge of seed pearls. Very pretty planted with 
Heavenly Blue. Height 6 in. Plant 3 to 4 in. deep. 50c doz., 
$3.50 per 100, $30.00 per 1000. 
Plumosum (Plume Hyacinth). Bearing in May handsome feath¬ 
ery plumes of violet-colored flowers. Very unusual, attractive 
and fascinating. Height 7 in. Plant 3 to 4 in. deep. 60c doz., 
$4.25 per 100. 
Scilla Campanulata 
(Wood Hyacinth) 
All the varieties of Scilla Campanulata 
are splendid for naturalizing because they 
will flower under trees and in shady places. 
They are effective in groups among the 
shrubbery or in the flower border. The 
white are particularly lovely in half shaded 
borders among ferns. 
Plant from September to November and 
6 inches deep to obtain fine flower spikes. 
Occasionally top dress with bone meal or 
wood ashes. May flowering. 
Blue Queen. Large bright blue. Ht. 14 in. 
Rose Queen. Soft lilac-rose. Height 12 in. 
Alba. Pure white. Height 12 inches. 
One variety only, 40c doz., $3.00 per 100. 12 bulbs, 4 each of 
3 varieties, 50c. 24 bulbs, 8 each of 3 varieties, 90c. 
Blue King. The latest of the Campanulatas to flower. Fine 
deep blue, erect flowers. 3 bulbs 15c, 50c doz., $3.50 per 100. 
Excelsior (See illustration). A tall vigorous grower with sturdy 
stems. The flower spikes are large and the individual flowers 
very large and a delightful shade of deep lavender blue. This 
is the finest of the Scilla Campanulatas. A group of these in 
the border, with the sun on them, makes a brilliant show. 
Later flowering. 3 bulbs 15c, 50c doz., $3.50 per 100. 
Scilla Italica 
This rare Scilla is seldom found in catalogs but we have 
been growing it for a number of years and are glad to make 
this lovely flower available. It is splendid for the rock garden 
or flower border. The flowers come in late May and are noted 
for the fullness and sweetness of their lilac-like fragrance. 
The leaves are few in number and much shorter than the 
flower stem which rises to a height of 10 to 12 inches, carrying 
a large number of the daintiest little bells of pale blue. Plant 
3 to 4 inches deep in any good well drained garden soil. 
Hardy. 60c doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000. 
Scilla Sibirica 
They make the really first brilliant display of the year. 
Each bulb produces from one to six flower stems 3 to 4 inches 
tall, each stem carrying from one to three or more open bell¬ 
like flowers. Splendid for edgings, massing in flower beds 
and borders or in the rock garden. Plant 3 to 4 inches deep. 
Sibirica, Blue. 50c doz., $3.00 per 100, $27.50 per 1000. 
Sibirica, White. 60c doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000. 
SCILLA CAMPANULATA, EXCELSIOR 
Trillium 
Trilliums are very attractive plants of the Lily family. They 
are among the choicest of all early spring plants and should 
be more common in gardens. Planted on the north side of the 
house or in any shady location, with ferns for a background 
or under taller growing shrubbery, they are ideal. They thrive 
in woods mold and delight in rich, deep, rather moist soil in 
partial shade. Plant them deep, 5 to 6 inches, and 8 to 10 
inches apart. Leave them undisturbed for years and they 
will multiply into splendid clumps having many flowers. 
Grandiflorum is a handsome species growing a foot or more 
high and having pure white flowers with wavy petals that 
change to rosy pink as they fade. This variety is later than 
Ovatum, starting to flower before that variety has faded. 
Ovatum. The Pacific Coast representative of Grandiflorum. 
It is taller and more robust growing with larger flowers, and 
is the earliest to flower. Flowers open pure white, gradually 
tinge pink and finally become deep wine-purple. The change 
in color is an added charm. 
Snow Queen is a strong growing plant, a foot or more high, 
with broad long leaves. The flowers are pure white with 
petals 3V2 inches long. The flowers spring directly from the 
whorl of leaves and point upward. 
Nursery grown bulbs of the three above varieties: Fine 
bulbs, 10c each. 70c doz., $5.50 per 100. Very large bulbs, 
15c each, $1.25 doz., $9.00 per 100. 
Trilliums for naturalizing, unnamed, $3.00 per 100, $25.00 
per 1000. 
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