BULBS AND PLANTS 
For Autumn Delivery 
The kinds offered here may, or should, all be planted 
in the autumn, to blossom the following spring, or, in the 
case of forcing bulbs, during this coming winter. Usually 
available, unless otherwise mentioned, from early Septem¬ 
ber until past the middle of November, but better mention 
an alternative kind or two on orders sent in after the mid¬ 
dle of October, for naturally stocks of some sorts become 
depleted. Garden hardiness may be assumed, unless state¬ 
ment or implication to the contrary appears, but of course 
some protection of straw or leaves may be advisable in 
very exposed northern locations. We guarantee that stock 
will reach you in good growable condition. If through 
transit accident, or any other cause, it does not so reach 
you, then let us know at once, and we will replace without 
charge. Please describe condition of stock to us though, 
for some species naturally wilt badly, but nevertheless grow 
well after being replanted. Please note that since we can¬ 
not control occasional winter weather extremes, nor send 
you new climates for old, neither can we fairly be expected 
to replace stock that winterkills. That is really, in prac¬ 
tice, a small risk, but such as it is, it is yours, not ours. 
Bulbs and Plants are not prepaid. If you 
want them by mail, add 5% to your remittance 
for points east of Pittsburgh and north of Potomac, 
10% to the Mississippi, and 15% west of the river. 
This is to cover postage and packing. We shall 
assume that shipment is desired by express, collect, 
if no allowance for postage accompanies order. 
THE PLUME HYACINTH—Great ostrich plumes of blos¬ 
soming, bowing gracefully with their own weight. The 
usual bell-shaped florets here have their petals finely 
shredded, curled and crisped until the whole spike becomes 
a delightful lilac-lavender plume. It is hardy and perma¬ 
nent, the showing of plumes becoming larger and finer each 
year. Botanically it is not a Hyacinth at all, but instead 
an aberrant giant Muscari. A rare, unique and highly dec¬ 
orative flowering bulb that attracts always a super-quota 
of garden exclamation. 4 for 25c ; 9 for 50c; 19 for $1.00. 
CALOCHORTUS EL DORADO—It is the Butterfly Tulip. 
Though not a Tulip at all (and quite certainly not a But¬ 
terfly), it is yet a gloriously beautiful thing that every 
one of us should have in our gardens. We have found it to 
be of full winter hardiness when it is planted deeply, five 
to six inches in a medium soil, and protected after Thanks* 
giving day with a warm dry blanket of straw or other loose 
litter. There will be three-petaled blossoms often four 
inches across, never less than two, in hues of the rain¬ 
bow, banded, blotched and embossed in colors and tones 
contrasting. A white, pink-suffused or pale lavender ground 
is usual, with crimson, mahogany, chocolate or mulberry 
super-imposed. Then we have added to the blend certain 
Calochorti of like habit, size and form, that are not, from 
the strict viewpoint, El Dorados, but that widen the color 
range. Perhaps we should call this offering “El Dorado 
Reinforced”. We believe at least that from the garden 
planters viewpoint it becomes El Dorado Improved. In 
this group the plants branch a bit and often reach two feet 
or more of height. Notwithstanding the rather large size 
of plant and flower, the bulbs are always tiny, from the 
size of a pea to that of a hazelnut. Don’t think we are 
sending you seconds or offsets then. The Creator made 
Calochortus bulbs small, not we. Same thing is true of 
bulbs of Brodiaea. If you want in your bulb garden some¬ 
thing that is very beautiful, and at the same time “differ¬ 
ent” and remark-provoking, then plant Calochortus. 4 for 
25c; 10 for 50c; 25 for $1.00; 100 for $3.50. 
CALOCHORTUS STAR AND GLOBE—Here both flower 
and plant are a bit smaller than the last, height from six 
to perhaps sixteen plus of inchage, and the season is much 
earlier, a month at least. The Globe Tulips are in the 
form of swaying, pendant lanterns, fairy lanterns of pearl- 
white, exquisite pink or translucent gold-yellow. The Star 
Tulips belong with the Globes, in height, season and needs, 
but the form is starry, a star filled with down. In color¬ 
ings the Star Calochorti may be yellow, pink-lilac, lav¬ 
ender or violet, with variations. Both the Globes and the 
Stars delight in loose humus-filled soils and a bit of shade, 
but the El Dorados are tolerant both of sun and shade, 
and will thrive in wide range of soils. 4 for 25c; 10 for 
50c; 25 for $1.00. 
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