BULBS FOR THE WINTER WINDOW 
It is really not a very difficult matter to have winter 
window flowers, that is if you will not try to rush them 
too much, and will follow the directions in the leaflet that 
we send out with each lot of bulbs for forcing. Incidentally, 
some species make naturally rather large bulbs, while other 
kinds are small. These relative sizes are fixed by nature, 
not by us, and do in no way indicate or govern the size 
and effectiveness of the blossoms that may be expected. 
OXALIS VARIABILIS—All those who saw this delightful 
newer bulb-flower blooming at our nursery last fall and 
winter, fell in love with it. It is not a bit like the usual 
Oxalises that are offered for pot culture, far better, we 
think, than any of them, larger flowers (much larger), 
purer color, more compact, longer season. You can have 
it in bloom as early as September, or even August, and it 
keeps right on flowering, placed in a window or conservatory, 
until early next April. Then it ripens off its foliage f®r 
a three months sleep. The plants are densely foliaged in 
cushion-like habits, and just above the leaves appear the 
short-stemmed blossoms, these of really immense size for 
an Oxalis, undulate, and of a clear, pure rich pink, deep- 
centered with creamy primrose. Like all Oxalises, the 
bulbs are small, but not the flowers. 6 for 30c; 12 for 
50c; 25 for $1.00; 100 for $3.00. 
SPARAXIS BLEND—No better bulb for winter window (or 
conservatory) forcing than Sparaxis, for it flowers easily 
and surely if given any fair sort of chance to do so. To 
that, add beauty, and variety, of bloom ; big flowers, several 
open at once, in colorings brilliant and wide-ranging. Often 
the throat shows a contrasting hue, or there may be bright 
zonings. 4 for 25c ; 10 for 50c; 22 for $1.00 ; 50 for $2.00. 
LEUCOCORYNE IXIOIDES ODORATA—The lovely Glory 
of the Sun, a rare treasure from the hills of Chile, the 
most charming of all bulb flowers for the winter window. 
The 18 inch stems carry each several very large and starry 
soft blue flowers, with undulate petals and white centers. 
The blossoms are intensely fragrant and particularly long- 
lasting. At its best it is wonderfully good, but it is only 
fair to mention that at times the bulbs fail to flower the 
first year. Fortunately this delay in blooming is rare, and 
it is a delay only, for such bulbs almost invariably flower 
the second year. Each 25c; 3 for 60c ; 10 for $1.75. 
TRITONIA HYALINA—An exquisite tone of sparkling 
salmon pink, each petal with a little translucent window 
at the base. The flowers are dainty in form, carried freely, 
and over a long period. This is a quick and rather easy 
forcer, doing well in cool sunny window. The bulbs should 
be potted up at once upon receipt. It is well to set them 
away for a little time in a dark cool place to form roots, 
but this is really less important with Tritonia hyalina 
than with some other kinds, for success is often to be had 
with it when the bulbs are simply planted and then placed 
directly in the window. 3 for 35c; 10 for $1.00. 
MOREA POLYSTACHYA—This is very much a favorite of 
ours, for either a late autumn garden showing, or as a 
pot bulb that responds rather readily to gentle winter forc¬ 
ing. The blossoms, carried on thin wiry stems in big open 
sprays, are shaped like butterflies, soft mauve, marked 
with rich, dark Parma violet, and with bright yellow 
inset at base. The inner segments are pure lavender. 3 
for 40c; 9 for $1.00. 
TRITELEIA COERULEA-—Spring Star Flower. Blossoms 
of softest blue suffusion, varying to indigo, wide up-look¬ 
ing stars. For winter bloom, it is even easier and surer 
than Sparaxis, and flowers for a full two months, often 
longer. It doesn’t need to be set away in the dark to form 
roots, though it will do it no harm. We doubt that there is 
a winter bulb that is quicker, or more certain. You 
will like it, everyone does. It’s winter-hardy, too, and you 
can save the bulbs if you wish, by planting them out in 
the garden in the spring. This Triteleia comes from the 
Argentine. Technically it is now considered to be Broadiaea 
uniflora, variety coerulea, but it is very different, horti- 
culturally, from all else that we know as Broadiaea. Bulbs 
are, by nature, rather small, and not very firm, but they 
all grow and flower delightfully. 5 for 25c; 11 for 50c; 
23 for $1.00. 
CYRTANTHUS LUTESCENS—A rare bulb, known in its 
South African home as the Ifafa Lily. Really it is close 
to Amaryllis rather than to Lily. The flowers are tubular, 
flaring to trumpets, and not large, only two or three 
inches long, but the glossy golden yellow coloring is so 
intense, the fragrance so sweet, the whole carriage of 
plant and flowers so gracefully attractive, that we believe 
this Cyrtanthus will become one of the most desired of 
winter window bulbs. It is an easy forcer, coming into 
bloom very quickly after planting. Each 25c; § for 60c ; 10 
for $1.85. 
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