THE BABY GLADIOLUS—A highly specialized strain, used 
altogether for pot culture or greenhouse forcing. The nat¬ 
ural flowering season of the Baby Gladioli is the winter 
months, and a pot of them in full bloom is a lovely and 
dainty thing. May be grown in any sunny window, but don’t 
try to rush them, and of course start them in a dark, cool 
place. The flowers are airy in form, each with a diamond¬ 
shaped marking on the lower petal, and shades and tones 
of orchid, salmon, rose, pink and crimson are in the blend, 
with white. 4 for 25c ; 10 for 50c; 22 for $1.00. 
ORNITHOGALUM AUREUM—In fortunate South Africa 
it grows wild, and there they name it the Golden Chinker- 
richee, this “Chinkerrichee” being the rustling breeze- 
swung whisper of the dry papery seed-pods. It makes here 
a quick and rather easy winter bloomer, almost solid 
clusters of radiant golden orange on long stems, lasting, 
each spike for close on two months. 3 for 35c; 7 for 65c ; 
25 for $2.10. 
LACHENALIA PENDULA SUPERBA—Think of a Hya¬ 
cinth spike gone informal, all of its stiff regularity vanished, 
loosely swung long-tubed flowers arranged in open grace¬ 
ful form. That is more or less the appearance of Lache- 
nalia, but it is no Hyacinth, not even a Hyacinth cousin, 
but instead a delightful and distinct winter-flowering 
“Cape” bulb in its own good right. In Pendula Superba, 
the half-pendant firecracker flowers are a most brilliant 
scarlet-tinged coral, each tube-blossom with contrasting 
tip of emerald and purple. Get your Lachenalia early, pot 
it up quickly and firmly, and it is quite possible to have it 
in blossom for Christmas. We can supply them, usually 
until well along into October, but of course those pur¬ 
chased toward the end of the season, will not reach bloom¬ 
ing stage before January, or even February. Remember, 
pot the bulbs up at once, don’t let them lie around for a 
week or two first, and see that the soil is pressed firmly 
about them. Freesia culture. Each 25c; 5 for $1.00. 
BABIANA TRUE AZURE—The blossoms are bluer than 
indigo, a rich living blue that is hard to describe but easy 
to delight in when once you see the flowers. They are 
carried in spray-clusters, and in size and form are very 
much like those in Sparaxis, indeed Babiana is in many 
ways close to Sparaxis, needing about the same handling, 
but Sparaxis has no blue like this. Rather easy for winter 
bloom, and more than lovely. 4 for 25c ; 10 for 50c. 
VELTHEIMIA VIRIDIFOLIA—A desirable, unusual, and 
highly decorative bulb-flower that does excellently under 
window culture conditions. Handsome, glossy, undulate 
foliage, half-succulent and crispy, and with a blue tinge 
to its deep greeness. It would be worth growing for 
foliage effects alone, but in March robust stems carry 
heavy trusses of rosy pink flowers, tinged with buff and 
cinnabar. This is one of my own particular favorites. I 
have flowered bulbs of it, the same bulbs, season after 
season. The bulbs lose their foliage after flowering. When 
they show signs of wanting to rest, I simply put them in 
a shrub-shaded corner near the house, and leave them alone 
until new growth starts in the fall. Then I repot them, 
crumbling away as much of the old dirt as I can without 
root-disturbance, and replacing it with fresh. It naturally 
makes a large bulb. Each $1.00. 
MONARCH OF THE EAST—Sauromatum Guttatum. It 
blooms from the dry tuber, see illustration. In late Feb¬ 
ruary or March place the tubers in an east or north win¬ 
dow, just the unplanted tuber without soil or water. Soon 
great flower-spathes will unfold, these of rose-tinted, purple- 
streaked ivory. After blooming the tubers should be planted 
in the garden, to give there exotic summer effects of marbled 
and oddly digitate foliage. Tubers, each 75c; 2 for $1.35. 
THE PINK CALLA—It is Zantedeschia Rehmanni, a true 
Calla, but rather dwarfer and more compact than the old- 
fashion white. The flowers, too, are a trifle smaller, but 
there are more of them. The coloring is most alluring; 
from white with but faintest of blush suffusions, through 
pink tintings, to pure deep rose. A good pot plant. Still 
rare. 65c each; 2 for $1.15. 
THE BLACK CALLA—Flower-spathes of richest velvety 
black-maroon. Striking and unusual. It is technically an 
Arum, but very close to Calla, and requiring like handling. 
Some times called Sacred Calla. Each 40c; 2 for 75c. 
GOLDEN CALLA—Flower-spathes of brilliant shining yel¬ 
low, thick and wax-like. May be forced slowly for March 
bloom. Don’t try to rush it. Each 25c ; 3 for 70c. 
AVALON WINTER WINDOW OFFER—Two bulbs of 
Morea polystachya, 4 of Sparaxis, 4 of Baby Gladiolus. 4 
of Triteleia, and 6 of the delightful new Oxalis variabilis, 
separate labels, 20 bulbs in all, enough to keep your winter 
window gay, all for ONE DOLLAR. 
If desired by mail, see page four for postage. 
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