BULB FLOWERS 
For Spring Planting 
PLEASE NOTE—Bulbs are not postpaid. If wanted by 
mail, add 5% east of Pittsburgh and north of Potomac, 
10% beyond to the Mississippi, and 15% for destinations 
further west, to cover packing and postage. If no such 
allowance is made, we shall understand that shipment by 
collect express is desired. We guarantee safe arrival and 
freedom from freezing in transit, when shipping date is 
left to our option. 
SPRING BULB AVAILABILITIES — Bulbs here 
listed for spring planting, are available until June 
1st only, but Crinum, Calla and Gloriosa can be 
supplied in both spring and fall. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA — The Garden Amaryllis. 
Great, fantastic flowers of richest crimson, with golden 
glints. Exotic in appearance, but of easiest possible hand¬ 
ling, blooming quickly and surely in the garden. Will 
make good offset increase. Usually given Gladiolus culture, 
digging in late autumn, and storing over winter in the 
cellar, or other frostproof place. May be forced in late 
winter, in water. Hyacinth fashion, or perhaps better, 
potted in loam. Specially selected bulbs for forcing, each 
25c; 5 for $1.00. Fine blooming-size bulbs for garden 
planting, 3 for 40c; 9 for $1.00 ; 25 for $3.00. Illustrated, 
page 12. 
ACIDANTHERA BICOLOR — A charming and graceful 
bulb-flower, with long-tubed lovely blossoms of rich cream¬ 
iness, each with a big chocolate patch. An Ethiopian 
rarity, but nevertheless a bulb of easy garden handling. 
Plant, dig and store as you would Gladioli. Grows to 25 
inches. Gives best decorative effect when three bulbs are 
planted together. In bloom for months. Each 20c; 3 for 
50c; 7 for $1.00. 
ACIDANTHERA MURIELAE—Splendid newer species from 
western Ethiopia, ranging to verge of Kenya. Grows 
taller than A. bicolor, forty inches fully. Long-tubed 
spreading blossoms of purest white, each with rich maroon- 
black patch. Really a beauty, sort of a Gladiolus “gone 
graceful”. Each 30c; 4 for $1.00 ; 10 for $2.00. 
TUBEROSE EARLY MEXICAN—Flowers that seem carved 
from white wax. Sweet orange blossom perfume. Fine for 
border or cutting. 10 for 40c ; 20 for 75c. 
CALLA ELLIOTTIANA—The Great Golden Calla. Will 
bloom freely in the summer garden, tubers being stored in 
cellar over winter. Likes a bit of peat moss mixed with 
soil at root depth. Each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.50. 
CALLA REHMANNI—The Pink Calla. A dwarf, compact 
Calla with very many flowers of lovely pink, varying from 
blush to rose. Does splendidly in the garden. Dig in fall, 
and store over winter in cellar. Each 65c; 2 for $1.15. 
MONTBRETIA BLEND—It will give border clumps of 
flaming gorgeous color in continuous and profuse showing 
from mid-summer to latest autumn. This mixture carries 
varied shades of yello-p salmon, orange and scarlet. Do 
not let bulbs dry out before planting. They can be put in 
as early as the ground can be worked. Almost hardy, but 
safest way North is to dig the bulbs in fall, and store over 
winter, packed in sand or soil, in cellar. 3 for 25c; 10 
for 70c; 25 for $1.60. 
CRINUM LONGIFOLIUM — A giant Amaryllis-segregate 
that is particularly adaptable to garden culture. From 
great fountains of arching leaf-ribbons yard-high stems 
will rise, each with a crown of white or rose-tinted flower 
trumpets that seem cast in brittle, glistening wax. Blooms 
through late spring and into early summer, with usually a 
few more flowers in autumn. Bulbs may be dug in late 
autumn, and stored over winter in basement, but at Phila¬ 
delphia and New York they carry over safely in the open 
ground. Probably winter-hardy outside much further north, 
at least if planted in a somewhat protected position, and 
mulched a bit with straw or litter. An unusual, and safe, 
beauty for favorable remark. Makes big bulbs. Each S5c ; 
2 for $1.50 ; 4 for $2.90. 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS—Giant Summer Hyacinth. The 
towering spikes, hung with pendant, creamy Hyacinth bells, 
may reach five feet. Rightly placed, it will be a striking 
accent. Groups of three or four bulbs together, in the hardy 
perennial border, will give splendid decorative effects. 
lllnsfrated, page 38. 3 for 25c; 10 for 70c. 
PARAPISEA TIGR I PI A WINTER-HARDY B EGON I A 
THE GORGEOUS TIGRIDIAS—No bulb-flower of the sum¬ 
mer garden can show more brilliant or varied colorings 
than the Tigridias or Shell-flower.s, and they are in bloom 
for months. Illustrated above. Gay reds, rich oranges, 
apricot and yellow will dominate, but there will be rose 
and pink forms, with sometimes a white or a lilac. See 
Tigridia seed listing, this catalog, for more complete de¬ 
scription. Plant bulbs immediately on arrival. 4 for 60c; 
10 for 90c; 25 for $2.00; 100 for $7.50. 
GLORIOSA ROTHSCHILDIANA—This is the Glory Lily, 
illustrated above. Big blossoms, petals recurved, crisped, 
undulate, A gorgeous gold-margined ruby is perhaps the 
most usual coloring, but there is a surprising individuality 
among them in application of hue and tone. Sometimes 
rich yellows will dominate, with but a bit of crimson stain, 
or again they may be crimson altogether. Rare rosy forms 
appear. A fully satisfactory summer garden bulb, tubers 
being dug in late autumn and stored in sand in cool cellar 
over winter. Gloriosa also makes a good pot plant. Tubers 
are brittle, and the tiny growing-point or bud at end of 
prong is easily rubbed off, so don't handle too roughly. 
Fine well-grown tubers, each 60c; 3 for $1.40 ; 10 for $4.40. 
THE EXQUISITE FAIRY LILIES 
Dainty and charming flowers over a long season, with 
easiest cultural habits, mark this group of closely related 
bulbs. Delightful in the garden but will do wonderfully, 
too, in pots or window boxes. They bloom profusely after 
each shower. Water well in drought. Store bulbs in win¬ 
ter, as you would those of Gladiolus. 
COOPERIA PEDUNCULATA—Evening Star. Richly per¬ 
fumed flowers of pink-tinged white, all summer. Long 
stems. Illustrated, page 12. 3 for 25c; 9 for $1.00. 
CHLIDANTHUS FRAGRANS — Slender trumpet-flowers of 
golden waxiness in rather early spring. There is an al¬ 
luring fragrance. 3 for 25c; 10 for 76c; 25 for $1.76. 
ZEPHYRANTHES CARINATA—The blossoms, a full three 
inches across, open a rich shade of rose that gradually 
softens to clear pink. An exquisite beauty. Blooms after 
each shower from June to November. 2 for 25c ; 5 for 60c ; 
11 for $1.00; 25 for $2.00. 
ZEPHYRANTHES AJAX—Primrose Lily. Creamy yellow 
blossoms, blush-tinted, in uttermost profusion for many 
months. Each clump of it becomes a graceful foot-high 
sheaf of bloom. 3 for 35c ; 10 for $1.00. 
ZEPHYRANTHES CANDIDA — Crocus Lily. Large blos¬ 
soms of snowy whiteness, from August on. Rich green 
foliage. Edgings or rockeries. 6 for 26c; 26 for 85c; 100 
for $2.85; 250 for $6.50. 
ZEPHYRANTHES CITRINA—Citron Lily. A rare species, 
with blossoms of pure citron yellow, bronze-shaded in re¬ 
verse. Illustrated, page 66, Each 20c; 3 for 60c. 
FAIRY LILY BLEND—A mixture made up from the six 
kinds offered above. Here is surprise-ful enjoyment at low 
cost. Not less than 60c worth sold. 9 for 50c; 19 for 
$1.00 : 100 for $4.75, 
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