BRODIAEA BLEND—The rather tall and slender stems 
bear clusters of waxen flowers that vary from close trum¬ 
pets to wide stars, according to species; and in color run 
from tinted white, to lilac, lavender and rich glossy pur¬ 
ple. Then there are others that are close to indigo blue, 
rosy pink, or yellow with salmon tintings. They are hardy 
and long-lived if given precisely the winter treatment de¬ 
scribed under Calochortus El Dorado. Amazingly variable 
and amazingly pretty. Please note that the bulbs are nat¬ 
urally small, but not the bloom. 4 for 25c; 10 for 50c; 
21 for $1.00; 45 for $2.00. 
HARDY STAR OF BETHLEHEM—Pure white upfacing 
flowers in wide star form, each with green stripe in re¬ 
verse. A prodigal bloomer, and decidedly effective, par¬ 
ticularly when planted in quantity. It is of complete 
hardiness, and it is recommended for spacious naturaliz¬ 
ing, in meadows, along roadsides, or in drifting snowy 
banks on lightly wooded hills. In such positions, it goes 
well with Muscari armeniacum. 10 for 35c; 25 for 75c; 
100 for $2.50. 
GRAPE HYACINTHS—Most of them are good; none are 
better than this, Muscari armeniacum. Spread it gener¬ 
ously about for great spring splashes of vivid primitive 
blue. So used, in half-wild form, it is most effective, but 
you will like it, too, in borcjer or rock garden, perhaps 
even when tamed as an edging. Be liberal with it, for it 
will be liberal with you, even in price. 10 for 30c ; 25 for 
65c; 100 for $2.25. 
DAFFODIL BLEND—We offer here a general mixture of 
hardy Narcissi, really good kinds in the Giant Trumpet, 
Double, Chalice-cup, Ster, Poetaz and Poeticus sections, 
not forgetting a few of the larger Jonquils. Here you 
will get almost the full range of color and form that 
is possible in hardy Daffodils, great golden or creamy 
trvmpets, bi-colors, flame-touched cups. A word as to bulb 
sizes, some will be two or three times as large as others, 
that’s determined for us by nature in setting the limits to 
the various kinds. To show good mixture, you should have 
both large and small bulbs. All will be good normal 
blooming size for the particular type. 6 for 25c; 14 for 
50c; 30 for $1.00; 100 for $3.00. 
TLLIPS, PEERLESS BLEND—Not Butterfly Tulips, Star 
Tulips, Globe .Tulips nor any Calochortus this time, but just 
the old-fashioned late flowering true Tulips, though with 
inclusion of new-fashioned kinds. Three sections of the 
true Tulips there are that have big long-stemmed flowers 
in May and June. The Darwins, The Old Dutch or 
Breeder, and The Cottage. From the gardener’s viewpoint 
the distinction between them becomes rather artificial, 
since it is, so far as readily apparent characters go, 
largely one of color. In our practice, we erase the lines, 
and run all three groups together, to form a new com¬ 
posite section of late-flowering tall Tulips unsurpassed in 
its showing of brilliant color. There will be soft tones, 
cream, primrose, and golden yellow, to bronze, orange and 
coffee brown ; from palest flesh, through salmon pink, to 
strawberry, rose, scarlet and maroon, with lavender, clear 
blue, smokey violet and rich purple varieties, together with 
others fantastically marbled and striped. It would be hard 
to find anything that could give a more gorgeous garden 
display during its blooming season. 6 for 25c; 14 for 
50c; 30 for $1.00 ; 100 for $3.00. 
NEW DOLLAR DELIGHT OFFER—We will send 4 bulbe 
of Plume Hyacinth, 4 of Calochortus, 4 of Brodiaea, 5 of 
Sunbright, and 3 Camassia Leichtlini, 5 labeled kinds, 20 
bulbs, separate value total $1.30, for only ONE DOLLAR 
in this collection. No changes. 
THE MAGIC LILY 
It is, of course, Lycoris squamigera, and the magic lies, 
not in remembering the euphony that is its name, but in its 
habit of growing bursts of quick and delightful bloom where 
but a few days before seemed dry, barren earth. The bulbs 
are of full hardiness. The leaf growth is in earliest spring. 
When May is gone, so are the leaves that mark where the 
bulbs rest. No more, then, until well into August, when 
suddenly bud-crowned stems push up to twenty inches, and 
there is a spectacular flaring of fragrant trumpet-blossoms 
in the exquisite opaline shades that lie between pink and 
blue. Note, though, that like Peony, Lycoris squamigera 
may take a year to settle down into a new home, before 
giving any really effective display. Again, like Peony, it 
is of enduring permanence when once established. Good 
tulbs, each 80c; 3 for $2.25. 
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