FOR EARLIEST ORDERING 
Quick flowers here; bulbs of this group planted in early 
September, are likely to be blooming within two weeks 
afterward. Get them on your earliest autumn order. Of 
course the bulbs can usually be supplied until early October, 
but if you are a bit late in ordering and planting them, 
the flowers won’t be coming until next season. Plenty of 
blossoms then though; reward a bit deferred, but perhaps 
the richer in that the bulbs will have had a better chance 
to establish themselves. 
STERNBERGIA LUTEA — Great glorious flower-cups of 
golden yellow in late September and October. Called Au¬ 
tumn Daffodil, but really it is close to Amaryllis. Fully 
winter-hardy at Philadelphia, but in colder regions better 
mulch with straw, or protect with frame. May be grown 
as pot bulb, too. Each 20c; 6 for $1.00 ; 10 for $1.60. 
COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE—The cup-shaped flowers, in 
shades of purple and violet, appear as though by magic iri 
September, long after the leaves have ripened and gone. 
Fully hardy when established. Also will flower from the 
dry bulb (corm) without planting, but frankly we don’t 
recommend it, for the blossoms so gained are not as large, 
as fine, or as long-lasting as from bulbs garden-planted in 
the normal way. Each 30c; 4 for $1.00 ; 10 for $2.25. 
YUCCA AND ASPHODEL 
Here old world meets new, but this time, in contrast of 
reversed actuality, for Yucca glauca, with its sharp bristling 
bayonet leaves that seem to be tense forged steel, comes 
from our own now quite unmilitary west, while Asphodeline 
brevicaulis, gentle flowing grace of golden stars in open flex- 
uous breeze-swung panicles, is from the far less peaceful 
Mediterranean basin. Both are excellent, long-lived, winter- 
hardy perennials, each quite different, and we think better, 
than other more usual species in its own genus. The Yucca 
grows to perhaps five feet, definitely never more, and car¬ 
ries through May, great trusses of waxen bloom, cream 
ground, with shadings of rose and olive. The Asphodeline 
goes never above four feet, its actual stem-length only a 
foot, the remaining height all in the flower-panicles. YUCCA 
GLAUCA, two-year old plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c. AS¬ 
PHODELINE BREVICAULIS, each 30c; 3 for 85c. 
THE LILY OF PERU 
Though it ranges the western Andean foot-hills for better 
than a thousand miles, it would, perhaps, be more fittingly 
called the Chilean Lily, since from Chile have come the 
kinds that seem most at home in our North American 
gardens. But answer to what common name it may, to 
botanists at least it will be Alstroemeria, and Alstroemeria 
can be a very lovely thing. Here in South Jersey the 
tuberous roots will winter over well providing they have 
been protected a bit with a mulching of straw or litter 
applied in late autumn. After a year or two, when they 
have become well established, but very slight mulching 
will be needed. At Old Orchard we have several really 
spectacular clumps of Alstroemeria aurantiaca that seem 
as thriving and permanent as any perennial in our plant¬ 
ings, flowering with the greatest of freedom from earliest 
May to July, We have them in full sun, and they seem 
happy there, though they are usually thought to need a 
trifle of shade. Old straw, though, has been spread about 
their roots, to keep the soil cool, and perhaps that is the 
secret of their robust growth. In very cool climates, or in 
exposed situations, it would be safest to plant Alstroemeria 
against a house wall, or perhaps even in a cold frame, but 
nothing of that sort is necessary here. Alstroemeria roots 
are ready late, we ship usually in early December, so if 
there is likely then to be ground-freezing weather in 
your area, it would be advisable to protect the planting 
place thickly with leaves or litter until the tubers are 
ready. The roots supplied are long, branched, and exceed¬ 
ingly brittle, so handle with care. 
ALSTROEMERIA AURANTIACA—Great clusters of some¬ 
what Amaryllis-like flowers in soft yellow to richest orange, 
the upper petals streaked with carmine, 25 inches. Long in 
bloom. Profuse. Summer. 3 for 80c; 10 for $2.25 ; 26 for 
$5.00. 
ALSTROEMERIA CHILENSIS—Here the flowers are typ¬ 
ically rose, but vary much, from pure pinks, or those with 
hint of orange, to others close to red. 3 for 95c; 10 for 
$2.70. 
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