MISCELLANEOUS BULBS AND ROOTS FOR FALL PLANTING 
Lycoris squamigera 
Lily-of-the-Valley 
For forcing, the pips are to be preferred, 
being grown under conditions tending to pro¬ 
mote vigorous and early blooming. Twelve 
to eighteen pips may be planted in a 6-inch 
pot, with all the fibrous roots carefully pre¬ 
served, and keeping the crowns above the soil. 
Marshall’s Matchless Pips. The earliest, 
largest and best for forcing. Extra-strong 
pips with long roots producing flowers with 
15 to 20 bells and fine foliage. $8.00 per 
100; $18.00 for 250; $60.00 per 1000. 
Ready in December. 
Field-grown Clumps. We recommend fall 
planting of Lily-of-the-Valley for outdoor 
culture and can supply exceptionally 
vigorous, field-grown clumps at $1.50 for 3; 
$5.00 per doz. 
Lily-of-the-Vallcy Pips 
From Cold Storage 
We have in storage a large quantity of 
Dresden pips for forcing at any season. 
Lily-of-the-Valley can be forced in about 
four weeks from cold-storage pips. We can¬ 
not supply less than 250 pips. 
Marshall’s Matchless Pips. Case of 250 
for $20.00. Case lots only. 
Lycoris 
Purpurea. The bud is wine-color changing 
to royal purple when expanded, giving a 
startling and beautiful effect. Perfectly 
hardy. 18 in. Strong Powering bulbs, 
$1.25 each; $12.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 
Squamigera. They produce attractive green 
foliage in the early spring, which later dies 
away, and about a month later the flower- 
stalks appear, growing about 2 feet high 
and developing an umbel of large, lily¬ 
shaped, delicate pink flowers shaded with 
clear blue. Extra-large flowering bulbs, 
$1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.; $70.00 per 100. 
Ornithosalum 
Arabicum. Makes a large umbel of small 
white flowers with black bases on a tall 
stem. Mammoth bulbs, $1.00 per doz.; 
$7.00 per 100. 
Aureum. Rich apricot-orange color. Einest 
of all Ornithogalums. Wonderful keeper as 
a cut-flower. $2.00 per doz.; $14.00 per 100. 
Thyrsoides. This is the famous Chincherin- 
chee, the wonder flower from South Africa. 
The flowers are of pyramidal shape with 
the buds of straw-color changing to pure 
white. $1.00 per doz.; $6.50 per 100. 
Oxalis 
Suitable for pots and hanging baskets for 
winter flowering. 
Buttercup. The flowers are pure, bright 
yellow, and produced in great abundance. 
50c per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
Grand Duchess. Lavender. 50c per doz.; 
$3.50 per 100. 
Bowieana. Pink. 50c per doz.; $3.50 
per 100. 
RANUNCULUS 
Adapted for growing in pots or benches. 
They are not hardy and should not be planted 
outside north of Washington. 
New Giant Paraflor 
This new giant Ranunculus is far ahead of 
the improved types that were offered last 
year. The perfectly double flowers are pro¬ 
duced on tall, stout stems and appear in 
every conceivable shade of color. The blooms 
are four times larger than the old type. 
Pink Shades. $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
Red Shades. $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
White Shades. $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
Yellow Shades. $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 
per 100. 
Mixed. All colors. $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 
per 100. 
Scilla 
(Squills; Harebell) 
All the varieties of the Scilla campanulata 
and A. nutans family are splendid for natural¬ 
izing because they will flower in shady places. 
Both have bells like small hyacinths, forming 
long and graceful spikes. The Scilla sibirica 
is used as a companion to crocus for borders 
or massing. 
Campanulata alba maxima. Large; pure 
white. 60c per doz.; $4.00 per 100; 
$35.00 per 1000. 
Excelsior. Large; bright blue. 60c per 
doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 
Rose Queen. Soft lilac-rose. 60c per doz.; 
$4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 
Nutans. These are larger than Campanulata. 
alba major. White. 60c per doz.; $4.00 
per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 
Blush Queen. Delicate lilac-rose. 60c 
per doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 
caerulea (Bluebell). Violet-blue. 60c per 
doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 
Sibirica. Sky -blue. Largest size bulbs, 60c 
per doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 
alba. White. 60c per doz.; $4.00 per 100; 
$35.00 per 1000. 
Spring Beauty. A great improvement of 
the old Sibirica. The color is a clearer 
blue, flowers much larger, and from five 
to si-x produced on each bulb. $1.25 per 
doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
Holc-in-One Bulb Planter 
A new tool for planting all kinds of bulbs. 
It makes a round hole 2}^ inches in diameter 
and any depth desired. 
Hole-in-One Jr. With short handle. Each 50c. 
Hole-in-One. With 30-inch iron handle and 
adjustable foot lever for depth of hole. 
Each $4.00. 
Ranunculus 
W. E. MARSHALL & CO., Inc. . • . 150 W. 23d Street, NEW YORK CITY 
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