PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Bulbs and Tubers 55 
BULBS and TUBERS 
For Summer and Fall Blooming 
CALADIUMS 
CALLAS 
The White Calla is rarely used except for 
house blooms; but the hardier spotted-leaved 
variety, Elliottiana, is also much used in gar¬ 
dens for the beauty of its foliage as a border, 
and its delightful flowers for late summer cut¬ 
ting. The bulbs should be set out after danger 
of frost is past, and dug up again in the fall 
for drying olf and winter storage. 
iana Clean, dark foliage spotted 
d creamy white, and splendid 
tiCttlUJ' w u 1 l C, i 
of waxy golden yellow. 
Large. 2 to 2% in., 30c ea< 
Esculentum 
(Elephant’s Ear). Stands 6 to 7 feet high, 
with bright green leaves 3 to 4 feet long and 
2% feet wide. Should have plenty of water and good rich 
soil. Is a splendid adornment for the banks of lily ponds. 
Barge Size Bulbs. 25c each ; 3 for 65c ; $2.50 per doz. 
Fancv Leaved P eau f^ u ^ variegated foliage plants, revel- 
- • u ing in many soft colors and indescribable 
beauties of design; for window boxes, vases or single pot 
plants, succeeding equally well in a somewhat 
shady situation out-of-doors. After becoming 
well established, they require liberal watering, 
coupled with adequate drainage. The bulbs 
should be started into growth about the 
first of April, dried off in October, and 
kept warm and dry until spring. 
Mixed. 35c each ; 3 for $1.00 ; $3.50 per doz. 
S & H Godfrey Everblooming Calla 
Flowers pure white, delicately scented, extra 
free, of prolonged blooming season. Ours is 
a special strain improving size and perfec¬ 
tion of the flowers. 25c each ; 3 for 60c; 
$2.00 per doz. 
Caladium—“Elephant’s Ear’’ 
Tuberous-Rooted Begonias 
BEGONIAS, Tuberous Booted 
For pot plants and garden beds. When grown outside, take 
up before cold weather, spread out to dry, pack in boxes of 
dry sand and store through winter in some cool place, yet not 
where frost can reach them. Some little time before planting 
outside in spring, they should be potted and kept inside until 
well started. They delight in a partial shade in soil composed 
of leaf mold, sand and well-rotted manure. 
Double Camellia Flowered f. e t Ba £j e n c °^ S s h ca £ 
pink, orange, crimson, salmon and yellow, or mixed. 
Single flowers slightly frilled, each petal bear- 
^rlSiata j n g a coxcomb-like tuft or crest. Mixed. 
rrinaod and Duffl^d (Crispa). Flowers of immense 
Tingea ana wuniea sizej beautiful i y failed, fring¬ 
ed and wavy. Separate colors: Dark red, rose-pink, 
salmon, scarlet, orange, yellow, and white, or mixed. 
Trailing (Pendulata). Very useful and beautiful for 
- dl ° hanging baskets and boxes, and in the rock 
garden. Extended trailing stems and extra leafage. The 
flowers are single, large, waxy, well distributed. Mixed. 
Above: 25c each; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; $18.00 per 100. 
Dlllllex Immense ruffled single flower, each with a 
“ smaller flower super-imposed on it. 
Mixed. 30c each; 3 for 80c; doz., $3.00; 100, $21.00. 
AMARYLLIS 
Valuable alike for house, conservatory or summer garden. 
For pot culture, they should be potted in well drained soil 
composed of leaf mold and light loam, or in any rich soil. One 
bulb to a 5-inch pot, just barely covered. The lily-like flow¬ 
ers run to large size, with broad recurving petals, and should 
appear in a few weeks after potting. After blooming season 
is over, withhold water, as the top begins to die; when thor¬ 
oughly ripened place in dry, cool place, leaving plant in pot 
to allow season of rest. 
Uvheirlc Our offering is a selection representing 
want nyoriUb the finest, largest flowered, and most 
richly colored strains of modern development. The body color 
may be white, broken up by heavy streaks and lines of 
tropic luxuriance, in rose, red and other colors—or else 
dominantly orange, cherry, cerise, crimson, with mottling 
or striping of vivid contrasts ; 3 to 6 flower stalks to the 
bulb. Offered in mixed colors only. 
[Each| 3 | Doz. 
First Size. 2% to 2% in. 
XX Size. 2% to 3 in. 
XXX Size. 3 in. and up . 
$0.30|$0.85|$3.00 
.451 1.25| 4.50 
.60| 1.651 6.00 
Giant 
Amaryllis 
Hybrids 
Fancy-leaf Caladiums 
