Miscellaneous Summer-Flowering Bulbs and Roots 
AMARYLLIS HALLI 
Flower-stalks 2 feet high carry an umbel of large, lily-shaped, 
delicate lavender-pink flowers, delightfully scented. Large 
flowering bulbs, $1.50 each, $15 per doz. 
HYACINTHUS 
Candicans (Summer Hyacinths). Spikes 4 to 5 feet high, 
bearing 20 to 30 large, white, bell-shaped flowers. Set 8 inches 
apart, 5 inches deep. $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
ISMENE CALATHINA 
Peruvian Daffodil 
Has lovely, large, amaryllis-like, pure white, fragrant blos¬ 
soms and succeeds well in the garden. $5 per doz., $35 per 100. 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY CLUMPS 
Extra-strong clumps just full of flowering pips. If planted 
in April, will bloom in May. A semi-shaded, rather moist place 
is best suited. 60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
RANUNCULUS 
Giant Double French. A beautiful strain of buttercup-like 
flowers on long stems in such lovely shades as bronze, orange, 
yellow, and brown. 85 cts. per doz., $6 per 100. 
STERNBERCIA LUTEA 
Funnel-shaped yellow flowers in autumn. Hardy. Plant the 
bulbs about 6 inches deep in a sunny place. Available from 
first of June to middle of August. $2 per doz., $15 per 100. 
Earl ham Large-Flowered New Hybrid Montbretias 
A notable advancement in size and colorings, having flowers of great size and beauty, some of them measur¬ 
ing 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 
Montbretias love the sun and do best in a soil rich in humus. Plant the bulbs in April and May, 3 inches 
deep and from 3 to 4 inches apart. South of Philadelphia they need not be taken up, and quite often they winter 
well farther north under a heavy mulching with salt meadow hay or leaves. 
His Majesty. Deep velvety scarlet, shading down to gold. 
Very broad petals. $1.25 for 3, $4 per doz., $30 per 100. 
Lemon Queen. Creamy yellow; deep orange buds. 50 cts. for 
3, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
Marjorie. Orange-yellow with crimson circle. 3 ft. 50 cts. for 
3, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
Una. Rich apricot, with carmine blotch. 2)^ ft. $1 for 3, 
$3 per doz., $20 per 100. 
James Coey. Deep, rich vermilion-scarlet with golden orange 
lustre; yellow center. ft. $1.25 for 3, $4 per doz., $30 
per 100. 
Earlham Large-flowered New Hybrid Montbretias in 
Mixture, including the above as well as other new hybrids. 
$1.25 per doz., $8 per 100. 
Regular Mixture of Montbretias. A rich assortment of 
colors of the older varieties. $1 per doz., $7 per 100. 
3 bulbs each of the above 5 varieties .$4 00 collection p 
6 bulbs each Of the above 5 varieties . 7 00 12 bulbs each of the above 5 varieties $13.00 
SCHLING’S IMPROVED 
LARGE-FLOWERING CANNAS 
Antoine Wintzer. 4 ft. Dazzling crimson. 
King Humbert. 5 ft. Salmon-scarlet. Bronze-leaved. 
Mrs. A. F. Conard. 5 ft. Clear pink. 
Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont. 4 ft. Watermelon-pink. 
The Ambassador. 5 ft. Cherry-red. Bronze leaf. 
The President. 4 ft. Most popular large red. 
Yellow King Humbert. 5 ft. Yellow, slightly spotted red. 
Good, dormant 2 to 3-eye roots of any of the above 
$2.50 per doz., $18 per 100 
Green plants (ready after April 1), $4 per doz., 
$30 per 100 
TICRIDIA * Mexican Day Lily 
Showy flowers of rare charm throughout the summer, in 
shades and tints of yellow, orange, and red. Plant bulbs about 
May 1, 4 inches deep and 6 to 8 inches apart. $2 per doz., $15 
per 100. 
The Fragrant “Pearl” Tuberose 
Easily grown in any garden. Prefers a sunny situation, and 
will send up its lovely stalks of fine, double, glistening white 
flowers in late August, September, and October. Jumbo bulbs, 
sure to bloom, $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100. 
BEGONIAS, Tuberous-Rooted 
Words cannot describe the beauty of these gorgeous flowers, 
single or double. One is as fine as the other, and whether the 
color is crimson, pink, scarlet, white, yellow, or salmon, every 
bloom is breath-taking. 
They require shade and do best in a loose soil with equal 
arts of loam, leaf-mold, and sand, kept moist but not too wet. 
tart in the hotbed, or in barely moist sand near the furnace, 
being sure the concave side is up. Cover with Yi inch of sand 
and keep barely moist; when started, pot and keep in a sunny 
window until frost danger has passed, then plant out, or plant 
tubers outside after all danger of frost is past. 
Lloydii. A trailing variety with quite large flowers in a wide 
range of colors. For hanging baskets or shaded window 
boxes there is nothing like it. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Giant Single-Flowering 
Crimson, Pink, Scarlet, White, Yellow, and Salmon. 
30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100. 
Giant Double-Flowering 
Yellow, Crimson, White, Scarlet, Pink, and Salmon. 
30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100.. 
WATER-LILIES 
Hardy Water-lilies can be sent any time from May 1 until the end of August, but tender Lilies not before June. Order early. 
A simple way to plant Water-lilies is on rich soil in boxes 2 feet square and 1 foot deep. Cow-manure is the best fertilizer, 
but commercial fertilizers can be used. Place one Water-lily root in each box, coyer the crown of the plant, then cover with an 
inch of sand or gravel, to prevent discoloration of the water, and sink the boxes in the pond. 
HARDY WATER-LILIES (Nymphaeas) 
Attraction. Flowers 6 to 7 inches across, deep garnet suffused 
with rose. $4 each. 
Escarboucle. Brilliant crimson-carmine. $3.50 each. 
Gladstoniana. White; 6 to 8 inches across; petals concave 
and broad. $2 each. 
Marliacea albida. White; large; quite fragrant. $1.75 each. 
Marliacea chromatella. Blooms 4 to 6 inches across, bright 
canary-yellow. $2 each. 
Marliacea rosea. Deep rose blooms 4 to 5 inches across. $2 ea. 
Odorata gigantea. Pure white; 5 to 7 inches across. $1 each. 
Pink Opal. Deep pink; attractive rounded bud. $3 each. 
Robinson!. Large floating orange-red flowers. $2.50 each. 
Rose Arey. Coral-pink flowers 5 to 6 inches across. $2.25 each. 
Tuberosa Richardson!. Fragrant white blooms, 6 to 8 inches 
across, forming a perfect globe when fully open. $2 each. 
TENDER DAY-BLOOMING WATER-LILIES 
(Nymphaeas) 
Amethyst. Lovely blue. $4 each. 
Zanzibariensis. True blue. $3 each. 
Mrs. Edwards Whitaker. Pale blue. $4 each. 
Blue Beauty. Deep blue; fragrant. $4 each. 
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Deep rose-pink; star-shaped. $3.50 each. 
LOTUS 
Egyptian. The pink Sacred Lotus of the Nile. $3 each. 
Flavescens. A lovely new cream-colored bloom. $3 each. 
Shiroman. Double white blooms often 1 foot across; very 
lasting. $5 each. 
MISCELLANEOUS AQUATICS 
Sagittaria latifolia (Arrow-head). 50 cts. each. Zizania aquatica (Wild Rice). 50 cts. each. 
Typha latifolia (Cat-tail). 50 cts. each. Saururus cernuus (Lizard’s Tail). 50 cts. each. 
Eichhornia crassipes major (Water Hyacinth). This is a Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed). Glossy green leaves and 
floating plant with glossy green leaves and trusses of the spikes of bright blue flowers. 50 cts. each, 
most lovely light lavender, orchid-like flowers. 50 cts. each. Calla palustris (Hardy Calla). 50 cts. each. 
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