P. tuberosa, var. Double Pearl. 10c ea. 75c doz. 100 for $4.60. 
P. tuberosa, var. Mexican Everblooming. Single flowers. Some think them 
prettier than the double. 10c ea. 75c doz. 100 for $4.60. 
P. tuberosa, var. Mexican Everblooming, Foliage variegated. This variety 
has green leaves with a broad white margin. 10c ea. 85c doz. 100 for $5.25. 
Special. We want you to grow many tuberoses this summer. Our stock will 
stand the strain of a low price. Therefore will offer you Assorted varieties, 50c 
doz. 50 for $2.00. 100 for $3.85. 
Sprekelia formosissima. Jacobean lily. Often called Amaryllis formosis- 
sima. The gorgeous red flowers have long, narrow petals, the three lowest 
rolled together to enclose the stamens and style and deflexed. This gives a some¬ 
what orchid-like form. Flowers in spring later than Hippeastrums. Culture like 
Hippeastrum. Fine in pots. Be sure to rest them. Hardy to North Carolina and 
Washington, D. C. Farther north, store like glads or grow in pots. Large bulbs 
25c. Per doz. $2.50. Per 100, $15. Extra large, each 40c. Per doz. $3.50. 
Sternbergia lutea is a small, yellow flowering, winter growing Amaryllid. 
It is often called “Fall Crocus.” Culture like others of this type. Plant 3" deep. 
Delivery in June. Each 15c. Per doz., $1.50. 
Vallota purpurea. Blood red flowers in umbels in summer. Resembles 
Clivias. Grow in pots. Soil % rich loam, V 3 sand, Vs leaf mould or peat with 
fine rotted manure. Water slightly until bulbs start or they rot. Keep dormant 
in winter, warm sunlight; almost but not quite dry. $1.00 each. 
Zephyranthes. Fairy Lilies. The smallest and daintiest amaryllids. They 
are from 6" to a foot tall. Make wonderful bedding or border plants. Free 
bloomers thru a long season. A bed or border of the white Z. Candida, in bloom 
is like a patch of snow in the garden. All are very hardy in the south and some 
are natives. In the north they may be dug and stored tho no doubt they would 
winter safely in milder sections if well mulched. They like acid soil, abundant 
moisture. Soil acidity can be increased by incorporating peat or oak leaf mould. 
For Z. rosea (possibly others) it may be occasionally necessary to sprinkle the 
bed with aluminum sulphate, 1 teaspoonful to a square foot. 
Z. ajax. Yellow flowered hybrid. 15c. $1.25 doz. 
Z. Candida. The best pure white. Very hardy, rapid multiplier and easy. 
Blooms from mid-summer on. Evergreen. 10c. 50c doz. $2.50 per 100. 
Z. citrina. Best yellow species. Rare. Increases easily from seed. 15c. 
$1.40 doz. 
Z. grandiflora, Incorrectly listed usually as carinata or rosea. Largest 
plant and flowers. Pink. 10c ea. 75c doz. 
Z. rosea. The smallest Zephyranthes. Very dainty pure pink flowers. This 
is the true rosea. 10c. 90c doz. 
For Z. robusta and Z. texana see Habranthus. 
IRIS FAMILY. IRIDACEAE 
The Iris is the type plant of this family which includes also Gladiolus, 
Watsonias, Ixias and many more that we list in our fall catalog. 
GLADIOLUS 
Since learning how to control thrips, Gladiolus with perfect flowers are 
seen everywhere. If you are not growing a lot of them, and following the cul¬ 
ture directions given here, you are denying yourself much pleasure. 
Culture. Glads planted November 15 to March 1 in Southern California 
(a little later in Northern California and early as possible in spring in the east) 
are reasonably sure to escape the attack of thrips. But glad bulbs must be 
early matured and early dug or they will not start early and thus bloom early. 
Our glad bulbs are especially grown for this purpose, matured early and dug in 
August. Note the small root knobs on base of bulbs. That means they have 
completed their rest and are ready to go. 
Thrips are very small insects that suck the juices from the plant. They 
cause the flowers to wither or appear burned, and appear only after weather be¬ 
comes warm. 
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