Plant 4" deep (deeper in cold climates) and 4" apart i n good rich i 
preferably, but any type of soil well enriched with old rotted manure wUl gi^ 
excellent results. 
These are mixed colors, named varieties of long- stemmed, large flowering 
types—Darwins, Cottage and! Breeders. These types do best in California. Pref^ 
crable everywhere. They are similar in type and for the sake of brevity in our 
advertising we call them simply Darwin Tulips. 
Please note. On account of the impossibility of importing Holland bulbs 
this year, Tulips are scarce. Order early. 
Tulip Special. Well balanced mixture in which the best predominate. Strictly 
our own selection so do not state preference. If only certain colors wanted order 
those listed* below. Price, 40 for $1.00. 100 for $2.40. 500 for $11.50 1000 for 
$21.00. You may have all Clara Butt, favorite pink, for the same price. 
If you prefer to have exact colors or varieties, select from the following list. 
These are grouped under color classes. If one of the color is sold out when you 
order we will substitute another just as good. You may order by the color name 
or name the variety wanted. You may have all one variety in a color or as¬ 
sorted var. in the color. If desired each variety of an assortment may be labeled 
in quantities of six or more but single bulbs labeled in any quantity takes single 
prices. 
Red. Wm. Pitti, Farncombe Sanders, Europe, Peter Barr, King Harold, La 
MerveiJIe, Boadicea, Gesneriana spathulata. 
Pink. Clara Butt, Madam Krelage, Barrone de la Tocnaye, John Ruskin 
(yellow pink.) 
Yellow. Gesneriana lutea, Avis Kennicott, Inglescombe Yellow. 
Bronze. Bronze Queen, U. S. A., Hamlet. 
Other Colors. Orange King, (or.) Idyll, (old rose), Bleu Aimable., (blue- 
violet), Hippolyte, (deep lav.), Andre Doria, (deep maroon), Roi d’ Islande, (oldl 
rose). 
Prices of named sorts. Single bulbs labeled, 10c. Per doz. 50c. Fifty for 
$1.75. 100 for $3.25. 500 for $16.00. 1000 for $30. Any or all varieties may 
be selected to make up the quantity rates. All may be separately labelled, in 
quantify over 6, if desired'. Unless requested all will go into one bag. 
HYACINTHS 
Because of the war, we cannot this year offer Dutch Hyacinths. We sug¬ 
gest you plant as substitutes, Roman Hyacinths, Scillas, Lachenalias or Vslther- 
mia listed below. 
Blue Roman Hyacinths. Do much better (here as well as in the north) than 
Dutch Hyacinths. They also increase in number year after year while the Dutch 
gradually disappear. One bulb sends up several spikes. The flowers are not 
So crowded in the raceme and' for that reason are more graceful as cut flowers. 
Plant preferably in very rich sandy soil or good garden loam into which leaf 
mold) has been incorporated. Sept, is the best planting month. Large bulbs, 
10c. $1 per doz. 
Scilla. Resembles the Roman Hyacinth. All are hardy in the north except 
S. peruviana, and all of very easy culture. iMuch more permanent than Hyacinths. 
They are lovely in the garden, in pots and for cutting. 
S. hispanica. Usually listed as S. campanulata. Blue flowers much like 
Roman Hyacinths. Half shade. Blooms well in pots. 6c ea. 50c doz. 
S. hispanica rosea. A variety with rosy pink flowers and rather larger 
than the Blue. 8c ea. 75c dloz. 
S. italica. Has a dense raceme of lovely blue flowers 15" long or more. 
Full,, sweet lilac fragrance. Bulbs and plant large. This is the “sp. unknown” 
we have offered before. 15c. $1.50 doz. 
S. nonscripta rosea, (nutans). One of the most beautiful Scillas. Close to 
hispanica. Rosy flowers on tall stem. Half shade. 8c. 75c doz. 
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