IRWIN S DEPENDABLE 
TRITONIA CROCATA 
QUALITY BULBS 
TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS—Continued 
August Delivery 
Jumbo No. 1 No. 2 
100 1000 100 1000 100 1000 
HYBRIDS MIXTURE . $3.50 $30.00 $3.00 $25.00 $2.50 $20.00 
SALMON KING . 3.50 30.00 3.00 25.00 2.50 20.00 
PRINCE OF ORANGE. 3.50 30.00 3.00 25.00 2.50 20.00 
PINK PRINCESS. Beautiful clear 
pink . 3.50 30.00 3.00 25.00 2.50 20.00 
TUBEROSES 
Delivery—January to Spring 
DWARF EXCELSIOR PEARL 
Top Size, 6-8 in. 
First Size, 4-6 in. 
Second Size, 3-4 in. 
ALBINO. Early single white 
100 
1000 
. $5.00 
$45.03 
. 3.00 
25.00 
. 2.00 
15.00 
. 3.00 
25.00 
TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS 
(American Grown) 
Winter and Spring 1940-41 
DOUBLE CAMELLIA FLOWERED. True strain of Camellia Flowered 
Doubles. Colors are true ond uniform; flowers are of the Camellia 
type, very large. 
CARNATION TYPE OR DOUBLE FRILLED (Fimbriata Plena] A large 
double, resembling a carnation in form. Petals ore frilled and 
have serrated edges. 
CRISPA OR SINGLE FRILLED. Large profusely frilled and ruffled 
flowers of the Single type. 
SINGLE. Largest flower produced. Specimens sometimes measure 
ten inches across. 
HANGING BASKET OR LLOYDII (Pendula fl. pi.). Pendula or Lloydii 
type. Double Flowers Only. Often hundreds of blossoms to a bulb. 
Excellent for rock garden work. 
The above types are available in the following separate colors; 
White Rose Orange 
Red Pink Salmon 
Scarlet Yellow Apricot 
Prices on all the above are: 
100 1000 
1 -1 Vi in. $ 6.50 $ 60.00 
iy 4 -iy 2 in. 10.00 90.03 
iy 2 -2 in. 13.00 125.00 
2 in. up . 17.50 160.00 
The following supplied in mixed colors only: 
CRISTATA. Single type, slightly frilled. A coxcomb-like tuft or crest 
on each petal. Mixed colors. 
DAFFODIL OR NARCISSUS FLOWERED. (Narcissiflora) A flower re¬ 
sembling a daffodil. Very interesting and unusual type. In 
mixture only. 
DUPLEX. A large ruffled flower resembling a single bloom with a 
smaller one super-imposed on it. An excellent bedding type. 
FASCINATION OR CRISPA MARGINATA. Marginata or Picotee 
edge. A crispa type flower in the following colors: 
White with pink edge. White with copper edge. 
White with red edge. Copper with red edge. 
In Mixture only. 
MARMORATA. A camellia-flowered double bloom mottled in red 
and white. 
ROSE-BUD. Double type resembling perfect rose buds. Mixture of 
pastel shades. 
Prices on all the above: 
100 1000 100 1000 
$ 6.50 $60.00 iy 2 -2 in.$13.00 $125.00 
10.00 90.00 2 in. up. 17.50 160.00 
IRWIN'S FRAGRANCE. A hybrid of b. Baumannii. Produces numerous 
singie pink blossoms borne well above the foliage. The fragrance 
is distinctive and pleasing. Price $17.50 per 100; $150.00 per 1000. 
HOLLYHOCK (Martiana). An unusual tuberous begonia. Flowers are 
borne on a single stock in the fashion of a hollyhock. Single, 
mallow pink color. Price $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 
FLAME. A large Camellia Double. Petals are compact and smooth. 
Brilliant orange-scarlet and has a beautiful sheen or luster. Pro¬ 
duces an unusual number of blossoms to each bulb. 
RED TRIUMPH. A ruffled Camellia flowered double of a ruby-red 
with a velvety texture. Very large. 
ROSE DAWN. A perfect Camellia type double. Petals are very long 
and even, and the flower very symmetrical. Rich, clear rose. 
AUTUMN GLOW. An extremely large Cristata type, the tufts or 
crests of which are a deep copper, contrasting with rest of flower, 
which is apricot. The flowers sometimes measure ten inches across. 
Foliage is very attractive and luxuriant. 
STARS AND STRIPES. A Camellia type double of dark red, striped 
and specked with white. The flowers are not large but this plant 
is very vigorous and single bulbs often produce over a hundred 
blooms. One of the finest of the Le Papillon types. 
Price on all the above: Doz. $7.50; 25 for $12.50; 100 for $45.00 
VALLOTA PURPUREA (Scarborough Lily) 
November Delivery 
Brilliant orange-red flowers very similar to Clivia. Fine for pot 
plant. Blooming size blubs. 
l’/ 2 -2" Dia. 2" up 
Each 25 100 Each 25 100 
$1.00 $20.00 $70.00 $1.25 $30.00 $100.00 
PAPER POTS 
Bird's Neponset 
Red Pots for shipping, etc. (light weight). 
Green Pots for growing (Waterproofed). 
RED GREEN 
Price Shipping Price Shipping 
Per 1000 Weight Per 1000 Weight 
2 in. $3.15 10 $5.50 14 
2% in. 3 25 12 5.70 16 
2’/ 2 in. 3.40 16 6.10 22 
3 in. 4.20 24 7.10 28 
3'/ 2 in. 5.20 34 9.50 39 
4 in. 6.55 23 11.20 26 
5 in. 8.90 37 15.90 44 
6 in. 11.65 51 20.60 62 
Sizes up to 4 inches, packed 1000 to a carton; 4 inches and up, 
packed 500 to a carton. Sold in carton lots only. F.O.B. New York 
or Boston. 
\ TO-NACIDE ( 
Patent No. 1,941,055 
TO-NA-CIDE. A powder for sprinkling on, or mixing with the soil 
in greenhouses, coldframes, and outdoors. Forms a gas which 
destroys insects in the soil—thrip, mealy bug, wire worm, slugs, 
and certain other insects. Splendid for sprinkling Gladiolus bulbs 
and Dahlias. 5 lbs. $1.25, 25 lbs. $4.00, 50 lbs. $7.00, 100 lbs. $13.00, 
200 lbs. or more at $12.50 per 100, 500 lbs. or more at $11.00 per 100. 
1 -1 % in. 
1!A-1% in. 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 
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