Olds* Miscellaneous Bulbs 
THE FIRST FliOWERS OF SPRING. 
Chionodoxa. 
CHIONODOXA 
(Glory of the Snow) 
A beautiful little flower to plant in borders or scatter 
through bulb beds or rock gardens. Flowers are beautiful 
bright blue. Prices: 12 for 60c; 25 for 90c; 100 for $3.25; 
1,000 for $30.00, postpaid. 
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the war conditions in Europe, 
we are unable to supply Crocus and Scilla Siberica this 
year. We suggest that you use Grape Hyacinths in their 
place. Snowdrops and Chionodoxa are in doubtful supply 
as this catalog goes to press. 
Snowdrop. 
SNOWDROP 
(Galanthus) 
Snowdrops are the beautiful little white bell-shaped 
flowers that bloom early in the spring before the snow 
is hardly off the ground. They will make a nice showing 
in your rock garden. Prices: 12 for 65c; 26 for $1.00; 
100 for $3.76; 1,000 for $36.00, postpaid. 
OLDS’ ROCK GARDEN COLLECTION OF 
SPRING FLOWERING BULBS 
A rock garden is not complete without a few early 
flowering bulbs. We are listing below a collection of 
bulbs suitable for the rock garden: 
Twelve Mixed Single Early Tulips; 12 Grape Hya¬ 
cinths, blue; 12 Grape Hyacinths, white; 4 Star of 
Bethlehem. Forty bulbs for $2.00, postpaid. 
HOUSE PLANTS FROM SEEDS 
Many of our best house plants can be grown easily from 
seeds. Some require a long period of growth and careful 
attention, but if you follow the instructions printed on 
the packet, good results are usually attained. We are 
listing here some of the more popular kinds that we have 
to offer. Complete descriptions can be found in our spring 
seed catalog. If you do not have a copy, let us know and 
we will be pleased to send you one. 
862. Begonia, mixed, 15c pkt. 
932. Cineraria, Giants of California, 25c pkt. 
931. Cuphea, Firefly, 20c pkt. 
933. Cyclamen, mixed Giants, 20c pkt. 
987. Geranium, mixed. 10c pkt. 
1000. Heliotrope, mixed, 10c pkt. 
929. Job's-tears, 5c pkt. 
Star of Bethlehem. 
ORNITHOGALUM 
(Star of Bethlehem) 
A hardy little bulb that throws up a tall stem with a 
cluster of star-shaped flowers in June; pure white with 
dark centers. Excellent for cutting, lasting a long time 
in water. Also very adaptable to pot culture. Prices: 3 for 
25c; 6 for 45c; 12 for 80c; 100 for $6.00, postpaid. 
Grape Hyacinths. 
GRAPE HYACINTHS 
(Muscari) 
Every lover of flowers should have these beautiful early- 
flowering bulbs in his garden. They come in blues and 
whites, and derive their name from their appearance, “like 
a bunch of grapes.” They are very easy to grow and will 
come year after year if foliage is allowed to ripen. Plant 
the same as Scillas. Prices: Blue, 12 for 40c; 25 for 70c; 
100 for $2.60; 1,000 for $25.00. White, 12 for 56c; 25 for 
$1.00; 100 for $3.60; 1,000 for $35.00, postpaid. 
HOUSE PLANTS NEED STIM-U-PLANT 
Feed your plants I Simply insert tablet in soil near base 
of plant. Postpaid prices: Trial size, 10c; 30 tablets, 25c; 
100 tablets, 76c; 1,000 tablets, $3.50. 
WINTER ONION SETS 
Perennial or Egyptian. Plant onion sets now for the 
first early green bunching onions in the spring. These 
onions form heads on the tops of the stalk which drop 
to the ground and produce a crop the following season. 
Start a bed of these in a comer of your garden and have 
early bunching onions each year with practically no atten¬ 
tion at all. Plant them fairly deep or hill to produce long 
white onions. These onions will not produce bulbs and 
are only used for bunching onions. Prices: 1 lb., 25c; 
2 lbs., 45c; 6 lbs., 90c, postpaid. Not postpaid, $2.75 bu. 
CHIVES 
279. ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASON. (Schnittlauch.) 
Chives belong in the perennial class of onions. Plant the 
seed the same as onions, but transplant later, leaving 
about six to eight inches between plants. Only the tops 
are used in cooking. A pretty plant in the rock garden, 
with its purple blossoms. Seed: Pkt., 10c; Vi oz., 30c; 
oz., 60c. Plants, Large Clumps: 3 for 50c; 12 for $1.60. 
Repair your Lawn this fall. See back cover. 
