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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE BULBS AND PLANTS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Paeony Roots 
Perfectly hardy showy plants, bush-like in 
growth with great flowers almost rivaling the 
rose in color and perfection of bloom. They are 
deeply and pleasantly fragrant. The plants 
should have good soil, but require little or no 
care from year to year, though well repaying an 
annual application of rotted manure. The 
Paeony is well adapted for grouping with shrub¬ 
bery or for separate planting on lawn or in gar¬ 
den. Always found in old-fashioned gardens. 
Ismene Calathina, Peruvian 
Daffodil A grand summer-flowering 
bulb with large, fragrant 
Amaryllis-like white blooms with apple 
green markings in the throat. Very easy 
to grow. Keep bulbs in a warm dry 
room and plant out in June. Take up in 
October and store warm and dry during 
the winter. They do best in a well- 
drained fertile soil where they will mul¬ 
tiply rapidly. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Mrtnc 1 11 1 o c Flif» (Medium, Midsea- 
lvions. Juies Lite son) Probably the 
largest of all. Lilac rose with silvery reflex. 
Each 40c, 3 for $1.00. 
Avalanche (Tall. Midseason). Very 
nvdldiiuic large, we n_ formed> cr eamy 
white flowers of superb size. Each 35c, 3 for 90c. 
Festiva Maxima * of T Jn 
white varieties. Center flecked crimson. Each 
35c, 3 for 90c. 
Felix Crousse (Medium Midseason) 
Large globular flowers of 
a rich, brilliant, dazzling ruby red. Each 35c, 
3 for 90c. 
Karl Rosenfield (Tall, Midseason). 
Large, round, dark 
crimson flowers of a strikingly rich color. 
Each 45c, 3 for $1.20. 
Unnamed Sorts Do< ; bIe white. Divided 
roots. Each 25c. 
Double Pink. Divided roots. Each 25c. 
Double Red. Divided roots. Each 25c. 
HARDY VINES 
Ampelopsis Veitchi 
(Boston Ivy). The 
finest hardy climber 
for covering walls, as it clings firmly to the smoothest 
surface, covering closely with overlapping foliage-like 
shingles; a deep green in summer, changing to crimson. 
2-year. Each 45c. 
Ampelopsis Engelmanni Similar ^Veitchi 
leaves are much smaller, and more densely set. 2-year. 
40c each. 
(Celastrus scandens). Glossy foli- 
° age and large clusters of beautiful 
orange-crimson fruits retained all winter. Its graceful 
sprays of berries make charming winter house decora¬ 
tions. 2-year. 50c each. 
(Trumpet Flower). A 
robust, woody fernleaf 
vine; twining tightly with numerous roots along its 
stems. Large trumpet-shaped orange-scarlet flowers 
cluster at the tips of branches. 2-year. 40c each. 
fl pma tic Panirulafa (Sweet-Scented Japan 
LlematlS ranicuiaia Clematis). The flow¬ 
ers are of small size, fragrant, pure white, borne in im¬ 
mense sheets in September when few other vines bloom. 
2-year. 40c each. 
flomofie Large Flowering: Henryi. Creamy 
Piemans white 85c each . 
Jackmani. Velvety violet. 85c each. 
Kudzu Vine 
Bignonia Radicans 
Honeysuckle (Lonicera) 
J cover. 
Hall’s lanan (L. Halliana). Flowers a mingled 
**apd.ii wh . te and yellow Extremely fra _ 
grant and satisfactory on shaded lattice, or as a matted 
bank covering. 2-year. 40c each. 
Scarlet Trumpet < L - sempervirens). Foliage 
•' practically evergreen, the 
flower trumpets brilliant polished red. 2-year. 40c each. 
Large foliage and dense shade, of 
finished character in one season. 
Flowers plentiful in August; rosy purple; pea-shaped—- 
in small racemes. A handsome and serviceable porch 
vine wherever it is hardy enough to withstand the 
winters. 2-year. 25c each. 
Matrimony Vine (Lycium chinense). Purple 
J flowers, long scarlet berries. 
Good foliage and character for climbing use. valuable 
also as a deep rooting ground cover. 2-year. 35c each. 
Quinquefolia (American Ivy, Virginia Creeper, 
^ “ etc.) Deeply cut leaves turn to 
crimson in fall; fine for covering trees, fences, rocky 
slopes, etc. 2-year. 40c each. 
Silver Lace Vine (Polygonum Auberti). A 
quick-growing vine of twin¬ 
ing habit making strong development the first season; 
with small foliage. 1 year. 65c each. 
ismene CalEntha Grandiflora. 
Sarah Bernhardt 
A superb compact, 
semi-rose type. 
Mauve rose, tipped silver, fragrant, erect and tall. 
Each 60c, 3 for $1.60. 
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Hardy Garden Lily Bulbs 
Lilies are easily grown in any good, well-drained garden soil, 
and when once established will increase in beauty each year. 
Lily bulbs differ greatly in size according to variety; some 
are 1 in. across, others 3 in. or more. We supply the sizes 
that will give the best results. In planting, a general rule to 
follow is, cover bulbs with soil to the depth of three times 
their greatest diameter. 
Auratum Platyphyllum (Gold Banded Japan Lily). 
J 1 he largest and most frag¬ 
rant and probably the most magnificent of all lilies. A de¬ 
licate ivory white spotted crimson. 3 to 5 ft. high. 
Batemanniae 
feet. 
Gorgeous deep apricot colored lily re¬ 
sembling Umbellatum. July flowering. 
Regal Lily 
Regal Lily (Regale) Large trum- 
white blooms marked canary-yellow in the 
throat; outside shaded lilac-pink. One of 
the most beautiful and most popular of all. 
With the fragrance of Jasmine, the long 
regal blooms are borne freely in whorls 
atop strong, 3 to 5 ft. stems. Very easy 
to grow. Blooms late June and July. 
Each 25c, 3 for 70c, 5 for $1.00. 
(Thunbergianum). A dwarf, early flowering type 
& with deep red upright open flowers in clusters. 
For border and rockery. 
J-J^ixrvi (Orange Speciosum). Apricot-yellow flowers in 
J large branching sprays on plants 4 to 6 ft. tall in 
late summer. 
Philippinense Formosanum (Summer 
1 r Flower¬ 
ing). A remarkable new lily. The large white 
trumpet-shaped flowers resemble the Easter Lily 
and are produced on long wiry stems in July and 
August. 
Speciosum Rubrum Magnificum. 
An improved form of the large flowering carmine- 
pink spotted fragrant flowers. In large clusters 
3 to 4 ft. tall. 
A beautiful white 
form. 
Tiger, Single Clusters of bright orange flow- 
° 1 ** ers in the fall. 3 to 5 ft. high. 
Tififer Double A double flowering form 
5 ’ much preferred by many. 
Tenuifolium or Coral Lily Several 
J bright 
scarlet-red flowers on 2 ft. stems in early summer. 
Prices of all lilies, 30c each, 3 for 85c, 5 for $1.25. 
postpaid. 
Speciosum Album 
Golden-Banded Lily of Japan. 
(Auratum Lily.) 
Superbum Runs from 3 to 6 feet in height, 
its nodding crests adding to the 
general brilliance of July and on into September 
with from 5 to 40 handsome blooms of orange- 
scarlet shaded yellow, with red anthers. Requires 
shade and moisture. 
Umbellatum Grandiflorum 9 n e of 
the most 
showy and easiest lilies to grow. About 2 ft. high 
with the bright orange-red flowers on top opening 
upward like cups in clusters of 4 to 10 on a stem. 
Special Low Prices, all Hardy Lilies. Each 30c, 
3 for 85c, 5 for $1.25, postpaid. 
SPECIAL OFFER 
One each of the above 12 Lilies for only 
$2.50, postpaid. 
