OREGON BULB FARMS, INC., SANDY, OREGON 57 
Earlham Large-Flowered Hybrid 
Montbretias 
These are the magnificent new montbretias which have attracted so much attention 
the last year or two at the Royal Horticultural Society’s shows in late summer and during 
autumn and gained the Gold Medal. They are a completely new race of flowers, the 
result of hybridization successfully carried out by the late Mr. Sydney Morris of 
Earlham Hall, Norwich. They represent an enormous advance over the ordinary mont- 
bretias in commerce, being generally much taller and more robust in growth, and having 
flowers of great size and beauty, some measuring 3 to 4 or more inches in diameter. 
‘These montbretias make first-class border plants and are of great decorative value for 
cutting. 
Montbretias are of easy culture, preferring a light loamy soil well-enriched with 
leaf mould, but no manure or chemical fertilizer should touch the roots. A little bone 
meal can be used and a light dressing of lime may prove beneficial. “The moisture supply 
should be good. They thrive in the partial shade of borders or shrubbery as well as in full 
sunlight. If planted in the fall, mulch lightly with peat or litter but not manure. 
In severe climates spring planting is best and they can be given the same treatment 
as gladiolt. 
Per 1000 
$ 
HIS MAJESTY —A glorious variety, flowers measuring 4 inches or more 
across, very broad-petaled, deep velvety scarlet shading down to gold, reverse 
of petals dark crimson shading down to gold, height 4%4 feet; the largest- 
flowered of all montbretias. First Class Certif., R. H. S. and Glasgow..... 40.00 
QUEEN ALEXANDRA — A choice variety with erect habit of growth, 
chrome-yellow with carmine blotch at base of petals, late-flowering, height 
TeLCCiSEA WALCeOlM@V CLIC LL omandatradriem: L920, sre... 4. oe a oe 40.00 
TENS isle Kile) eee Roe EAVES ERY BRED Sicer seen eee, ee kee. 20.00 
