
ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE BULBS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Bulbs and Roots 
Some of the most beautiful flowering and foliage plants are grown from bulbs or roots. We offer and describe 
on this and the following pages a most select assortment of the finest, easy-to-grow kinds, for both indoor cul- 
Postpaid 
for House and Garden 
ture and garden display. Our bulbs are carefully selected and guaranteed to give complete satisfaction. 
Amaryllis 
GIANT AMERICAN HYBRIDS. Huge flowers carried 
on strong stems. Mixture contains self-colors, as 
well as penciled varieties. 45c each, 3 for $1.20. 
Anemone— Windflower 
Long, stiff stemmed, showy flowers in many charm- 
ing colors. Blooms outdoors in May and June. 
Prefers warm soil and sheltered location. Hardy in 
mild climates. Fine for pots. 1 ft. 
ST. BRIGID. An extra choice mixture of semi- 
double and double fiowers in many showy colors. 
3 for 25c; 12 for 70c; 100 for $5.00. 
eX my 



N\A! 
0 BEGONIA 
: Begonias 
Tuberous Rooted Unexcelled for summer 
bedding, such as lawn 
beds and borders. When fully exposed to the sun 
the beds must be kept moist. Single Sorts Mixed. 
Each 30c, 4 for $1.00. Double Sorts Mixed, each 
30c, 4 for $1.00. 

pe is ae ss Caladium or Ele 
lad; Attractive foliage plants of fine 
Caladium decorative value. While Fancy 
Leaved‘is for both indoors and outdoors, Esculen- 
tum is for garden only. Not hardy. 
Vy ; Richly colored and marked 
Fancy Leaved foliage in combinations of 
red, green, and white. 
In many plants the leaf 
veins are of a contrasting color. 30c each, 3 for 
75c, 6 for $1.25. 
ay (Elephant’s Ear) Enormous 
Esculentum rich green leaves often meas- 
uring 2% to 3 ft. long and 2 ft. wide. Succeeds in 
deeply spaded rich, garden soil exposed to the full 
phant’s Ear 





ne climber, perfectly hardy, and is produced 
nm tubers which make from 10 to 20 feet of 
bs autiful heart-shaped leaves, bright green 
a and clusters of delicate white flowers, - 
forth a delicious cinnamon odor. Large 
8c each, 3 for 18c, 6 for 30c. 
r 
a 
CALLA — Richardia, Zantedeschia 
GOLDEN YELLOW (Elliottiana). The best of the 
yellow Callas with golden yellow blooms of velvety 
texture and dark green foliage with translucent 
creamy white spots. Extra strong bulbs, upland 
grown, insuring 2 or more flowers from each bulb. 
20c each, $2.00 per doz. 



Cannas 
For lawn decoration there is ‘no plant equal to 
Cannas. Their bright luxuriant foliage and large 
clusters of brilliant flowers make a beautiful dis- 
play all summer. 
Our roots are all good healthy plump roots that 




53 

Oxalis. 
Oxalis : 
Summer Flowering 


are sure to give satisfaction. 

The 
foliage. 
City of Portland 
One 
foliage. 
of the 
Hungaria oe 
of peach pink. 
tall. 
mottled and variegated. 
The President 4, ‘t- tall. 
blue-green 
large trusses of brilliant color. 
Canna of today. 
disease. 
Yellow King Humbert 
foliage. 
Bronze Foliage Varieties 
Red King Humbert = 5 ft. tall. ° 
The heart-shaped 
over bronze. 
immense 
orange- 
incom- 
fered, a king in reality. 
leaves are purple-madder 
The plants are crowned with 
heads of orchid-like, velvety 
searlet, rose-tinted and blossom 
parably beautiful. 
Statue of Liberty 
Price of any of the above va- 
rieties, your selection: Each 15c, 
3 roots 30c, 12 roots $1.00. 
6 to 7 ft. Blaz- 
ing flame-red. 
mi Showy  flower- 
Select Gloxinias Showy Rowe: 
the window garden or conservatory. 
Potted in rich garden loam and placed in 
a light window they will develop into 
shapely plants covered with graceful large 
flowers of beautiful velvety texture. 
Mixed colors. 35c each, 3 for $1.00. 

1 Hyacinthus candicans— 
Galtonia Cape Hyacinth—A strong- 
growing, summer-flowering variety of 
Hyacinth, quite distinct from those which 
bloom in the spring. Makes a strong, 
stately flowerspike 3 to 5 feet high, which 
bears from 20 to 30 pure white, bell- 
shaped blooms during the summer and 
early fall. 15c each, $1.50 per doz. 

1 1 Beautiful climber, of 
Maderia Vine icp egrebennpe aaee 
light green, almost transparent leaves. 
It will climb to the height of 20 feet and 
over. Excellent for house climbers. 7c 
each, 12 for 60c. 

i 7 Flowers of 
Giant Montbretias [owets 0° 
and beautiful rich colors. The individual 
blooms are nearly 3 inches in diameter. 
They are borne on slender, wiry, branch- 
ing stems, frequently over 3 feet high. 
They are gay and attractive in the gar- 
den during the late summer and fall, 
also give wonderful material for cutting. 
Plant in April or May. Special mixed, 
10c each; 3 for 25c; doz. $1.00. 


Pink Flowers With Green Foliage. 
leading pink, green 
4 ft. tall. 
flowers of watermelon-pink, conceded THE pink. 
finest pinks, 
Large heads 
Our choice of Pink Cannas. 
Red Flowers With Green Foliage. 
1 5 ft. Green foliage. Orchid- 
Allemania flowering bright scarlet, with 
broad and irregular yellow border, beautifully 
Glowing scarlet, 
foliage. 
The finest Red 
The foliage is entirely free from 
Yellow Flowers With Green Foliage. 
4 ft. Flowers yellow 
Blorence Vaughan, /\) Flowers yellow 
petals, and red throat. Green foliage. 
5 ft. tall. Deep 
rich yellow, 
heavily spotted and flecked with deep red. 
5 ft. tall. The grand- 
These useful little plants are very ef- 
fective in masses or beds and are par- 
ticularly valuable for edgings. They 
produce an unbroken row of foliage 
about one foot high and continuous 
bloom, White, red, pink, mixed. Doz. 
20c, 100 for $1.50. 


Large 


green 








Extra 





Green 

ever of- 






1 id1 Shell Flower—Pavonia grandi- 
Tigridia flora. Mexican bulbs producing 
showy, large, oddly shaped blooms of exotic 
beauty. Well suited to planting in the mixed 
border. Handle the same as Gladiolus, planting 
the bulbs when the nights have become balmy 
and take up again before frost in the fall; 18 
inches high, flowering during the summer and 
fall months. 
Hybrids Mixed. 15c each; $1.50 per doz. 
CER . . . EN 
2 Y 















Tuberoses 
Double Pearl. (2% ft.) Beautiful compact 
flower spikes of extremely fragrant waxy white 
double blossoms. If planted outdoors when the 
ground is warm they will bloom late in the sum- 
mer. For earlier blooming start them indoors 
in pots. 
Large Choice Bulbs: 
12 for 60c, postpaid. 
Zephyranthes 
Zephyr Flower, Fairy Lilies 
Showy goblet-shaped blooms during the summer 
months. Easy to grow in the border or in pots 
or pans for porch and window decoration. 
Alba. Pure white. 10c each; 50c per doz.; 
$3.00 per 100. 
Rosea. Large rose-colored. 15c each; $1.40 per 
doz.; 100, $8.50. 
- 
3 for 20c; 6 for 35c; 
