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ORNITHOGALUM NUTANS (SILVER STARS) 
SCILLA CAMPANULATA (BELOW) 



Scilla Campanulata 
(Wood Hyacinth) 
(See Illustration) 
All the varieties of Scilla Campanulata 
are splendid for naturalizing because they 
will flower under trees and in shady places. 
They are effective in groups among the 
shrubbery or in the flower border. The 
white are particularly lovely in half shad- 
ed borders among ferns. 
Plant from September to November and 6 
inches deep to obtain fine flower spikes. 
Occasionally top dress with bone meal or 
wood ashes. May flowering. 
Blue Queen. Large bright blue. Height 14 inches. 
Rose Queen. Soft lilac-rrose Height 12 inches. 
Alba. Pure white. Height 12 inches. 
One variety only, 60c doz., $4.50 per 100. 
Twelve bulbs, 4 each of 3 varieties, 70c, 24 bulbs, 8 
each of 3 varieties, $1.35. 
Blue King. The latest of the Campanulatas to flower. 
Fine deep blue, erect flowers. 3 bulbs 25c, 70c doz., 
$5.00 per 100. 
Excelsior. A tall vigorous grower with sturdy.stems. 
The flower spikes are large and the individual flowers 
very large and a delightful shade of deep lavender 
blue. This is the finest of the Scilla Campanulatas. A 
group of these in the border, with the sun on them, 
makes a brilliant show. Later flowering. 3 bulbs 25c, 
70c doz., $5.00 per 100. 
Muscari (Grape Hyacinths) 
(See Illustration) 
A charming and exceedingly popular 
spring flower, requiring no special culture 
or soil. Perfectly hardy and increasing 
rapidly by offsets. They look beautiful 
naturalized in the rock garden, while as 
edgings and massed in the flower border 
they produce a lovely effect and continue 
a long time in bloom. 
Heavenly Blue. Produces freely well-furnished spikes 
of little globular bells—grape-like clusters closely set 
cf the brightest and richest shade of gentian-blue 
imaginable. The flowers when grown in masses pro- 
duce a wonderful effect, and fill the garden with a 
lovely clove-carnation scent. Valuable for cutting. 
Height 8 in. Plant 3 to 4 in. deep. 60c doz., $4.00 per 
100, $35.00 per 1000. 
Alba. Very pretty with its spikes of pure white bells, 
looking not unlike a wedge of seed pearls. Very 
pretty planted with Heavenly Blue. Height 6 in. Plant 
3 to 4 in. deep. 75c doz., $5.50 per 100, $50.00 per 1000. 

SCILLA SIBIRICA 

Leucojum, Snowflake 
(Leucojum Aestivum) 
(See Illustration) 
A very handsome, hardy and robust 
plant producing in May elegant spikes of 
long stemmed flowers highly prized for 
vases. The stems 14 to 18 inches high are 
topped by 4 to 8 handsome, white, droop- 
ing, bell-like flowers having a small dot of 
green on the edge of each petal. The bulbs 
look like narcissus, require similar culture, 
and may be left undisturbed for years. 
Plant in September to November, 3 to 4 
inches deep, measuring from the shoulder 
of the bulbs. Prefers a partly shaded posi- 
tion in moist loamy soil well drained in 
winter. Lovely in fern borders or in groups 
in the shrubbery. 6 bulbs 50c, 85c doz., 
$6.00 per 100. 
Ornithogalum 
(See Illustration) 
Nutans (Silver Stars). Produces in April to May elegant 
spikes of beautiful silvery grey flowers, shaded out- 
side pale sea green and covered with a silken sheen 
that gives them a most uncommon effect. The sturdy 
flower stalk grows about a foot high, strung with a 
dozen pendulant flaring bells of large size. The large 
three-cornered seed pods that follow the blossoms up 
the stem are attractive and ornate. They are valuable 
as cut flowers and arrange well with tulips. Wherever 
shown they have created much admiration and de- 
mand. Thrives in dense shade or open border, natur- 
alizes well, hardy, easy to grow and increases rap- 
idly. A valuable addition to the shaded border. Plant 
in the fall 3 to 4 inches deep. 60c doz., $4.00 per 100, 
$35.00 per 1000. 
Scilla Italica 
This rare Scilla is seldom found in catalogs but we 
have been growing it for a number of years and are 
glad to make this lovely flower available. It is splen- 
did for the rock garden or flower border. 
The leaves are few in number and much shorter 
than the flower stem which rises to a height of 10 to 12 
inches, carrying a large number of the daintiest little 
bells of pale blue. Plant 3 to 4 inches deep in any 
good well drained garden soil. Hardy. Blue or White. 
One variety only, 60c doz., $4.50 per 100, $40.00 per 
1000. 
Scilla Sibirica 
(See Illustration) 
They make the really first brilliant display of the 
year. Each bulb produces from one to six flower stems 
3 to 4 inches tall, each stem carrying from one to 
three or more open bell-like flowers. Plant 3 to 4 
inches deep. Blue or White. One variety only, 75¢ 
doz., $5.50 per 100, $50.00 per 1090. 
CHIONODOXA LUCILIAE 

