Monthretias 
Monbretias are graceful, sparkling flowers of the midsummer and autumn, reflecting the 
colors of the advancing season and lending a charming gaiety and lightness to the bor- 
ders. For the best effect the bulbs, more correctly called “corms,” should be set only a 
few inches apart, and in groups of not less than ten, toward the front of herbaceous borders 
or shrubbery. Thus planted, the sheaves of narrow leaves and slender, wiry arching stems 
strung with brilliant flowers, like miniature Gladioli, have the appearance of little fountains 
of bright color—rose, scarlet, yellow, orange, red, often marked with brown. They will 
flower for many weeks (from August into late October) and set at intervals in a border, 
where blue and white flowers predominate, are delightful indeed with such gay patches 
of color. They may be planted from the earliest spring days until late June, according to 
the flowering dates you prefer. Their long lasting qualities make the Montbretias most 
desirable for cutting, so that it is well to have a few hundred bulbs set out in some byplace 
where the graceful stems may be copiously cut for house and piazza decoration. 
South of Philadelphia these Cape bulbs may be left with entire safety in the open ground 
over the winter, and merely covered with a light mulch. They may be set out in the spring 
as early as Gladioli, but planted more shallow; three inches deep will give the best results. 
Montbretias should be given the same spraying treatment in the fields as is recommended 
for Gladioli, and, like the latter, a quantity might well be planted in berry or wire baskets 
at varying times, to be kept in a frost-proof cellar or frame, and later plunged, basket and 
all, into vacant spaces in the borders or other parts of the garden. 
Davison’s Large Flowered Montbretias 
GEORGE DAVISON. Pale orange-yellow, tinted with 
deeper orange. Flowers are large and carried on a fine 
spike. $1.00 for 10; $7.50 per 100. 
HEREWARD. Pale orange-yellow, resembling the va- 
riety “George Davison” but flowering nearly one month 
later. $1.00 for 10; $7.50 per 100. 
KING EDMUND. Rich golden yellow, deeper externally 
and chocolate spotted in throat. A sturdy and vigorous 
plant with flowers open quite flat. $1.00 for 10; $7.50 
per 100. 
LEMON QUEEN. Creamy yellow, pale center. A very 
attractive flower of great decorative value. When show- 
ing color in bud stage, it is a deep orange. $1.00 for 10; 
$7.50 per 100. 

DAVISON’S COLLECTION 
Consisting of 25 corms each of the above 4 
varieties: 
TOTAL 100 HIGHEST 
Regular Catalog Price 

SPECIAL PRICE, $6.75 
QUALITY CORMS 
$7.50 

Earlham Hybrids 
CITRONELLA. A beautiful variety, and a welcome 
addition in the light yellow class of Montbretias, being 
a clear canary-yellow with deep crimson-maroon blotch 
in center. $3.25 for 10; $30.00 per 100. 
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COMET. Large star-shaped flower of fine substance, 
deep golden orange with broad band of blood-crimson 
and yellow center. Stems are dark colored. $2.75 for 
10; $25.00 per 100. 
