TIGRIDIA or SHELL FLOWER 
- Blossoms like brightly lighted, triangular 
winged shells, sometimes in a half-translu- 
cence, but again with gloss-finished opacity. 
There will be yellow, pale or deep, often with 
scarlet suffusions, or tinged with pink- apri- 
cot. Then, too, you will see rose pink, red, 
orange, lavender and white. Often the petals 
will bear contrasting colortones. Tigridia is 
easy to grow, coming quickly from spring 
seed-sowings made in open ground beds, 
sometimes, if everything breaks right, giving 
flowers the season of sowing. In late autumn 
the bulbs should be dug. Carry over winter 
in frost-proof storage, packed in dry sand. 
Illustrated page 12. ~We offer a_ splendid 
color mixture. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25¢; %& 
oz. 40c; %4 oz. 75c; 1 oz. $2.75. 
TIGRIDIA COLORS—Seeds of following can 
be supplied separately at uniform price of 
pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 385c; 1% oz. 60c; %4 oz. 
$1.00. Pure White; Golden Yellow; Lilac; 
Canary Yellow; Pink and Rose Tones; 
Cream; Violet, Unmarkéd Soft Yellow; 
Variety Wheeleri; Red; Hybrida; Watkinsoni 
(yellow, shaded orange, streaked red). 
OFFER 60A22—One pkt. each of the 11 
varieties for $1.50. 
TIGRIDIA BULBS—We offer them in three 
separate colors at uniform rate of 3 bulbs, 
all one kind, for 40c; 10 of one kind for 
- $1.10; 25 of one kind for $2.50. Those avail- 
able at this rate are Pure White, Pink-and-Rose, also the 
Golden Yellow. 
OFFER 61A22—Three bulbs each of the three kinds, with 
labels, for $1.05. 
TIGRIDIA BULBS FINEST MIXED—About the finest pos- 
sible blend. We have tried to include a bit of every Tigridia 
color. Think you will enjoy it. Spring delivery. 3 for 35c; 
10 for $1.00; 25 for $2.25; 100 for $8.50. 
THE BLUE TIGRIDIA—See Eustylis purpurea, page 10. 
VEL 
TUBEROSE (Polianthes) 
Flowers that seem-carved in white wax, rich fragrance of 
orange blossoms, these every summer garden may have, 
for so yields the Tuberose. It is one of the easier summer- 
flowering bulbs, no difficulties in its growing. Dig and store 
when hard freezes come, in general Gladiolus fashion. ‘Tube- 
roses make splendid cut flowers. Jllustrated page 8. AL- 
BINO—48 inches. Fragrant trumpets of crispy white. 10 
for 40c; 30 for $1.00. VARIEGATA—Like last, except that 
each leaf is edged with white band. 10 for 45c; 25 for 
$1.00. EARLY MEXICAN—35 inches. Spikes of perfumed 
white flowers. Begins blooming about a week earlier than 
last two. 10 for 50c; 22 for $1.00. DWARF PEARL— 
Fully double are the sweetly scented white flowers. 3 for 
25c; 10 for 60c; 19 for $1.00. 
OFFER 62A22—10 bulbs each of the four Tuberoses, separate 
labels, for $1.75. 

SPECIAL BOOK CATALOG sent on request. 

TRITONIA BLEND — *ecbk(w)(1)(7)12. Sprays of ex- 
quisitely fashioned blossoms in sparkling, lucent salmon 
pink, apricot, rose, saffron-orange and scarlet of flame. 
It’s another “‘Cape’’ bulb that forces for winter. blooming 
with the greatest of good will, coming into flower within 
a few months after seed-sowing. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 50c. 
(Bulbs, autumn delivery, 4 for 25c; 10 for 50c; 22 for $1.00.) 
TULIP GARDEN HYBRIDS—cby(2)28. Saved from named 
Darwin, Breeder and Cottage sorts. Extraordinary color 
range. Each seedling will be different, each will be technic- 
ally a new variety, some of them fine enough for naming 
and introducing. It is most interesting to watch them 
develop. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c; 8 for 90c. 
TULIPA SPECIES—If interested in seeds of Tulip species, 
better write us for list. We will have some of them, but 
can’t tell as this catalog goes to press, how many. ‘The war 
has slowed collector reports. 
“TUSSACIA FRIEDRICHSTALIANA—w. An odd and highly 
attractive Gesneriad from Costa Rica. Roots tuberous, but 
best kept in continuous growth, handled as a pot plant. 
Trumpet flowers of bright yellow, over evergreen leaves. 
Rare. Pkt. 26c. 
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VELTHEIMIA VIRIDIFOLIA—w. An ex- 
traordinary bulb, rather easy from _ seed, 
and highly decorative in both flower and 
leaf. Handsome blue-green foliage carried 
in reminder of. Bird’s-nest Fern, half-succu- 
lent and crispy, glossy and undulate. Finally 
come long-stemmed and massive trusses of 
rosy pink flowers, tinged with buff and cin- 
nabar. Handle as a pot plant. Seeds can be 
sown any time of year. Illustrated this page. 
Pkt. 20c; four pkts. for 60c. (Bulbs, autumn 
delivery only, each 50c; 3 for $1.35). 
WATSONIA MIXED — echk(2-4)30. South 
African bulb-flowers in the general Gladiolus 
alliance, blossoms carried in the same spike 
fashion, but individually the flowers are 
flaring trumpets, different from, and more 
symmetrical than, those of the Gladiolus. 
They can be handled more or less as Gladi- 
olus, but dormant period is shorter; indeed 
some species are evergreen. Greatly varied 
in coloring. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
ZEPHYRANTHES or FAIRY LILY 
Velvet-soft breezes, cool pleasuring breath 
of sundown: transmute to blossoms by some 
magic of the senses and you will have the 
pastel color-harmonies of the Zephyr Lilies 
in all the delight of line and form that these 
Flowers of the West Wind can show. It’s 
easy they are to have and to keep, scant 
trouble to their growing or their storing. 
Just plant out the bulb in spring, enjoy the 
blooming through summer and autumn, then a bit before 
the ground freezes, dig them up, cut off the green tops, and 
keep the bulbs over winter spread in trays or boxes in any 
fairly cool, frost-proof place. If you grow them from seed, 
sow in spring, shading the seed bed ‘by a lath or cloth 
frame about a foot above it. By the way, the Zephyr 
Lilies are charming in pots or window boxes, as well as 
directly in the garden. ZEPHYRANTHES AJAX—Usually 
lemon-primrose with roseate flush, this deepest in reverse. 
Varies at times to creamy white. Blooms late summer and 
autumn. Pkt. 15c; 4 pkts. for 45c. (Bulbs, 3 for 35c; 10 
for $1.00.) ZEPHYRANTHES AJAX WHITE SELECTION 
—Pure white to cream, often with roseate flush. Will oc- 
casionally vary to lemon. Pkt. 15c. (Bulbs, 3 for 35¢; 10 
for $1.00.) ZEPHYRANTHES CARINATA—Glorious rose 
pink, big flowers from June to October. Technically Habran- 
thus grandiflorus. Illustrated page 8. Bulbs only, 2 for 25c; 
5 for 50c; 11 for $1.00. ZEPHYRANTHES CANDIDA—The 
glossy white Crocus Lily. Blooms all late summer and 
autumn. Shining green massed foliage. Splendid edger, - 
but many other uses also. TIilustrated page 3. Pkt. 15c, 
(Bulbs, 6 for 25c; 10 for 40c; 25 for 90c; 100 for $3.25; 
250 for $7.50.) ZEPHYRANTHES CITRINA—The Citron 
Lily. Flowers of intense lemon yellow, with suffusions of 
rose, shadings of copper. TIilustrated page 12. Pkt. 20c; 4 
for 60c. (Bulbs each 20c; 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00.) ZEPHY- 
RANTHES ROBUSTA—Big trumpets for soft shell pink, a 
charming thing. Blooms early summer to late autumn. 
Technically Habranthus robustus. Bulbs of this are apt to 
be a bit flabby when you receive them. That’s their nature, 
so don’t worry. Pkt. 25c. (Bulbs, each 35c). All Zephy- 
ranthes bulbs are for spring delivery. See also Cooperia 
and Chlidanthus, pages 8 and 7, being other species that are 
also sometimes called Fairy Lilies, and so like Zephyranthes 
in habit that they may well be grown with them. 
OFFER 63A22—One pkt. each of the five offered in seed 
form, for 75c. 
OFFER 64A22—Bulb Collection, being 3 bulbs each of Ajax, 
Ajax White, and Citrina, 6 of Carinata, 8 of Candida and 
one of Robustus, 21 bulbs made up of six kinds, marked 
with labels, $2.48 cost at total of separate prices, for only 
TWO DOLLARS in this collection. No changes. 
FAIRY LILIES MIXED — Blend of the above, except 
Zephyranthes robusta, but including also Cooperia and 
Chlidanthus. Kinds are not in equal proportions, more of 
some than of others, but nevertheless well color-varied and 
highly desirable. Bulbs only, spring delivery, 8 for 50c; 
17 for $1.00; 50 for $2.70; 100 for $5.00. Not less than 50c 
worth of this sold. 

Three 15¢c packets for 40c; three 25c packets for 70c; 
or like quantity discounts apply only when all the 
packets are of one variety. They cannot be assorted 
or distributed among several kinds having similar 
quantity discounts. 
This rule will not be broken. 

