SEEDS 
Seeds of the following plants are available at 25c per packet except where other- 
wise noted. It is important that you place your order for seeds as soon as convenient, 
as we save seeds to order only, and usually deliver soon after ripe. 
Agapanthus longispathus. 
Agapanthu Orientalis. 
Agapanthus Orientalis alba. 
Allium triquetrum. 
Allium coeruleum. 
Alstroemeria aurantiaca. 
Alstroemeria Chilensis. 
Amaryllis Belladonna hybrids. 
Anigozanthos flavida. 
Anigozanthos coccinea. 
Belamcandia Chinensis. 
Bletilla hyacinthina. 
Clivia, Zimmerman hybrids, 20c each. 
Clivia, Belgian hybrids, 25c each. 
Crinum Asiaticum, 25c each. 
Dianella intermedia. 
Dierama pendula. 
Dierama mixed. 
Dietes catanulata. 
Dietes Iridioides Johnsonii. 
Dietes Oakhurst hybrids. 
Epidendrum O’Brianianum. 
Epidendrum hybrids mixed. 
Habranthus brachyandrus. 
Haemanthus puniceus, l5c each. 
Hedychium Gardnerianum. 
Hippeastrum, giant hybrids. 
Iris Douglasiana. 
Iris Foetidissima. 
Iris Louisiana mixed. 
Iris Milesii. 
Iris Siberica mixed. 
Iris Spuria mixed. 
Iris Tall Bearded mixed. 
Kniphofia tall hybrids mixed. 
Kniphofia,dwarf hybrids mixed. 
Libertia ixioides. 
Libertia grandiflora. 
Rohdea Japonica, 3 for 25c. 
Scilla Peruviana. 
Sisyrinchium Californicum. 
Tulbaghia violacea. 
Strelitzia regina, 3 for 25c. 
Veltheimia viridifolia. 
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora. 
Watsonia Beatrices. 
Watsonia tubularis hybrids. 
Watsonia, evergreen mixed. 
Zephyranthes ajax. 
Zephyranthes Andersonii. 
Zephyranthes candida. 
Hemerocallis from fine varieties, mixed. Zephyranthes robusta. 
The Successful Culture of Bulbs—in your Garden 
There is a right and wrong way of doing everything and growing of bulbs is no 
exception. In this catalog we try to give only a few pointers about the individual cul- 
tural needs of each bulb, but at best we can only give you just that. It is impossible for 
us to give you detailed cultural directions because we are not familiar with your condi- 
tions and what we do in our garden would not necessarily be the best thing to do in your 
garden. Experience is your best and only teacher. You can learn only by trial and 
error method. There is great satisfaction in experimenting to find the best method of 
growing bulbs in your garden, and in the process if you should lose a few bulbs the ex- 
perience gained was worth much more to you than the price you paid for the bulbs. 
Failure on the part of most beginners is caused by over enthusiasm and anxiety to 
get the bulbs to grow and flower at once. Remember that each bulb has a season for 
starting to grow and if you try to upset its season by trying to force it into growth you 
are courting trouble. If upon receiving a bulb from a dealer you plant it at once in a 
well fertilized soil, place the pot in a hot place and water daily, don’t blame the bulb 
or the dealer if you find that the bulb has rotted. Too much moisture and heat will kill 
any dormant bulb. 
A better method would be to plant the bulb in unfertilized, damp soil and place it 
in a cool place. If the soil becomes too dry give it just enough water to moisten it, but 
not enough to soak it. Watch for the first sign of the bulb starting to grow. It is only 
then that you can bring the bulb to a warmer location and start watering. After the plant 
has made some leaf growth you can start to fertilize either with liquid manure or a top 
dressing of pulverized manure. 

Garden Lectures for Garden Clubs 
If you are a garden club program chairman, or if you have to lecture before 
your garden club, the following announcement will be of interest. 
During the past several seasons we have photographed the rare and beautiful 
flowers as they bloom in our gardens (and elsewhere) in natural color lantern 
slides by the Kodachrome process. We now have over 2,000 of them in our 
collection. These were used to illustrate the talks Mr. Giridlian gave before 
garden and civic clubs throughout the country. Everywhere they were shown 
audiences declared them the finest collection of slides they had ever seen. 
Now that it is not possible for Mr. Giridlian to travel on lecture tours he has 
made plans to rent these slides at a nominal cost to clubs or individuals, and has 
written the lectures to go with them. There are approximately 125 slides in each 
lecture and comments to be read with each slide as they are projected on the 
screen. The following three lectures are now ready: 
IRIS and Its RELATIVES e AMARYLLIS FAMILY e RARE BULBOUS PLANTS 
If you are interested get in touch with us for details. You will find this to 
be a simple solution to your problem, and your club will thank you for giving 
them the finest hour of entertainment they have ever had. 
