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AUTUMNALE—ry(1)10. Giant cup-flowers, 
in September, springing from bare 
Full hardiness. IJllustrated 
COLCHICUM 
lavender to purple, 
ground as though by magic. 
above, Pkt. 15e (3 for 40c). (Bulbs, August-September, 
each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.90). 
COLCHICUM DECAISNEI—ry. Rare Palestine species. 
Flowers rosy pink. Fall-blooming. Pkt. 25c. 
COLCHICUM LUTEUM ry(1)8. Spring-bloomer 
Kashmir. Rich yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
CHLOROGALUM POMERIDANUM—~ny(2)45. Big bushy 
panicles of little purple-striped white blossoms, opening 
about noon each day. Winter-hardy, but also sometimes 
grown in pots. Rich in saponin. Pkt. 15c. (Bulbs, Septem- 
ber to November, 3 for 35c; 10 for $1.00.) 
COOPERIA PEDUNCULATA—erbx(8)15. Evening Star. 
Large, up-facing “‘lilies,”” pure white but suffusing pink, 
richly fragrant. To be handled like Gladioli. Very lovely. 
Illustrated page 39. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c; 14 oz. T5c. (Bulbs, 
delivery spring, 3 for 40c; 8 for $1.00.) 
CORYDALIS—rstyt. Pretty little Bleeding Heart cousins 
with tuberous roots. Charming in flower, dainty in foli- 
age. Spring. CAVA—Purple sprays. Pkt. 15c. NOBILIS— 
Clustered yellow flowers, dark-tipped. Pkt. 15ec. HALLERI 
—Airy blossoms of rosy violet. Pkt. 15c. 
CLIVIA FINEST HYBRIDS 
Aristocrats of the Amaryllis family, with ornamental 
foliage, wide, round-ended, symmetrically arranged. They 
are semi-bulbs only, roots thickened, almost tuberous, 
thongs. To be grown as pot plants, liking rich moist soil, 
fairly heavy, with shade. We offer seeds, saved from 
what we believe to be the finest hybrid strain in the 
world. Marvelous color range, running from softest creamy 
yellow, through golden orange, burnt orange, salmon tinged 
scarlet, to deep red. Large succulent seeds, each seed 35c; 
3 seeds for $1.00; 8 for $2.10; 25 for $5.85. 
COMMELINA THE SKY-FLOWER 
COELESTIS BLUE—*ebx(8)28. No bluer flowers, tones 
of deep summer sky. Makes tuberous roots that may be 
stored in cellar over winter. In spring, usually blooming 
within three weeks after tubers are replanted, continuing 
until late fall. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. (Tubers, March to 
May, 2 for 25c; 10 for $1.00). Jllustrated page 52. 
COELESTIS WHITE—Like last, but snowy white. Pkt. 15. 
(Tubers, each 20c; 3 for 50c). 
CORYTHOLMA WARSCEWICZI 
It comes from Mexico, this rare and beautiful tuberous- 
rooted plant for house or conservatory culture. In late 
spring there are sprays of tubular, two-lipped flowers in 
combinations of golden orange and scarlet. Distantly al- 
lied to Streptocarpus and Gloxinia. ‘‘w’ culture. Pkt. 15c; 
3 for 40c; 8 for 90c. 
THE GLORIOUS CRINUMS 
We recommend these beautiful flowering bulbs of the 
Amaryllis family for outdcor growing. Illustrated on page 
42. Crinum fimbriatulum shovld, in the North be dug ard 
carried over winter in the cellar. The bulbs store as read- 
ily as those of Gladiolus. The other two will usually winter 
safely in the open ground, providing they are planted 
deeply, and mulched with straw or leaves. However they 
can be dug and stored. too. Crinum bulbs available De- 
cember to June. CRINUM FIMBRIATULUM—Whorls of 
large fragrant flowers that expand to stars, soft pink 
with rose-shaded stripe. Each 75c; 3 for $2.00. CRINUM 
LONGIFOLIUM—Big trumpet-flowers in  pink-and-white, 
sweetly scented. Blooms always in spring, usually again in 
late autumn. Each 75c; 3 for $2.00. CRINUM POWELLI 
ALBUM—tThe blossoms are Lily-like trumpets of purest 
waxen whiteness. Each 75c; 3 for $2.00. 
CYPELLA HERBERTI—*erbk(38-4)25. Charming summer- 
flowering bulbs with shell-like blossoms in blended tan, 
old gold and brown. Grows readily from seeds sown in 
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earliest spring. Bulbs should be carried over winter packed 
in sand, in a cool, dry, frost-proof place. Illustrated page 
42. Pkt. 15c. (Bulbs, spring delivery, each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
CYRTANTHUS—Ifafa Lily. Clustered tubular trumpet- 
flowers, African branch of the Amaryllis family. Intense- 
ly fragrant. For winter forcing. Bulbs only, fall delivery. 
LUTESCENS Soft yellow. Each 25c; 3 for 65c. MAC- 
KENI—Waxen white. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
AUTUMN CROCUS 
Desirable bulbs, true Crocuses, that flower in autumn. 
“vy”? culture. CLUSI—Sept. to Dec. Portugal. Purple cups 
with white throat. Pkt. 15¢. ZONATUS—Lavender cups, 
zoned orange. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 75c. SALZMANNI—Partic- 
ularly good. Cup petals lilac, veined violet, and feathered 
yellow at base. Reverse of petals flamed purple. Buds 
pale blue. Blooms Oct. and Nov. Pkt. 15c; yy oz. 25e; 4% 
oz. 45c; %4 oz. 80c; 1 oz. $3.00. 
CYCLAMEN HARDY 
The Hardy Cyclamen makes a charming rock garden 
plant; or use it against old walls, and in leaf-nestling 
colonies about the roots of some great tree, where on a cold 
day of earliest spring or late autumn, its jewel-bright 
blossoms may yield a sudden blood-warming thrill of dis- 
covery. Flowers are usually fragrant, exquisite in form, 
white, pink, rose, carmine or crimson, foliage undulate, 
often marbled. “kt” culture; seed of all Cyclamen comes 
slowly. Winter-hardy species mixed. 12 seeds for 25c: 
50 seeds for 90c. See page 48 for Tender Cyclamen. 
DAHLIAS FROM SEED 
’ Sow them early, and you can have flowers first year. It 
is from seedlings that all new varieties of Dahlias come. 
SPECIAL GIANT DOUBLE—*ecx(4)60. Saved from named 
sorts, mostly giants of rare coloring. Seedlings always 
vary interestingly; average quality particularly high. 10 
seeds for 25c; 25 for 50c; 100 for 85c. 
NEW MINIATURE—*ecx(3)24. Dainty baby Dahlias, so 
quick from seed that they may even be grown as annuals. 
Tones of canary, buff, apricot, cream, pink, rose, purple, 
crimson, scarlet. Some will be double. Pkt. 15c; gy oz. 
380c; 1% oz. 50c. 
EREMURUS OR FOXTAIL LILY 
It is early June and the magnificent seven-foot spike of 
Eremurus robustus that has accented the border, is losing 
its hundreds of airy, soft pink star blossoms, but replacing 
this Turkestan beauty, the nearby Eremurus Bungei from 
north Persian hills, is opening the rich deep gold of its 
pyramid-spires, and the lovely variety Isobel is showing 
delicate pink-flushed, pale orange tones. Eremurus is of full 
winter hardiness, and there is nothing very difficult about 
it save that the plants do not always flower first year 
after moving. “‘y” culture. Illustrated page 48. E!,WESI- 
ANUS—6 ft. Splendid early soft pink, striped deeper. EL- 
WESIANUS ALBUS—as last but snowy white. BUNGEI 
—5 vit. Spikes of golden orange stars. ROBUSTUS—9 ft. 
Bright rosy pink stars, individually large, hundreds packed 
into tall spires. HIM-ROB—8 ft. Stars of delicate silvery 
rose. HIMALAICUS—8 ft. Dense spikes of fragrant snowy 
stars. SPECIAL HYBRIDS—5 ft. A distinct group, a little 
later in flowering and not quite as tall as the nthors average. 
Rien. in delertalie apices: salmon tints, chamois, orange, 
shadirngs of copper an ronze. Sometimes pur ite. 
UNIFORM PRICE any of above. pkt. of 20 seeds Soaiguae 
100 for 65c; 250 for $1.45. OFFER 64A33—One pkt. each 
of the 7 for $1.15. ROOTS of several named kinds available 
for fall delivery. Write for list and prices in September. 
EREMURUS PEERLESS BLEND—A]] above, with likely 
others, in one splendid mixture. 25 d : 
60c; 500 for $2.50. seeds for 20c; 100 for 


BULBS AND PLANTS go by express unless remit- 
tance includes allowance for 
Ing at rate of 5% of value east of Pittsburgh and 
north of Potomac, 10% for other points east of 
Mississippi river, and 15% when intended for destina- 
tions beyo1d that river. 
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DIERAMA BLEND—rbkt(3)50. An unusual summer d 
bulb that has proved fully winter ha-dy at OtAnCranards 
Some winter mulching is recommended further north, 
though, and the covering should be rather heavy with 
young bulbs until they are thoroughly established. Bells 
of blush, rose red or amaranth hang pendant from high, 
willowy stems. Illustrated page 42. Pkt. l5c; vs oz. 25c. 
postage and mail pack- 
