ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE BULBS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 55 

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Begonias 
Unexcelied for summer 
Tuberous Rooted bedding, such as lawn 
beds and borders. 
45c, 4 for $1.75. 


Caladium or Elephant’s ts eee 
md Attractive foliage plants of fine 
Caladium decorative value. While Fancy 
Leaved is for both indoors and outdoors, Esculen- 
tum is for garden only. Not hardy. 
Richly colored and marked 
Fancy Leaved foliage in combinations — of 
red, green, and white. 
In many plants the leaf 
veins are of a contrasting color. 35c each, 3 for 
90c, 6 for $1.50. (Etephckt’s “Eacy: © 
ephant’s ar normous 
Esculentum rich green leaves often meas- 
uring 2% to 8 ft. long and 2 ft. wide. Succeeds in 
deeply spaded rich, garden soil exposed to the full 
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bE xcclsior Double Pearl Tuberoses 
Tuberoses 
(2% ft.) Beautiful 
compact 
flower spikes of extremely fragrant waxy white 
Double Pearl. 
double blossoms. If planted outdoors when the 
ground is warm they will bloom late in the sum- 
mer. For earlier blooming start them indoors 
in pots. 
Large Choice Bulbs: 3 for 35c; 6 for 65c; 12 
for $1.00, postpaid. 
as 
Vigoro 
A valuabie general fertilizer, good for house 
plants, lawns, flowers, vegetables, shrubs, and 
trees. Vigoro is easily applied, clean, odorless 
1 Ib. 25c, 5 Ibs. 85c, postpaid. 

and sanitary. 
and Roots 
When fully exposed to the sun 
the beds must be kept moist. Single Sorts Mixed. 
Each 45c, 4 for $1.75. Double Sorts Mixed, each 

Postpaid 
for House and Garden 


CNN 
VINE 
Fine climber, perfectly hardy, and is produced 
from tubers which make from 10 to 20 feet of 
vine. Beautiful heart-shaped leaves, bright green 
foliage, and clusters of delicate white flowers, 
sending forth a delicious cinnamon odor. Large 
tubers, 15c each, 3 for 40c, 6 for 65c. 
Maderia Vine Beautiful climber, of rapid 
growth, has light green, al- 
most transparent leaves. It will climb to the height 
of 20 feet and over. Excellent for house climbers. 
10c each, 12 for 95c. 



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7 a 
Ismene Calanthe Grandiflora. 
Ismene Calanthe, Peruvian 
7 A grand summer-flowering bulb with 
Daffodil large, fragrant Amaryllis-like white 
blooms with apple green markings in the throat. 
Very easy to grow. Keep bulbs in a warm dry room 
and plant out in June. Take up in October and 
store warm and dry during the winter. They do 
best in a well-drained fertile soil where they will 
multiply rapidly. 40c each. 

Stately plants with large foliage of tropical ap- 
pearance and clusters of massive, well-formed 
blooms on strong stems. We send out dormant, 
2 to 3 eye root divisions. 
City of Portland 
watermelon-pink. 
Ms 4 ft. tall. Glowing scarlet, 
The President blue-green foliage. 
M4 5 ft. tall. Deep 
Yellow King Humbert es 
heavily spotted and flecked with deep red. Green 
foliage. | 
: 5 ft. tall. The heart- 
Red King Humbert >, **. ' alle sbie Beak: 
purple-madder over bronze. Immense heads of 
orchid-like, velvety orange-scarlet, rose-tinted. 
Any of the above Cannas: 25c each, 3 for 65c, 
12 for $1.95. 
Green foliage. 4 ft. 
tall. Large flowers of 

Oxalis 
Summer Flowering 
These useful little plants are very effective 
in masses or beds and are particularly 
valuable for edgings. They produce an 
unbroken row of foliage about one foot 
high and continuous bloom. White, red, 
pink, and mixed. Doz. 60c, 100 for $4.00. 

Regal Lily 
Large, trum- 
Regal Lily (Regale) pet-shaped, 
white blooms marked canary-yellow in the 
throat; outside shaded lilac-pink. One of 
the most beautiful and most popular of 
all. With the fragrance of Jasmine, the 
long regal blooms are borne freely in 
whorls atop strong, 83 to 5 ft. stems. Very 
easy to grow. Blooms late June and July. 
Each 40c, 3 for $1.00, 5 for $1.50. 

Rootowe 
ROOTONE, 
the plant hor- 
mone powder. 
Dip cuttings in 
Rootone be- 
fore planting 
to give faster, 
better, more 
successful 
rooting. Mix 
flower, vegetable or grass seed with 
Rootone before planting to give 
faster growth and stronger roots. 
Easy to use. 14 oz.. packet, 25c; 
2 oz. jar, $1; 1 Ib. can, $5. 


“Reg U.S Pot-Of 3 
(RANSOLANTONE 
TRANSPLANTONE—the vitamin- 
hormone stimulant. Vitamin B; in 

the most effective form. Use on 
backward house plants or in the 
garden on seedlings (flowers or 
vegetables) shrubs or trees. Speeds 
up root growth and makes stronger 
plants. 1 oz. makes 1000 gallons 
of solution. 14 oz. can, 25c; 3 oz. 
can, $1; 1 Ib. can, $4. 
