and when you start them in winter do it “easy like.” Not too much water until well 
rooted and growing, but never allowed to dry out. 
Billbergia nutans. The earliest to flower, often late Dec., usually in Jan. - Feb. 
The inflorescence is most beautiful. Price 50c. With bud showing, $1.00. 
B. distachia hybrid. Foliage reddish green with cream spots. Long spikes with 
rose pink bracts and blue margined green flowers. Blooms in early spring and a few 
in late summer. $1.00. 
B. rubro-cyanea. * The foliage has very rich variable markings of green, red and 
white. Flowers green, edged dark blue with crimson bracts. $1.50. 
N.B. During very cold weather, it is better either to add about 20c for extra 
postage on very heavy packing or ask for delivery about April 1. 
Miscellaneous 
Anemones. We still have a few of those 2 yr. old Anemone bulbs, mostly size # 3. 
Most reports show they grow 50% or better but a few customers failed. They are 
offered “‘as is,’ no guarantee. Culture. Plant 1” deep, 3” apart in good garden loam. 
If planting is followed by heavy rains, tell them “good bye.” They should not be 
wetter than barely moist until they come up. Give full sun exposure. In the north, 
plant early in the spring. Price 50c per 100. 
Esther Reed Daisy. The favorite, fully double Shasta Daisy. Very useful for 
cutting. They must be moved while dormant and before Mar. 1, as they are likely to 
start here about that time. If too cold to plant outside in the north they can be potted 
and shifted to garden later. Single divisions, 25c ea., 3 for 60c. $2.35 per doz. 
Royal Robe Violet. Large lustrous flowers of deepest violet blue on long stems. 
Grow them outside or in pots like any other violet. In forcing in pots give a temperature 
of not over 50°.. They do not like heat or too intense sunlight. Price 30c, 4 for $1.00. 
Per doz. $2.90. 
2 Clivia miniata hybrid seed. Plant on top of soil in pot or pan. Soil should be loose 
-and friable sandy loam and leaf mould. Water and cover with pane of glass and keep 
*/ in full shade. Very little water will be needed for some time and then only enough to 
-) preserve a moist condition. If radicles do not penetrate soil, help them. 25c ea. 3 for 
bk 60c. $2.25 per doz. 
i Aunt Mary—Golden Bantam hybrid seed corn. The two sweetest, tenderest and best 
ee crossed. Some dry seed are white, some yellow, but all are hybrid. 35c¢ per 
packet. 

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