
LACHENALIA—Delightful little bulbs, called (for some 
cryptic reason) Cape-cowslips, but reminding more of a 
young Hyacinth with spike gone informal, long-tubed 
flowers swinging gracefully from the spike-stem. Pot 
Lachenalia bulbs as soon as you get them, and don’t wait 
too long for the getting. Then you will have little difficulty 
in flowering them early in the winter. Follow Freesia 
handling, but be sure to pot up firmly, and make but one 
planting, that not too late in autumn. We offer PENDULA 
SUPERBA, perhaps the most attractive of the Lachenalias 
with its many half-pendant tubular blossoms of scarlet- 
tinged coral with tips of purple and emerald. Each 30c; 
4 for $1.00; 10 for $2.35. (Illustrated above.) 
CYRTANTHUS—Two excellent small-flowered bulbs of the 
Amaryllis family that force with the greatest of ease, and 
that, moreover, may be brought into bloom winter after 
winter. LUTESCENS—Waxy trumpets of bright yellow. 
Each 30c; 3 for 80c. MACKENI—Slightly larger trumpets of 
ivory white. Each 30c; 3 for 80c. 
NARCISSUS PAPER WHITE—Perhaps the easiest of all 
bulb-flowers for indoor winter blooming. Clusters of snowy 
white, richly fragrant blossoms. Will bloom within a few 
weeks when planted in pebbles and water, or may be potted 
in soil. Make successive plantings of them every three 
weeks from the middle of October to the middle of March 
and you can have continuous flowers all winter long. 10 
for 60c; 25 for $1.25; 100 for $4.50. 
CHINESE SACRED LILY—Really a Narcissus, relative of 
the Paper White, to be grown in same way and just as 
easily and quickly. The fragrant flowers are creamy white 
with soft yellow centers, and are carried in big clusters. 
Years ago the bulbs of this all came from gardens in the 
rich delta lands of China, mostly back of Macao, and so 
it gained the “Chinese” part of its name. 2 for 25c; 10 for 
$1.00; 25 for $2.00. 
MOREA POLYSTACHYA—Big, open sprays of blossoms, 
shaped like giant butterflies, are carried on thin, wiry 
stems. Soft mauve, marked with rich Parma violet. Force 
slowly, gently. 2 for 35c; 7 for $1.00; 25 for $3.00. 
HABRANTHUS BRACHYANDRUS—Trumpet flowers of 
purest deep pink come in late spring. A lovely and easy 
pot bulb of unique charm. Each 20c; 3 for 60c; 10 for $1.60. 
IRIS RETICULATA—This little Caucasian beauty, a true 
bulb, yields its big, velvety purple, violet-scented flowers 
in late winter when grown as a pot bulb and given gen- 
tle forcing. Selected bulbs, a size larger than those offered 
on page 7. Each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 for $1.95. 
DIERAMA—The flowers are delicately swung, swaying 
bells, pale mauve to pure purple or sometimes white, one- 
side pendants from tall, whiplike stems. It grows from 
corms rather like those of Gladiolus, but flatter and a bit 
smaller. A pretty and graceful bulb-flower of quite dis- 
tinctive appearance that handles well in pots if kept on 
the cool side and forced slowly, blooming in late spring. 
Also it is hardy enough to winter outside in climate of 
Philadelphia. 2 for 25c; 10 for $1.15; 25 for $2.65. 
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