




CROCUS SPECIES - Page 43 


CHRYSANTHUS ZWANENBURG BRONZE. Golden yellow, exterior 
bronze, a lovely variety; very free flowering. A. M. London, 1938. Haar- 
lem, 1938. Doz. $5.30, 100 $37.50 
CHRYSANTHUS MIXED VARIETIES. Very varied mixture of charm- 
ing early and free flowering dwarf Crocuses, strongly recommended. 
100 $5.40 
ETRUSCUS. Self-colored mauve flowers, excellent; flowers one month 
or longer. Doz. $.65, 100 $4.50 
ETRUSCUS ZWANENBURG VARIETY. A very charming variety origi- 
nated by us. The color is light bluish violet, but in the mass it is almost 
a pure blue and by far the “bluest” Crocus we know. We recommend - 
to plant C. Stellaris together with this variety. Doz. $.70, 100 $4.80 
IMPERATI. A very beautiful early flowering species. The outside 
petals are buff and feathered with purple lines, inside rich violet. It is 
one of the earliest species to open its flowers. Specially recommended. 
Doz. $1.05, 100 $7.50 
MINIMUS. Light violet, outside buff, feathered purple, late fiowering. 
Doz. $1.50, 109 $10.50 
SIEBERI. A charming species, delicate blue with golden throat; flowers 
are produced in great profusion in early February. Doz. $.55, 100 $3.75 
_STELLARIS. Rte exterior marked with a few black lines. 
Doz. $.65, 100 $4.50 
STELLARIS PALLIDUS. Flowers sulphur-yellow, exterior with black 
lines. Doz. $.75, 100 $5.25 
SUSIANUS (Cloth of Gold). Bright golden-yellow flowers, outside brown 
striped, produced in great profusion. Specially recommended for natur- 
alizing. Doz. $.45, 100 $3.06 
SUSIANUS MINOR. A delightful miniature variety, described by Pax- 
ton in Paxton’s Magazine. The leaves are narrower and more upright 
in growth than those of the ordinary variety, the color is a deeper shade 
of yellow, and it flowers somewhat later. A most free flowering stock, 
and we prefer it in this respect to the ordinary C. Susianus as all plants 
of the latter do not flower at exactly the same time. Doz. $2.15, 100 $15.90 
TOMASINIANUS. Pale lavender, outside silvery-grey. A very charm- 
ing species which blooms with numerous fiowers in early spring, one of 
the best for naturalizing. Doz. $.35, 100 $2.40 - 
TOMASINANUS BARR’S PURPLE. A very fine distinct new form, a!- 
though lilac describes its color better. Doz. $.55, 100 $3.75 
TOMASINIANUS WHITEWELL PURPLE. A charming variety with 
many small reddish-purple colored flowers, very: free flowering; a pleas- 
ing effect is obtained by planting Eranthis Cilicica together with this 
variety. Doz. $.45, 100 $3.00 
VERNUS ALBUS. Dainty white flowers. Doz. $1.70, 100 $12.00 
VERNUS HAARLEM GEM. A most distinct variety with medium-sized, 
lilac-blue flowers. Hybrid with C. Tomasinianus and in appearance like 
this species, but the flowers have much more substance and they bloom 
later. A. M. Haarlem, 1934. Doz. $.75, 100 $5.40 
VERSICOLOR PICTURATUS (Cloth of Silver, best form) White, out- 
side purple feathered, very pretty and free-flowering. Doz. $.45, 100 $3.00 
Our origination, RED EMPEROR, world’s largest Tulip. See page 24. 



