12 M. OLIVER FLOWER FARMS 
BULBS, Continued 

GLADIOLUS 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. The best all-round bright 
red—pure scarlet with a few white flecks on 
the well-formed petals. Carries many buds 
and many florets open at a time. Select 
bulbs, 10c each; $1.00 per doz. 
Golden Dream. Clear golden yellow. An 
old favorite that is still in use In many gar- 
dens due to Its consistency of growth and its 
clarity of color. Select bulbs, 10c each; 
$1.00 per doz. 
Maid of Orleans. An excellent pure white 
with a cream throat. Has a good straight 
spike with many perfectly formed and 
placed florets open at one time. Makes a 
splendid cut flower. Select bulbs, 10c each; 
$1.00 per doz. 
Minuet. The best of the self-colored lavender 
Gladiolus, carrying sometimes seven to nine 
heavy-textured flowers open at one time on 
strong spikes. Select bulbs, 10c each; $1.00 
per doz. 
Pelegrina. A deep blue-violet Gladiolus that 
is particularly appealing in color. Blackish- 
blue buds showing color to the tip of the 
spike. Select bulbs, 10c each; $1.00 per doz. 
Picardy. The best Gladiolus in its color 
class, flesh-pink shading to shrimp-pink at 
the edges, with inconspicuous feathering of 
begonia-rose. Seven to ten florets open at a 
time, with blooms up to 6 inches or more 
ee Spike is strong. 10c each; $1.00 per 
Oz. 
Rainbow Mixture. This mixture is made up 
of many varieties of Glads. By planting a 
number of bulbs every two weeks from early 
March until the middle of June, you will 
have flowers from early summer until frost. 
The bulbs are healthy and vigorous and 
with a little care will last a number of years. 
75c per doz.; 50 for $3.00. 

ISMENE CALATHINA. (Peruvian Daffodil.) 
One of the stateliest and most impressive 
flowers, and one of the choicest of all garden 
subjects. It carries very large, snowy white, 
amaryllis-like flowers, which are delight- 
fully fragrant, on tall stems. Each stem 
bears one to four magnificent blooms. Ex- 
cellent for growing indoors as well as in the 
garden. Plant in well-drained soil; take up 
and store in the winter. 50c each; 3 for $1.25. 
LEUCOJUM VERNUM. (Snowflake.) These 
charming flowers of earliest spring are best 
grown in small clumps, for they grow taller 
than most early-flowering bulbs. The deli- 
cate white bells, dotted green, are produced 
on 12-inch stems. They increase from year 
to year if the bulbs are not disturbed. 15c 
each; $1.50 per doz. 
LYCORIS RADIATA. Strap-shaped leaves 
appear in early spring, which mature and 
die down before the bright crimson flowers 
come in August and September. The lily- 
like blooms are borne in small clusters and 
are very fragrant. Easily grown outdoors 
in the South in ordinary garden soil, but 
must be grown indoors in the North. 35c 
each; 3 for $1.00. 
MUSCARI, Heavenly Blue. (Grape Hya- 
cinth.) The best-known variety of Grape 
Hyacinth. Few flowers combine with others 
as do these lovely little harbingers of spring. 
With daffodils, they are nothing less than 
glorious. They are excellent also for edging 
spring borders, for rock gardens, around 
shrubbery, trees, and old tree stumps. 
They may be planted as close as 2 inches 
apart for mass effect. They soon form 
clumps and, being perfectly hardy, re- 
appear each spring to enchant you again 
with their beauty. Top-quality bulbs, 50c 
per doz.; $3.75 per 100. 
ORNITHOGALUM ARABICUM. (Star of 
Bethlehem.) Waxy, white star-shaped 
flowers with a glistening jet-black pistil and 
yellow stamens, borne in large clusters at 
the top of stems 15 to 18 inches long. Very 
desirable for display in large vases. They 
are easily grown and will thrive in any 
reasonably good garden soil where they get 
sunshine at least half the time. Large 
bulbs, 25c each; 6 for $1.25. 
PAPER-WHITE NARCISSUS. The popular 
bunch-flowering, pure white Narcissus, 
frequently having thirty blooms and splen- 
did decorative foliage from a single bulb. 
May be forced indoors in pebbles and water 
or grown outdoors like other Narcissus or 
Daffodils. 10c each; $1.00 per doz. 
TUBEROSE, Single Mexican Early Ever- 
blooming. Richly scented, single white 
flowers on tall stems. Begins to bloom in 
July and continues throughout the season, 
each bulb throwing two to five flower spikes 
in succession. Wonderful in the garden 
besides being prized as cut flowers. 15c 
each; $1.50 per doz. 
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