
Coy little maidens celebrating Crocus time in their native hills among the glaciers in Switzerland. 
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CROCUSES 
SPRING FLOWERING 
The Crocus has its home on the shores of the Mediteranean Sea and eastward into Asia. The name 
crocus is of Greek origin and means saffron. Saffron in turn is the English spelling of the Arabic 
word “Zafaran.” 
In early times the orange-yellow stigmas were dried and used in medicine and are still used to-day 
for cooking by the Persians and Spaniards who mix them with their rice. In Greece and Rome, saffron 
was used as a perfume and as a yellow dye and is still employed extensively for that purpose in cer- 
tain sections of the old world. Commercial plantings of crocus for the manufacture of saffron are 
still to be found in Persia, Spain, France and Sicily. 
The Crocus is one of the loveliest of all spring-flowering plants. Soon after the snowdrops have put in 
their appearance come the crocuses with their large showy blooms in yellow, white, purple and stripes 
of lilac on a white ground. They must be grown in a more or less sunny place, otherwise the blooms 
do not open up fully. 
They are easily forced in a temperature of about 50 degrees, especially the top-sized quality bulbs 
which we offer. 
Please bear in mind, that many so-called “first quality’ Crocus bulbs do not belong in the top-size. 
Extra quality is never in abundance. 
We guarantee all Crocus bulbs offered to be strictly top size unless mentioned otherwise. 
BLUE, PURPLE AND LILAC THE BISHOP: 
Dark blue. 90 cts. per dozen, $6 per 100. 
PAULUS POTTER: 
Violet-purple. 95 cts. per dozen, $6.50 per 100. ANTIGONE: 
Blue, light bordered. 90 ects. per d , $6 100. 
PURPUREA GRANDIFLORA: Z Sega lth RS 
Purple, the largest of all Crocuses. 90 cts. per dozen, REMEMBRANCE: 
$6 per 100. Sky-blue, free flowering. 90 cts. per dozen, $6 per 100. 
KING OF THE BLUES: 
Dark blue. 90 cts. per dozen, $6 per 100. 
