Ohe Libis Gardens SSS 
ESTABLISHED 1899 

Akron, Ohio, February 1947 
To Our Friends and Customers: 
For the season of 1947 we have a good supply of BULBS for both Spring and Fall planting; 
te a good supply of PLANTS, both perennial and annual. Space permits only a partial general 
isting: 
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GLADIOLUS—A good full range of colors as follows: LEEDSI], LONG CROWNED—Daisy Schaffer, 
WHITE—Maid of Orleans, Margaret Beaton. Gertie Millar, Hora, Mrs. R. O. Backhouse, Silver 
Star, Tunis. 
PINK—Collosus, Corona, Ethel Cave Cole, Picardy, 
Rosa Van Lima. 
ORANGE-PINK—Paradise. 
ROSE-RED AND SCARLET—Beacon, Margaret 
Fulton. 
RED AND DARK RED—Algonquin, Black Opal. 
LAVENDER—Minuet. 
BLUE AND BLUE-VIOLET—Blue Admiral, Blue 
Beauty, Pelegrina. ; 
PURPLE—King Lear. 
YELLOW—Gold Dust, Gold Eagle, Golden 
Chimes, Golden Dream, Spotlight. 
CREAM—Wanda. 
SMOK Y—Vagabond Prince. 
DAFFODILS—More than sixty of the newer developed 
kinds; large and medium trumpet and shallow-cup- 
ped varieties in various shades and colors. 
We offer our own grown bulbs, and bulbs grown 
for us in Oregon. Come to see the Daffodils when 
blooming to select varieties for your garden. 
Daffodils or Narcissus are easily grown, multiply 
rapidly, and bloom the first Spring after planting. 
All in all they are a good investment besides yield- 
ing yearly dividends of much enjoyment. 
Our stocks consist of the following list of varieties, 
in addition to which there are many of the newer 
varieties, blooming in our sample planting from 
which selections may be made for your own Fall 
planting. 
TRUMPET, YELLOW—Aerolite, Alaska, Alas- 
nam, Ben Hur, Cleopatra, Diotima, Dawson City, 
Golden Harvest, Hendrik Ibsen, King Alfred, Tres- 
serve. 
TRUMPET, WHITE—Ada Finch, Beersheba, Es- 
kimo, La Vestale, Pres. Carnot. 
TRUMPET, BICOLOR—Lovenest, Silvanite. 
INCOMPARABILIS, YELLOW—Carlton, Croesus, 
Fortune, Lucinius, Red Cross, Red Shadow, She- 
herazade, Sir Watkins, Walter Hampden, Whiteley 
Gem, Yellow Poppy. 
INCOMPARABILIS, BICOLOR—Adler, Dick 
Wellband, Francisca Drake, Hades, John Evelyn, 
Milford Haven, Pygmalion. 
BARRI, BICOLOR—Firetail, Fleur, Mrs. Lady 
Diana Manners, Mrs. Walter Brewster. 
BARRII, YELLOW—Alcida, Bath’s Flame, Diana 
Kasner. 
TAZETTE HYBRIDS—Glorious, Klondyke, Laur- 
ens Koster. 
LEEDSH, SHROT-CROWNED—Mrs. Nette 
O’Melveny, Queen of the North. 
POETICUS—Actaea, Edwina. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES—Cheerfulness, Indian 
Chief, Irene Copeland, Mary Copeland, Texas, The 
Pearl, Twink. 
JONQUIL HYBRIDS—Campernelle Single, Jon- 
quil Simplex, Trevithian, Tullus Hostilius. 
TRIANDRUS HYBRIDS—Agnes Harvey, Moon- 
shine, Silver Chimes, Thalia, Triandus Albus. 
TULIPS—Cottage, Darwin, Breeder, Triumph, Mendel 
Parrot and Double varities all imported from Hol- 
land, Europe. For the most part varieties as fol- 
lows: 
RED—Alberio, All Bright, Advance, City of Haar- 
lem, Gloria Swanson, Marshal Haig, Pride of Haar- 
lem, Scarlet Admiral, Scarlet Beauty, Scarlet Won- 
der, Wm. Pitt. 
PINK—Clara Butt, Edith Eddy, Her Grace, Pride 
of Zwanenburg, Princess Elizabeth, Rosabella, 
Sirene. 
WHITE—Carrara, Mrs. Grullemans, Mount 
Erebus, White Giant, Zwanenburg. 
LAVENDER AND PURPLE—Blue Eagle, Giant, 
Insurpassable, Rev. Ewbank, The Bishop. 
YELLOW—Golden Age, Golden Harvest, Ingles- 
combe Yellow, Mrs. John D. Scheepers, Niphetos. 
BREEDER TULIPS—Cardinal Manning, Dillen- 
burg, Indian Cheif, Louis XIV. 
PARROT TULIPS—Blue Parrot, Fantasy, Red 
Champion, Sunshine, Therese. 
DOUBLE TULIPS—Peach Blossom, Mr. Van Der 
Hoef, Murillo, Schoonoord. 
LILY BULBS—For Spring planting - Centifolium, Re- 
gal, Shuksan. For Fall planting - Centifolium, 
Creole Whitehurst, Formosanum Philippinense, 
Fritillaria Imperealis, Green Mountain Hybrids, 
Havemeyer Hybrids, Henryi, Madonna, Preston 
Hybrids, Regal, Shuksan, Speciosum Rubrum, Um- 
bellatum, ‘“‘Western Sunset.”’ 
HYACINTHS—Pink, Pink Pearl; red, La Victorie; 
white, L’Innocence; light blue, Myosotis; dark 
blue, King of the Blues; yellow, City of Haarlem. 
GRAPE HYACINTHS—Armeniacum. 
CROCUSES—Yellow, White, Purple, Lavender and 
Blue. 
Other miscellaneous imported bulbs — _ Scilla, 
Snowdrops etc. 
DOOD L AL Perennial 5S POOR OG 
CHR YSANTHEMUMS—A full line representing the 
most desirable early flowering and newer kinds; 
large flowered varieties, cushion and pompons. 
Chrysanthemums survive many frosts and continue 
blooming into the early snows of Fall. As a cut 
flower the are very long lasting. 
Chrysanthemum plants will be ready and available 
during May and June. 
PINK—Astrid, Clara Curtis, Pink Lustre, Psyche. 
OLD ROSE—Symphony. 
RED—Burgundy, Caliph, Cydonia, Louise Schling, 
Red Velvet, Saladin, Warrior. 
LAVENDER—Lavender Lady, Lavender Lassie. 
PURPLE—Chippewa, The Moor. - 
YELLOW—Algonquin, King Midas, Pale Moon, 
Pygmy Gold, R. Marion Hatton. 
BRONZY YELLOW—Madam Chiang Kaishek. 
AMBER BUFF—Mrs. P. S. DuPont, Sequoia. 
BRONZE—Ember, Goblin, Sept. Bronze. 
WHITE—Avalanche, Hills of Snow, Jean Cum- 
mings, Milky Way, Sept. Cloud, Silver Moon. 
CUSHION CHRYSANTHEMUMS—Bronze cushion, 
Rose cushion, White cushion, Yellow cushion. 
COLUMBINES—Long-spurred flowers, in shades of 
pink, rose, yellow, red, white and blue. 
DAISIES—Vigorous, free flowering, laciniated, double 
and plain-petalled varieties. Large white flowers, 
excellent for cutting. Our own development in 
Daisies has proved to be very popular. 
DELPHINIUMS—The Gaint “Pacific” all-double strain 
in white; light medium’and dark blue; shades of 
rose-lavender and purple. 
DICENTRA—Or old-fashioned BLEEDING HEART. 
Our stock consists of young vigorous plants. 
GYPSOPHILA—Bristol Fairy - tiny, double, white 
flowers. 
HELIOPSIS—Scabra Incomparabilis; deep yellow daisy- 
like flowers on long stems; good for cutting. 
HEMEROCALLIS—Or Day Lily. Very light yellow to 
deep orange; blooming period mostly from late May 
to late August, but a few continuing until frost. 
Forty-five of these standard varieties from which 
to choose. 
The new strain of Dr. Leonian’s hybrids are in red 
copper, pink, purple and maroon colors. These we 
have in many varieties - blooming from late June 
to September. 
The adaptability of the Day Lily to varying con- 
ditions of soil and climate and its freedom from 
insect pests makes it the most reliable perennial. 
See them while blooming - mid July would get the 
largest number at one time. 
