
Eel VIeLONS ALIAS TI 
We take great pleasure in offering this year a very nice stock of this extremely rare 
hardy bulb species. Over a period of years we have importd large quantities of these 
bulbs and after careful experiments we believe that it will be feasible to produce them in 
this country on a commercial basis. [xiolirion or “Siberian Bluebells” are perfectly hardy 
in any climate. They are ideal for cutting and we feel sure that they will be an important 
factor on the cut-flower markets of this country. In the garden or when cut, the large 
umbels of delicately blue flowers open up progressively. “The flowers last unusually long. 
Ixiolirion flowers with us at the same time as bulbous iris and we think that May-June 
flowering would be a safe description. Height is from 12 to 18 inches. hey reproduce 
best from seed which fowers in three years. However, the bulbs will last a long time if 
the flowers or seedpods are picked off as we still have the original trial planting here, 
which was made some five years ago. 
Ixiolirion will be a distinct novelty for American gardeners and we suggest that you 
give it some space in your next bulb catalog. 
