Royal Lily. This is a Croft variety. It grows taller and has less spreading inflores- 
cence. It is more hardy for outside growing and equal sizes compared, it will give 2 or 3 
more flowers. 7” bulbs, 35c. 8”, 60c ea. 
Planting Stock. Send a self-addressed postcard for a quotation. 
Roman Hyacinths. Have single flowers, usually, and a less dense raceme than the 
Dutch Hyacinths but they have equal fragrance and great beauty in the garden or in pots. 
Culture, the same as for Dutch Hyacinths as noted below, either in gardens or pots. Our 
bulbs are nearly all white but a few are blue and now and then you may get a pink one. 
We can only call them Assorted, 25c ea. 
Dutch Hyacinths are loved by every one and have been for more than a thousand 
Lisa Their exquisite beauty, rare fragrance and easy culture contribute equally to this 
result. 
Culture. Hyacinths are winter hardy but in cold climates a good mulch is advisable. 
Plant 3” or 4” deep in rich sandy loam containing much humus. For forcing in pots use 
a 4” or 5” size. Use clean light sandy soil but no humus or fertilizer. Read our general 
potting directions. Set the bulb under soil with top just showing. Plunge the pots outside 
in a cool shady place as recommended for lilies or daffodils. Cover tops of pots with 2” 
of soil and mulch with straw or leaves. Control the moisture so that they are always 
moist but never very wet. Drainage under the pots must be good. In about 6 weeks (or 
longer if necessary) they should be well rooted. They may then be brought into the 
house to a temperature about the same as for Easter Lilies. In all stages of growth they 
should be moist but if excessive there is danger of causing the bulbs to rot. 
Our bulbs average 16/17 cm., a few may be 15 and some are at least 20 cm. We 
have L’Innocense, white; Jan Bos, carmine red; Marconi, deep rose; Pink Pearl, pink; 
Bismarck, light blue; Ostara, indigo blue. Prices, 40c ea. One bulb of each 6 varieties, 
$2.35. Assorted and unlabelled, but fairly well balanced, $3.90 doz. or 6 for $2.00. 
Muscari, Grape Hyacinths, var. Heavenly Blue. Racemes of closely packed, exquisite, 
tiny blue bells. Fine in pots or garden. Our bulbs are fine and large this year. L. 2 for 
15c. 50c doz. Per 100, $3.50. Blooming size, 35c doz. $2.25/100. 
Scillas are closely related to Hyacinths. All are hardy except S. peruviana. 
Scilla hispanica. Assorted colors and sizes. Plant in shade. 50c doz. 
S. hispanica, var. Excelsior. Giant, dark blue. The best, 25c ea. 6 for $1.25. 
S. hyacinthoides. Winter hardy in north. The densely fld. raceme of deep blue is 
often 3 ft. in height. Flowers are useful in arrangements and sell well to florists. Plant 
in full sun. L. 20c, M. 15c. Small bulbs, 75c doz. postpaid or $2.00 per 100, f. 0. b. 
S. peruviana. A fine blue flower for pots in the north or for southern gardens. The 
flower scape is short but above the foliage. The flower head is a compact, conical wide 
raceme, ideal in a potted bulb. L. 30c, M. 20c. 
Ornithogalum arabicum. Very showy. The round glossy black ovary in the center 
of the flower is in striking contrast to the pure white flower. This is hardy only in the 
south but if the largest bulbs are potted early and handled about the same as lilies they 
usually bloom about Easter. L. 20c. $1.50 per doz. M. 10c ea. 50c per doz. A good 
blooming size for planting in southern gardens, 100 for $2.25 f.o.b. Planting stock, 
small, a few should bloom, $1.00 per 100, f. o. b. 
Lachenalias furnish bright, cheerful flowers often by Dec. 25 if planted by Oct. 
Reasonably sure for Jan. bloom. Small bulbs and plants with one or two leaves, them- 
selves decorative, with a 6” to 12” flower scape that carries 12 to 24 tubular flowers, 1” 
long. Culture. Very tender and hardy only in deep south with a minimum temperature 
of 24°. They are very easy to force in pots and require a cool room, full sun. Plant 
several in a 4” pot. 
Lachenalia aurea. Large, golden yellow shades. 20c. 4/70c. 
L. assorted varieties and sizes, 15c. 6/75c. 
Veltheimia viridifolia. This is one of the most beautiful plants one can grow in a 
pot. The glossy vivid green leaves are wavy margined and form a perfect rosette much 
like a bird’s nest fern. From the center arises a scape with tubular, drooping flowers 
closely spaced. The color is a deep rosy or purplish pink of an ineffable tone not found in 
any other flower. It begins to bloom, if planted early, in So. Calif. gardens or other 
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