

Ranunculus, Giant Claremont Hybrids 
OXALIS 
Suitable for pots or hanging baskets for winter flowering. Very easily grown: in the house. Their 
Clover-shaped leaves are most attractive as well as the small cuplike blooms. | They are excellent, 
inexpensive small plants for decorating the home and growing on window sills. | be 
Grand Duchess. Lavender. Doz. (5c, 25 $1.35, 100 $4.75 
Bermuda Buttercup. Yellow. Doz. 75c, 25 $1.35, 100 $4.75 
Hirta. Lovely pink variety. Doz. 75c, 25 § 3 $4.75 
Adenophylla Six $1.20, Doz. $1.85, 25 $3.35, 100 $12.00 
A lovely hardy species from China, forming small, compact rosettes of foliage and dainty small, 
Lilac-pink flowers opening in the sun. Height 3 inches. Plant in the rock garden or grow in 
pots in the house from end of August to November. A rare hardy variety, easily grown. 
RANUNCULUS 
Their brilliant lovely globular-shaped flowers are splendid cut flowers and lovely at all times. 
May be left undisturbed for years. In the North, bulbs may be planted in April and: May outdoors, 
will bloom in July and should be taken up for winter and stored dry until the following ‘season. — 
Giant Claremont Hybrids Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
This new giant Ranunculus is far ahead of the common types. The perfectly double flowers are 
produced on tall, stout stems and appear in every conceivable shade of color. The blooms are 
many times larger. The color range is exquisite and the long stems make them superb for cutting. 
STERNBERGIA 
Lutea major Each 40c, Doz. $4.00, 25 $7.00, 100 $25.00 
A very effective autumn-flowering bulbous plant producing Crocus-like flowers of a rich golden 
yellow. The bulbs make a charming decoration if planted in bowls or pots and flower a few 
weeks after planting. Out-of-doors the Sternbergia likes a warm, well-drained situation on banks 
or borders, where it should be left undisturbed. The bulbs should be planted 9 inches deep, and 
in cold districts a covering of dry litter shouid be given in winter. Fine for the rock garden. 
TRILLIUM - American Wood-lily or Wake Robin 
Spring-flowering perennials with three leaves borne in a whorl, and flowers with three petal- 
like segments. 
Culture: The Trilliums require to be grown in peat and leaf mold in shade or partial shade. 
Plant in autumn or very early spring, 3 inches apart, in large colonies to produce the best effect. 
Grandiflorum Six $1.25, Doz. $2.30, 100 $15.00 
Excellent plants for shady positions in the hardy border, or in a sub-aquatic position. Large, 
pure white flowers in early spring. 12 to 18 inches high. 
TRITELEIA - Milla 
Uniflora violacea Doz. 60c, 25 $1.00, 100 $3.50 
A rootlike bulb which produces in early spring a pale violet-blue flower with white center. 
Somewhat resembles the Chionodoxa, is delightfully fragrant. They spread and multiply 
with amazing rapidity and are excellent in the rockery or under shrubs or trees where 
nothing else will grow. They are hardy, but like a little protection. About 3 inches high. 
TRITONIA 
Crocata Six 70c, Doz. $1.00, 25 $1.90, 100 $7.00 
This interesting bulbous plant is commonly known as the Orange Ixia, which it resembles. 
It is very floriferous; forces easily and produces lovely orange flowers. Give it the same 
treatment as Freesias and you will enjoy it very much. Height about 10 inches. Lovely in 
the rockery in southern gardens. 
VELTHEIMIA 
Viridifolia Each 75c, Doz. $7.50 
If there is any bulb that makes a more decorative green plant before it blooms, we don’t 
know it. If there is any bulb which is simpler to grow and which is perfectly happy in a 
hot apartment room, we don’t know it. Planted in a 5-inch pot with ordinary soil and 
placed in a sunny window it will start to grow at once. Its foliage is handsome, the flowers 
artistic, lasting better than six weeks. All in all, Veltheimia Viridifolia is a fine bulb to 
grow in the house and what’s more, will last for many years and never fails unless you 
utterly neglect it. 
ZEPHYRANTHES 
Robustus Six $1.35, Doz. $2.30, 25 $4.20, 100 $15.00 
Large, bright pink flowers appearing in late summer 
on 6- to 8-inch stems. Foliage during winter and 
spring. The flowers are large enough and stems long 
enough to be very useful for cutting. Its adaptability 
to culture in pots, rock gardens and borders, makes 
it a very useful member of a well known group. 



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