Color In Your Spring Garden 
PRING-FLOWERING bulbs are just about the most satisfactory things that you can plant. They give 
S you plenty of cheerful color outdoors just at the time when you think you cannot bear another dull, gloomy 
day, and they require no care in the way of weeding, dusting and spraying. The forethought necessary 
to see that they get planted in the fall is all that is needed. After their glorious burst of bloom ts over, spring 
bulbs then gracefully retire from the picture, yielding their space to the annuals that you may choose to replace 
them, or to the perennials and shrubs that need more time to come into full growth and bloom. 
This catalogue offers plenty of variety in the way of Tulips and Narcissus, with the charming miniature 
bulbs to be planted in great drifts. As a foretaste of spring, we also offer many very fine bulbs for indoor growing. 
Thus it is possible to enjoy spring bulbs for several months of the year. 
Daffodils and Crocus may be planted outdoors between September and mid-October, Tulips in Iate October, 
and Hyacinths from September to December. Be sure to plant the bulbs at a uniform depth. The easiest 
way to do this is to remove all soil from the bed to the depth required, set the bulbs, then carefully replace 
the soil. In using a trowel or dibble for the job, great care should be taken to see that the base of the bulb ts 
pressed firmly into the soil. 
After the ground is frozen to a depth of 4 to 5 inches, put on a cover of straw or leaves and do not remove 
it until early spring. Tulips and Hyacinths should be taken up each spring after blooming but Daffodils may 
be left in the ground for three or four years at a time. In any case, the foliage should be allowed to mature, 
either where they have flowered or after the bulbs have been taken up. Crocuses should not be planted where 
grass Is kept clipped. To obtain best effects with them and other small-flowering bulbs it is essential to use them 
in large quantities. 
Lilies demand good drainage. This may be secured by placing a quantity of sand below each bulb or by mix- 
ing peat or humus with the soil. Tall varieties should be planted where they receive protection from high 
winds; all enjoy partial shade. 
This catalogue is offered subject to being unsold upon receipt of order. 
TERMS. Prices quoted are net. We prepay transportation 
for cash with order. 
SUBSTITUTES. Should the stock of any variety ordered be 
exhausted, we shall, to save delay, send in its place the most 
suitable substitute, unless instructed to the contrary. 
NON-WARRANTY. We give no warranty, express or implied, 
as to the productiveness of any bulbs we sell and we will not be 
in any way responsibile for the crop. 
EARLY ORDERING. Your cooperation is invited. Placing 
orders early will facilitate delivery at the proper time. 
HUNT'S RECOMMEND 
Our general list contains the best and the finest current varieties 
For a Grand Return at Small Cost 
of bulbs to plant in the fall of 1948. To those “‘seasoned’’ horti- 
culturists who “know the book,”’ who have enjoyed all the cur- 
rently popular kinds in past years, who wish to look at the newer 
introductions, the following list is offered. It is gleaned from 
the special notes of breeders and growers in many lands. Many 
of them have been grown and examined in our 1948 trial plant- 
ings. AII these newcomers are sure to please you greatly. 
We suggest for fall planting: 
25 Afterglow Tulips 25 Glacier Tulips 
50 Top-size Tulips for $6.00 
To Welcome Spring, Plant right in the Lawn 
25 Snowdrops 25 White Crocus 
25 Blue Squills 25 Yellow Crocus 
For Daffodils, you may try: 100 Bulbs for $5.00 
Aeolus Mrs. E. H. Krelage 
Beersheba Mrs. R. O. Backhouse Plant them out in the lawn—lift the sod with any sharp pointed 
Gracieuse Robert Sydenham instrument, push the bulb under, step lightly on the spot, and 
John Farquhar Van Waveren’s Giant 
Collection: 12 Bulbs of each for $35.00 
forget them until next March. 


Among the Tulips you will enjoy: 
Golden Age 
Kathleen Parlow 
Red Champion 
Collection: 12 Bulbs of each for $9.00 

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For Hyacinths we recommend: 
Grand Maitre 
Myosotis Early Derby 
City of Haarlem Royal Scarlet 
Collection: 6 Top-size Bulbs of each for $15.00 


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