AUTUMN MAGIC 
Bulbs of this group bloom in late summer or autumn, after 
all their spring foliage has ripened and gone, and all sign of 
the plant has disappeared from the face of the earth. Then as 
by some magic the bud-bearing stems push up through the bare 
soil, and, by a presto turn, the flowers themselves appear. All 
here (save Lycoris aurea) are reasonably winter-hardy at 
Philadelphia, but in colder areas give winter protection of 
straw or litter, LYCORIS RADIATA—Clustered flowers in 
sparkling red, the petals recurved, crispy, waxy. Good garden 
bulb, but also grown in pots under glass. Each 380c; 3 for 
75c;- 10 for $2.00. LYCORIS SQUAMI- 
GERA—Clustered trumpet blossoms in 
opaline colorings, opening lilac pink, be- 
coming blue lavender. Fragrant. A _ sur- 
prise flower that is both handsome and 
charming, one moreover that is rather 
winterhardy and long lived. I/lustrated 
opposite. Each $1.25; 3 for $3.30. STERN- 
BERGIA LUTEA—Fine, wide flowers in 
richest of Daffodil yellow, indeed it is 
often called Autumn Daffodil. Blooms in 
early fall, making a glorious showing. 
Each 30c; 3 for 85c; 10 for $2.09. COL- 
CHICUM BLEND—Big cup-blossoms that 
range from white, mauve, lilac and 
lavender, through near-pink and rose, to 
viviet and purple. Bulbs spread into 
clumps with time, and the large, massed 
flowers can be exceedingly showy. Persistently hardy. Each 35c; 
3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.99. AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA—called 
Beautiful Lady. Perfumed, clustered flower trumpets, soft pink 
to deep rose. Makes a delightful large pot plant. Also garden 
hardy to Philadelphia, and will winter outside much farther 
north if well mulched. Brunsvigia rosea. Each 70c; 3 for $1.90: 
10 for $5.60. LYCORIS AUREA—Called Golden Amaryllis. A 
beautiful, rather rare, and decidedly distinctive flowering bulb 
for pot culture North. Umbels of trumpet-blossoms in waxen 
golden yellow, appear in autumn. Goes dormant in summer. 
Not garden-hardy in cold areas, but decidedly worthwhile 
for window growing as a pot plant. Each $1.25; 3 for $3.60. 
MAGIC BULB OFFER—We will send 3 bulbs each of Stern- 
bergia, Colchicum and Lycoris radiata, with one bulb each 
of Lycoris aurea, Lycoris squamigera and Amaryllis bella- 
donna, 12 bulbs in all, for FIVE DOLLARS. 

THE GRECIAN WINDFLOWER 
It is ANEMONE BLANDA ATROCOERULEA, loveliest and 
brightest of Windflowers, blooming at the first breath of spring 
‘on sunny hillsides of Greece. It grows to 
only six or eight inches, little tufted 
foliage mounds set vrofusely with wide- 
rayed starry flowers in the most brilliant 
and startling of blues. At first glance it 
seems some strangely beautiful blue daisy, 
but a daisy with the tiniest of golden cen- 
ters. There can be no more attractive 
Anemone for the rock garden, and for 
spring accents in the very bluest of blues 
it will surely find many another space 
and use. Here at our-Old Orchard Nursery 
garden plantings of it winter surely with- 
out protection. I/lustrated opposite. Tubers, 
8 for 40c; 10 for $1.25; 25 for $2.85. 

THE WINTER-HARDY GLADIOLUS 
This Gladiolus species acts as a true winter-hardy perennial. 
Just plant it and let it alone until, after three or four years, 
the clump has increased to a point where it needs digging 
and dividing. The flowers, of medium size, are of a rich 
and glowing purple, far-visible, and are carried in closeiy 
set spikes to 25 or 30 inches of height. Most effective when 
used in groups of three or four bulbs near the front of the 
hardy perennial border. The bulbs increase by division. It 
is good insurance to protect the planting first winter with 
straw or leaves, but such mulching should not be needed in 
succeeding winters except in particularly cold, exposed areas. 
3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00; 25 for $4.50. 
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