
Dutch Crocus — Spring . lowering 
Whether you particularly enjoy gardening or not, one of the great delights of spring is seeing the 
first blooms of the Dutch Crocus. Not only because of its early flowering, but because of its sheer 
beauty and brilliant coloring, it never fails to captivate us. In every garden, regardless of size, there 
should be a special Crocus corner which we should watch during early March. Children in par- 
ticular are fascinated by the hardy, colorful blossoms which seem to care not for cold or late snows. 
Then too, they are so easily grown and persistent that the merest amateur can obtain perfect results. 
They multiply with amazing rapidity, quadrupling in number from year to year, another reason 
why they are so popular. 
Only top size bulbs are listed below, this for the reason that they produce the largest number 
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NEW GIANT-FLOWERING VARIETIES 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
Amethyst é Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 King of the Whites Doz. 90c, 25 $1.65, 100 $6.00 
Fine porcelain, with lighter stem, very brilliant. Large, white. One of the best whites. 
: Maximilian Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
een globular flowers of great See Golan Meee da Very large, pure porcelain blue; very delicate. 
Mont Blanc Doz. 90c, 25 $1.65, 100 $6.00 
Early Perfection Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Dark violet-blue; deep and intense coloring. 
Enchantress Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Clear porcelain-blue, large flowers; very pleasing; early. 
Excelsior Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.09 
Pure lilac. Largest lilac flowers known; early. 
Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Dark indigo-blue; medium early. Lovely dark variety. 
Golden Goblet Doz. 90c, 25 $1.65, 100 $6.00 
Giant golden yellow flowers. (Color illustration, page 21.) 
Striped Queen Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Blue striped white, late. 
The Sultan Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Dark purple-blue, almost black; large flowers. 
Pure white. Fine standard variety. 
Mammoth Yellow 
Golden yellow flowers in abundance. 
Purpurea Grandiflora 
Large purple-blue; late. Beautiful. 
Queen of the Blues 
Dark blue; one of the best. ; 
Mixed Colors of the New Giant-Flowering Crocus as well as the 
Standard Varieties 25 $1.30, 100 $4.50 
A beautiful mixture of all the kinds offered and will make a cheerful 
and colorful display early in the spring. Bulbs are all top size. 
Crocus Mixture for Children 25 $1.25, 50 $2.00, 100 $3.75 
Each year we receive hundreds of requests for Crocus bulbs to be 
planted by children. We, therefore, decided to offer a mixture of the 
same kinds as our regular mixture but are using a size smaller bulb 
so as to be able to offer them somewhat cheaper. They will be fine 
bulbs only a little smaller but they will bloom freely and multiply rapidly. 
Doz. 90c, 25 $1.65, 100 $6.00 
Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Spring lowering Crocus Species 
Besides the well known Dutch Crocuses there are certain species that bloom very much earlier in 
the year, often before the snow has gone. And what is more, all are permanent, coming up season 
after season without care. 
No garden is complete without some Crocus Chrysanthus Canarybird and E. A. Bowles. Their 
brilliant, yet delicate yellow flowers are exceptionally fine. Yellow-colored Crocus varieties are few 
and we, therefore, want to call your attention to these two little known varieties which are perfectly 
beautiful in the spring when they open their flowers to the first warm rays of the spring sun. 
Crocus.Imperati, pale lilac with buff jackets, often flowers in late February and is closely followed 
by Crocus Sieberi; it has as a companion the dee 
will take care of themselves for many years. 
Aureus (Moesiacus) Doz. $1.00, 25 $1.90, 100 $7.00 
Deep golden yellow. 
Doz. 90c, 25 $1.65, 100 $6.00 
Aureus sulphureus concolor 
p rich yellow Crocus Susianus. Once planted they 
Korolkowi Doz. $1.00, 25 $1.90, 100 $7.00 
This unusually fine early species is invaluable for the rock garden, for 
clumps in the border or for grouping near the terrace or house and 
under trees. The color is brilliant golden yellow shading to orange, 
while exterior of the petals is shaded bronze; the very earliest of spring 
Pale yellow. flowers. 
3 S ; Sieberi Doz. 85c, 25 $1.60, 100 $5.75 
Biflorus Doz. 90c, 25 $1.65, 100 $6.00 This is a very lovely spring-flowering variety which will bloom as early 
White, outside purple lined. Slightly scented. 
Chrysanthus, Canarybird Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Orange-yellow cup with bronze tints on the exterior of the flower 
petals. Exceptionally free flowering. A very choice variety giving 
additional shades of yellow so much needed in Crocus. You will like 
this. 
Chrysanthus, E. Aug. Bowles Doz. $1.00, 25 $1.90, 100 $7.00 
Butter-yellow, outside base bronzy gray tinged, large and beautifully 
rounded blossoms, the most beautiful of all Crocus species. 

Etruscus Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
Self-colored mauve flowers. 
Fleischeri Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
“White, anthers orange-red. 
as February. The graceful flowers are a delicate blue with gold in the 
throat. Potted in October they will bloom for Christmas. Can be grown 
easily in pebbles or peat in water throughout the winter, same as Paper- 
White Narcissus. 
Susianus (Cloth of Gold) Doz. 75c, 25 $1.30, 100 $4.50 
Bright golden yellaw flowers, outside brown striped, produced in, great 
profusion. Specially recommended for naturalizing. 
Tommasinianus Doz. 75c, 25 $1.30, 100 $4.50 
Pale lavender, outside silvery gray, a very charming species: which 
blooms with numerous flowers in eariy spring; one of the best for natur- 
alizing, especially in woods or shady places. No other Crocus does as 
well and multiplies or flowers as freely from one year to another with- 
out care or attention. 
Tommasinianus, Whitewell Purple Doz. 80c, 25 $1.45, 100 $5.00 
A charming variety with many small reddish purple-colored flowers, very 
free. 
Versicolor picturatus (Cloth of Silver) Doz. 75c, 25 $1.30, 100 $4.50 
White outside, purple feathered, very pretty and free. 
Mixed Crocus Species, Spring Flowering 25 $1.65, 100 $6.00 
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