Montbretia 
Gloriosa (Climbing Lily) 
This bulbous plant, which was formerly confined to the Greenhouse 
is now recognised as a beauty for the Summer Garden. The plants 
produce each 10 to 12 lily like flowers, which open scarlet and yellow 
and turn all scarlet. They are excellent cut flowers which keep a long 
time on water. Grow in full sunshine and sheltered from high winds, 
where they will bloom with colorful blossoms from July to September. 
Plant three inches deep in rich soil and take up the tubers in early 
Autumn. Keep in dry peatmoss or sawdust the winter over. In southern 
sections it may be considered hardy if given a good mulching. 
Each $ 1.50 Three for $ 3.75 
Incarvillea (Hardy Gloxinia) 
This tuberous rooted hardy plant is still rather unknown but a 
graceful subject for the Summer Garden. The Gloxinia shaped flowers 
are produced in olusters on stems about a foot high and are deep rose 
with yellow throats. Both the flowers and the foliage are extremely 
attractive. The plants are quite hardy if in the colder sections they are 
protected over winter with any suitable material. Give thoroughly 
decayed manure in Spring. Plant three to four inches deep and space 
some 10 to 12 inches. 
hybrid Delavayi 5 Ca Ry eer re aele 
var. Rotschildiana, still very scarce 
doz. $ 2.00 p. 100 $ 14.00 
Ismene (or Peruvian Daffodil) 
To get some conception of what the Peruvian Daffodil looks like, 
imagine a cactus flowered pure white ameryllis, deliciously sweet scen- 
ted and blooming continously for a long period. It is one of the finest 
summer flowering bulbs and very easily cultivated. They will grow in 
almost any soil and multiply rapidly. They like sun but will also grow 
well in semi shady spots. Cover the bulbs with three inches of soil 
and when planted in the beginning of May, bright green leaves will 
promptly appear followed by beautiful flowers as described. They are 
the summer gardener’s delight and are also excellent for cutting. In 
warmer sections they may winter in the Garden if given a good cover. 
In colder parts lift them early October and store over the winter like 
Begonias. 
three for $ 2.00 pr. doz. $ 7.00 
$ 2.50 > 2? $ 8.00 
var, Calathina, yellow 
», Advance, large pure white flowers Layee. 
Montbretia syn. Tritonia 
This is a striking race of plants resembling small Gladiolus but with 
an entirely different gamma of colors, These range from clear yellow 
through all shades of orange to scarlet red and there are some very fine 
new hybrids in our list. They like a sunny spot in a well worked, well 
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drained soil, but do also quite well in semi shady places. They lend 
festive color to perennial borders and should be planted in repeated 
fairly large clumps. Also striking when massed in front of evergreens or 
along the edge of a wood. They bloom through August and September 
until well into October and splash the garden with gay color. They 
attain a height of from two to three feet. Should be planted 4 to 5 
inches deep and some 6 inches apart. May: be left in the same place for 
years if given sufficient cover in colder sections. p. me 
BRIGHTEST AND BEST, scarlet, beautiful var. 10.00 
CARMINE BRILLIANT, carmine red, free flowering 2.50 
CROCOSMIAEFLORA, orange red... ... . 2.50 
FRANS HALS, yellow, with brown spots, strong grower 5.00 
GEORGE DAVISON, uniform clear yellow . ee Coen ao SAU 
HIS MAJESTY, orange yellow, tips of petals and back of flowers 
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JAMES COEY, very vigorous plant, flowers brilliant red with 
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LADY WILSON, beautiful orange yellow, very large flowers on 
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MARJORIE, yellow & red flowers a, a a 5.00 
PROMETHEUS, large orange flowers with carmine center 10.00 
ROSEA, pale yellow, suffused pink ep eet 3.00 
STAR OF THE EAST, tawny orange with cream center 16.00 
UNA, apricot tan with crimson blotches in center 7.00 
VESUVIUS, blood red very late 5.00 
Mixture of unnamed varieties in may shades of orange & yellow 
pr. 100 $ 2.25 pr. 1000 $ 20.00 
RANUNCULUS 
Together with Anemones one of the little treasures among the 
summer flowering bulbs in which all colors in double and semi double 
flowers are represented: pure white, pink, rose, crimson, scarlet, levender, 
violet, purple and deep maroon. The flowers are borne on strong wiry 
stems some 10 to 12 inches high. The claw shaped roots should be 
planted with the prongs down about 2 inches deep and 4 apart. Cover 
with something like evergreen branches to shelter them from wind, 
Remove when sufficient growth has been made and give a 2 inch 
mulch of peat or humus. They are hardy as far north as New York and 
Cleveland but should be given good Winter protection in the more 
northern sections, Ranuncules resemble little pompon flowered Dahlia’s 
and the Peony flowered race often has flowers two inches across. We 
leave out the so called ,,Turban” ranunculus because they are rather 
shy bloomers. 
Ismene 
