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COLCHICUM Great crocus-like flowers 
blooming in September and October, 
without foliage. One bulb will send 
out from 5 to 15 or more _ blooms. 
Even if left unplanted, they will bloom 
without soil or water and make a 
fascinating desk or table ornament. 
Shades of soft rose lavender, white 
throated and honey scented. They will 
increase easily in congenial surround- 
ings. This is the bulb advertised wide- 
ly as the “MYSTERIA”. 
C. autumnale major Soft lavender. 
ea. 40¢, doz. $4.50 
C. a. album Its frost-white counter- 
part. ea. 50¢, doz. $5.00 
C. roseum flore pleno A_ beautiful 
multi-petaled form. 
ea. 50¢, doz. $5.00 
C. Violet Queen A deeper shade. 
ea, 50¢, doz. $5.00 
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ERANTHIS — WINTER ACONITE 
E. hyemalis The golden yellow Winter 
Aconite — its blooms are set in a 
fringed involucre. It blooms with or 
before the snowdrops, 
six 35¢, doz. 60¢, 100 $3.50 
E. cilicica Somewhat larger flowered 
and with a more finely cut ruff than 
E. hyemalis. 
six 40¢, doz. 75¢, 100 $4.50 
ERYTHRONIUM denscanis mixed The 
European “DOGS TOOTH VIOLET”, 
6” high with reflexed flowers in shades 
of purple through rose and flesh to 
white. six 45¢, doz. 75¢, 100 $5.00 
FRITILLARIA imperialis maxima rubra 
The stately CROWN IMPERIAL. 3 
to 4 feet high with brilliant red crown 
like flowers. 
ea. 60¢, doz. $6.00, 100 $40.00 
FRITILLARIA meleagris the GUINEA 
HEN FLOWER Odd drooping mul- 
berry colored bells, 12 inches high. 
Ideal rock garden subjects. 
six 35¢, doz. 60¢, 100 $4.00 
F. alba, the white form. 
six 45¢, doz. 75¢, 100 $4.50 
GALANTHUS nivalis (SNOWDROPS) 
These nodding white drops are one of 
the very earliest flowers, about 6” 
high. six 40¢, doz. 75¢, 100 $4.50 
G. floro pleno <A_ beautiful multi- 
petalled form of the Snowdrop. 
six 45¢, doz. 85¢, 100 $5.50 
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GLADIOLUS byzantinus The hardy 
gladiolus! Stays in the ground the 
year round and blooms faithfully in 
early Spring with the late narcissus. 
Graceful flowers of rosy mauve and 
purple (G. b. rubra) or creamy white 
(G. b. alba). 
six 75¢, doz, $1.25, 100 $8.00 
DUTCH IRIS Superb cut flowers, these 
iris come from bulbs that are per- 
fectly hardy in well drained soil. Clear, 
brilliant colors. 
WHITE SUPERIOR finest large 
white. six 75¢, doz. $1.25, 100 $9.00 
GOLDEN EMPEROR Deep yellow. 
- six 60¢, doz. $1.00, 100 $7.50 
SUBLIME large clear blue. 
six 75¢, doz. $1.25, 100 $9.00 
WEDGEWOOD exquisite rich blue 
with lighter falls. Superb for forcing. 
six 85¢, doz. $1.50, 100 $12.00 
IXILIORION pallasii The Siberian 
Bluebell. — a charming native of Cen- 
tral Asia. Deep blue to violet flowers, 
18 inches high. 
six 30¢, doz. 50¢, 100 $3.50 
LEUCOJUM aestivum The SNOW- 
FLAKE Handsome white pendant 
bells, 18 in. high. May flowering. 
six 85¢, doz. $1.50, 100 $10.00 
L. vernum The SPRING SNOW- 
FLAKE, 6” to 12” high and blooming 
a month earlier than L. aestivum. 
six 70¢, doz. $1.25, 100 $8.00 
LYCORIS squamigera The HARDY 
AMARYLLIS The attractive foliage 
disappears in July and is followed by 
a naked flower stalk bearing an umbel 
of soft pink lily-like flowers, 
ea. $1.50, doz. $15.00 
RAPE HYACINTH 
PAWS CARI 
M. HEAVENLY BLUE Stiff little 
spikes of grape-like bells. Cobalt blue, 
6 to 8 inches high. They are per- 
sistent and will increase rapidly. 
six 30¢, doz. 50¢, 100 $3.50 
M. albus (The WHITE GRAPE HY- 
ACINTH) The blossoms are like tiny 
clustered pearls. 
six 40¢, doz. 75¢, 100 $5.00 
-M. plumosa_ Feathery plumes of vio- 
let flowers, 7 inches high. An unusual 
flower. six 40¢, doz. 75¢, 100 $5.00 
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