Lilium candidum 
Giant-flowered Crocus 
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Garden Hyacinth Border 
Anemone, St. Brigid 
BULBS OF UNUSUAL FLOWERS 
There are many delightful flowers, beside the better known Tulips and Daffodils, to add charm and beauty 
to your garden. Most of these are the little flowers which serve so well to brighten up small corners, here and 
there, and to supplement the larger flowers. If you have never grown them you have missed many garden thrills. 
Anemones 
Plant bulbs on edge 6 inches deep in sheltered, well-drained 
soil for May-June bloom. Protect well over winter. 
St. Brigid Mixed. Semi-double and double; bright blue, 
scarlet, white. 1 ft. Doz. 90c; $6 per 100. 
Chionodoxa 
Plant 3 inches deep, 18 per square foot and don’t disturb. 
These Glory-of-the-Snow bloom early in April. 
Gigantea Blue. Light blue flower-spikes. Like sun or 
half-shade. 6 in. Doz. 65c; $4 per 100. 
Gigantea alba. White. 6in. Doz. 65c; $4 per 100. 
Giant-flowered Crocus 
Plant in sun or half-shade, 3 in. deep, 4 in. apart, in well- 
drained, dry soil in patches for March-April bloom. 5 in. 
Enchantress, purple; Remembrance, lilac. Each, doz. 
70c; $4.50 per 100; $10 for 250 huge bulbs 114 tmches 
across. 
Snowstorm, white; Striped Beauty, lilac on white; and 
Mixed. Ea., doz. 75c; $5 per 100; $11 for 250 huge bulbs. 
Yellow Mammoth, golden yellow. Doz. 85c; $5.50 per 100; 
$12.50 for 250 huge bulbs 114 inches across. 
Eranthis 
These Winter Aconites, two weeks earlier than Crocus, 
colonize under trees in shade or sun. Plant 18 per sq. ft., 
2 in. deep. 
Hyemalis. Very early, clear yellow, like large buttercups 
on 3-inch stems. Doz. 65c; $4 per 100. Plant early. 
Fritillaria 
Unusual and distinctive flowers for nice border accents. 
Like good, well-drained soil in sun or half-shade. 
Imperialis maxima. These Crown Imperials have stately, 
drooping, brilliant flower-heads on 3-foot stems in late 
April. Plant 8 inches deep. Orange-red, 60c each; doz. 
$6 or Yellow, $1.20 each; doz. $12. 
Meleagris Mixed. Guinea-Hen Flower, 12 inches high, has 
red-brown and purple bell-flowers in checkered shades in 
early April. Plant 4 inches deep in sandy or dry soil. 
Doz. 70c; $4.50 per 100. 
Grape Hyacinths (Muscari) 
In mid-April, these excel in drifts under shrubs or in a 
rock-garden. Plant 3 inches deep and 3 inches apart. 
Armeniacum. Deep blue, 5-inch spikes thickly set with 
small bell-flowers. Fine for massing. Doz. 65c; $4 per 100. 
White. Plant some with the blue. Doz. 65c; $4 per 100. 
Muscari Plumosum. These distinct, purple, feathery 
pee Hyacinths grow one foot high. Doz. 70c; $4.50 
per : 
Iris 
Plant this Dutch Iris 5 tnches deep, 5 inches apart, in 
groups in sunny well-drained soil. Easily grown and hardy. 
Wedgewood. Lovely light blue. Ht. 18 mn. Doz. 90c; 
$6.50 per 100. 
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Garden Pivacinths 
Of all spring flowers these are the first to bring to your 
garden a full range of color. The entrancing beauty of sepa- 
rate color groups, along your perennial border or under shrubs, 
is exceeded only by the delightful fragrance. 
These are best for the garden as the spikes stand 
erect. For larger blooms see Hyacinths on next page. 
City of Haarlem, A light yellow; King of Blues, dark blue. 
Lady Derby, A clearlight pink. La Victoire, carmine-red. 
L’Innocence, white; Perle Brillante, lavender; and Mixed. 
Bedding-size bulbs, 2 inches in diameter, of any of 
the above 7, doz. $2.15; $16 per 100. 
Leucojum 
The Spring Snowflake blooms in early April and Itkes rich 
light, well-drained soil in a half-shaded border or rock-garden. 
Vernum. Clusters of beautiful nodding, fragrant, white 
bells tipped with green, 8 inches high. Best if planted 3 
inches deep and 3 inches apart, In groups of 12 or 24 bulbs. 
Splendid for naturalizing. Doz. 90c; $6 per 100. 
Hardy Garden Lilies 
These Lilies, with their wonderful beauty and fragrance, 
appear best when planted in groups against a background of 
shrubbery. They thrive in well-drained soil. 
Candidum. (Madonna Lily.) Very fragrant, snow-white 
flowers, 3 to 20 on a stem, in June. Ht. 4% ft. Plant 3 in. 
deep. Huge bulbs, 70c each; doz. $7. 
Regale. White shaded pale yellow in the center, with pink 
edges, in July. Easiest of all to grow. Ht. 5 ft. Plant 8 in. 
deep in sun. Very large bulbs, 70c each; doz. $7. 
Regale album. Like the above in plant habit and flower 
size but the blooms are pure white. Ht. 5 ft. Plant 8 in. 
deep in sun. Large bulbs, 60c each; doz. $6. 
Speciosum rubrum. Graceful, ruby-carmine, white edged 
flowers with reflexed red-spotted petals, in August and 
September. Ht. 4 ft. Plant 6 in. deep in sun. Huge bulbs, 
75c each; doz. $7.50. 
Tenuifolium. (Coral Lily.) Clusters of small bell-like, 
odding, recurved coral-red flowers in June on 18-inch 
plants. Plant 5 in. deep. Likes a damp loamy soil in part 
shade. Bulbs, 25c each; doz. $2.50. 
Umbellatum. Upright umbels in June, July. Ht. 2 ft. 
Plant 4 tn. deep in sun. Golden Fleece, yellow with tan 
spots; Orange Triumph. 65c each; doz. $6.50. 
Lily-of-the-Valley 
For outdoor planting. These are hardy, and readily nat- 
uralize in shade. Clumps, 60c each; doz. $6 
Lycoris 
Plant bulbs 6 inches deep in well-drained soil in sun or 
half-shade. They are perfectly hardy. 
Squamigera. (Amaryllis Halli.) The foliage grows from 
early spring until July when it dies back. A month later 
the stalks grow very rapidly to 2% feet, forming an umbel 
of 8 or more lily-like, lilac-pink flowers. Large bulbs, 
60c each; doz. $6. 
