Kinds here are garden-hardy at Philadelphia unless contrary 
statement is made. Also of course, most of them are hardy much 
further North. If you are in doubt as to winter-hardiness of any 
new kind in your particular climate, just give a good mulching 
“a ahh or litter the first year and it will probably come through 
all right. 
All bulbs will be the full blooming size natural to the particular 
kind, but note, please, that some kinds are naturally tiny, even 
though their flowers are not. 
STERNBERGIA LUTEA—Called Autumn Daffodil. ‘Fine, wide 
flowers in the very richest of golden yellows. Once established ‘it 
ree an glorious displays for years. Each 30c; 3 for 80c; 10 
or $2.40. 
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA — (Brunswigia 
rosea). Perfumed, clustered flower trumpets in 
soft pink to deep rose. It makes a delightful 
large pot plant, or it may be grown in the 
garden, usually wintering well if protected with 
straw. Each 75c: 3 for $2.00; 10 for $6.00. 
Illustrated opposite. 
CROCUS SPLENDID MIXED—When we see 
the gay display of Crocus on a sunny bank, 
we know spring has quite definitely come to 
stay, for there are the colors of spring, cups 
of sky blue and deep blue, of mauve, lilac and 
purple, of white, sometimes with contrasting 
featherings, and of course with a due propor- 
tion of golden yellows. 10 for 40c; 25 for 90c; 
100 for $3.10; 250 for $7.00. 
SNOWFLAKE—Leucojum—We believe that few realize how 
beautiful and established clump of this can be. Sheafs of nodding 
blossoms in purest white, with a well-defined patch of deep olive 
at each petal tip in effective contrast. Long-lived and winter- 
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for $1.00. 
FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS RUBRA — The 
Showy Crown Imperial always attracts ex- 
clamatory admiration from visitors at our nur- 
sery when it is in the full beauty, and oddity, 
of its blooming. Established plants may reach 
three feet of height, the stems carrying big 
whorls of bell-flowers in a brilliant scarlet- 
toned orange, the whole topped with a decora- 
tive, crown-like tuffet of foliage. The bulbs are 
naturally large. Illustrated opposite. Each 75c; 
8 for $2.00; 10 for $5.50. 
GHORTUS 
FRITILLARIA RECURVA—16 inches. Many} 
pretty bell-flowers that are brilliant red outside, | 
but buff-yellow within the bell. 3 for 50c; 7 
HARDY BULBS AND NEAR-BULBS 
For Autumn Planting 
hardy, increasing year by year in number of 
bloom-stems. 3 for 35c; 10 for 95c; 25 for $2.00. 
CYCLAMEN NEAPOLITANUM—A true, win- 
ter-hardy Cyclamen for outdoor planting, the 
soft pink to rosy carmine blossoms appearing . 
profusely in autumn, above the decorative mas- 
ses of wavy, white-marbled foliage. A delight in 
the not-too-sunny rock garden. Tubers, each 55c; 
3 for $1.45; 10 for $4.25. 
CALOCHORTUS BLEND—Called Mariposa, or j 
Butterfly, Tulips from the airy, but somewhat | | 
Tulip-like form, and from the brilliant colorings. . 
The up-facing blossoms range from to 2 to 4- 
inch diameters. Sometimes the flowers are yellow, 
but more often a white or lilac ground is banded, 
splashed or stained with crimson, _mahogany, 
chocolate or mulberry. The bulbs are naturally } 
tiny, but not the flowers. Better mulch first year. | 
Quite winter-hardy when once established. Illus- } 
trated opposite. 7 for 50c; 16 for $1.00; 100 
for $5.50. 
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