Tuberous-rooted Begonias, Camellia-flowered, Double 
Anemone - Windflower 
Suitable for pot or border culture and 
for massing. Flowers very charming and 
colorful. 
Blue Poppy. A newer variety of a sky- 
blue color. 
De Caen. A very large-flowered, single 
strain of unique beauty. All colors. 
His Excellency. Rich crimson flowers 
from June until frost. 
St. Brigid. Very large, vivid flowers of 
scarlet, pink, purple, etc. 
All Anemones, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., 
$7 per 100 
Caladium esculentum 
Elephant’s Ear. Plants produce large, 
broad green leaves and grow from 3 to 
5 feet high. Plant the bulbs late in May, 
after all danger from frost is past, spacing 
them 2 to 4 feet apart and covering them a 
few inches deep. Give plenty of water 
throughout the season; liquid manure is 
very beneficial. 
Large bulbs, 35 cts. each, 3 for 95 cts., 
$3.50 per doz. 
Extra-large bulbs, 60 cts. each, 3 for 
$1.65, $6 per doz. 
Anemone, St. Brigid 
grown indoors. 
their fragrance. 
In planning a season-long garden, the summer-flowering bulbs 
are too often overlooked. They are useful in a number of ways— 
for supplying color in midsummer when many perennials are out 
of bloom, for filling gaps in the border and for furnishing flowers for 
cutting. All are of easy culture, and many of them may also be 
Tuberous-rooted Begonias are currently very popular again, 
as gardeners discover their striking beauty. When their basic 
needs are supplied, they pay for themselves many times over. Both 
these and Gloxinias do well in pots, as well as in shaded garden 
beds. Tuberoses and Peruvian Daffodils are valued especially for 
Tigridias deserve to be better known, for their 
rich crimson, yellow and orange blooms are exotic accents in a 
shrub or perennial border. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS 
Graceful, free-flowering plants suitable for bedding or pot culture. They make 
strong, fleshy stems a foot or more high with big, very beautiful leaves, crowned by 
flowers of enormous size and almost unbelievable brilliance. Blooms 41% to 5 inches 
across are not unusual. Bulbs are hollowed on one side, and in planting, the hollowed 
side must be up. They do best in shady or semi-shady places. Bulbs should be started 
in pots or pans indoors in February or March and transplanted to the garden about the 
time that corn is growing well. They may also be started outdoors at the same time. 
Single Frilled. Flowers beautifully frilled and fringed. In separate colors, white, 
scarlet, pink, or yellow. 
Camellia-flowered, Double. Double flowers resembling a fine camellia. In sepa- 
rate colors, red, rose, white, or orange. 
Any of the above, 35 cts. each, 3 for 95 cts., $3.50 per doz., 25 for $7. 
Tuberous Begonias. A complete treatise on this most beautiful flower. 128 pages. $2.75. 
Gloxinia 
Beautiful velvety flowers of trumpet 
shape, easily grown indoors or in shaded 
garden spots. The large foliage is covered 
with plush-like hairs, and should not be 
wet. Keep them warm at all times. 
Blanche de Meur. Pink. 
Browns Red. Vivid red. 
Brunhilde. Pure white. 
Emperor Frederick. 
white band. 
Emperor William. Deep violet banded 
white. 
Etoile de Feu. Scarlet. 
Othello. Deep purple. 
Tigrina. Spotted. 
50 cts. each, 3 for $1.35, $5 per doz. 
Scarlet with 
Hyacinthus candicans 
Summer Hyacinth. Tall spikes with 
scores of drooping, bell-shaped white 
flowers in midsummer. Very attractive 
and unusual. Handle like gladiolus. 
15 cts. each, 3 for 40 cts., $1.50 per doz. 
Ismene calathina 
Peruvian Daffodil. Enormous, richly 
fragrant white flowers of the amaryllis 
type, curiously cupped and most attractive. 
Easy to grow. Plant in a warm, sunny 
soil. 
40 cts. each, 3 for $1.10, $4.25 per doz. 
Oxalis 
Summer-blooming. Charming low, 
bushy plants for growing in pots, borders 
or rock-gardens, with clover-like leaves 
and round, cheerful flowers of various 
shades of pink and crimson which close at 
night. Continue in bloom for many weeks. 
20 cts. for 15 bulbs, $1.25 per 100. 
Ranunculus 
Fine, brilliantly colored, double and semi- 
double flowers in a range of finest colors. 
Excellent for cutting. 
3 for 35 cts., $1.25 per doz., $8 per 100. 
Tuberose 
Old-fashioned flowers valued for their 
fragrance. Start the bulbs indoors in 
March and transplant to the open in early 
May. Flowers creamy white, large, and 
double. Each 3 for Doz. 
First-Size Bulbs....$0 20 $0 55 $2 00 
Mammoth Bulbs... 25 65 2 50 
Tigridia 
One of the most spectacular flowers 
grown in gardens. The 5- to 6-inch tri- 
angular blooms have three long petals of 
yellow, orange, white, flesh-pink, or red, 
and three short petals forming a shallow 
cup filled with spots, stains, and blotches 
of red. They last only a day but they 
continue coming from July until Sep- 
tember. Mixed colors, extra-large bulbs, 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $12 per 100. 
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