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Miscellaneous Bulbs 
Alphabetically arranged for easy reference 
Allium 
The ornamental Garlics are a very showy family of the Spring and Summer flowering bulbs. They are 
hardy and will thrive anywhere and live for ever. Their coloured blooms in flat and round umbels, 
gloves and swinging tassels strike a note of marked distinction in the border in early Summer. 
albo-pilosum, large bold umbels 9 to 12 inches in diameter of star-shaped lilac flowers, downing white 
foliage in June, height 2 ft. Valuable for cutting. $ 2.15 per doz.; $ 15.00 per 100 
azureum, a lovely tall growing variety, producing round heads of a pleasing shade of sky-blue, flowers 
in July, very pretty, height 26 inches (See illustration). 50 cts. per doz.; $ 3.50 per 100 
giganteum, a very ornamental variety of colossal size, bearing in July large heads of violet rose tinted 
flowers; undoubtedly the most impressive variety in this section, height 4 feet, not strongly scented. 
$ 1.00 each; $ 10.00 per doz. 
karataviense, this is a very distinct Allium, producing very broad flat leaves, the scapes are about 
6 inches high and bear dense umbels of pink-coloured flowers in May. $ 2.00 per doz.; $ 14.00 per 100 
Moly (Golden Garlic), producing compact umbels of 
bright yellow flowers in Spring, height 7 inches. 
40 cts. per doz.; $ 2.50 per 100 
neapolitanum, bearing graceful heads of white flowers, 
recommended for naturalizing, height 15 in. 
40 cts. per doz.; $ 2.50 per 100 
ostrowskianum (Oreophyllum), a pretty dwarf 
species, flowering in June with fairly large heads of 
rose-coloured flowers, height 6 in. 
50 cts. per doz.; $ 3.50 per 100 
roseum grandiflorum, handsome heads of soft rose 
with a tinge of purple, carried on a slender stem, 
height | ft. 70 cts. per doz.; $ 5.00 per 100 
Rosenbachianum, handsome plant, bearing in early 
Summer large heads of purple-rose flowers, recom- 
mended for cutting, height 3 ft. 
$ 1.40 per doz.; $ 9.75 per 100 
sphaerocephalum (descendens), an interesting and 
handsome plant, producing in June—July close round 
compact heads of purple-lilac flowers, this pretty 
thing deserves much more popularity, height 2 4 ft. 
50 cts. per doz.; $ 3.50 per 100 
Zebdanence, graceful pure white flower heads, excel- 
lent for naturalizing and charming as a cutflower, : —_ 
very lasting qualities. 50 cts. per doz.; $ 3.50 per 100 Allium azureum 
