MULTI - FLOWERED, COLOR BRILLIANT 
SPECIMENS ! 
Stems Tanported 
wee CROCUS 
You'll agree once you own them that no home with more 
than a square foot of earth is complete without these 
Stern’s Selected Spring Flowering Crocus! Many say — 
“Spring is not here until the crocus christens with its color 
the world reborn.”’ These Stern's Dutch Crocus Specimens 
are unusually brilliant in color — larger in size and ex- 
tremely early to flower. The bulbs are of largest size, pro- 
ducing many flowers from a single plant. They multiply 
with amazing rapidity, increasing in number and size with 
every passing year. Once planted, they take care of them- 
selves, reward you bountifully! We recommend that you CROCUS COLLECTION (24-469) 
plant these lovely crocus liberally this fall. 
100 Crocus (20 of each color) for $7.50 Postpaid. 
COLORS—PURPLE, BLUE, WHITE, STRIPED, YELLOW. 50 Crocus (10 of each color) for $4.00 Postpaid. 
Snowdrops and Crocus. 
Top-Size Holland bulbs, your choice of colors. 
Postpaid: 25 for $2.25; 50 for $4.00; 100 for $7.50. Plant Crocus 
Mixed Colors, not labeled. Postpaid: 25 for $1.75; 100 for $6.75; For Early 
1000 for $62.00, Spring Color 
Early Blooming CROCUS SPECIES 
These delightful Crocus bloom weeks before the more common 
varieties producing charming clusters of purple-blue, yellow or 
white blossoms—as many as 12 flowers from a single bulb] Our 
asltagt of this unusual variety is extremely limited. Please order 
early. 
Top-Size Holland bulbs. Mixed colors. Crocus ae | at 
POSTPAID: 25 for $2.25; 50 for $4.00; 100 for $7.00. Species aul p 
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HERALDS of SPRING 
CHIONODOXA (Glory of the Snow). Lively blue flowers with a white 
heart that bloom at the same time as the crocus. Create a lovely dis- 
play in either regular or rock gardens. Flowers are borne loosely on 
stems 4-5 inches high. 
BLUE GRAPE HYACINTHS (Muscari). Excellent for edging, under trees 
and in rock gardens. The little spikes are closely set with large round 
bells resembling grapes. Bloom in April. 
SCILLA CAMPANULATA (Wood Hyacinths). Mixed colors of blue, white 
and pink borne on erect flower spikes about 15 inches high, Bloom dur- 
ing May and early June—grow in sun or shade—even under trees. Ideal 
for naturalizing—excellent as cut flowers. 
SCILLA SIBIRICA (Blue Squill). Intense blue flowers on graceful spikes. 
Blooms early April—does well everywhere. Effective in masses. 
SNOWDROPS (Galanthus). Lovely white nodding blooms—often before 
the snow is gone. At their best in mass plantings; ideal for naturalizing. 
Do well in semi-shade or sun. 
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Postpaid: 25 for $1.50; 100 for $4.50; 250 for $10.50. 
HERALDS OF SPRING COLLECTION 24-470 
A lovely mixture of Grape Hyacinths, Scillas, Glory of the Snow, Snowdrops, 
and Crocus. Planted together they achieve a very picturesque show for many 
weeks in the early spring. 
Postpaid: 50 for $2.00; 100 for $3.75; 250 for $8.75; 1000 for $33.00. 
Scilla Sibirica. 
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