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If you’ve never enjoyed the Spider-lily (Hymenocallis) in your 
garden you have a rare treat coming. While not a true lily like 
Auratum or the Regale, once blooming in your garden, you'll 
never want to be without them. An absolute “must” for the all- 
white border or the scented garden. As all blooms do not come 
at once, their season is quite long. 
By starting indoors early in January or February, they may 
be forced into early bloom. For early outdoor bloom, start in 
pots inside during March or April, plunging the pots outside 
when danger of frost is past. You may have an all-season succes- 
sion of them by holding bulbs in a cool dry place from winter to 
early summer and planting at intervals of a few weeks. After 
danger of frost is past plant them right out in the garden. 
Spider-lilies like a rich friable soil, well filled with humus and 
perfectly drained. Peat moss is ideal for humus and add compost 
if you have it. Mix in thoroughly. For flowering in pots, put one 
bulb in a five or six-inch pot with the top of the bulb just at the 
surface. Be sure the soil is right. Outside, cover the top of the 
bulb with three or four inches of soil. Full sun is best but broken 
shade will do nicely. 
We can ship these bulbs this fall or early in the spring. Large 
bulbs that will flower this season, postpaid only.......... $1.95 
Cultural directions with each order. Three bulbs for...... $5.00 
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Plant AST Eygamen NOW for Year Around Bloom 
You can have masses of these lovely rare flowers in your semi-shady 
garden almost every month in the year. Note the profusion of bloom 
pictured here on a single large corm of the variety Neapolitanum, 
white or clear pink. Others come in all shades of rose to deep crim- 
son. We offer twelve different varieties, see full descriptions, page 
24 in 1955 catalog. In mild areas you may have bloom every month 
of the year. Lovely in pots in a cool room. 
CYCLAMEN SPECIAL No. 25-J 
Three corms each of three Cyclamen varieties, namely Repan- 
dum No. 1173, bright crimson early spring; Europaeum No. 
1177, crimson-rose summer, and Neapolitanum No. 1170, 
clear pink fall—nine corms in all, a catalog value of $8.95. 
Cultural directions with each order. Shipped postpaid SPE- 
CIAL HANDLING for immediate planting, only 
Five bulbs each of three varieties $12.25 
