. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue DOUBLE TUBEROSE (Polianthes Tuberosa). The tubers of this delightfully fragraut f
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue DOUBLE TUBEROSE (Polianthes Tuberosa). The tubers of this delightfully fragraut flower may he plant- ed from Jauuarj^ until March. Where a succcHsion is required, and cau be accommodated with a warm greenhouse or consei-v- atory temperature, planting may begin with the former period; \'V\\ I \ but where convenience is limited to a hot-bed and greenhouse, ' the latter period is suited. In planting, leniove the small offsets around the main root, place a single tuber in a pot musk/^m six inches wide, or a group of two or three in a proportion- r-^ik^^^vW\ f||f/ ately larger one. "Use good rich-bodied loam. ' f '^ Each. Per doz. Per IW). Flowering roots $ $4,00 \ ^ \ l ' Large flowering roots 10 / ,/ Extra large flowering roots 15 NEW DOUBLE TUBEROSE ("The Pearl"). This is a new and entirely distinct form of the old double tube- rose. Its chief characteristics are its sliort robust stem and great size of flowers, the latter being as freely produced as in the common sort, while tliey are quite double the size and of purer white than the old variety. Each. Per cloz. Per 100. Flowering roots $ $ $ Extra large flowering roots 15 NEW TUBEROSE WITH VARIEGATED FOLIAGE. A beautiful plant, either for vases, borders, or planting in ^oups or beds. The leaves are finely striped with bright yellow lines. It flowers earlier than any other Tuberose. The flowers are large, single, and deliciously scen
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