. Beautify your homes : 1901. Seed industry and trade; Seeds; Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Bulbs (Plants); Roses. Sew Baby Calla Lily, Little Gem.—This Calla only grows about six inches high and is the freest blooming of all the Callas. The bloom is pure white. The following facts will convince any one of its great superiority over the old sort. Of dwarf habit; the same plant will grow and bloom for years without once ceasing, and the quantity of bloom which a good plant will produce is astonishing A large plant is hardly ever without one or more flowers. All in all, it is one of the
. Beautify your homes : 1901. Seed industry and trade; Seeds; Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Bulbs (Plants); Roses. Sew Baby Calla Lily, Little Gem.—This Calla only grows about six inches high and is the freest blooming of all the Callas. The bloom is pure white. The following facts will convince any one of its great superiority over the old sort. Of dwarf habit; the same plant will grow and bloom for years without once ceasing, and the quantity of bloom which a good plant will produce is astonishing A large plant is hardly ever without one or more flowers. All in all, it is one of the most de- sirable plants I have ever offered. 15 cents each. Tlie Black Calla.—Its flowers are enormous, fnlly a foot in length. Color a clear, coal black, so intense that it really shows a brilliancy and, as may well be imagined, it is a flower of most striking oddity and beauty. The bulbs are large, and should be potted in the Fall, and when growth commences set iu a win- dow. After blooming, the foliage will die down, and the bulbs should be kept dry for replanting in the Fall. Price of large flowering bulbs 25 cents each. Calla Richardia.—(Spotted Calla ) Plant with beautiful spotted leaves. It flowers abundantly during the Summer months, when planted out in the open border. The flowers are shaped like those of a Calla. aud are pure while, shaded with violet inside. Keep dry in Winter and start in the Spring like a Dahlia. The plant belongs to the same order as Calla Ethiopi- ca. Price, blooming bulbs, 15 centseach. Larger size to pro- duce a dozen blooms, 25 cents each. Calla Ethiopica.— (Egyptian Lily.) This is the well-known Egyptian Lily, or Lily of the Nile, with large, white flowers, broad foliage, and it will prosper under very adverse circum- stances. If you want large Callas send to me, as I am head- quarters for them. I have three sizes. Price, small plants to bloom next Winter, 10 cents each; strong blooming bulbs, 25 cents each; mammoth bulbs to make ten
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