. Catalogue 1895 : everything for the fruit grower. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. YUCCA FILAMBNTOSA. {Adam's Needle.) Summer=Blooming Bulbs and TUBEROSES. GLADIOLUS. The gladiolus stands at the head of all our summer-flower- ing bulbs. It grows well in any good, well-drained soil, if given full sunlight, and needs little care beyond keeping down weeds about it and supporting its rich spikes of flowers. At the north bulbs must be dug, dried and stored in some warm, dry place after frost, f
. Catalogue 1895 : everything for the fruit grower. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. YUCCA FILAMBNTOSA. {Adam's Needle.) Summer=Blooming Bulbs and TUBEROSES. GLADIOLUS. The gladiolus stands at the head of all our summer-flower- ing bulbs. It grows well in any good, well-drained soil, if given full sunlight, and needs little care beyond keeping down weeds about it and supporting its rich spikes of flowers. At the north bulbs must be dug, dried and stored in some warm, dry place after frost, for wintering over; at the south they are simply covered with a heavy mulch of leaves or fertilizer. By planting at intervals from May i to June 15 a succession of flowers can be had from July to October. Our unnamed seedlings are unusually fine, and comprise every shade of color, from creamy white through different shades of pink and scarlet to bright crimson. Assorted, 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per dozen. TUBEROSES. Double Italian. Delightfully fragrant and beautiful sum- mer-flowering bulbs, sending up tall spikes of double white flowers 3 feet high, which remain in bloom a long time. For early flowers they can be started in February or March in the greenhouse or hotbed ; and for succession they can be planted at intervals as late as August. For flowering in the open border, plant about May i. 5c. each, 50c. perdoz. Pearl. Flowers nearly twice as large as those of the common variety, and imbricated like a rose ; of dwarf habit, grow- ing only 18 inches to 2 feet high ; fragrance and color like common sort. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz. Variegated-Leaved, or Orange-Flowered. The leaves of this variety are bordered with creamy white ; flowers single, but very large and of the most exquisite fragrance. The bulbs continue to grow and bloom year after year; several weeks earlier than other sorts. 5 cts. each, 50 cts, oer Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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