. View in Cellar of Store where many Bulbs are kept Great as have been the strides in the development and distribution of the Summer Flowering Bulbs, it is nothing to be compared to the now enormous proportions to which the business in Spring Flowering Bulbs has attained. This class, which numbers among its members such popular subjects as Hya- cinths, Tulips, Narcissus or Daffodils, Crocus, Jonquils, Lily of the Valley, " f; 1 : .'â¢â '^''iij^ Iris, Snowdrops, etc., are for the most " â " ond Columbus, Ohio, or almost from Boston to Richmond, Va. This large and ever increasing
. View in Cellar of Store where many Bulbs are kept Great as have been the strides in the development and distribution of the Summer Flowering Bulbs, it is nothing to be compared to the now enormous proportions to which the business in Spring Flowering Bulbs has attained. This class, which numbers among its members such popular subjects as Hya- cinths, Tulips, Narcissus or Daffodils, Crocus, Jonquils, Lily of the Valley, " f; 1 : .'â¢â '^''iij^ Iris, Snowdrops, etc., are for the most " â " ond Columbus, Ohio, or almost from Boston to Richmond, Va. This large and ever increasing growth in this class of Bulbs could not be maintained if we did not strive to send out good stock. Our supplies are drawn from the the best sources, many of them from growers wl have been sending us Bulbs for almost half a century, and careful tests are made annually of many new varieties, which offered if they prove to be worth the high price which nov- elties in Bulbs usually command. Out Tulipsplanticim the famous Sunken Gardens, Fail iiiouizt Park, Philadelphia, Spting of I go J A field of Tulips at one of our growers in Holland Catalogues years From the little two-page list issued in 1838 with an edition of a few hundred,our Catalogues have reflected ^ _ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the growth of the business through the passing until now this Garden Book of 248 pages, containing what is undoubtedly the most complete offering of Horticultural needs under one cover, together with the Mid-Summer List issued in June, the Bulb or Autumn Catalogue issued in September and various smaller lists sent to Florists and Market Gardeners reach a total of nearly 300,000 copies requiring over 150,000 pounds of paper to print them and an outlay of more than ten thousand dollars to mail them to our customers in all parts of the world. We aim to make these books more than mere price lists by giving accurate, unexaggerated descriptions, the height of growth, time of flowering, and, in many cases, cu
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