. Bulbs and flowering roots for fall planting : 1898. Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. 30 I J. M. Thorburn & Co. —Catalogue of Bulbs. RICHARDIAS, or CALLAS. Ready in September and October. Tall-growing, bulbous perennials of exceedingly graceful habit and very handsome foliage and flowers. They are easily cultivated in pots, requiring only a rich soil and plenty of water. A compost of one part good loam and one part cow manure is recommended. It is a good plan to plant them out in the garden each summer, in rich, well-manured soil
. Bulbs and flowering roots for fall planting : 1898. Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. 30 I J. M. Thorburn & Co. —Catalogue of Bulbs. RICHARDIAS, or CALLAS. Ready in September and October. Tall-growing, bulbous perennials of exceedingly graceful habit and very handsome foliage and flowers. They are easily cultivated in pots, requiring only a rich soil and plenty of water. A compost of one part good loam and one part cow manure is recommended. It is a good plan to plant them out in the garden each summer, in rich, well-manured soil, giving them plenty of water, taking them up and carefully re- potting in September. Each Perdoz. ICO White Calla, or Lily-of-the-IMile [Calla vEthio- pica). Large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers of great substance. One of the most popular and ornamental of house and greenhouse plants $0 20 Spotted Calla (C. jEthiopica alba maculata). An extremely ornamental pot-plant, with pure white flowers and handsome, deep green leaves, spotted with white 15 Yellow Calla (Hichardia hastata). This rare va- riety has broad green leaves with black center, and beautiful light yellow flowers. In habit it resembles the White Calla Golden Calla (Hichardia aurata). A very rare and most beautiful variety, with lemon-yellow flowers "Lemon Giant" Calla. A new gigantic hybrid Calla, with rich lemon-yellow flowers and white- spotted leaves often 12 to 15 inches long and 12 inches across. An extra-strong grower and of easy cultivation $] Black Calla. See Arum sanctum, page 18. $2 00 $15 00 1 50 50 5 00 50 5 00 25 12 00. White Calla. SCILLAS. Ready in September. No garden can be complete without these beautiful flowers. S. Peruviana others are quite hardy, and may remain in the ground several years. // ordered by mail, add 5 cents per dozen for postag marked (*), which are 2 cents each. Sibirica. The effect in early spring of this intensely rich blue, early-flow- ering fecilla, contrasting wi
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