. Catalogue of dutch bulbs and other flowering roots : also seeds and plants for autumn planting and house decoration in winter. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. DUTCH BULBS AXD FLOWERIXG BOOTS. 13. P/EONY. SCILLA. SIBERICA. RANUNCULES. Strikingly beautiful flowers, well adapted to pot culture, in the house. They are not hardy, and great pains must be taken to insure success when planted out in beds The beds should have good drainage, the soil light and warm, and well manured. Plant, two inches deep, in November, and press the earth close around them. On the approa
. Catalogue of dutch bulbs and other flowering roots : also seeds and plants for autumn planting and house decoration in winter. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. DUTCH BULBS AXD FLOWERIXG BOOTS. 13. P/EONY. SCILLA. SIBERICA. RANUNCULES. Strikingly beautiful flowers, well adapted to pot culture, in the house. They are not hardy, and great pains must be taken to insure success when planted out in beds The beds should have good drainage, the soil light and warm, and well manured. Plant, two inches deep, in November, and press the earth close around them. On the approach of cold weather, the beds should be thoroughly protected with leaves, litter or manure, which should be covered with boards When warm weather appears, this covering is removed, and success is tolerably certain. They will repay all care bestowed upon them. each. doz. Double, Mixed, many colors^ 5 50 EARLY RAI^UNCULES. EACH. DOZ. i EACH Ceraphine, yellow 5 50 1 Romano, red 5 Hercules, w/z/z'^ 10 100 Turban d'Or, ^/ac/^ 5 Prince de Galitzin, variegated. 10 75 | DOZ. 50 SCILLA. A beautiful class of small bulbs, with pink, white and blue flowers. They flower early, and are well adapted to growing in pots or pans, in the house, and are hardy enough to withstand the Winter out of doors, if they are pro- tected with the usual covering of leaves, etc. They should be planted in October or November, about one inch deep, and one inch apart, in clumps or masses, each variety by itself. It is impossible to describe the beauty of the flowers. The bulbs should not be disturbed oftener than once in three or four years. Campanulata, major. " minor. Nondescriptura, blue. EACH. ,. 10 DOZ. 75 75 75 Nondescriptura, red 10 " rose .. 10 Siberica, interise blue., beautifzil 5 DOZ. 75 75 50 SMILAX. Evergreen climbers of much beauty, usually cultivated as green-house or conservatory plants. The leaves are small, and quite ornamental; its twisting and clinging habit makes it quite a favorite
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