. Dreer's descriptive catalogue of bulbs, plants, etc. with directions for the culture and managment of bulbous roots. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Seeds; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 17 S UMMER AXD A IT UJIN-FL O WEBIXG BULBS &HD TUBERSj For Planting in the Spring. Bulbs ready for delivery in October, and planted from April to June. A noble plant, belonging to the bulbous-rooted section, with evergreen foliage. A large plant, under good treatment, will frequently sen
. Dreer's descriptive catalogue of bulbs, plants, etc. with directions for the culture and managment of bulbous roots. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Seeds; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 17 S UMMER AXD A IT UJIN-FL O WEBIXG BULBS &HD TUBERSj For Planting in the Spring. Bulbs ready for delivery in October, and planted from April to June. A noble plant, belonging to the bulbous-rooted section, with evergreen foliage. A large plant, under good treatment, will frequently send Dp a flower stalk three feet high, crowned with a heal of twentv or thirty flowers, which come into blossom in succession. It blooms during the summer, and forms"a fiue ornament to an architectural terrace, or a lawn. EA'-H. Umbellatus African Blue Lily. According to size, 25 cents to $ White rlowers According 1 50 cents to Foliis Yakiegatus. Variegated foliage FOBMOSISSIMA (Spreikelia). Commonly known as ~\ /*%- ^^ the Jacobcea Lily. Beautiful crimson-velvet col- \ \ " > "x ored flowers, haying a most graceful and charming \_ . , Jr?s appearance, flowering about the first of June. 23 "~ \ ⢠^y \ W-47 cent-. § per dozen. VoTt^Vxxi^v $ I» 7>T^L '⢠Vallota Purpurea Supeeba. Somewhat of a k3-^S? } '7y'// misnomer as regards color, for the flowers are of <<^^=-?-«§x /A , )j)rf//~7 a brilliant scarlet, resembling the Amaryllis, the \ \ \ ^\\tt/ // bulb throwing up its strong stems about one foot Vr\ \ Y // high, with from five to eight of its lily-like flowers; /O* \ \ 3 / very ornamental for bedding out, or cultivation in ⢠i -\^ \ fr / pots. Unlike many other bulbs, it requires no sea- ^"""^\ \" I / / son of rest, but can be kept constantly in a growing \ \ I j / condition. The soil should be equal parts of peat, v "a leaf-mould, and loam, and care taken not to over- »^2\ po
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