E H Hunt seedsman E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1894hunt Year: 1894 46 E. H. HUNT, SEEDSMAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS AND PLANTS. The Summer-flower- ing Bulbs and Roots for spring- planting' are in- expensive, very easily grown, require scarcely any care, and [)roduce some of ihe most showy and beautiful of all summer and autumn flowtrs. There are but few flowers that can compare with the bril- liant spikes of the Glad- iolus or flowers of the Dahlia, the elegance of the Lily, the purity and fragrance of the Tube- rose, the stately Can- nas, the tropical foliag-e of
E H Hunt seedsman E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1894hunt Year: 1894 46 E. H. HUNT, SEEDSMAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS AND PLANTS. The Summer-flower- ing Bulbs and Roots for spring- planting' are in- expensive, very easily grown, require scarcely any care, and [)roduce some of ihe most showy and beautiful of all summer and autumn flowtrs. There are but few flowers that can compare with the bril- liant spikes of the Glad- iolus or flowers of the Dahlia, the elegance of the Lily, the purity and fragrance of the Tube- rose, the stately Can- nas, the tropical foliag-e of the Caladium or the flaming heads of the Tritoma. Before hard frost the bulbs must be taken up and stowed away in some place se- cure from frost until spring. AMARYLLIS. Beautiful flower- ing bulbs, with lily shaped flowers, varying in color from white to deep- est red, which should be found in everv garden. They force readily, and by proper care can be had in bloom during the whole year. Atamasco. [Zephyr or Faiiy Floiver.) This remarkable flower has beautiful blooms, which, when first opened, are a soft rosy pink, gradually growing whiter, until they are pure white, tinged with rose. 15c. each; $ per dozen. Formosissima. (yacobcean Lily.) Crimson, blooming early in the The flowers have a very graceful appearance. 20c. each; $ per dozen. Johnsoni, A very large flower of a rich crimson scarlet, striped with white. One of the very best sorts. 75c. each. Treatea Alba. (Fairy Lily of the South.) Pure white, blooms the entire summer, of easy culture. 10c. each. Vittata. Red ground, striped with white. 50c. each. Vittata. White ground, striped with red. 75c. each Defiance. A remarkable strong grower. Never fails to bloom with fair treatment. It is a continu- ous bloomer, flowering repeatedly during the season. Extra large carmine-red flowers with bar of white through each petal. $ each. Equestre. A beautiful variety with broad salmon scarlet petals, white throat
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