. Catalogue of bulbs, plants and seeds for autumn planting. : 1895. Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. THE BARBADOES \TJ I IC ^y THE BARBADO ) LLl J. ^'^ "5PICE LILY, A VARIETY OF AMARYLLIS JOHNSONII. CONGENL^L conditions—climate and soil—produce a strong- growing variety of Amar\-llis, popularly tnown in the West India Isles as ''The Spice ; Probably the most magnificent and gorgeous flowering bulbous plants known Their immense flowers, richness of coloring and regal habit are simply incomparaLle. The bul
. Catalogue of bulbs, plants and seeds for autumn planting. : 1895. Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. THE BARBADOES \TJ I IC ^y THE BARBADO ) LLl J. ^'^ "5PICE LILY, A VARIETY OF AMARYLLIS JOHNSONII. CONGENL^L conditions—climate and soil—produce a strong- growing variety of Amar\-llis, popularly tnown in the West India Isles as ''The Spice ; Probably the most magnificent and gorgeous flowering bulbous plants known Their immense flowers, richness of coloring and regal habit are simply incomparaLle. The bulbs are very large, 8 to 12 inches in circumference, and produce with great certainty extra-strong spikes of bloom, from 18 inches to 3 feet high, bearing enoimous trumpet-shaped floweis of great substance, averaging 6 to 10 inches across, of rich and glowing scarlet, intensified by a con- trasting wide white stripe through each petal. For pot culture in the window, conservatory or greenhouse they are well adapted, and when in bloom in the winter and spring months no flower can approach their beauty—spikes frequently produce 4 to 8 flowers each, and often 2 and 3 spikes are produced at one time. {See ctt-t.) 35c. each, $ per doz. Postage^ ^ bulb extra. Amaryllis Belladonna Major (Belladonna Lily.) An autumn blooming variety cf beauty and fragrance. The spikes grow from 2 to 3 feet high, each carry- ing from six to a dozen beautiful flowers "Sweet as Lilies," of silvery white, flushed and tipped with rose. Extra large bulbs, 15c. each, $ per doz. Postage.,^0. per bulb extra. For Amaryllis Sarniensis see " Nerine "; for A. Lutea set " Sternbergia "/ for A. Purpurea see " ; • • ANEMONES. • • THE B.\RBADOES " SPICE LILY. being blended in the flowers of each variety. Mixed colors per doz., $ per 100, or by inaily ^^. Single Poppy Flowered. (Coronaria.) These handsome single Anemones have l
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