. Dreer's 1908 autumn catalogue. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. ENRTADREffi .|»l11IADWiAI!4-^BULBS- FOR^AbL PM^NTINR":. Single Anemones. AN03IATHECA CRUEIVTA. (Flowering Grass.) A pretty little bulbous plant from South Africa, which is quite hardy with slight pro- tection, but does best when grown in frames or a cool greenhouse. Grows 8 to 12 inches high, producing in quantity pretty flowers ^ inch across, of a dazzling rosy carmine color, with a
. Dreer's 1908 autumn catalogue. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. ENRTADREffi .|»l11IADWiAI!4-^BULBS- FOR^AbL PM^NTINR":. Single Anemones. AN03IATHECA CRUEIVTA. (Flowering Grass.) A pretty little bulbous plant from South Africa, which is quite hardy with slight pro- tection, but does best when grown in frames or a cool greenhouse. Grows 8 to 12 inches high, producing in quantity pretty flowers ^ inch across, of a dazzling rosy carmine color, with a dark crimson spot on the three lower petals; a good companion plant and fine contrast to the Freesia, which it somewhat resembles. [Readv in October.) 20 cts. per doz.; $1 25 per 100; $ per 1000. ANTHERICUM, Liliastrum {St. Bruno''s Lily). A beauti- ful plant, 2 feet-high, with narrow grass-like Brodi«a Coccinea. foliage and long spikes of white, fragrant, Lily-like flowers in May and June. 10 Cts. each ; $1 00 per doz.; §7 00 per 100. Liliastrum Giganteum (Giant St. Bruno s Lily). A wonderful improvement on the St. Bruno's Lily, of which it is a gigantic form. It produces 2j feet high stems, which during May and June are terminated by spikes of very large white flowers, and forcibly remind one of a miniature Lilium Candidum. A striking novelty. 30 cts. each; $ per doz. LlliagO (5/. Bernard's Lily). A pretty species, bearing spikes f white flowers 18 inches high during May and June. 10 cts. each ; $ per doz.; $ per 100. BABIANA. A charming genus with leavt-s of dark green, thickly covered with downy hairs, and bearing showy spikes of flowers. They should have the jirolection of a cold frame, and are very successfully grown in pots. Height, 6 to 9 inches. Mixed Varieties. 4 for 10 cts.; 25 cts. per doz.; $1 50 per 100. BRODIJEA. Handsome bulbous plants from the Pacific Slope, blooming in pendent clusters on long, slender stems. It is easilv forced, and may b
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