. The blue book of bulbs. Bulbs (Plants). Suggestions and an Invitation Cream Quality Notwithstanding the noticeable improvement in the quality of bulbs offered by American dealers during the past two or three years, CREAM QUALITY continues to mean what I had in mind when I first used the phrase some years ago. It is still true that a certain percentage of every year's crop con- sists of what the growers regard as the cream of the bulbs; it produces the finest flowers, and brings the highest prices. These Cream Quality bulbs are what the growlers themselves use for propagating purposes, and it
. The blue book of bulbs. Bulbs (Plants). Suggestions and an Invitation Cream Quality Notwithstanding the noticeable improvement in the quality of bulbs offered by American dealers during the past two or three years, CREAM QUALITY continues to mean what I had in mind when I first used the phrase some years ago. It is still true that a certain percentage of every year's crop con- sists of what the growers regard as the cream of the bulbs; it produces the finest flowers, and brings the highest prices. These Cream Quality bulbs are what the growlers themselves use for propagating purposes, and it is possible for them to furnish only a limited quantity. Some of these finer bulbs are now being sent to America, and American buyers understand w^hat the better grade of bulbs is, and how much finer bloom can be had from them. The bulbs which my growers reserve for me are selected from their choicest stocks, which they can furnish only to one dealer, since the proportion of this grade in the crop is too limited to enable them to supply it generally to the trade. Cream Quality bulbs are reserved for me only until July 1, and to secure them I offer a moderate advance over the prices for ordinary first quality. Only this grade is offered in my lists, except where ordinary sizes are spe- cifically quoted. Furthermore, a Cream Quality list nowadays bears little resemblance to any of the lists of a dozen years ago, for the improvement in all classes of bulbs has been so marked that a great many of the older favorites are unworthy of a place in the modem garden. This Blue Book retains only the cream of the older kinds, and adds the best of the newer sorts. In making selections from my list, then, there is no chance of being misled by an attractive color-description into choosing varieties of which the growers have large stocks, and which. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appear
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