. Farquhar's autumn catalogue : 1913. plant, blooming in July and August, and producing spikesabout three feet long, crowned with numerous large, pendant, bell-shaped,pure white blossoms. Large bulbs, 40 cents per dozen; $ per 100; $ per 1000. If by mail* add 15 cents per dozen for postage. FEATHERED HYACINTHS. Beautiful, hardJ^ early-flowering bulbs, succeeding in almost any soil andsituation. Feathered Hyacinths. Pale mauve, long feathery plumes, 25 cents per dozen;$ per 100. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Office of Sergeant at Arms, Stale House, Boston, May lo, &? J. Fa
. Farquhar's autumn catalogue : 1913. plant, blooming in July and August, and producing spikesabout three feet long, crowned with numerous large, pendant, bell-shaped,pure white blossoms. Large bulbs, 40 cents per dozen; $ per 100; $ per 1000. If by mail* add 15 cents per dozen for postage. FEATHERED HYACINTHS. Beautiful, hardJ^ early-flowering bulbs, succeeding in almost any soil andsituation. Feathered Hyacinths. Pale mauve, long feathery plumes, 25 cents per dozen;$ per 100. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Office of Sergeant at Arms, Stale House, Boston, May lo, &? J. Farquhar 6 Co. Genllemen. Our tulips are a perfect glow. We have used our best judgment in the arrangementof colors, but we gladly give your house the credit for this beautiful show. In the last fifteen years wehave planted from 6,000 to of your bulbs each year, and we have never had a single error or abulb that did not prove true to name, and color. We heartily appreciate this. Yours truly,GEORGE M. FILLEBROWN, Hyacinthus bulbs of one variety sold at dozen rate; 25 at 100 rate; 250 at I lOOO rate. AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1913. 7 FARQUHARS SINGLE EARLY TULIPS. If by mail, add 5 cents per dozen or 3o cents per 100. Tulips are such universal favorites that it is scarcely nepessary to dwell upon their merits here. In them we possess a range of colorsand combination of shades which no other class affords; besides, the standard sorts are so reasonable in price that they can now be plantedin quantity. For bedding, pot-culture and forcing for cut flowers in winter they are invaluable. CULTURE. The cultural directions given for hyacinths on page 2 can be applied to Tulips, except that the bulbs being smaller must not be planted quite so to inchesf the bottom of the bulb is deep enough and a distance of 4 to 6 inches between the bulbs is may be planted in October and Novemberbefore the gr freezes. For pots, six to eight bulbs
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