. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 56 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. DOUBLE TUBEROSE (Poliauthes Tuberosa). The tubers of this delig
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 56 B. K. Bliss & Sons' Catalogue. DOUBLE TUBEROSE (Poliauthes Tuberosa). The tubers of this delightfully frasraiit llower maj'he plant- ed from January until March. Where a succession is requiied, ami can be accommodated ivith a warm greenhouse or con- servatory tempeiature, planting may begin with tlie former period; but where convenience is limited to a hot-bed and greenhouse, the latter jieriod is suited. In planting, remove the useless small offsets around the main root, jjlace a single tuber iu a pot six inches wide, or a groux) of two or three in a proportionately larger one. Use good rich-bodied loam. Each. Per doz. Per 100. Flowering roots $ $ $ Large flowering roots 10 Extra large flowering roots 15 NEW DOUBtiE TUBEROSE. ("The ;) This is a new and entirely distinct form of the old double tuberose. Its cliief characteristics are its short robust stem and great size of flowers, the latter being as freely produced as in the common sort, while they are quite double the size and of purer white than the old variety. Each. Per doz. Per 100. Flowering roots $ $ $ Extra large flowering roots 15 / NEW TUBEROSE WITH VARIEGATED FOIilAGE. A beautiful plant, either for vases, borders, or planting in groups or beds. The leaves are finely strii>ed with bright yellow lines. It flowers earlier than any other tuberose. The flowei'S are large, single, and deliciously scented. 25 cents each; $ per Tub
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