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Title: Bulbs and plants : autumn 1901
Identifier: bulbsplantsautum19curr_0 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Currie Brothers Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : Currie Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Brodeiae. Very pretty winter blooming; plants with grasslike foliage and slender flower stems. The flowers are odd in appearance and are produced very freely. Each. Doz. Volubilis 'Twining Hyacinth")—A curi- ous plant, commencing to twine when in bud and often reaching 5 feet in height. Flowers delicate rose 10 $1 00 Mixed varieties of choice colors 3 30 Bulbocodium. Spring Colchicum. One of the earliest hardy spring blooming plants. Each. Doz. Per 100 5 50 S3 50 ALLIUM NEAPOLITAN I'.W. Allium. Charming hardy spring-flow- ering plants. Neapolitanum-Flowers white. borne in umbels: useful for cut flowers, each, 3c: dozen, 25c: per 1U0, $1.00. Molly—Bright golden yellow, each, 3c;dozen, 25c; per 100, $1.00. Azureum—Intense biue, very showy and effective, each, 10c; dozen, $1.00; per 100, $6.00. Arum. Dracunculus (Dragon Arum —A curious and ornamental plant, flowers large, purple shading to black, stem marbled, each, 15c. Anemone. If by mail, add 15 cents per 100. Although not quite so hardy as many of our bulbous plants, the Anemone may nevertheless be very successfully grown out- doors if planted early in October, setting it about 3 inches deep in the ground and when cold weath- er sets in, having a good cover- ing of straw or leaves put over it. As the bulb keeps well in a dry state, it may be kept thus until spring early, will prove very satisfactory. Each. Single—The Bride, pure white 5 Single—F u I g e n s , the most brilliant of all scarlets 4 Single—Mixed 3 Double—Mixed 3
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Plant in clumps in good soil Vernum—Rosy purple Camassia Esculenta. A hardy bulb with grass-like foliage and pretty spikes of clear blue flowers. The flower stalk grows about two feet high and produces a large quantity of beautifui flowers. 3c each: 30c per dozen: $1.50 per 100. Cooperia Drummondi. A very pretty plant for winter blooming in the house. The flowers arc deliciously fragrant, pure white, star shaped with long tubes, and measure from 1 inch to 1% inches across. Price each, 3c: 100. $2.00. dozen, 30c: per Chionodoxa. Lucillae (Glory of the Snow —A beautiful hardy spring flowering plant, very easy to cultivate; flow- ers large and numerous, of brilli- ant sky-blue, with a white center, each, 3c: dozen, 25c; per 100. $1.25. Sardinensis—Flowers of intense deep blue. Very effective, each, 3c: dozen, 25c; per 100, $1.25. BABIANAS. ind if planted Doz. 100 45 $3 00 35 2 50 25 1 25 30 1 75 Babianas. Similar to the Ixias and Sparaxis in growth, but with dark green hairy foliage. The flowers are large, showy and of the most beautiful colors. They suc- ceed best in light, sandy soil. Each. Doz. Per 100 Mixed colors 5 50 $3 50

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