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Title: Floral gems for winter flowering
Identifier: CAT31284799 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: McGregor Brothers; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : McGregor Brothers
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Cyclamen or Persian Violet, New Improved. There is no more ornamental plant for greenhouse or parlor culture than the Cyclamen. It grows readily, blooms freely, and remains a long time in flower. The soil should be equal parts of turfy loam, leaf mold and silver sand. Put in pots three times the diameter of the bulb in October. Keep them in a cool, light place, watering lightly until growth begins. Then water freely and give plenty of light and air. On the approach of cold weather remove to a warmer situation, the parlor or greenhouse, but keep them near the light. The whole secret of growing Cy- clamens to perfection is light, air and low temperature. Price, 10 cents each; large strong plants, 25 cents each. Lilium Speciosum Roseum. Beautiful and stately Lily; lovely rose and white spotted deep rose; very fragrant and hardy; no garden is com- plete without it. Price, 20 cents each. Lilium Tigrinum Flore Pleno. (Double Tiger Lily.) This is a plant of stately habit, growing from 4 to 6 feet high, bearing an immense number of double bright orange red flowers, spotted with black. Price, 15 cents each. CYCLAMEN. Lilium Candidum. Tiie Madonna, or Annunciation Lily. This Lily is the emblem of purity. The deep lemon anthers con- trast beautifully with the wax-like petals. The fragrance is delicious and never oppressive. It is one of the best of Lilies to grow in the house or outside; perfectly hardy. Price, 15 cents each; four for 50 cents. Lilium Speciosum ^ubrum. Lancifolium. Large wide flowers, recurving more or less at the tips. Among the showiest of all Lilies, and perhaps the most robust and the most radiantly beautiful. Very fragrant and hardy. Lovely rose and white, spotted crimson. Price, 20 cents each. Lilium Speciosum Album. A variety of the above, with broad, flat stems and immense heads of flowers. Pure white and very fragrant; petals gracefully recurved; a very fine sort. Price, 20 cents each. LILIUM AURATUM. Golden-Rayed Queen of Lilies. The grandest Lily grown, and a never-failing delight. We take pleasure in showing it to people who have never seen it. It seldom fails to create a sensation. The perfume is exquisite—light, yet pene- trating. Magnificent by daylight, but by moonlight a well grown plant, carrying five or more blooms, is simply indescribably beautiful. Also known as "Gold Banded Lily from Japan." Price, 20 cents each. Ready in November. The True Bermuda Easter Lily, LILIUM HARRISII. This peerless Lily is the greatest acquisition to floriculture made in many /ears. Their profusion of bloom, the remarkably short time required to bring them into flower, and the certainty to produce abundant bloom and also the ease with which they can be manipu- lated to be flowered at any desired period, such as Christmas, Easter and other special occasions, render them invaluable. The flowers are delightfully fragrant, pure waxy-white, of great substance, and if cut as soon as they are open or partially open, they can be kept for two weeks. Bulbs potted in August can be had in flower in November if desired. The quantity of bloom produced is marvelous, the average production of bulbs flve to seven inches in circumference, even when forced, is from five to eight flowers; and of bulbs seven to nine inches, eight to twelve flowers. Blooming plants in pots form typical Easter offerings and presents, for decoration of the w^indow, table, house or church. Nothing is more appropriately beau- tiful and highly appreciated. Thousands upon thousands are sold in the large cities every Winter for this purpose. As a garden Lily it Js 01 great beauty, being entirely hardy excepting in northern cli- niates where it requires a protection of leaves or litter to the depth of five or six inches. Price, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.
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THE TRUE BERMUDA EASTER LILY.

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