Annual descriptive catalogue of bulbs and other flowering roots with directions for their culture and management (1883) (18424841285)

Title: Annual descriptive catalogue of bulbs and other flowering roots with directions for their culture and management
Identifier: annualdescriptiv1883jmth (find matches)
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: J. M. Thorburn & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds New York (State) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: New York : J. M. Thorburn & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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J. M. Thorburx & Co.'s Catalogue of Bulbs. 25 SINGLE KARCISSUS—ned. each doz. Moschatus, Sulrphur Trumpet ,, 10.30 $3.00 Mussart orientalis, ichiie, orange croicn .10 1.00 1.00 .00 .ou Ornatus, beautiful, ^iseful for florists . ."^lOO $5.00 .10 1 .00 Poeticus, pure ickite, icitli red cup, tery pretty ... ^f^lOO §2.50 .05 .40 Princeps, eery early 1.00 Regulosus .75 Scliizanthes orieDtalis, primrose, with yellow croicn . , .15 1.50 Tenuoir (Silver Jonquil), gracef ul silvery white .20 2.00 Totus albus (Paper White), pure white ... .08 .75 Van Sion (Single Daffodil) 1.00 RANUNCULUS.
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DOtJBLE RANUXCCLUS. The main soil for these should be a loam or clay with a ^ood dressing of rotten manure and leaf mold, and if heavy a little sand. To have them in perfection the soil should be well drained, cool, deep, rich, and moist. Plant late in the Autumn, claws downward, from four to six in- ches apart, and three inches deep, covering with fine pul- verized soil. The Turban sorts are more hardy, and although the same treatment is desirable, they may be dealt with in a rougher fashion. PERSIAN SORTS. each. ^ doz. Belladonna, nolet spotted §0.05 $0.40 Charles Dickens, violet rose 05 .40 Commodore Napier, yellow and brown border .05 .50 Queen of Yellows, bright yelloio 05 .40 Snowball, white 06 .60 Thackeray, scarlet 05 .50 Double Xixed Persian,.. ^ 100, $1.25 .05 .40 " French...^ 100, 2.50 .05 .40 TURBAN SORTS. Romano, scarlet 05 .40 Turban grandiflora, purple variegated 05 .40 Hercules, WuYe 06 .60 Seraphique, ydZ?6»^c 05 .40 Sultan Osmar, purple 05 .40 YiYi&if^om, scarlet with green centre 05 .40 IVIixed Turban P 100, $2.00 .05 .40