Title: Catalogue of dutch bulbs and other flowering roots : also seeds and plants for autumn planting and house decoration in winter
Identifier: catalogueofdutch1881dmfe (find matches)
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: D. M. Ferry & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D. M. Ferry & 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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DUTCH BULBS AI^D FLOWERING ROOTS. SINGLE ROSE. Anna Powlona, extra, ve-,y fine rose ry fij ink, 9 Acteur, dark rose 25 **Aimable Rosette, early, dark rose 30 25 30 Honneur de Sassenheim, fi7ie rose 25 Kenau Hasselaar, fine rose . 25 rtLa Baleine, large bells ' . 30 Maria Theresia,«^zy, rosy, striked 30 =^'*Neerland's Glorie, pink 30 EACH. ...30 25 a* *Xorma, extra, large bells aPronkjuweel, peach blossom, large bells. rtSultan's Favorite, dark rose, striped, good truss.. Talma, fijie rose 25 «Tasso, bright rose, large spike 25 ^Temple of Apollo, extra large, long spike, good trztss 30 Tige Formidable, deep rose 25 SINGLE DARK BLUE. EACH. Amiable Brunette, very dark 20 Appius, very dark blue, good spike 20 rt Argus, ne-w, blue, -Mhite eye, extra .. 25 **Baron Von Tuyll, deep blue, long spike, good truss 20 **Belle Africaine, black-blue, early 25 «Blue )\Iourant, extra, distinct color â . , . 25 Bonaparte, deep blue 25 aCharles Dickens, extra fine bells, porcelain blue, fine truss 25 **Emicus, blue, white eye 20 Fleur Parfaite, deep blue, fine 20 ^Kaiser Ferdinand, clear blue 2^ EACH. L'Ami du Coeur. violet blue, good truss 15 **'La'Hull,glitteri-)ig black 30 La Plus Noir. black 30 **Mimosa, large, splendid. 25 Nouvelle Fleur, neiv, very long truss 25 Prince Albert of Prussia, black , 30 rtPrince oj" Sachsen Weimar 20 Quentm Durward, very dark 25 Siam, extra black 25 Staten General, deep blue 25 rtUncle Lorn, new, dark andwkite. 25 SINGLE LIGHT BLUE. EACH. Camper, clear blue 25 Cosur Blanc, white eye . . 25 rtCouronne de Celle, new, extra fine 25 Iris, pale blue, fi?ie bells 25 «La Peyrouse, fine bells . 25 Lord Nelson, sky blue, good spike 25 EACH. a*'^Qrox\AdX\i.s', good bells, extra 25 Porcelain Sceptre, porcelain blue 25 Pronkjuweel, ligJit blue, excellent 25 rtPriestley, large, fi^necolor 25 «Regulus, extra large bells 25 Robinson, fine bells, splendid 25 SINGLE WHITE. EACH. flCleopatra. rosy white, fine 30 «EIfride, white, shaded with light pink, large 30 **Emicus, very long spike 30 Emmeline, large,pure white, new 30 Grand Blanche Imperiale. creaju white, large bells 30 Hercules, tuhite, shaded luith rose, extra 30 La Candeur, snowy white, divarf, fine 30 La Virginite, white, shaded rose 30 «Madame Turc, ftne spike 25 «Mrs. Harriet Beecher 'itowQ, pure white 30 Premier Noble, pure white 25 Prince de Galitzen, good spike 30 EACH. Queen Victoria, extra 35 Reine Blanche, pure wh ite, fine 30 **Roman, early 20 rtRousseau, white, edged with pink, fine bells 30 aSemiramis, creamy white 30 Seraphine, pale blush 30 Sophia Carolina, rose tinted 25 Staten General, pure zvhite 25 Triumph Blandina, creamy white, fine truss 25 rtTulia, pink tint 30 Vesta, rose bhish 30 j aYo\t3.\x&, pale blush white, large trziss, fine bells.. 30 SINGLE YELLOW. EACH. Adonia, rosy yellow 25 Alida Jacoba, good spike go Bouquet d'Orange, orange yellow 30 Fleur d' Or, pure yellow 20 Furst Von Dessau, pale yellow 20 ^General de ^omb^, pale yellow. 25 Goldborse, dark yellozv 25 EACH. ...25 ...25 ...30 Single Redâall shades, ^' Blue Yellow «Golden Sceptre, rich golden yellow Grand Vainqueur Yleroine, yellow, green tips aLa Pluie d'Or, pale yellow, fine bells La Victoria... 20 La Chasseur, pale yellow 20 (^Ueberwinder, pale yellow 25 SINGLE HYACINTHS, IN MIXTURE-For Open Air Culture. EACH. PER DOZ. Single White, various colored eyes... 15 i 50 All colors mixed 15 125 15 PER DOZ. 1 50 I 50
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CULTURE TULIPS. Next in importance to the Hyacinth, if not of equal consideration, comes the Tulip. It is difficult to conceive of anything more pleasing to the eye, than a bed of good Tulips. The great variety of colors produced, their intense brilliancy and beautiful shading, make them universal favorites. Another great consideration in their favor is the ease with which they can be cultivated, requiring only any good common soil to grow them to perfection ; the price, too, as compared with other bulbs, places them within the reach of all, and there can be no reason why every family should not have a good bed of Tulips. There is no class of bulbs that makes so rich and gorgeous a display of blossom with so little attention and care in cultivation, and at so trifling a cost. The Tulip has been so much improved by the Dutch cultivators, that it now ranks high in the floral world, and people who have been accustomed to see a bed of them on the old homestead from their youth, have little idea of the magnificent varieties brought into notice by the amateurs. The culture of Tulips is the same as given Hyacinths, except that the bulbs should

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