This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
On examining in detail the bulbs spoken of last month, we find among them some very rare ones, and some quite new, and among others the following: Lilium candidum striatum, L. fulgens incomparabile, L. Thunbergianum, grandiflorum Sieboldii, L. colchicum, (Szovitzianum monodelphicum,) L. puniceum, recently introduced by Siebold and De Vriese, and said to be magnificent; Tulipa clusiana, T. cornuta, (Chinese.) T. Gesneriana, (very large;) Iris Japonica, (new, and said to be very beautiful,) I. Kaempferi, (a novelty from Japan, said to bo splendid;) Golden-striped Lily of the Valley, (Majalis;) Brunsvigia multiflora, B. pumila, (rare,) B. Josephina. (our bulb weighs six pounds, and is much the finest wo have ever seen;) Nerine curvifolia, (the finest of them all.) N. Fothergillii; Ixia viridiflora, (the prettiest of this class;) a number of new hyacinths, tulips, etc , all of them remarkably fine bulbs; and for which we return our thanks. Bulbs are indispensable for winter blooming; and everybody should have them, and plenty of them.
 
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