Book excerpt: Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy and Tender Bulbs Sold by Hovey and Co., 1883 Handsome bulbous plants, of graceful dwarf habit, with pendulous tulip-shaped flowers, beautifully marbled and variegated. Perfectly hardy, and bloom freely in any ordinary garden soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.