PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— SUPERIOR BULBS.— WHOLESALE. 



HE/NDE-RSO/N'S 



SUPE-RIO-R 



Easter Lily Bulbs 



WE THINK are especially good this year For three years we have treated our planting stcck with the Corrosive Sublimate Solution, 

 kept the fields sprayed with Fungicide, and all diseased plants rogued out In consequence the improvement in our fields was par- 

 ticularly marked this sea-cn. the plants remaining thrifty and green long after the Lilies in other fields had died down, and in addition 

 we did not hasten maturity but allowed the plants to complete their growth and ripen thoroughly, making solid golden bulbs which 

 usually give much better results than the white, sappy, early-dug bulbs. 



Henderson's fkpefioi 1 

 BEPJD(| EflSTER LIL)' BULBS 



(L. Longiflorum Var. Harrisii.) 





Doz. 



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First Size Bulbs. 



(5 to 7 inches in circumference.) 



$0 75 



$4 50 



$40 00 



Extra Size Bulbs. 



(7 to Q inches in circumference ) 



1 50 



10 00 



95 00 



Monstrous Size Bulbs. 



q to 11 inches in circumfeaence.) 



3 00 



20 00 





The TRUE Bermuda Easter Lily is our 

 Great Specialty. We were the pioneer 

 introducers of it and have always been 

 " Headquarters," supplying the trade gen- 

 erally and the large dealers both in Europe 

 and America. 



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Our Stock is True and unmixed. Our strict 

 selection for years secures 'rue and unmixed 

 stock. Growers cannot afford to force stock 

 nixed with Longiflorums. even though the bulbs 

 were given to him, as they would flower so ir- 

 regularly as to occupy a bench the whole winter. 



We wish to lay particular stress upon 

 the size and quality of our Bulbs which 

 are larger, healthier and better than those 

 usually sold— for the reason that no expense 

 is spared in manuring and cultivating. 

 Experience having shown u-; that bulbs so 

 treated are incomparably superior to bulbs 

 grown on impoverished and unfertilized land 

 year after year, which constitutionally 

 weakens the bulbs and they give results 

 accordingly. This is the general practice — 

 especially among those who endeavor to 

 grow cheaply — to enable them to undersell. 



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The so-called Bermuda Lily disease is 

 primarily the result of reduced vitality 

 caused by insufficient plant food in the soil. 

 While there is no crop of bulbs on the island 

 entirely free from the disease, yet we have 

 less of it in our fields than any other grower, 

 as we have always realized the importance 

 of proper fertilization. 



Henderson's Superior 1 



jflrgN eot uiy BULBS 



(L. Longiflorum var. F:\imium. 





Doz. 



per 100 



per 1000 



First Size Bulbs. 



(.5 to 7 i ches in circumference ) 



$0 50 



75 



53 50 



$30 00 



1 nterrneciiate size bulbs 



(6 to S inches in circumference.) 



4 50 



40 00 



Extra Size Bulbs. 



(7 to Q inches in circumference .) 



1 00 



7 00 



65 00 



Monstrous Size bulbs. 



(q to II inches i?i circumference.') 



1 50 



12 00 



110 00 



Henderson's 



New 



These Japanese gTown Lilium Longiflorum Bulbs 

 are of great value 1 or late winter forcing— the large 

 trumpet shaped snow white flowers, six to eight 

 inches long, are of great substance and durability, 

 and some florists prefer it to Harrisii for late win- 

 ter forcing on this account : yet we think the cool, 

 slower forcing is the reason of this. 



One of the great objections to L. Longiflorum 

 Bulbs— as usually supplied to florists for forcing 

 purposes -has been the variety of types which are 

 not usually kept separate bj>- the growers. Some 

 plants grow tall, others dwarf : some have broad 

 leaved foliage, others narrow ; some are black 

 stemmed, some green and others red stemmed, 

 and some have large flowers, others small. Some 

 bloom early, others late, and the consequence is 

 that they cannot be all brought in to flower simul- 

 taneously. But Henderson's Superior " L. Longi- 

 florum Bulbs are selected to the best flowered 

 forcing type. 



GI^ T T EflULy FLOWETO 



LILITJM LONGIFLORV9I. 



When getting our Japanese grower of Lilium 

 Longiflorums to realize the importance of separ- 

 ating the types as above mentioned, so as to sup- 

 ply us with the best florists' forcing type even at 

 the higher cost, he drew our attention to a partic- 

 ularly superior type of which onlv a few bulbs 

 could be procured. It is tall, healthy growing, 

 narrow-leaved, early and many flowered, produc- 

 ing flowers of superior size, shape and substance. 

 We have a limited quantity of these bulbs to offer 

 this season for trial. 



Price, 7 to 9 inch bulbs, 20c. each, $1.75 per doz., 

 $12.00 per 100. 



"SILVER LE0F" EflSTER LILy. 



(Lilium Longiflorum Foliis Alba Marginatis) 



These make novel and elegant specimens as pot 

 plants when well grown, and are particularly 

 beautiful for Easter decoration on account of the 

 foliage being distinctly striped with silvery white; 

 in all other respects the plants and flowers are the 

 same as Lilium Longiflorum. 



Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz , $15.00 per 100. 



LILIUM HARRI 



WHAT FLORISTS THINK OF, 



From GEORGE M. EM1IAXS. Florist, 



Newton, N. J. 

 The stock I got from you is doing much better 

 than any 1 have had in the last three years, which 

 were purchased elsewhere Last year my bulbs 

 turned out fuhy 40 per cent, worthless : the year 

 before 30 per cent, and the year before that 20 

 per cent., and I c langed purchasing place on that 

 account every year This season I got my bulbs from 

 you, and 1 am very much pleased with them. They 

 are as fine a lot ot lilies as any one could wish to see. 

 Trusting you may be able to keep your stock as free 

 from disease in the future as this lot has turned out, 

 I remain, Yours very respectfully, 



GEO. W. EM.MANS. 



HENDERSON'S 



SUPERIOR 



BERMUDA EASTER LILY BULBS. 



From CHRIS BESOLD, Carnation Growtr and 

 Florist. 



Mineola, Long Island. 

 I do not hesitate to say that the lot. of Harrisils I 

 bought from you this season are the best I received 

 for a number of years. They are the nicest looking 

 plants that I have seen anywhere, and I am glad that 

 it is so, as this was the first time I got my Harrisiis 

 f om you and which will assure you of getting further 

 orders. 



Yours very truly, 



C. BESOLD. 



From WM. F LAUCH, Florist, 



Carrick, Pa. 

 1 have been growing your Harrisii bulbs for several 

 years. Last season I divided my order, placing one- 

 half with you and the other half with another prom- 

 inent seedsman. Yours were the true Bermuda 

 Harrisii. while the others were badly mixed with a 

 worthless variety which grew to enormous height 

 with a very small flower. Your halt were all of an 

 even size with flowers of excellent quality. I had the 

 honor of having the finest lilies in Pittsburgh from 

 your bulbs. There were but tew of your plants dis- 

 eased—probably 50 in the whole batch of 6,000 bulbs. 

 You will have mv full order next season. 



Yours truly, W. F. LAUCH. 



