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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— HIGH GRADE BULBS.— WHOLESALE. 



Henderson's "High Grade' 5 Bulbs 



OF 

 THE 



true mmm e^ster my. i 



Lilium 

 Harrisii. 



In soliciting early orders from the 

 European Trade for the BERMUDA 

 EaSTER LILY, we wish to lay partic- 

 ular stress upon the size and quality 

 of our Bulbs which are larger, health- 

 ier and better than those usually sold — for 

 the reason that no expense is spared in manuring 

 and cultivating. Experience having shown us 

 that bulbs so treated are incomparably sup- 

 erior to bulbs grown on impoverished and unfer- 

 tilized land year after year, which constitutionally 

 weakens the bulbs and they give results accord- 

 ingly. This is the general practice — especially 

 among those who endeavor to grow cheaply — to 

 enable them to undersell. 



Our Stock is True and Unmixed. Our strict se- 

 lection for years secures true and unmixed stock. 

 Growers cannot afford to force stock mixed with 

 Longiflorums. even though the bulbs were given to 

 them, as they would flower so irregularly as to oc- 



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cupy a bench the whole winter. 



SPECIAL NOTICE 



• A Plea For Later Delivery 



• and Better Ripened Bulbs. 



Most of our customers insist on early delivery. — 

 Early in July or often. It is a mistake ! To 

 reach cnstomers at that time, bulbs must be 

 dug and cured the last of June, and they are 

 then apt to be white, sappy, immature, will 

 shrink, and will not keep, ship nor flower nearly 

 as well, as bulbs dug a month later, at which 

 time thev are thoroughly ripened, plump solid 

 and yellow, and will givecorfespondingly better 

 results and force into bloom nearly if not fully 

 as earl}- as immature bulbs planted three or four 

 weeks sooner. 



Remember, we can ship bulbs as early as any- 

 one, but we earnestly advise that if you can wait 

 until the later part of August for your bulbs to 

 do so. Send your orders in at once and 

 state whether you prefer early or late dug bulbs, 

 that we can guage the quantity of bulbs to be left 

 in the ground for late digging. 



BERMUDA GROWN BULBS, 



• Versus those Crown in Africa 



• and other Countries 



The Bermuda Easter Lily is a geographical 

 variety of Longiflorum which has been produced 

 by the peculiarly congenial climate and soil of 

 the island of Bermuda. The efforts to produce 

 and propagate it in other countries have proved 

 that it then loses its distinguishing and marvel- 

 lous merits of earliness and profusion of bloom — 

 and the ease with which it can be bloomed at any 

 particular period — therefore for best results be 

 sure and get Henderson's "High Grade" 

 TRUE Bermuda Easter Lily Bulbs. 



The Grandest Winter-Flowering 

 • Plant in Cultivation. . . 



The TRUE Bermuda Easter Lily is our 

 Great Specialty. We were the pioneer in- 

 troducers of it and have always been " Head- 

 quarters," supplying the trade generallv and 

 the large dealers both in Europe and America. 



This Peerless Lily is the greatest acquisition 

 to floriculture made in many years. The re- 

 markably short time required to bring them into 

 flower, and the certainty to produce a profusion 

 of bloom, and also the ease with which they can 

 be made to flower at any desired period, such as 

 Christmas, Easter and other special occasions, 

 render them invaluable. 



•The Flowers are delightfully fragrant, pure 

 waxy white, of great substance, and if cut as 

 soon as the}' are open, or partially open, they can 

 be kept two weeks. 



A Short Time only is required to bring 

 them into bloom. Bulbs potted in August 

 or September can be had in flower in December 

 if desired. 



A Succession of Bloom can be kept up 

 from December to May by bringing the pots of 

 bulbs in from cold frames at intervals through- 

 out the winter. 



The quantity of bloom produced is 

 Marvellous; the average production of bulbs 

 5 to 7 inches in circumference, even when forced, 

 is from 5 to 8 flowers, and of bulbs 7 to 9 inches, 

 8 to 12 flowers ; and, if desired, a second crop of 

 flowers, frequently equal to the first, can be se- 

 cured the same season by drying the plants off 

 after blooming for a time and then starting 

 them. 



Blooming Plants in Pots form typical 

 Easter offerings and presents for decoration of 

 the window, table, house or church. Nothing is 

 more appropriately beautiful nor more highly 

 appreciated. Thousands upon thousands are 

 sold in the large cities every winter for this pur- 

 pose. 



As a Garden Lily it is of great beauty, being 

 entirely hardy, excepting in the northern climates 

 where it requires a protection of leaves or litter 

 to the depth of 5 or 6 inches. 



TRADE PRICES OF 



'HENDERSON'S 

 HIGH GRADE" 



TRUE BERMUDA EASTER LILY BULBS. 



SIZE OF BULBS. 



Per doz. 



Per lOO. 



Per lOOO. 



THE BEST SIZES TO GROW. 



Second Size Bulbs. 

 (j to 7 inches in circumference.) 



$0.35 



$2.25 



$20.00 



The best for "Earliest" forcing and particularly for cutting with long 

 stems. Bulbs should produce from j to S flowers. 



First Size Bulbs. 

 (7 to 9 inches in circumference.) 



Extra Size Bulbs. 

 (q to n inches in circumference. 1 



$0.65 



S4-.50 



$4-0.00 



This is the most popular size to grow as pot plants for decoration, and 

 equally as valuable for cutting. Bulbs should produce 8 to 12 flowers. 



$1.25 



$8.50 



$80.00 



These extra bulbs are usually grown for specimens in pots. Each bulb 

 should produce from 12 to 18 flowers. 



Mammoth Bulbs. 

 (ii to 14 indies in circumference.) 



$3.50 



$25. OO 





These mammoth bulbs make fine specimens for exhibition and decoration. 

 As many as a hundred 'flowers have been produced from one bulb. 





