PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— AZALEAS.— WHOLESALE. 



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••• Special In port Offer of Azaleas. ••• 



SPECIAL OFFER FOR EARLY ORDERS. 



The prices quoted are based on the present import duty of 10 per cent. It is likely that this duty will be increased before Fall, but 

 we make a special offer at the rates herein quoted, irrespective of advance in import duty, on all orders received before July 15th, 1897. 

 After that date any additional duty wi 1 be added to the prices quoted on all orders. 



(Fall Importation Ready Hbout October istti.) 



The Azaleas which we supplied last season were admitted to be the best value for the 

 WiipSSWEai money ever received by the many florists who bought them, and we can promise as good, 



if not better, stock and larger plants this coming season. 



We have again made special arrangements with the largest grower of Azaleas in 



Belgium, and take pleasure in offering for delivery in the Fall of 1897, f. o. b. New York 



%< M2$ci))k^^-'A5PfeV City, Indian Azaleas, double and single, all named varieties, leading market kinds, 



Hh^HI ?CfJ5^L_2\ v^^T^SJt "' shapely plants, well headed, at the prices quoted below. This is a specially low import 



{K§fe#rX < offer both as to sizes and prices, and your early order is solicited. Azaleas are growing in 



w&*^$£$jM\Yth favor yearly, as the great demand this season proves, and the shortage this Spring is 



tT^^iisikjfe £$y V^C^ui^tj^fe' $uk\ likely to advance prices next Fall ; therefore it is to your interest to order now arid take 



- I^P , ^iw , 4.--^®^^^ l ^P''^^ advantage of the low prices we offer. Order at once to secure these rates and insure 



« 'V"T^7&fr^^^Cy delivery. 



X-^^S 1 /ffiBk^fik.' We offer a very fine lot of Azaleas, comprising the most distinct and best varieties in 



J^jK j^^Sc^Shk^?^ cultivation, embracing all shades of crimson, white, pink and rose color. They are shapely 



~&%~tfffl/r ri^^Sak^ specimens well "headed" double and single flowered and wall make splendid plants tor 



winter and spring decoration. These plants will be carefully packed and can be safely 

 sent by freight to any part of the country. 



Per dozen. Per 100. Per 1,000. 



10 to 12 inch heads $4.50 $35.00 $300.00 



12 to 14 " " 6.00 4500 400.00 



14 to 16 " " 7.50 60.00 550.00 



Special, 18 to 24 inch heads, extra fine, $3.00 each. 

 azalea indica. 6 sold at dozen rate ; 25 at 100 rate ; 250 at 1,000 rate. 



Double Flowered Azaleas. Double Flowered Azaleas. Single Flowered Azaleas. 



Niobe. 



(Continued.) 

 Fine double white. 



A Borsig. A pure white fine form. 

 Apollo. Large flower ; blood red 

 Bernard Andrea Alba. Fine white. 

 Deutsche Perle. Pure white. 

 Docteur de Moor. Intense rose. 

 Empereur de Bresil. Pink and white. 

 Francois de Vos. A clear red. 

 Imp. des Indes. Rose edged white. 

 Mme. Camille. White striped red. 

 Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Bright rose. 



The above is only a partial list of those we can supply. The selection being left to us will insure satisfaction. 



Simon Mardner. Intense rose. 



Vervseneana A beautiful rose, deeply 

 edged with white and spotted slightly 

 with rosy red on the lower part of the up- 

 per petals, the white being beautifully 

 feathered with rose where the two colors 

 join. 



Apollon. White, lined with red. 



Comte de Chambord. Pink and Crimson. 



Eug. Mazel. Salmon rose, upper lobes 



violet. 

 Mme. de Grevy. Flesh color, spotted 



Roi d'Hollande. Blood red, spotted bl^k. 

 Sigismund Rucker. Lilac rose, stpped 



white. 

 Versicolor. White, striped and stai' e( i r ed. 



SPECIAL OFFER OF PALMS. 



(FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. 



ARECA LUTESCENS. 



Size. Per Doz. Per 100. 



4 inch pots $3.00 $22.50 



5 " " 6.00 45.00 



6 " " , 9.00 70.00 



7 " " 15.00 100.00 



"*7 " " 24 00 



* The last named size is extra strong and heavy. 



All the Arecas are potted with three plants 

 in a pot. 



LATANIA BORBONICA. 



Four inch pots, 3 to 

 doz., $25.00 per 100; 

 leaves, $6.00 per doz., 



4 leaves, $3.50 



5 inch pots, 4 

 i>45. 00 per 100. 



per 

 to 5 



KENTIA BELMOREANA. 



Three 

 per 100 ; 

 per 100. 



inch pots, $2.00 per doz., 

 4 inch pots, $5.00 per doz. 



$15.00 

 $40.00 



KENTIA FOSTERIANA. 



Three 

 per roo ; 

 per 100. 



inch pots, $1.25 per doz., $10.00 

 4 inch pots, $4.00 per doz., $30.00 



COCOS WEDDELLIANA. 



Three inch pots, $2.50 per doz., $20.00 

 per 100; 4 inch pots, $4.50 per doz., $35.00 

 per 100. 



Livistona Rotundifolia. 



One of the prettiest Palms in cultivation, 

 especially suited for table decoration. The 

 foliage, which is similar to Latania Bor- 

 bonica, but smaller, is gracefully recurved 

 so as to form almost perfectly round plants; 

 in fact it might be called a miniature Latania. 

 Fine plants from 5 in. pots, 10 in. high, 12 

 to 15 in. broad, 4 to 5 character leaves, $1.50 

 each, $15.00 per doz. 



ARECA LUTESCENS. 



