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



H endersons G iant 



"Christmas Forcing" 

 LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



Henderson's Giant Christmas Forcing 

 LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



The finest grade of Lily of the Valley in the world for early winter flower- 

 ing. They will bear twelve to sixteen large bells on strong stalks, with foliage 

 even when forced for extra early ; they are equally superior for later or suc- 

 cessional crops The pips average large, plump and regular, with extra long 

 roots. Read what our customers think of them. 



"The Christmas Valley [ had from you were very fine better than any 1 have 



handled in t8 years' experience, and I have kicked myself because I did not order more. 



Will want a large quantity next season; can't compete now-a-days unless you have 



something- a little better than the other fellow— and the extra price received more than 



pays the difference in cost between No i stock and ordinary, and there 



is a satisfaction outside of dollars and cents that goes a long :>'av." 



S. A. E. L YM AX, Essex Greenhouses, 



< . Ridge. Ohio. 



.from the style of bloom that you have a fine strain of Lily 

 of the I 'alley and von may book us for 30,000 pips for fall delivery" 



A. S. .1/1 BEAN, Lakewood, X.J. 



PRICES OF LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS- 



Expected for Shipment Earl) in November. 



Henderson's Giant Christmas Forcing described above. $2.00 

 per II 0, $15.00 per 10(0. $35.00 p<-r case of 2,500 pips. 



Henderson's Large Early Flowering Berlin extra size— 3 years 

 old— sand-grown pips for early forcing— can be flowered" with 

 foliage by the holidays if needed. $1.75 per l00, $12.00 per 

 1000, $28.00 per case of 2,500 pips. 



Henderson's Large Flowering Hamburg. The florist's Standard 

 >ort for flowering after Ian. l-t 8 year old sand-grown pips 

 $1.50 per 100, $10.00 per 1U00, $23.50 per case of 2.500 pips. 



pirea 



°r Astilbe. 



LARGE IMPORTED CLUMPS 

 SUITABLE FOR FORCING. 



{Expected for Shipment in November.) 



WHITE CALLAS.— DRY ROOTS. 



Expected for shipment in September. A limited supply of 



Bermuda grown Callas expected in August. 



The dry bulbs are superior for forcing purposes, as they come into 

 bloom quickly and require less room -making less foliage. Dry 

 bulbs planted" in 4-inch pots will flower nearly twice as abundantly 

 as plants in 0-inch pots that have been kept growing or only semi- 

 dormant. 



I'KIIH 01 DRY CALLA ROOTS. i Doz. 100 1000 



Mammoth Bulbs, 6 ins cirt. and over I.S 8.00 75.00 



Extra Size, 5 " 1.00 8.00 55.00 



First^ize, 4 " " • | -75 4.50 H).00 



For other varieties of Callas, see Page 18. 



Gladstone. A new, large flowering Spiraea— an improvement over all 

 other white-flowering Spiraeas— and one of the most beautiful winter 

 and spring flowering pot plants grown ; the immense trusses of flowers 

 are as white as snow, and are borne on erect, strong stalks 18 inches 

 high. Well-grown plants bear 25 to 40 of these plume-like trusses, 

 practically enveloping the plant with a feathery foam 



Prices. 



Doz. 



1.50 



Japonica. The old favorite for winter forcing .75 



Astilboides Floribunda. a great improvement. It is dwarfer in habit, 

 ea< tier and mo>e profuse in bloom than Spira-a faponica. as a Florists '\ 

 mat ket plant, and for forcing for cut flowers, it is unrivalled I .85 



100 



10.00 

 5.00 



5 50 



1000 



90.00 

 48.00 



50.00 



SPIREA 

 ASTILBOIDES 

 FLORIBUNDA. 



We furnish 6 bulbs of one variety at dozen rates ; 25 at 100 rates ; 250 at 1,000 rates. Postage will be extra on bulbs desired by mail. 



