2 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—HIGH GRADE BULBS.—WHOLESALE. 
Henderson’s “High Grade” Bulbs 
ve TRUE BERMUDA! E(STER LILY. #8 
We wishto lay particular stress upon 
the size and quality. of our Bulbs 
which are _ larger, healthier and 
better than those usually sold—for the rea- 
son that no expense is spared in manuring and 
cultivating. Experience having shown us that 
bulbs so treated are incomparably superior 
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. 
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Our Stock ts True and Unmixed. Our strict se- 
lection for years secures true and unmixed stock. 
Growers cannot afford to force stock mixed with 
Longifiorums, even though the bulbs were given to 
them, as they would flower so trregularly as to oc- 
cupy a bench the whole winter. 
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SPECIAL NOTICE sem 
e A Plea For Later Delivery 
e and Better Ripened Bulbs. 
Most of our customers insist on early delivery.— 
Early in July or earlier. 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 they are thoroughly ripened, plump solid 
and yellow, and will give correspondingly better 
results and force into bloom nearly if not fully 
as early 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 
doso. 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. 
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BERMUDA GROWN BULBS, 
(o7 Versus those Grown in Africa 
e 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. 
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The Grandest Winter-Flowering 
e 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-— 
uarters,’’ supplying the trade generally and 
the large dealers both in Europe and America. 
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This Peerless Lily is the greatest acquisition 
to floriculture made in many years. he 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. 
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The Flowers are delightfully fragrant. pure 
waxy white, of great substance, and if cut as 
soon as they are open, or partially open, they can 
be kept two weeks. 
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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. 
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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. 
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The quantity of bloom produced is 
Marvellous; the average production of bulbs 
5 tc 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 
prter blooming for a time and then starting 
them. 
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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. 
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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. 
TRUE BERMUDA EASTER LILY BULBS. 
(11 to 14 inches in circumference.) 
SIZE OF BULBS. Per doz. Per 100. Per 1000. _ THE BEST SIZES TO GROW. 
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Mammoth Bulbs. ee Sold Out. ue These mammoth bulbs make fine specimens for exhibition and decoration. 
