98 PETER HENDERSON & CO.—SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS. 
Henderson's Special 1891 Set 0 
“Really Grand Gladiolus,” 
AT MODERATE PRICE. 
Magnificent new varieties of Gladiolus are produced 
by the art of hybridizing, but unfortunately the slow- 
ness of working up a stock of any special sort prevents 
them from being offered at a low price for several 
years. A stroll through our many acres of varieties, 
containing these new sorts, revealed some of which we 
could supply a few hundred bulbs, the varieties being of 
such rare beauty that we concluded to selectaset that we 
offer at the moderate prices quoted below. Although 
they are really too cheap to be profitable to us, yet we 
want a limited number of our customers to see some of 
our ‘‘ Really Grand Gladiolus.” 
Abricote. A very charming and novel color, soft, 
satiny, coppery-pink, as lustrous in the sunlight asif 
burnished. Flowers of great size, with large round 
petals. Arobust grower. 60c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Aurore. A very brightand lovely variety. Flowers 
of largest size, bright salmon-rose, striped orange, 
carmine and lilac, with beautiful blotch of cherry-rose 
streaked with lilac. 
De Lesseps. Superb large flowers of rosy white 
suffused with pink, flaming into red carmine-lake at 
the edges. Strong, upright grower, fine spike. 
Duchess of Edinburgh. One ofthe grandest Gladi- 
olus grown. Great, strongspikes of immense flowers, 
deep lilac pink, with the sheen of satin. 
Fred Douglass. The finest dark colored Gladiolus 
grown. Flowers unusually large, of a rich velvety 
claret-maroon, beautifully marked and shaded. 
Grand Rouge. A magnificent variety. Splendid, 
strong spike of enormous flowers, bright scarlet, with 
violet blotches. 
Joseph's Coat. Ground color white, oddly spotted 
and marked with dark, velvety red, with crimson-lake 
throat. The flowers, of good size, are of such a rare 
combination of colors as to be strikingly attractive. 
Mrs. Baines. A splendid grower. Tall spikes of 
immense flowers of burnished orange-red. One ofthe 
most striking in our fields. 
Mlle. Maries Mies. Exquisite, delicate rose, flamed 
with ¢armine, with blotches of rosy purple on pure 
white ground. Flowers of unusually large size, form- 
ing a dense spike. 
Mme. Auber. A tall, well-filled spike of extra large 
and: beautifully shaped flowers, silvery lilac-rose, 
dappled with crimson-rose towards the edges; 
blotches creamy white. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Hereide. A very delicate and charming color, mother- 
of-pearl rose suffused with lilac, and marked with 
bright violet blotches. Flowers very large, spike 
talland compact. At our flower show every one went 
into ecstasies over this variety. 50c.each; $5.00 doz. 
Sunshine. The best 
yellow ever produced. 
Strong, upright grower, 
with enormous spikes 
of large flowers of much 
substance; color pure, 
rich yellow. 
LILIUM AURATUM RUBRUM VITTATUM. 
Lay 2 ISULBS. 
(Add for postage 3c. per Bulb.) 
‘Auratum. (The Golden Rayed Lily of Japan.) This peerles= 
variety is, beyond question, the grandest of all the Lily 
family. The flowers are pure white, thickly studded with 
crimson spots, while through the centre of each petal runs 
a clear golden band. Flowers measure nearly a foot across, 
produced abundantly, deliciously fragrant. 2 to 5 feet. 
First Size Bulbs, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Auratum Rubrum Vittatum. Magnificent flowers, 12 
inches across. Waxy white, beautiful spotted crimson, with 
a@ crimson stripe through each petal; fragrant. (See cut.) 
Each $1.25. 
Lancifolium or Speciosum. These varieties are perhaps 
the most popular Lilies grown, being easy of cultivation, and 
produce large flowers of delicate beauty on strong stems ;. 
grows from 2 to 4 feet high, and blooms in August. The 
varieties are : 
— Album. Purest white. 30c. each; $3.00 per doz. ! 
— Roseum. White shaded and spotted with rose. 20c. 
each; $2.00 per doz. 
— Rubrum. White shaded with deep rose and spotted 
red. 20c. each; $2.00 per doz. 
Longifiorum. (‘Easter or St. Joseph Lily.’’) The beauti- 
ful white, fragrant, hardy garden Lily ; flowers are trumpet- 
shaped, 6 to 8inches long. 15c. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Tigrinum Splendens. (Improved Tiger Lily.) Very large 
flowers; orange-salmon spotted black. 25c. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
Tigrinum Flore Pleno. (Double Tiger Lily.) Immense double bright orange-red 
flowers, spotted with black. 3 to 5feet. 15c. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Double Pearl Tuberose. 
This variety, which we introduced, grows only twenty to twenty-four inches, about 
half the height of the old double sort, and the flowers are nearly twice the size 
(often two inches in diameter), and imbricated like a Camellia; deliciously fragrant. 
(See cut.) Price, extra size bulbs, 8c. each; 75c. perdoz.; $4.00 per100. (Add for postage 
10c. per doz. extra.) 
Tall Double Tuberose. 
While the flowers are not as large as the Pearl variety mentioned above, yet it has some 
advantages for outside planting, particularly in a cool season, as the flowers always open well and 
remain white. Extrasize bulbs, dc. each ; 50c. doz.; $3.00 per 100. (Add for postage 10c. per doz. extra.) 
Variegated Foliage Tuberoses. 
Ea = The leaves are bordered with white, making the plant very attractive even when not in bloom. 
— Flowers large, single and exquisitely fragrant. 15c. each; $1.50 perdoz. (Add for postage 10c. per doz. extra.) 
New Branching Tuberose, “ Albino.” 
This most valuable novelty was exhibited at the National Florist Convention at Chicago, and awarded a certificate 
of merit. Its value consists in its flowering 30 days earlier than the old single variety, in its throwing from 2 to & 
flower stems on a single bulb, and these again are often branched; but its great merit above all other Tuberoses 
: is that the owfside of the petals Is of the same waxy white as the inside, making it one of the most valuable plants 
ever introduced for cut flowers. This characteristic is so distinct that when first seen, being single, it might be said to resemble 
NEW TUBEROSE, a Stephanotis or somespecies of Jessamine as much as a Tuberose, both in appearauce and fragrance, for the odor is less heavy 
ALBINO. than that of the ordinary Tuberoses. (Scecul.) Price, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz. 
The price for any 
of the above, not 
specially mentioned, 
willbe 30 cts. each, 
$3 per doz , or the 
full set of 12 for $3. 
PEARL TUBEROSE. 
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