28 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING. 
ANEMONES. 
IGHLY ornamental spring and summer flowering plants, having 
both single and double flowers, the colors of which are very beauti- 
ful. Anemones are also splendid for pot culture, for flowering in 
the house or conservatory during winter. 
Double Poppy Flowered. (Coronaria, fl. pl.) The flowers of this class 
are very double—and are surrounded at the base with large guard petals 
—for cutting they are grand, and we know of no class of plants with more 
gorgeous flowers, two or three colors usually being blended in the flowers 
of each variety. Mixed colors. 3 for 10c., 25c. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 
Single Poppy Flowered. (Coronaria.) Large, beautiful, saucer-shaped, 
poppy-like blossoms, during mild seasons, or in sheltered situations, they 
flower continuously throughout the winter, spring and early summer. 
(See cut.) Mixed colors. 2 for 5c., 20c. per doz., $1.00 per 100. 
Fulgens. Rich dazzling scarlet flowers. It is invaluable for cutting, as it 
lasts a long time in water; itis adapted for pot culture—flowering during 
the winter in the house, and is perfectly hardy for garden work—flowering 
in thespring. 3 for 10c., 30c. per doz., $2.00 per 100. 
Fulgens, fl. pl. A double-flowering variety of the above, very beautiful. 
(See cut.) 38 for 12c., 40c. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 
Blanda. The earliest and largest-flowered of the spring-blooming Anem- 
ones, blooming with Snowdrop and Crocus, colors range from pure white 
to deep blue. The flowers are 1¥% inches across. Itis a lovely variety and 
as hardy as a rock. It spreads itself in large clumps, grows freely. If 
potted at intervals from August to September, and housed afterwards in 
the greenhouse, they may be had in flower from November to February. 
HARDY... 
ANEMONES. 
These are beautiful for 
permanent situations, 
where they soon form 
large clumps of great 
beauty when in bloom; 
a situation partially 
shaded suits them to perfection. 
Hepatica Angulosa. (Ready in November.) One of the finest spring-blooming varieties; 
itis a vigorous grower and blooms profusely large sky-blue flowers, on stalks 6 to 9 inches 
high. 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
Apennina Mixed Blue. White and Rose Varieties. (Ready in November.) Beautiful 
flowers, as large as a fifty-cent piece, elegantly cut foliage, they bloom profusely in early 
spring, also beautiful grownin pots. foot. 3 for 10c., 25c. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 
ARUM DRACUNCULUS. 
Flowers one foot long, purple, red and black- 
blue; stem beautifully marbled, leaves handsome, 
resembling a small palm; a rapid grower, making 
acurious and ornamental pot plant. (See cut.) 
15c. each, $1.50 per doz. ~ 
ANEMONE 
FULGENS, 
FL. PL. 
SINGLE POPPY-FLOWERED ANEMONE. 
BABIANA. 
A charming genus, with leaves of the darkest 
green, thickly covered with downy hairs, and 
bearing showy spikes of flowers, characterized 
by their rich self-colors, or the striking con- 
trast of very distinct hues in the same flower. 
They vary incolor from the richest carmine to 
the brightest blue, many of them being sweet- 
acented. As they are not hardy north of 
Washington, they should have the protection 
of a cold frame. They are very successfully 
grown in pots. Five or six bulbs in a five-inch 
pot make lovely afid usefulspecimens. Height, 
6 to Qinches. Mixed Varieties. 3for 12c., 
40c. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 
BRODLA. 
Showy, half-hardy California bulbs, with lovely umbels or clusters of red, blue or white 
tubular flowers, borne on stems one to two feet high. They are easily forced, and may be 
grown in the greenhouse or cold frame, or if planted out in spring in clumps or masses they 
flower very freely in June or July. 
B.Coccinea. (The Floral Fire Cracker.) A very handsome and distinct species, with 
tall stems bearing umbels of pendant flowers 2 to 3 inches long, of a rich blood crimson, 
tipped with light green—a great novelty. (Seecut.) 3 for 12c.,40c. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 
‘B. Mixed Varieties. Containing many beautiful colors. 3for10ce., 25e.doz., $1.50 per 100. 
WE DELIVER FREE anywhere in the U. S. all Bulbs, Vegetable and Flower Seeds, excepting. where otherwise noted. 
ARUM 
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