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



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TRITELEIA. 



Uniflora. (Spring Star Flower.) A perfect little gem for either 

 pot culture or for borders. Each bulb produces several pretty star- 

 shaped flowers, one or two inches across, of a delicate milky white 

 suffused with blue, and emits the perfume of primroses. (See cut.) 

 2 for 5C., 20C. per doz. $t.oo per loo. 



TROP^eOLUM. 



Beautiful and graceful climbing plants for the conservatory or win 

 dow garden, prrducing in the early spring months richly colored 

 flowe s. They can be grown in pots and trained over low trellises— or 

 as a bracket plant in the window. 

 Jarrattii. Scarlet, yellow and black. 20c., each, $2.00 per doz. 



VALLOTA. 



Purpurea. (Scarborough Lily.) A valuable free summer and 

 autumn bloomer ; color, rich red. It does well planted in the open 

 ground in May, and whe-i in bud can be potted and removed for 

 conservatory or window decoration. It is one of the few really 

 good'window plan's. (See cut ) 400. each, $4.00 per doz. 



VALLOTA PURPUREA. 



IRITtLKlA IMFLOKA. 



Henderson's "Superior" Fertilizer "^^:'- 



FOR HOUSE PLANTS AND BULBS 



♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ In attractive pound packages. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 



A safe, clean and high-grade fertilizer, free from disagreeable odnr, prepared especially for feeding plants grown in pots. It is a wonderful invigo- 

 rator. producing luxuriant, healthy growth, foliage of rich texture and larger and more brilliant flowers of improved substance. 



It contains in a highly concentrated form all of the ingredients of plant food essential to the highest development of plants and flowers. It is very 

 soluble and is readily assimilated so that a marked improvement is usually noticed in ten days' time It is fine and dry. clean and easy to apply either 

 sprinkled over the surface of the soil as a top dressing, or dissolved in water (stirrhig'weii.) Detailed directions on each package. 



por Cut Flowers, a pinch of this fertilizer in the water will keep it sweet and wholesome, and preserve the flowers from one to three days 

 longer, if half an inch of the stems is cut off daily, which removes the callous portion which forms over the cut ends and allows the flower above to 

 absorb the invigorating liquid. 



Price, I lt>. package, suffiaent for 25 ordinary sized plants for i year, 20c., or by mail, 35c. 



^ 1 Pl^EFlll^ED POTTING SOIL, j/^ 



One of the principal elements of success in the growing and flowering of plants and bulbs, is proper 

 soil. No matter how much care and attention is given afterwards, if the soil is not right— best results 

 cannot be attained. It is so often difficult for amateurs to procuiv the right kind of potting soil, that we 

 have concluded,='after many solicitations to furnish it to our custcmers at practically cost to us, including 

 packing and shipping. 



This " Prepared Potting Soil " will be the same that we use in our extensive greenhouses. It takes at 

 year or more to prepare it by first placing a layer of inverted sod covering it with a layer of rotted manure, 

 then another layer of od and so on, this " mould pile" is allowed to stand about 6 months, then it is 

 thoroughly turned and mixed, and the operation repeated several times during the last 6 months— when it 

 is considered fit to use. As needed we mix with it peat, sand and pure raw ground bone meal— it is thea 

 friable, rich and will cause plants to grow and bloom luxuriantly. 



PRICE. 25c. per peck bag, 75c. per bushel bag, $2.00 per barrel (purchaser to pay freight,) 



