PETER HF,NDERSON & CO.. NEW YORK.— BULBS. 



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HELLEBORUS NIGER. 



(Christmas or Lenten Rose.) 



A most beautiful class of hardy plants growing freely in almost any 

 situation, flowering in great profusion in early spring, and if grown in the 

 house or in frames, will bloom from December all through the winter 

 months. The flowers are two or three inches in diameter. Pure waxy 

 white. (Ready in November.) 25c. each. I2.50 per doz. If by mail, 

 addsc each extra /or postage. 



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HEHEROCALLIS FLAVA. 



( The old favorite " Yellow Day Lily.") 



Very ornamental hardy plants having elegant foliage and handsome 

 flowers of bright yellow, delicately perfumed. They., are of the easiest 

 culture in any ordinary garden-soil, and form admirable clumps. The 

 flowers are somewhat ephemeral, but are produced successively and in great 

 abundance. Although perfectly hardy they bear forcing well in a temper- 

 ature of 50 degrees. Height, 2 to 3 feet. (Ready in November.) 15c, 

 each, $1.50 per doz. Postage, 5c. each extra. 



IXIAS. 



is a beautiful little winter-flowering bulb, with low, slender, 

 kes of bloom. The colors are rich, varied and beautiful, the 

 s differing in color from the other parts of the flower, so that 



the blossoms, e.xpandmg in the sun's rays, present a 



picture of gorgeous beauty. , 



Crateroides. Bright scarlet, the earliest of all, and 

 and grand for forcing. 3 for loc, 25c. per doz., §1.50 

 per ICO. 



Wonder. A double variety. Very deep pink,, sweetly 

 perfumed. Extra. 5c. each, 50c. per doz., $3.50 per 100. 



Mixed varieties. Containing many beautiful colors. 

 2 for 5c., 20c. per doz., §1.00 per 100. 



IXIOLIRION. 



Tartaricum. An elegantand rare half-hardy bulbous 

 plant of free growth, and producing grand spikes, 2 

 feet high, of splendid bell-shaped, star-like flowers of 

 rich purple, shaded with sky-blue. Bulbs planted out 

 by US last Autumn proved perfectly hardy, with a slight 

 protection, and bloomed beautifully in June; the bulbs 

 can be kept dry and planted out in spring, or they may 

 be grown in pots in cold frames and be brought into the 

 conservatory toward spring for blooming. 5c. each, 

 50c. per doz. 



►^-^ii^is.^^^ 



{Rainbow Plower^ JP'leur-de-Lzs,) 

 'iThe Orchid of the Flower Garden.'* The flowers of this family 

 are the richest and most varied in color of any hardy garden plants, 

 and for cut flowers they are invaluable. An almost continuous display 

 o£ bloom can be ktpt up by planting the foUowinir varieties. When 

 grown in pols or frames for winter blooming, commence with Alata 

 and Histrio. which wilibloom m Dtceraberand January, then follow 

 Reticulata in February, then Baker i^ after which those in the open 

 ground will commence with Baker i 3.116, Pavo7t7a\vi h■^l\\^.n6.y\.Q.y^ 

 followed by the Spanish in June, then tre English^ then Gerj>ianzca^ 

 the last in bloom being the Kczinpjerim July and Aug st. 



Alata. (Scorpion Iris.) This is a gem. The plant only grows 

 about a foot high. The flowers are very large, measuring 4 to 6 

 inches across, of a delicate hlac-blue, with showy blotches of bright- 

 est yel ow, spotted with a darker shade, the whole f>.,rming one of 

 the richest combmations of color imaginable. One of the feaiures 

 of this rare plant is mat iis flowers aie produced when our gardens 

 are practically flowerless, commencing to bloom in October and pro- 

 ducing a second cr-ip of flowers in December if the weather be not 

 too severe. It is of the easiest culture, but prefers a warm, dry sunny 

 border. It is admirab'y adapted for pot culture for greenhouse or 

 Window garden. loc. each, §1 00 per doz. 



Lorteti. Is considered one of the most beautiful Irises in the 

 world. A native of Palestine. The flowers are as large as those of 

 the rema kable "I. Susiana" and the coloring is very fine. The falls 

 ©how a creamy or white gro',;nd, marked wiih small crimson-purple 

 spots, and sometimes also veins, concentrated at the centre into a 

 dark crimson-purple ' signal." The standards are nearly pure 

 whi'e, and marked with thin violet vines 'J'he often vivid yellow- 

 crimson coloring of the sty es gives, by reflex, a reddish shme to the 

 standards. An exceedingly charming species; blooms in June. (See 

 cut.) 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. 



For other varieties of Iris, • • • • 



see pages 30 and 31- 



IRIS L3RTETI 



6 bulbs of one variety sold at dozen rates; 25 at 1 OO rates. Postage free, except where noted. 



