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



THE Crocus is one of the 

 earliest flowers of spring, 

 and occupies a prominent 

 place in every garden. 

 When planted as an edging in 

 tnple lines of one or more 

 colors, tlie effect is striking. 

 No spring display surpasses that of Crocus, the broad, 

 «avy bands of golden-yellow, striped, purple, or of pure 

 white, when ti ey_ e.xpand their blossoms in February 

 and March are incomparable. In lawns and pleasure 

 parks planted in tne grass, the Crocus is e.vtreraelv 

 effective i-or seve-^al years past, Crocus, Snowdrops. 

 Daffodils, etc., have been planted in our parks and lawns, 

 in wild places, wordland walks, etc., to the great delight 

 of visitors and the enhanced decoration of the parks. 

 In one of the parks, thousands of Crocus were used in 

 the grass, and the effect was matchless. 



Choice {iamed lartfe-FloWered Dutch Crocus. ;^^IJ^.S^..^^^ 



Price of any of the undermentioned Crocus (except where noted), ]2c. 

 per doz., 60c. per 1 GO, $5.00 per 1 ,000. 



!_/ desired hy mail add at tJie rate o/ JjC. per loo /or postage. Dozens mailed free. 



LARGE NAMED YELLOW CROCUS, 



bellow Mammoth, Large bulbs, each 

 producing a number of large golden yellow 

 flowers. 15c. per doz., 75c. per 100, $6.00 

 per icoo. 



Yellow First Size. Bright Yellow. IOC. 



per doz., 4CC. per lOo, $3.50 per looo. 

 Cloth of Gold. Golden yellow, striped 



brown, small flowers, but very prof „se. loc. 

 1 per doz., 40c. per 100, $3.50 per 1000. 



LARGE NAMED WHITE CROCUS. 



Caroline Chisholm. Pure white. I Queen Victoria. Very pure white. 



Mont Blanc. Large and fine white. I Snowflake. White, very free. 

 Princess of Wales. Splendid, large, Theba. ihe purest of whites, ver)' free 



pure white. j blooming. 



LARGE NAMED STRIPED AND VARIEGATED CROCUS. 



VVlbion. Violet, striped lavender and white, ) Imperati. Flowers in January, bluish- 

 white, purple Stripe, yellow throat, sweetly 

 scented. 25c. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 



La Majesteuse. Immense white flowers, 

 striped lilac. 



Lord Fielding. Violet striped. 



Mad. Mina. Striped, purple and white. 



Sir Walter Scott, White striped, pur- 



I pie, extra. 



LARGE NAMED BLUE AND PURPLE CROCUS. 



Baron Von Brunow. Large, purple. | Lilaceus. Light blue, extra. 

 David RizzlO. Large, dark purple. Prince Albert. Brilliant purple. 



Carabaldi. hitra large, dark purple. | 



AUTUMN FLOWERING CROCUS. 



Colchicum Autlimnale. (Meadow Saffron.) Very effective and handsome hardy plants. 



the flowers of which come through the ground without the leaves in the fall, the leaves appearing 



Ihe following spring. 'J he flowers compnse many shades of white, purple, rose, striped, etc. 



They make lovely borders or margins to beds. Mi.ved sorts, 5c. each, 50c. per doz., $3.50 per 



TOO. Postage IOC. per dozen extra. Single bulds mailed /ree. 

 Parkinson!. A beautiful rare variety from the Greek Archipelago: large flowers, of white, 



cessellaied and barred with rose and purple, l.ke .1 checker-board; ve."y odd. {See cut.) 5c. each, 



50C. per do2., $j.so per 100. 



//■ desired by mail, add for postage at the rate 0/ 

 JSC per 100. Dozens mailed free. Per Per Per 



doz. 



Blue and Purple, mi.xed $0 10 



Variegated and striped mixed.... 10 



White, mixed 10 



Large Yellow 10 



All colors, mixed 10 



100. 



ICOO. 



|o 40 



$3 50 



40 



3 50 



40 



3 50 



40 



3 50 



35 



3 00 



extra large flower. 

 Cloth of Silver. Silvery white, stnped 



hiac, small flowers, but very profuse. 

 Margraff. 1 ight blue, edged white. 

 Ne Plus Ultra. Purple, varieg.xled 



with white. 

 Ida Pfieffer. Light blue, striped white. 



.1UTLM.N FLOWERING CROCUS, P.AKKINSOM. 



C sold at dozen rates, 25 at 1 OO rates, 250 at 1 ,COO rr.t 



Postasre free, exc'"pt where noted 



