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PETER HENDERSON * CO MISCELLANEOUS BULBS AND ROOTS. 



Arum, 



A genus of very picturesque and ornamental plants, 

 comprising some of the mo4 fantastic productions in the 

 Vegetable kingdom. They are quite hardy, and will suc- 

 ceed in common garden soil. 



Arum Dracunculus, (Dragon Arum,) flowers brown, 

 one foot long, stem beautifully marbled, leaves hand- 

 some, resembling a small palm. 25c each. 



Arum Italicum. Large green leaves beautifully veined 

 with white. 20c each. 





ASTILBE JAPONICA. 



Astilbe Japonica (Spirea.) 



A perfectly hardy herbaceous plant. From the dark 

 green cut leaves arise numerous crowded pauicles of 

 feathery white dowers. It is largely grown for forcing in 

 pots, and is splendid for cutting. 20c each ; $2.00 per 

 dozen . 



Astilbe (Spirea Palmata.) 



Also perfectly hardy, producing flower clusters of 

 bright pink. 25c each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



Bulbocodium Vernum, 

 (Spring Co^chicum.) 



A charming early Spring blooming plant, in flower 

 two weeks before the Crocus. Purple, very attractive, 

 and beautiful. 10 cents each; T5 cents per dozen. 



Babianas. 



All of this class have showy flowers of various colors, 

 blue predominating. Some of the varieties are finely 

 variegated. Thpy succeed best in a sandy loam, and may 

 be grown either in pots for ornamenting the greenhouse 

 or parlor, or planted in a cold frame, where, if protected 

 from frost in winter, they may be allowed to remain al- 

 together. 15c. each. 



Chionodoxa Lucillae. 



(Glory of the Snow.) 

 Although this most beautiful hardy plant was first 

 found as long ago as 1842, it has been only introduced 

 into cultivation within the last sis years. The intro- 

 ducer who discovered it in the mountains east of Smyrna, 

 thus describes it. " At the lower level it was out of 

 flower, but near the summit a mass was met with in full 

 splendor, forming one of the most sumpluous displays of 

 floral beauty ever beheld, a mass of blue and white, most 

 intense and brilliant." It is highly praised by all the 

 English Horticultural Journals, where it is spoken of as 

 one of the most exquisite of spring flowering plants. 

 30 cents each; $3.00 per doz. 



Convallaria Majalis. 



(Lily of the Valley.) 

 The failures which attend the winter flowering of this 

 plant are mainly owing to the use of improperly developed 

 roots. As with other similar plants, a certain size or 

 development of the crown, or underground bud, is essen- 

 tial to produce the flower. As in forcing the Hyacinth, 

 and other similar bulbs, crowns of the Lily of the Valley 



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