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HENDERSON'S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE— 1025 



IMPORTANT 



A special notice regarding the importation of Narcissus and 

 Daffodils will be found on page 10 which see. 

 Quarantine No. 37 which prohibits their importation, also includes the varieties offered on this 

 page, and none of them can be imported after December 31, 1925. They are among the most heauiiful 

 of our bulbous flowers, and their absence from American gardens will be a distinct loss to horticulture. 

 Our friends who desire to perpetuate these very desirable varieties in their gardens; for if left un- 

 disturbed they increase year by year; will do well to order quantities this year — 1923 — which is the 

 last opportunity they may have of so doing. 



CHIONDOXA (Glory of the Snow) 



These are among the most exquisite of spring- 

 flowering bulbs, and should be grown in quantities. 

 They produce flower spikes bearing 10 to 15 lovely 

 Scilla-Iike flowers. They are perfectly hardy, and may 

 be planted as an edging to a bed, or in masses; natura- 

 lized in the lawn they are charming; they flower with 

 the Snowdrops and last a long time in perfection. 

 They wiU thrive well in a any good garden soil, and 

 are admirable for pot culture, winter blooming in 

 the house, and for forcing, for cut flowers. 

 Chionodoxa Lucillae. Bright blue with large clear 



white center. 60c. doz., S4.50 per 100. 

 Chionodoxa Sardensis. Intense deep blue. 60c. 



doz., S4.50 per 100. 

 Chionodoxa Gigantea. Large flowers of lovely lilac- 



lue, with white center. SOc. doz.. S6.00 per 100. 

 CROWN IMPERIALS 



Well-known spring-blooming, stately, hardy border 

 plants, with clusters of immense pendant, bell- 

 shaped flowers, surmounted with a tuft of green 

 leaves. They are very effective, and if left undisturbed 

 for years they form gigantic and picturesque groups, 

 bearing gorgeously colored flowers. (See illustration.) 

 Auora. Red. SOc. each. S3. 00 per doz. 

 Crown upon Crown. Several whorls of flowers one 



above the other. 30c. each; S3.00 per doz. 

 Sulphurea. Sulphur-yeUow. SOc. each; SS.OO per doz. 

 Mixed Colors. 25c, each; S2.50 per doz. 



ERANTHIS HYEMALIS CWinter Aconite) 

 Early in spring the golden blossoms of the Winter 

 Aconite look charming, resting on an emerald-green 

 cushion of leaves and forming a striking contrast to 

 the Snowdrop, SciUas and Chionodoxa. The foHage 

 remains long after the flowers, making the plant 

 especially valuable in moist situations such as under 

 trees, which the Winter Aconite enjoys and where 

 few other flowering plants will thrive. 3 to S inches 

 high. 50c. doz.; S4.00 per 100. 



FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS 

 Singular dwarf spring-flowering plants, bearing 

 large pendant bell-shaped flowers of various colors, 

 yellow, white, black, purple, striped and splashed and 

 checkered in the most curious waj'. They are in- 

 valuable for pot culture and exceedingly pretty when 

 grown in large groups in the garden border or wild 

 garden in a dry situation. Mixed varieties, SI .00 doz.; 

 S7.50 per 100. 



GRAPE HYACINTHS 

 These very curious and pretty little Hyacinths are 

 perfectly hardy and of the easiest culture, they thrive 

 and increase in either sunny or partially, shaded posi- 

 tions in the garden. When naturalized in little colo- 

 nies where they can remain undisturbed for several 

 years, the effect — especially of the Grape Hyacinths 

 — is very pretty, while as edgings they are most 

 charming. All are also adapted for winter flowering 

 in the house. 



Blue Grape Hyacinths. 40c. per doz.; SS.OO per 100. 

 White Grape Hyacinths. 60c. per doz.; Sl.OOperlOO 

 "Heavenly Blue" Grape Hyacinths. A new type 

 with large flowers of richest gentian blue and de- 

 lightfully fragrant; desirable for cutting and of 

 splendid effect massed in the garden or border. 

 60c. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 



IXIAS 



The Ixia is a beautiful little winter-flowering bulb, 

 with long, slender, graceful spikes of bloom. The 

 colors are rich, varied and beautiful, the center always 

 differing in color from the other parts of the flower. 

 BO that the blossoms, expanding in the sun's rays, 

 present a picture of gorgeous beauty. Mixed Colors, 

 SOc. per doz.; S3.50 per 100. 



SCILLAS (Wood Hyacinths and Blue Bells) 

 Scilla Siberica. (Amoena or Praecox.) Most beautiful hardy spring bulbs, producing in profusion 



masses of exquisite rich blue flowers almost before the snow has disappeared. If grown in masses. 



their flowers fairly carpet the grounds; and if grown with Snowdrops and Crocus, for contrast, the 



effect is magnificent. They should be largely planted as undergrowth in Hyacinth beds. etc. Grown 



in pots they may be had in bloom from Christmas until April. SOc. per doz.; S6.00 per 100. (See 



illustration.) 

 Siberica Alba. The new white flowering variety, very beautiful. SOc. per doz. ; S6.00 per 100. 

 Campanula ta. (Wood Hyacinth.) Flowers borne on tall spikes; 1 to 2 feet high. Each flower measures 



nearly one inch across and droops gracefuUy; perfectly hardy; also fine for pot culture. We offer 



the following colors: 

 Campanulata, Major Blue. 60c. per doz.; S4.50 per 100. 

 Campanulata, White. SOc. per doz.; S6.00 per 100. 

 Campanulata, Rose. SOc. per doz.; S6.00 per 100. 



SNOWDROPS 



In the early spring months there is -nothing more beautiful than a sheet of the snowy, graceful blos- 

 soms of the Snowdrop. Beds and effects of surpassing beauty may be arranged with Snowdrops in the 

 center edged with bright blue Chionodoxas, or by intermingling them. In beds of Tulips and Hyacinths, 

 Snowdrops are very effecti\-e between the lines; they flower while these bulbs are just moving the 

 surface, ana when the flowers are over there remains an elegant ground work of green foliage. I sed as a 

 permanent edging, and in masses on the edges of lawns, nestling in the grass, they look charming. 

 Snowdrops are easily flowered in pots during the winter. (See illustration.) 

 Single Snowdrops. 60c. per doz.; S4.00 per 100. 

 Double Snowdrops. SOc. per doz.; S6.00 per 100. 

 Elwes' Giant Snowdrop. One of the finest of the genus, at least three times the size of the ordinary 



single Snowdrop; flowers shghtly marked with green spots; fine for cutting. 70c. per doz.; S5.00 



ner 100. _^ 



We supply 6 Bulbs of one variety at the dozen rate, 25 at the 100 rate. 



