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



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MISCELLANEOUS BULBS 



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_ FOR WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING IN THE HOUSE AND GARDEN. 



AGAPANTHUS. 



The Great African Lily. 

 (Ready in November.} These are noble ornaments in pots or tubs for lawns, 

 terraces or piazzas or for the decoration of the greenhouse. Foliage luxuriant and 

 graceful; flowers borne in clusters of 20 to 30, and measure fully a foot across. 

 The flower stalks frequently attain a height of three feet — the flowers opening in 

 succession for a long period during the Summer and Autumn. (See cut.) 



Add for postage 5c. each extra. 



UmbellatUS. The old favorite; flowers bright blue. 25c. each; $2.5operdoz. 



Umbellatus Albus. A beautiful white variety. 6cc. each; $6.00 per doz. 



UmbellatUS fl. pi. New Double African Lily. A first class novelty; 



large heads of double flowers of exquisite blue, borne in clusters of 20 to 



30, and measure fully a foot across. $1.25 each; §12.00 per doz. 



ALLIUM. 



The varieties we offer are among the most beautiful for pot culture or garden 

 decoration. They are of the easiest culture. 

 Azureum. Truly beautiful either for pot or garden culture, being quite 



hardy, flowers deep azure blue, borne in large umbels, height, 1 to 2 feet. 20c. 



each; $2.00 per doz. 



A u r e u m (Moly or Golden 

 Allium) One of our most showy 

 border plants, perfectly hardy, bearing 

 large umbels of golden yellow flowers in 

 June. A very old favor:;e, and fine for 

 naturalizing in the garden, where it forms 

 large clumps; height, 1 foot. (See cut.) 

 5c. each; 40c. per doz.; $3.00 per 100. 



Hermitti Grandiflorum ; A splen- 

 did winter flowering and forcing variety; 

 the flowers last a long time after being 

 cut. The flowers are large, of immacu- 

 late whiteness, and continue to bloom from 

 Dec. to the end of April. (See cut.) 6c. 

 each; 75c. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



Neapolitanum. Another excellent 

 variety for winter flowering, now exten- 

 sively forced by florists 

 for cut flowers, being of 

 pure white with green 

 stamens, borne in large 

 loose umbels, height, 15 

 to 18 inches. 4c. each; 

 30c. per doz.; $2.00 per 



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Allium Aureum or Moly 



Allium Grandiflorum. 



ALSTROMERIA. 



Peruvian Lilies. (Ready in November.) 

 Tuberous-rooted plants, robust and abundant 

 blooming, with beautiful, large lily-like flowers 

 of great beauty, borne in clusters during the 

 summer; colors: crimson, rose, yellow, purple, 

 etc., shaded and marked. They are splendid 

 for culling, being of much substance and last- 

 ing in perfection for a long time. Splendid 

 subjects for either pot culture or for planting 

 out in frames. 2 to 4 feet. 



Mixed Varieties. 10c. each; $1.00 per 

 doz. ; $6.00 per 100. 



Add for postage 5^. each extra. 



ANTHOLYZA. 



A very showy and stately bulb with the appear- 

 ance of Gladiolus. 1 hey are hardy south of 

 Washington, and can be grown in cold sections in 

 a cold frame, or, they may be planted out in the 

 spring, flowering from July to September, for 

 grouping in beds or shrubberies, their brilliant long 

 tubular flowers of scarlet, black, green, etc., in 

 happy combinations, and tall spikes of bloom ren- 

 der them very effective, also fine for cut flowers 

 (See cut.) 



Mixed Varieties. 15c. each; $1.50 per 

 doz.j $10.00 per 100. 



Agapanthus. 



ACHIMENES. 



(Ready in November.) 



These are 



splendid and pro- 

 fuse summer 

 blooming plants 

 for the conserva- 

 tory or window 

 decoration; 

 flowers of many 

 charming colors, 

 ranging through 

 all shades from 

 white to crimson, 

 including many 

 beau t i fully 

 spotted. 



Mixed Va- 

 rieties. 15c. 



each;$i.5oper 

 doz.;$io.ooper 

 100. 



Antholyza. 



6 sold, at dozen rates, 25 at 100 rates, postage free except where noted. 



