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HENDERSON'S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE 



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. 



Packed weight, 2 lbs. per doz. 

 Aurora. Red. 30c. each, 83.00 per doe. 

 Crown upon Crown. Several whorls of flowers one above the other, 30c. each : 



83.00 per doz. 

 Sulphurea. Sulphur-yellow. 30c. each, 83.00 per doz. 

 Mixed Colors. 25c. each, 82.50 per doz. 



DIELYTRA, or "Bleeding Heart" 



One of the most ornamental of hardy spring-flowering plants, with elegant 

 green foliage and long drooping racemes of heart-Bhaped pink and white 

 flowers. This is deemed one of the finest of all hardy garden plants. If 

 potted in November, left outside till it has formed new roots and then brought 

 into a gentle heat, it may be had in flower in the greenhouse, in February 

 and March. {Ready in November.) 

 Dlelytra Spectabilis. Large roots, 75c. each, 87.50 per dozen, postpaid. 



RANUNCULUS 



Among dwarf flowers these are unrivaled for form and attractive colors, ranging 

 through shades of crimson, white, yellow, purple, black, man'y of them being beauti- 

 fully marked with other shades. They flower profusely in pots in the house during 

 the winter or if grown in frames in the spring. 

 Double Giant French Mixed. Remarkably vigorous growers with immense and 



gorgeous, loosely double flowers 75c. doz., 86.00 per 100, postpaid. 



SCILLAS 



WOOD HYACINTHS AND BLUE BELLS 



S cilia Siberlca. (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 ground; 

 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. 75c. doz.; 85.00 

 per 100, postpaid. 



Siberlca Alba. The new white flowering variety, very beautiful. 75c. doz.- 



85.00 per 100, postpaid. 



Campanulata. (Wood Hyacinth.) Flowers borne on tall spikeB, 1 to 2 feet high. 

 Eaoh flower measures nearly one Inch across and droops gracefully; perfectly 

 hardy; also fine for pot' culture. We offer the following colors. 



Campanulata, Major, Blue. 75c. doz.; 85.00 per 100, postpaid. 



Campanulata, White. 75c. doz.; 85.00 per 100, postpaid. 



Campanulata, Rose. 75c. doz.; 85.00 per 100, postpaid. 



SPIRAEA or ASTILBE 



In garden culture these flower freely during the summer and 'are perfectly 

 hardy, but their great value is when grown in pots for window and greenhouse dec- 

 oration, in winter and spring and for forcing for cutting. The flowers are borne 

 in large, feathery panicles, and last a long time in bloom. {Ready for shipment in 

 X member.) If desired by Parcel Post add postage at the zone rate. Weight I lb. each. 



Gladstone. An improvement over all other white-flowering Spiraeas — and 

 one of the most beautiful winter and spring flowering pot plants grown; the 

 immense trusses of flowers are as white as snow, and are borne on erect, 

 strong stalks 18 inches high. Well-grown plants bear 25 to*40 of these 

 plume-like trusses. Price of strong roots, 75c. each; 87.50 per doz. 

 Rubens. A new and very beautiful carmine-rose colored Spiraea having the 

 same habit, large feathery panicles and forcing qualities of Gladstone, also 

 hardy and thrives under garden culture. 75c. each, $7.50 per doz. 



SNOWDROPS 



In the early spring months there is nothing more beautiful than a sheet of 

 the snowy, graceful blossoms of the Snowdrop. Beds and effects of sur- 

 passing beauty may be arranged with Snowdrops in the centre edged with 

 bright blue Chionodoxias, or by intermingling them. In beds of Tulips and 

 Hyacinths, Snowdrops are very effective between the lines; they flower while 

 these bulbs are just moving the surface, and when the flowers are over there 

 remains an elegant groundwork of green foliage. Used 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. 

 Single Snowdrops. 60c. per doz.; $4.00 per 100, postpaid. 

 Double Snowdrops. 70c. per doz.; $5.00 per 100, postpaid. 

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

 the size of the ordinary single Snowdrop; flowers slightly marked with green 

 spots; fine for cutting. 65c. per doz.; $4.50 per 100, postpaid. 



TRILLIUM CRANDIFLORUM 



ERANTHIS HYEMALIS 



(WINTER ACONITE) 



American Wood Lily. Most beautiful American plants, perfectly hardy, 

 growing and flowering profusely in partially shaded nooks about the lawn, 

 under trees, etc. The flowers are large, of the finest white, changing in a few 



days to soft rose. 

 12c. each; $1.25 per 

 doz.; $9.00 per 100. 

 // by Parcel Post 

 Early in spring the golden blossoms of the Winter Aconite look charming, resting on an I s:-.' . add postage at zone 



emerald-green cushion of leaves and forming a striking contrast to the Snowdrop, Scillas and rates on page 2 of 



Chionodoxa. The foliage remains long after the flowers, making the plant especially valuable ", H cover. Packed weight 



in moist situations suoh as under trees, which the Winter Aconite enjoys, and where few V^l ' '&*• per 100. 



other flowering plants will thrive. 3 to 8 inches high. 40c. doz.; $3.00 per 100, postpaid. 



FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS 



Singular dwarf spring-flowering plants, bearing large pendant bell-shaped flowers of various 

 colors, yellow, white, black, purple, striped and Bplashed and checkered in the most curious 

 way. They are invaluable for pot culture and exceedingly pretty when grown in large groups 

 in the garden border or wild garden in a dry situation. Mixed Varieties, 50c. doz.; 83.50 

 per 100, postpaid. 



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 positions in the garden. When 

 naturalized in little colonies 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. 

 They are also adapted for winter flowering in the house. 

 Blue Grape Hyacinths. 40c. per doz.; $3.00 per 100, postpaid. 

 White Grape Hyacinths. 40c. per doz.; $3.00.per 100, postpaid. 

 "Heavenly Blue" Grape Hyacinths. A new type with larger flowers of richest gentian blue, 



and delightfully fragrant; desirable for cutting and of splendid effect massed in the garden 

 or border. 60o. per doz.; $4.00 per 100, postpaid. 



IXIAS 



The Ixia is a beautiful little winterflowering 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 gor- 

 geous beauty. 

 Mixed Colors, 40c. per doz.; 83.00 per 100, postpaid. 



SINGLE SNOWDROPS 



BLOOD 

 ROOT 



Sanguinaria Cana- 

 densis Major 

 A large flowering 

 improved variety of 

 our native "Blood 

 Root." A fine hardy, 

 spring-blooming, low 

 crowing plant for 

 shady beds; hand- 

 some leaves, large 

 gure white flowers 

 [eight in. 12c. 

 each; $1.25 a doz.: 

 S9.00 per 100. 



// by Pared Post 

 add postage at ton' 

 rates. Weight 1 lb. 

 per 100. 



Bone Meal is one of 

 the best fertilizer-: 

 for Bulbs. 



We supply 6 Bulbs of one variety at the dozen rate, 25 at the 100 rate, 250 at the 1,000 rate. 



