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henderson-s SUPERIOR SINGLE EARLY TULIPS. 



INCLUDING BEAUTIFUL NOVELTIES. 



Remember that Henderson's Tulip Bulbs are Selected Largest Flowering size, not " seconds " that can be sent out at a lower price. 



Tulips are such universal favorites that it is scarcely necessary to expatiate 

 upon their merits. They are perhaps more extensively grown than any other 

 class of hardy spring flowering bulbous plants, thriving almost everywhere 

 either in partial shade or sun and in the confined town plot as well as in princely 

 gardens. Tulips are planted in groups among the shrubs and herbaceous plants 

 in the hardy border or in front in marginal rows of contrasting colors and in 

 beds of either one color or in designs of contrasting colors. However utilized 

 they are beautiful, effective and doubly appreciated, blooming as they do in 

 early spring and giving the first touch of really brilliant coloring to the remaining 

 somberness of winter. 



A most gorgeous garden display may be enjoyed for nearly two months by 

 planting a judicious selection of early medium and late flowering single and 

 double tulips commencing with the Due Von Thols, the first to bloom, and 

 ending with the latest of the Cottage and Darwin classes. 



A recent happy plan of carpeting tulip beds with dwarf early hardy plants 

 is now much in vogue, pansies, forget-me-nots, daisies (Bellis), hardy alyssum, 

 arabis, cerastium, moss pinks, etc. are the plants mostly used. Young plants 

 of these are set out between the bulbs when the latter are planted in the autumn 

 and form a ground work and effective foil to the tulip flowers as well as lengthen 

 the season of floral display, or dwarf growing hardy bulbs as crocus, scillas, 

 anemones, snowdrops, chionodoxes, etc. — may be used for the same purpose. 



HENDERSON'S SPECIAL 



Kainbow Mixture of Single Early Tulips. 



Mixed by ourselves from named sorts, proper proportions of bright colors 

 all blooming together and of uniform height; extra fine bulbs, much 

 superior to the ordinary mixtures, which are too often made up of surplus 

 varieties and seconds regardless of bedding effect. Price 20c. per doz.; 

 SI. 25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. 250 sold at the 1000 rate, purchaser 

 paying expressage. If by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates; weight 

 f lbs. per doz., 5 lb. per 100. 



For Named Varieties of Single Early Tulip ssee pages 11 and 12. 



Tulip bulbs are planted 4 to 6 inches apart — the minimum distance for 

 solid masses of color — the depth should be according to the soil in heavy 

 soils 3 to 4 inches to the base of the bulbs and in light soils an inch or so deeper. 



Tulips are also among our most valuable bulbous plants for winter flower- 

 ing in the house or green house. The bulbs potted in the autumn and plunged 

 in the open ground, cold frame or placed in a cool airy cellar, until rooted, 

 requiring not less than 5 to 6 weeks for the earliest varieties and 7 to 10 weeks, 

 for the later varieties, may then be brought into the house for flowering. By 

 bringing in a few pots at intervals of 10 days or two weeks a succession of bloom 

 may be maintained throughout the' winter. A five-inch pot will take 3 or 4 

 bulbs, a six-inch pot 5 or 6 bulbs and a seven-inch pot or pan will take 7 or 8 

 bulbs. When " forced " in quantity for cut flowers the bulbs are placed nearly 

 touching each other in shallow boxes of soil, then treated the same as potted 

 bulbs. A very satisfactory and easy way of growing tulips in the house is in 

 " Henderson's Prepared Fibre " (offered on page 50) with this china or glass 

 bowls without drainage holes may be used instead of pots. These may be 

 placed anywhere without danger of soiling carpet or furniture from drip. Full 

 directions are given in our Booklet " How to Grow Bulbs in Henderson's Pre- 

 pared Fibre " free to customers on request. 



Growing bulbs in fibre is an interesting, easy and cleanly method of flowering them in the house in Winter. See page 50. 



