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HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



Double EarlyTulips 



Including Beautiful New Varieties. 



Remember that our Tulip Bulbs are Selected Largest Size, not "Seconds" 

 so often sent out at a lower price. 



HENDERSONS SUPERIOR DOUBLE EARLY TULIPS. 



The letters A, B, C, etc., following the varieties indicate their earliness of bloom, the A's flower together and are the earliest 

 B's follow before the A's are out of bloom, etc. The height is indicated in inches to aid in arranging flower beds. 



Double Tulips have massive flowers of brilliant 

 and varied colors, shades and markings, and being 

 double, the flowers last much longer in bloom than 

 single varieties and, in consequence, when singles and 

 doubles are planted in conjunction, the "time of the 

 Tulips" is greatly prolonged. Double Tulips are beautifully adapted for beds 

 on the lawn, in the garden, and for mingling in clumps of a do^en or more 

 around the edges of shrubbery. When bedded it is generally advisable to 

 use only one variety to a bed for best effect — though the following work well 

 together: Boule de Neige (white). Imperator Rubrorum (scarlet). Crown 

 of Gold (yellow). Salvator Rosa (pink). 



Double Tulip bulbs are planted 5 to 6 inches apart — the minimum distance 

 for solid mass 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. 

 The early sorts (those indicated by " A " or " B ") do splendidly when grown 

 in pots or pans of soil for winter blooming, but must be forced much slower than 

 Single Early Tulips by keeping them cooler. Those marked "A" should not 

 be forced into bloom before the middle of January, the " B's " before February 

 and the " C's " before March. The bulbs are potted in the autumn and plunged 

 in the open ground, cold frame or placed in a cool airy cellar, until rooted. 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 " Hen- 

 derson's Prepared Fibre" (offered on page 50). Full directions are given 

 in our Booklet " How to Grow Bulbs in Henderson's Prepared Fibre " free to 

 customers on request. 



If by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates. Weight J lbs. 



per doz.. 5 lbs. per 100. Single bulbs mailed free. Each. Doz. 100 



Boule de Neige. B-10 in. Magnificent large peony-like 

 flowers of pure white; forces splendidly 



Cherry Ripe. C-12 in. Beautiful large double flowers of 

 cherry-red, blended with carmine rose, with a satiny sheen 



Cochineal. C-6 in. Brilliant scarlet — the largest and best 

 double of its color 



Crown of Gold. (Couronne d'Or.) £-12 in. Large flower 

 very double, rich golden-yellow, shaded orange. A fine 

 garden tulip and one of the best double yellows for winter 

 forcing. $40 . 00 per 1000 



Crown of Roses. (Couronne des Roses.) C-12 in. A mag- 

 nificent tulip; large, very double, of a rich, dark, satiny, 

 rose-carmine color, shaded cerise, fine bedder. $30.00 

 per 1000 



Duke of York. C-12 n. Lovely variety, very double, car- 

 mine-rose, edged broadly with white, suffused rose, 

 showy fine 



Gloria Solis. 23-14 in. A grand flower, deep crimson, 

 with broad golden margin, very large 



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