PETER HENDERSON 6tC0., NEW YORK- 



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HENDERSON'S 



MiSCELUNBOBS 



BULBS 



FOR AUTUMN PLANTING 



HENDERSON'S PREPARED FIBRE. 



Is an excellent modern medium in which to grow and flower bulbs during 

 winter in bowls, jardineres, fern dishes, etc. without drainage. Always sweet, 

 clean to handle, no diip. The most charming way of growing bulbs for the 

 house. (See page 47). Full directions in our booklet "How to Grow Bulbs 

 in Henderson's Prepared Fibre," free to customers. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS. 



THE BLUE AFRICAN LILY. The old favorite; flowers bright blue. These are 

 noble ornaments on lawns in pots or tubs on terraces or piazzas, or for the decora- 

 tion of the greenhouse. Foliage luxuriant and graceful; flowers 20 to 30 borne in 

 clusters measuring 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, (Ready in November.) 25c. each; .$2.50 per doz., or delivered 30c. each; $3.00 



per doz. 



ACHIMENES. 



These are splendid and profuse summer-blooming plants for the conservatory or window garden; 

 flowers of many charming colors, ranging through all shades white to crimson, including many beau- 

 tifully spotted. (Ready in November.) Mixed Varieties, 8c. each, 75c. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



''International Prize'' Amaryllis. 



Awarded the Prize at the International Flower Show, 

 Grand Central Palace, New York, 1913. 



These giant flowering hybrids of Vittata are unnamed seedlings from a famous 

 English collection and are of exceptional beauty. The coloring and markings 

 are exquisite; the bulbs are vt ly large, and are of sufficient strength and age to 

 produce magnificent flowers during the winter or spring. They are probably 

 the most magnificent and gorgeous bulbous plants known. Their immense 

 flowers, richness of coloring and regal habit are simply incomparable. They 

 throw up spikes from 2 to 3 feet high, bearing enormous wide petalled flowers, 

 averaging 8 to 10 inches across and of great substance, some being of rich and 

 glowing colors, others delicately shaded and superbly veined. 



Mixed varieties, 85c. each; S8.50 per doz., or delivered 90c. each; $9 .00 doz. 

 Amaryllis Johnsoni. (Bermuda Spice Lily.) A /ery popular variety; large 

 flowers of bright red, with a white stripe down each petal; an early and 

 abundant bloomer and a robust grower. Large bulbs. 35c. 

 each; $3.50 per doz. or delivered 40c. each, $4.00 doz. 

 Amaryllis Formossisma. (Jacobean Lily.) A quaintly-shaped, 

 beautiful flower of grand, dark scarlet, free-blooming; forces 

 well and can be grown in water like Hyacinths. 20c. each; 

 $2.00 per doz., or delivered 23c. each, $2.25 per doz. 

 Amaryllis Belladonna Major. (Belladonna Lily.) Autumn-bloom- 

 ing variety of extreme beauty and fragrance; the spikes grow 

 from 2 to 3 feet high, each carrying from 6 to 12 beautiful 

 flowers, "sweet as lilies," of silvery-white, flushed and tipped 

 with rose. South of Washington these Belladonna Lillies will 

 thrive in open ground if planted 6 inches deep in light, well- 

 drained soil; they will then bloom year after year. 15c. each; 

 $1.50 per doz., or delivered 18c. each, $1.75 per doz. 

 Amaryllis (Vallota) Purpurea. ("The Scarborough Lily.") A most 

 beautiful and free summer and autumn-blooming Amaryllis- 

 like bulbous plant that produces strong spikes of brilliant 

 scarlet flowers. They are splendid for pot culture in window 

 gardens and conservatories. If several bulbs are planted in a 

 10-inch pot or tub, they form highly decorative groups for 

 piazza and lawn. We have frequently seen such a potful bear- 

 ing 20 to 25 spikes, each carrying 5 to 8 flowers at one time. 

 25c. each; $2.50 per doz., or delivered $2.75 per doz. 

 Amaryllis (Nerine) Sarniensis. (Guernsey Lily.) These Lilies are 

 probably the most popular and useful of the Amaryllis family. 

 For autumn and winter flowering they are extremely beauti- 

 ful, throwing up stems from 18 to 24 in., surmounted with 

 lily-like flowers, of rich salmon-red, about 2 in. across. 25c. 

 each; $2.50 per doz.; or delivered $2.75 per doz. 



ALLIUMS. 



Aureum. (Molly or Golden Allium.) One of our most showy border plants, 

 perfectly hardy, bearing large umbels of golden yellow flowers in June. An 

 old favorite, and fine for naturalizing in the garden, where it forms large 

 clumps. Height, 1 foot, 12c. per doz.; 75c. per 100; $5.00 per 1000. 



Neapolitanum Grandiflorum. This is an important variety for winter flowering 

 in pots of soil or bowls of Henderson's Fibre (see page 47), and is also exten- 

 sively forced by florists for cut flowers, as they last well. The blossoms are 

 borne in large umbels and are pure white with green stamens. They may be 

 had in flower from Dec. to April. Height 15 to 18 inches. Large bulbs, 

 25c. per doz.; $1..50 per ICO; $12.00 per 1000. 



Ostrowskianum. A beautiful new species from Asia Minor, with large heads of 

 beautiful rose-colored flowers, on stalks 2 feet high' very early, free-flowering 

 and hardy. 25c. per doz.; $1.60 per 100. 



We Supply 6 Bulbs of on© variety at the dozen rate, 25 at the 100 rate, 250 at the 1,000 rate. 



