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



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AT.RTROMFRIA 



ANOMATHECA (SCARLET FREEZIA). 



A 1*1 AD VI i m Probably the most magnificent and 

 «*' l*»«x « LiLIOt gorgeous bulbous plant known. Their 

 immense flowers, richness of coloring and regal habit are simply 

 incomparable. They throw up spikes from 18 inches to 3 feet 

 high, bearing enormous trumpet-shaped flowers, averaging 6 to 

 10 inches across, of great substance, some being of rich and 

 glowing colors, others delicately shaded and superbly veined. 

 For pot culture in the window, conservatory or greenhouse, they 

 are well adapted, and when in bloom in the winter and spring 

 months, no flower can approach their beauty. 



Johjasoni. (Bermuda Spice Lily.) A very popular variety, wine 

 red, with a white stripe down each petal, an early and abundant 

 bloomer and a specially robust grower. (See cut.) 



Atilica Platypetala. (Lily of the Palace.) Flowers large and 

 extremely handsome, glowing crimson, tipped green. Splendid 

 winter bloomer 



Defiance. This is a gem, being a sturdy grower, flowering repeat- 

 edly during the season. Flowers extraordinarily large, of velvety 

 carmine red, striped and flecked and suffused with white 



Vittata Hybrida. These are unnamed seedling hybrids, and 

 will produce sozne new varieties of exceptional beauty. The 

 colorings and markings are exquisite, the bulbs are very large, 

 and are of sufficient strength and age to produce magnificent 

 flowers during the winter or spring 



Pormosissima. (Jacoboean Lily.) A quaintly-shaped, beautiful 

 flower of grand dark scarlet, free blooming; forces well and can 

 be grown in water like Hyacinths; if the bulbs are kept dry 

 during winter, they can be planted in the open ground in the 

 spring and will flower during the summer 



Belladonna Major. (Belladonna Lily.) Autumn-blooming 

 variety of extreme beauty and fragrance, the spikes grow from 2 

 to 3 feet high, each carrying from 6 to a dozen beautiful flowers, 

 "sweet as lilies," of silvery white, flushed and tipped with rose 



Equestris. (The Barbados Lily.) Bright light scarlet, with a 

 white star-like throat, running out into bars in the centre of the 



petals; very free bloomer. (See cut.) 



The collection of above 7 named Amaryllis, 1 bulb each, $3.00. 



For Amaryllis Atamasco, see " Zephyranthes," page 45. For A. 

 Saruiensis, see " Nerine," page 41. For A. Ijutea, see "Sternbergia," 

 page 44. 



A MOM ATHPf A Omenta. A charming plant for 

 AHVlIlrl 1 HUVrt. either pot culture or for blooming 

 out-of-doors, hardy south of Washington but requiring the pro- 

 tection of a cold frame in cold climates, their dwarf stature, bril- 

 liant and profuse bloom continued for a long period render them 

 very popular, flowers bright rosy carmine, blotched with crimson, 

 height % foot. (See cut.) 



AIMTHOI V7A Vei '- V showy and stately with the ap- 

 rtl'l 1 llVUIirrtt pearance of Gladiolus. They 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 and tall spikes of bloom render 

 them very effective, also fine for cut flowers. Mixed Colors 



A D[ TJW Dracnnculus. (Dragon Arum.) Flowers one foot 



*»*V *JZY»« long, purple, red and black blue, stern beautifully 



marbled, leaves handsome, resembling a small palm, a rapid 



grower, making a curious and ornamental pot plant. 



Corrmtum, or Red Calla. A very handsome Arum with red 

 flowers spotted with black ; stems curiously mottled green and 

 white; foliage palm-like and very handsome; a showy pot plant 

 for winter decoration 



Sanctum, or Black Calla. The plant produces one large flower 

 the shape of a Calla, but from 14 to 18 inches long and 4 inches 

 broad, and of a rich, dark purple color and green underneath. 

 The spathe rising from the centre of the flower is about 10 inches 

 long, velvet-like and quite black. The leaves are large and of a 

 rjci green color, and resemble those of the Calla yEthiopica. 

 dSeecut.) Large bulbs 



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