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



HPMFDOf AI 1^ Da y Lil y- Very ornamental 

 1 IL,J'lL«l\WnL,L.l4j < hardy plants having elegant 

 foliage and handsome flowers, they are of the easiest culture in 

 any ordinary garden soil, and form admirable clumps. The 

 flowers are somewhat ephemeral but are produced successively 

 and in great abundance. Height 2 to 3 feet. (See cut.) (Ready 

 in November.) 



Plava. The old favorite " Yellow Day Lily," flowers bright yel- 

 low, delicately perfumed 



Aurantiaca Major. The Giant-flowering' Day Lily. A 

 new Hemerocallis from Japan; a very vigorous-growing plant 

 with broad, loug foliage, and immense broad-petaled trumpet 

 lily-like flowers 6 inches across, of a deep orange color, and very 

 fragrant; it flowers freely during late summer and autumn 



Middendorfii. A very distinct and rare variety. The plant 

 makes a dwarf, compact bush, only about one foot high, bearing 

 large, lily-like flowers of bright yellow 



Kwanso fl. pi. folia variegata. Magnificent double-flowering 

 variety with large beautifully variegated foliage, very ornament- 

 al even when not in bloom ; flowers large and of reddish orange. 

 (See cut.) 



UCP A 'T'lf* A C Are among our finest hardy early spring- 



1 ICr *» * lvrtk/< flowering bulbous plants, of the easiest 



I culture, thriving in any ordinary garden, but particularly 



adapted to wild semi-shaded situations. The plants form tufts 



about 9 inches high, and are completely smothered with flowers. 



(See cut.) 



H. Angulosa. Sky blue single flowers as large as a half dollar 



H. Alba. Large pure white flowers 



H. Rubra. Rosy red flowers 



HO/VlFI?IA or Boka-rtia. Handsome early summer- 



IlvJlTlI_iIv**"» flowering bulbs, not quite hardy in northern 



states ; adapted for pot culture in frames during the winter, or for 



planting out in spring; they bear a profusion of showy flowers on 



stems 1 foot high. 



H. Aurantiaca. Deep salmon rose flowers 



HV ACINTHl m Candicans. (Giant Summer Hya- 

 ** Irtvll 1 ! 1 I'^Ot cinth.) Luxuriant free-growing sum- 

 mer-flowering plant, spreading 2 to 3 feet, throwing up great, 

 tall spikes 4 to 5 feet in height, each bearing 20 to 30 large white 

 bell-shaped flowers; of easiest culture and splendid for groups. 

 If planted in the centre of beds of scarlet Gladiolus such as Brench- 

 leyensis. the effect is magnificent. Keep the bulbs dry and plant 

 out in spring. (Ready in November.) 



|Y| A C The Ixia is a beautiful little winter-flowering bulb, with 



l*VlrtO« low slender, graceful spikes of bloom. The colors are 



rich, varied and beautiful, the centre always differing in color from 



the other parts of the flower, so that the blossoms, expanding in 



the sun's rays, present a picture of gorgeous beauty. 



Admiration. Cream, red eye; outside streaked purple 



Brutus. Yellow, large dark eye 



Crateroides Major. Large, bright scarlet ; earliest of all 



Duchess of Edinburgh Pure white, stripesbright rose, black eye.. 



Maculosa. Beautiful pure pink 



Nit ens. Rich crimson, black eye; splendid 



Pretiosus. Very large, clear white, rich crimson eye 



Rosea Plena. ( Wonder.) Double, rose, fragrant 



Sarniensis fl. pi. Double white, striped pink 



Sunbeam. Orange striped with crimson 



Viridiflora. Pure green with black eye 



White Swan. Pure white with indigo eye 



The collection of above 12 named Ixias, 1 bulb each, 85c; 3 each, 

 $2.25; 6 each, §4.00. 



Mixed Ixias, containing many exquisite sorts 



1VIAI IPIOIV Tartaricum. An elegant and rare half- 

 I/VlVf L.IIV*'-'!" • hardy bulbous plant of free growth and 

 producing grand spikes. 2 feet high, of splendid bell-shaped, star- 

 like flowers of rich purple shaded with sky blue. It blooms natur- 

 ally in summer, and the bulbs can be kept dry and planted out 

 in spring, or they may be grown in pots in cold frames, and be 

 brought in the conservatory towards spring for blooming 



Each. Doz. 100. 



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8c 



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.60 



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.30 



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.75 



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