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



HENDERSON S CHRISTMAS FORCING 

 LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



r LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



LYCORI8 JAPONICA 



I AfHFlVAI IA^ Beautiful early springfloweringbuios 

 l—rL**l IL.llnL,lnOt for conservatory and window garden 

 decoration; the spotted foliage and spikes of brilliant flowers 

 render them exceptionally striking. They are very easily grown. 

 and can be had in bloom by Christmas if desired, or can be 

 grown in cold frames if protected from frost. (See cut.) 



Helsoni. A new hybrid ; without doubt the finest of therace, pro- 

 ducing its large golden yellow flowers in long racemes with won- 

 derful freedom, lasting in flower in acool house nearly two months. 

 Of the easiest culture; treated same as Hyacinths 



Pendula. Very strong growing and handsome, flowers bright red 

 tipped with green and yellow 



Rubida. Deep red freely spotted, one of the first in bloom. Very 

 distinct and showy 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. %?£*£*?*£ 



most useful and greatly admired plants grown ; the modest 

 bell-shaped flowers of purest white are highly prized for cutting 

 purposes, and for flowering in pots in the winter they are ex- 

 ceedingly well adapted and will last several weeks in beauty. By 

 taking them in at intervals a succession of flowers may be kept 

 up all winter. They are also forced in immense quantities by 

 florists, but they are the most charming when grown in large 

 patches, in partially shaded localities around the lawn, near the 

 borders of streams, lakes, etc., being perfectly hardy. {Reads 

 for delivery in Xo rem her. ) 



Large-flowering - German Single" Crowns. Three years old. 



for forcing, pot culture, or open ground planting : 



($13.00 per 1.000, buyer paying transit.) 



Henderson's Extra "Christmas Forcing 1 " Single Crowns. 

 The finest grade of Crowns in the world for early winter flower- 

 ing, they will bear twelve to sixteen large bells on strong stalks, 

 with foliage, even when forced for extra early ; the pips average 



large, plump and regular, with extra long roots. (See cut.) 



($18.00 per 1,000, buyer paying transit.) 



Fortin's Giant. This is the largest variety yet produced; it is 

 only adapted for open ground planting and may not show much 

 superiority the first spring after planting, but by the second sea- 

 son, when it gets well established, it produces wonderfully luxuri- 

 ant foliage and immense spikes crowded with purest white bells 

 twice the size of any other sort. In every way it is superior 



Large Clamps of Lily of the Valley, for open ground plant- 

 ing 



I VCOl?m Japanese Hardy Amaryllis. These bulh- 

 *-* " wv/IVIO» ous plants are of great beauty ; they belong to 

 the Amaryllis family and are consequently adapted to pot culture 

 in the greenhouse or window garden. Coming from colder cli- 

 mates than the tropical Amaryllis, they thrive under cooler treat- 

 ment. They make splendid garden plants, and this is the popu- 

 lar way of growing them in Japan and China. Grown outside 

 they flower toward autumn. They have proved to be hardy 

 grown in a warm, sheltered sunny border, protected with a frame 

 or mulching during the winter. [See cut.) 



Squamigera. A very strong-growing and large-flowering variety, 

 and perhaps the hardiest of the lot; it is frequently grown by 

 the Chinese as a cemetery plant. The flower spikes are stout and 

 solid, from 2 to 3 feet high, bearing umbels of from 5 to 7 large 

 lily-like flowers about 4 inches in length, nearly twice the size of the 

 other varieties. The color is a soft rosy pink, delicately tinged 

 with silvery gray 



Aurea. Produces flower stems about 18 inches high, surmounted 

 with from 12 to 18 deep yellow lily-like blossoms 



Japonica or Radiata. Flowerstemsaboutafootlong with clus- 

 ters of from 8 to 12 fiery red lily-like flowers about two inches across; 

 colors very brilliant, and in the sunlight glisten as if sprinkled 

 with gold dust; the wavy, recurved petals and long red stamens 

 give a graceful effect to the flower. Perhaps no bulbs bloom with 

 more certainty and swiftness after potting; for autumn and win- 

 ter flowering they are extremely beautiful 



Sangllinea bears a cluster of large crocus-like flowers on 12-inch 

 stems. Color, bright scarlet 



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