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BULBS FOR AUT.IM.ISI PLAIMTIIVG 



VARIOUS IRIS. 



For Japan and German Iris see pages 32 and 33. 



Alata. (Scorpion Iris.) About one foot high, with broad leaves. The flowers are very large (4 to 6 

 ii.cbes across), of lilac -blue with blotches of bright yellow spotted with a darker shade. It commences 

 to bloom in October, producing a second crop of flowers in December if the weather be not too severe. 

 Admirably adapted for pot culture. 6c. each; 60c. per doz.; or delivered 65c. doz. 



English Iris. (Anglica.) Large handsome flowers, with rich purple, blue and lilac colors predominating, 

 grows IS to 20 inches hign. Perfectly hardy. Mixed Colors, 25c. per doz.; SI. 50 per 100; or delivered 

 SI. 1 5 per 100. 



Peacock. (Pnvonia.) Pure white with a bright blue spot on each petal. Fine for pots or garden culture. 

 1 foot, 25c. per doz.; SI. 50 per 100; or delivered SI. 75 per 100. 



Susiana. (The Mourning Iris.) A remarkably handsome species with immense flowers; blush color, 

 tinted with brown and covered with a network of dark vines; May-flowering. Height. 1 foot. 15c. each 

 SI. 50 per doz.; or delivered Si. 75 doz. 



Spanish Iris. Iris Hispanica. This type is well adapted for pot culture and forcing, blooming in the winter. 

 The flowers are of great beauty, and cut in the bud state last from one to two weeks in bloom. If planted 

 in boxes and placed in cold frames until they show bud, then brought into heat they can be had in bloom 

 from March on. and will give great satisfaction. The Spanish Iris also succeeds nicely as a garden plant, 

 requiring protection in cold latitudes. Mixed Spanish Iris, 25c. per doz.; SI. 25 per 100; or delivered 



SI. 75 per 100. 



IXIAS. 



The Ixia is a beautiful little winter-flowering bulb, with 

 long, slender, graceful spikes of bloom. The colors are rich, 

 varied and beautiful, the center 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. Mixed Colors, 25c. per doz.; SI. 50 per 100. 



Lachenalia Nelsoni. 



SPANISH IRIS. 



treated as 

 racemes of 

 25c. each 



Beautiful early spring-flowering bulbs for the green 

 house or window garden. Of the easiest culture 

 Hyacinths and grown cool they will flower for two months — with wonderful freedom, bearing long 

 brilliant golden-yellow flowers, which, with the spotted foliage, render them exceptionally striking. 

 S2.50 per doz.; or delivered S2.75 per doz. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



The Lily of the Valley is one of the most admired and useful plants grown; the modest bell-shaped flowers 

 of purest white on long stems are highly prized for cutting purposes; for flowering in pots in the winter 

 they are exceedingly 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, 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. (Ready for delivery in November.) 



Large-Flowering German Single Crowns. Three years old, for forcing, pot culture or open-ground planting 



25 crowns (1 bundle), 60c. or delivered 70c; 100 crowns, $2.00 or delivered $2.40. $16.00 per 1000, buyer 



paying transit. 

 Henderson's Extra Single Crowns. The finest grade of Crowns in the world for early winter flowering. They 



will bear 12 to 16 large bells on strong stalks, with foliage, even when forced for extra early; the pips average 



large, plump and regular, with extra long roots. 25 Crowns (1 bundle), SI. 00; or delivered SI. 10; 100 Crowns, 



$2.50, or delivered $2.90. $20.00 per 1000, buyer paying transit. . 

 Fortin's Giant Lily of the Valley. 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 season. 



or when it gets well established, it produces wonderfully luxuriant foliage and immense spikes of purest 



white bells twice the size of anv other sort. In every way it is superior. Crow T ns. 50c. per doz ; S3. 50 



per 100; or delivered, S3. 90 per 100. 

 Large Clumps of Lily of the Valley, for open-ground planting. Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100 



or delivered free for 50c. each; So. 00 per doz. 



NAEGELIA. 



Greenhouse plants of much beauty, flowering continuously for 6 months. The leaves are covered with short 

 crimson hairs, which give them a rich, velvet-like appearance. They have erect racemes of large showy flowers 

 Mixed Varieties. 10c. each; SI. 00 doz.; S7.00 per 100; or delivered $7.50 per 100. 



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 beautiful, throwing up stems from IS to 24 in., surmounted with lily-like flowers, of rich salmon-reu 

 about 2 in. across. 25c. each; S2.50 per doz ; or delivered S2.75 per doz. 



OXALIS. 



Charming little half-trailing or bushy plants particularly adapted for pot culture and hanging baskets, the foliage alone is 

 very attractive and when in flower they are exceedingly pretty. 



Bermada Buttercup Oxalis. This is one of the finest winter-flowering plants for pot culture, it is a strong luxuriant grower, an. 

 the great profusion of bloom produced in uninterrupted abundance for weeks is astonishing. The flowers are of the purest bright 

 buttercup yellow. 5c. each; 50c. per doz.; $3.00 per 100. 



Double Buttercup Oxalis. This new double-flowering variety of the above. Of compact habit forming plants about 4 inches high by 

 6 inches in diameter. The flowers are densely double, and are borne in clusters on 6 to 8 inch stems. Color rich golden-yellow with 

 orange tintings. 8c. each; 75c. per doz.; S6.00 per 100. 



Grand Duchess Oxalis. Califomian varieties of great beautv: of dwarf, sturdv growth, throwing large, exquisite flowers well above the 

 foliage. Extremely free-flowering, from November till June. Price for either GRAND DUCHESSE WHITE, GRAND DUCHESSE PINK 

 or GRAND DUCHESSE LAVENDER. 5c. each; 50c. doz.; S3.00 per 100. 



VARIOUS OXALIS. 



Doz. 100 Each 



.50 S2.50 Oxalis Alba. White $.05 



.30 2.00 Versicolor. Crimson and white .03 



.50 2.50 " Mixed Colors 03 



Oxalis Boweii 

 Oxalis Latea. 

 Oxalis Rosea. 



Each 

 Vivid rosy-crimson, large flower. . .$.05 ! 



Splendid large canary-yellow A3 



Rose 05 



Doz. 

 .50 

 .30 



100 



$2.50 



2.00 



1.50 



We supply 6 Bulbs of one variety at the dozen rate, 25 at the 100 rate, 250 at the 1,000 rate. 



