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PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK 



"7 got glorious results from the 

 Bulbs you supplied to me last year." 

 William B. Doyle, 

 Nev London, Conn. 



Fritillaria Meleagris 



Singular dwarf spring-flowering plants bearing, large 

 pendant bell-shaped flowers of various colors, yellow, 

 white, black, purple, striped and splashed and checkered 

 in the most curious way. They are invaluable for pot 

 culture and exceedingly pretty when grown in large 

 groups in the garden border or wild garden in a dry situ- 

 ation. Mixed varieties, 80c. perdoz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Grape Hyacinths 



These very curious and pretty little Hyacinths are 



perfectly hardy and of the easiest culture, they thrive 



and increase in either sunny or partially shaded posi- 

 tions in the garden. When naturalized in little colonies 



where they can remain undisturbed for several years. 



the effect — especially of the Grape Hyacinths — is very 



pretty, while as edgings they are most charming. They 



are also adapted for winter flowering in the house. 



Blue Grape Hyacinths. 35c. per doz. ; $2. SO per 100. 



White Grape Hyacinths. 80c. per doz.; $6.00 per 

 100. 



"Heavenly Blue" Grape Hyacinths. A new type 

 with larger flowers of richest gentian blue and delight- 

 fully fragrant; desirable for cutting and of splendid 

 effect massed in the garden or border. 50c. per doz, ; 

 $3.50 per 100. 



Lily of the Valley 



(Ready for Delivery in November) 



Henderson's Extra Single Crown or **Pips.** 



The finest grade of Crowns in the world for winter 



flowering. They will bear 12 to 16 large bells on strong 



stalks, irilli joliaye, even when forced for extra early; 



the pips average large, plump and regular, with extra long roots. (.See engraving.) 



25 Crowns (1 bundle) $2.00; 100 Crowns, $7.00; $60.00 per 1000. 



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 season, or when it gets well estabhshed, 

 it produces wonderfully luxuriant foliage and immense spikes of purest white bells. 

 Crowns, $1.00 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 



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. 



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

 grower, and the great profusion of bloom produced in uninterrupted abundance for weeks is astonishing. The 

 flowers are of the purest bright buttercup yellow. Sc. each; 50c. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 



Grand Duchess. A California variety of great beaut.v; of dwarf sturdy growth throwing large exquisite flowers 

 well above the fohage. Extremely free-flowering from iVovember till .Tune. Price for either. White, Pink or 

 Lavender. Sc. each; 50c. per doz.; $3.80 per 100. 



Ranunculus 



Among dwarf flowers these are unrivaled for form and attractive colors, ranging through shades of crimson, 

 white, yellow, purple, black, many of them being beautifully marked with other shades. They flower profusely 

 in pots in the house during the winter or if grown in frames in the spring. Remarkably vigorous growers with 

 immense, and gorgeous, loosely double flowers. Double Giant French Mixed. 7Sc. doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Scilla (Blue Bells) 



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Scilla Siberica (Blue). Most beautiful hardy spring bulbs, producing in 

 profusion masses of exquisite rich blue flowers almost before the snow has 

 disappeared. If grown in masses, their flowers fairly carpet the ground; 

 and if grown with Snowdrops and Crocus, for contrast, the effect is magnif- 

 icent. They should be largely planted as undergrowth in Hyacinth beds, 

 etc. Grown in pots they may be had in bloom from Christmas until April 

 75c. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. $43.00 per 1,000. (See engrmine.) 



Siberica Alba. The new white flowering variety, vary beautiful. 75c. 

 doz.; $5.00 per lOO.j $45.00 per 1,000. 



Campanulata. {Wood Hyacinth or Bluebell.) Flowers borne on tall 

 spikes, 1 to 2 feet high. Each flower mea.sures nearly one inch across and 

 droops gracefully; perfectly hardy; also fine for pot culture. We offer the fol- 

 lowing colors. 



Major Blue. 60c. per doz, ; $4.00 per 100, Rose. $1.00 per doz. ; $7.50 per 100. 

 White. 80c. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Snowdrops 



In the early spring months there is nothing more beautiful than a sheet of the snowy, graceful blossoms 

 of the Snowdrop. Beds and effects of surpassing beauty may be arranged with Snowdrops in the centre 

 edged with bright blue Scilla .Sibirica. or Chionodoxias, or by intermingling them. In beds of Tulips and 

 Hyacinths. Snowdrops are very effective between the lines; they flower while these bulbs are just moving 

 the surface, and when the flowers are over there remains an elegant groundwork of green foliage. Used as a 

 permanent edging, and in masses on the edges of lawns, nestling in the grass, they look charming. Snowdrops 

 are easilv flowered in pots during the winter. {See engravinu) 

 Single Snowdrops. SOc. per doz. ; $4.00 per 100. $3S.OO per 1,000. 

 Double Snowdrops. SOc. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. $5S.00 per 1,000. 



Elwes' Giant Snowdrop. One of the finest of the genus, at least three times the size of the ordinary single 

 .Snowdiriji; flowiTs slightly marked with green spots; fine for cutting. 60c. per doz.; $4.00 per 100.i53g_()(| 

 per 1,000. 



Winter Aconite (Eranthis Hyemalis) 



Early in spring the golden blossoms of the Winter Aconite look charming, resting on an emerald-green 

 cushion of leaves and forming a striking contrast to the Snowdrop, Scillas and Chionodoxa, The foliage 

 remains long after the flowers, making the plant especially valuable in moist situations such as under trees, 

 which the Winter .\conite enjoys and where few other flowering plants will thrive. 3 to 8 inches high. 3Sc. 

 doz.; $2.50 per 100. 



PLEASED PATRON PRAISES HENDERSON'S IMPORTED BULBS 



".4( OUT Commumtif Tulip Show held in May, 1028, my wife entered Tulips qrown from hulbs purchased from 

 you last fall. The exhibit was aivarded 3 First Prizes and 4 Second Prizes. At the Show we were asked by many 

 people where we obtained our bulbs, and we were glad to tell them from Peter Henderson & Co.*' 



Reeve H. Havens, Syracuse, N. Y. 



