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HENDERSON'S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE— 1928 



Parrot or Dragon Tulips 



These belong to the late or May-flowering garden tulips, and have im- 

 mense attractive flowers of singularly picturesque form and brilliant and 

 varied colors. The petals are curiously fringed or lacinated on the edges, 

 and the form of the flower, especially before it opens, resembles the head 

 and neck of a parrot. Only the strongest bulbs of Parrot Tulips can be 

 depended upon to flower. The smaller, younger bulbs often throw no 

 flowers — or at best produce weak, sprawling stems. Our bulbs are the 

 best Holland produces. (.See engraving.) 



Fantasy. ( Novelty) (.See page 11.) Beautiful salmon pink with 



emerald green markings. Each. $1.00; $10.00 doz. 

 Admiral de Constantinople. Red tipped orange. 

 Lutea Major. Bright yellow. 



Monstre Cramolse. Deep crimson, black center. 

 Perfccta. Yellow striped red. 

 Marktfraff von Baden. Yellow, scarlet and green. 



Prices of Named Sorts Per doz., 75c; per 100, $5.30 



Choice Mixed Varieties Per doz . 70c; per 100, $5.00 



Tulip Clusiana 



The Little Lady w Tulip. A beautiful dwarf variety suitable for 

 perennial borders and rockeries, should be planted two inches apart 

 each way. Color white with cherry stripes. Price, $1.00 per doz.; 

 $7.30 per 100. 



Bizarre Tulips 



One of the oldest races of Tulips, grown extensively in Europe during 

 the seventeenth century. It is this class that is credited as being 

 responsible for the famous tulip craze in 1635. Bizarre Tulips are all 

 queerly striped and variegated; they belong to the May flowering group, 

 and flower on tall stems. 



Choice Mixed Varieties. Yellow ground colors, variegated with 

 crimson, purple, white lips Per doz., 80c; per 100, $6.00 



Rembrandt Tulips 



These late or May-flowering garden tulips form a new class of stately 

 beauty. Tl\ey are in reality Darwin Tulips which have "broken " into 

 permanent variegations — the flowers of various rich colors being striped, 

 blotched and marked with different shades and colors. The flowers, 

 large, of perfect form and lasting substance are borne on sturdy stems 

 about two feet in height. These kembrandts are very effective planted 

 in groups in the herbaceous or shrubbery border and will remain 3 or 

 4 years without replanting. The cultural directions given for Darwin 

 Tulips apply to these. (See engraving.) 



Choice Mixed Varieties Per doz.. $1.25; per 100, $9.00 



Bybloemen Tulips 



Like the Bizarre varieties these tulips were evolved at the time of the 

 Tulipomania which swept Holland and neighboring European coun- 

 tries early in the seventeenth century. They have been grown and 

 sold quite largely in European countries ever since, and to a lesser exten* 

 in America; but are considered by many to be too gay for large planta- 

 tions. 



Nevertheless, for indoor decoration, in the month of May when they 

 bloom, their vivid and contrasting colors are very welcome. For outdoor 

 borders, and for planting among the perennials, there is nothing better; 

 as they impart gay coloring much wanted at that time. 



The " Rose" Bybloemen tulips are those marked with crimson, rose, 

 pink and scarlet on a white ground, and the "Violet" Bybloemen are 

 those marked with blue, purple and violet also on a white ground. 



They flower at the same time as the Darwin and Breeder varieties, 

 and the culture is the same; but the stems are not so long, averaging not 

 more than twenty inches. 



Per Doz. Per 100 

 Rose Bybloemen Tulips, Choice Mixed Varieties $0.80 $6.00 



Violet Bybloemen Tulips. Choice Mixed Varieties .80 6.00 



We can supply individual bulbs of varieties described above at one- 

 tenth of the dozen price. 

 Six Bulbs of a Variety Sold at the Dozen Rate, 25 at the 

 Hundred Rate 



"Henderson's Bulb Culture." This is a book of 68 pages, sue 

 7 '■! x 9 >/i inches. This year we have gotten out a new edition with 32 pages 

 of illustrations. The price postpaid is 75 cents and we also send it free 

 with every order for bulbs, amounting to three dollars or over. 



