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HENDERSON'S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE— 1928 



BEAUTIFUL BULBOUS IRIS 



Iris Hispanica and Iris Hollandia. the varieties offered on this page belong to the bulb family and are planted and grown just like a Tulip 

 or a Hyacinth. They thrive very well in any garden but should be protected with a covering of leaves in winter. 



SPANISH IRIS or Iris Hispanica 



These beautiful bulbous irises have long been known 

 as "the poor man's orchids'' and appropriately so because 

 the colorings and markings of the different varieties of 

 Spanish Iris so closely resemble the markings of many 

 specimens of the Orchid family. The flowers of some are 

 four lo Ave inches in diameter and the plants are all ex- 

 tremely graceful. For the adornment of a dinner table 

 nothing could be better and if cut while in bud last about 

 ten days. They are also suitable for pot culture and if 

 planted in pots or boxes and stored in cold frames until 

 they show buds, and then brought into heat they may be 

 had in bloom from April on. (See illustration.} 

 Belle Chinoise. Deep yellow. 

 Cajanus. Canary yellow with orange yellow blotches 



on the falls, very fine. 

 Excelsior. Light blue deep orange blotch, extra large 



(lower. 

 King of the Blues (Count of Nassau). Fine deep 



purplish blue. 

 Kind of the Whites. Pure white with small orange 



blotch on the falls, tine. 

 Prince Henry. Large purplish bronze, one of the best 



of this color. 

 Price of any of above. 10c. each; S1.00 per doz.; 

 S7.S0 per 100 



DUTCH IRIS or Iris Hollandia 



This variety is generally regarded as a giant strain of early Spanish Iris. The leaves are larger and the flowers appear a week 

 or two earlier than the Spanish Iris. 



D. Haring. Uniform white. 



E. B. Gamier. Uniform dark blue. 

 J. W. De Wilde. I'niform dark yellow. 



Price of any of the above, 10c. each; $1.00 per doz. 



SPRING FLOWERING CROCUS 



Therese Van Duyll — Schwartze. Lilac standards, white falls 

 Th. Wijck. Delightful light blue. 



Yellow Queen. Uniform pure yellow, excellent novelty. 

 $7.50 per 100. 



As edgings to beds — and bordering walks — or as undergrowth 

 among tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, etc., they are very effective as the 

 flowers are over when the other bulbs begin blooming, and then the 

 crocus foliage forms a beautiful grass like setting for the later flowering 

 bulbs. 



Crocus are also easily flowered in the house in winter, grown in pots 

 and pans of soil. For instructions see leaflet "How to Grow Bulbs" 

 sent with every order. 



We have discontinued offering the cheap mixtures of Crocus as the 

 larger bulbs — produce more and larger flowers. (See illustration.) 



Including New 

 Hybrid Varieties 



WHITE CROCUS 



A grand new variety, producing long snow-white 





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May. Lovely round petalled pure white, flowers of great size. 

 Mont Blanc. An old favorite, large pure white. 



BLUE AND PURPLE CROCUS 

 Baron von Bruno. A large deep purple. 

 David Rlzzlo. Deep lavender shaded purple. 

 Hero. A new hybrid; dark glossy purple. Extra large and fine. 

 Maximilian. Beautiful sky-blue flowers, distinct. 



STRIPED CROCUS 

 Albion. A fine large lavender striped 



white and violet. 

 Cloth of Silver. White feathered and 



striped with lilac and purple. 

 Fantazy. A new hybrid; immense 

 flowers of light gray striped dark blue. 



YELLOW CROSUS 

 Cloth of Gold. The earliest of all. very 



prolific yellow veined golden brown. 

 Yellow Mammoth. The largest flow- 

 ering sort of this color. 

 PRICE— SOc. PER DOZEN. $3.S0 

 PER 100. $30.00 PER 1000. 



MIXED GIANT FLOWERING 

 CROCUS 



All colors and shades including many 

 new hybrid seedlings so far outclassing 

 the ordinary grade mixtures that we 

 have discarded the latter. 30c. per doz. ; 

 52.23 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



