PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— SUPERIOR BULBS-WHOLESALE. 



FREESIAS. 



{Delivery from August to November.) 

 If by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates. 



Popular balbs, flowering in the winter and spring. They force readily and can 

 be had in bloom by Christmas if desired and a continuou-s display of bloom may be 

 kept up through the winter by proper handling. The flowers — white with a yellow 

 throat — are produced 6 to 8 on stems about 9 inches high, and are particularly 

 useful for cutting, remaining in good condition if kept in water for two weeks. 

 Refracta Alba. Extra Size Bulbs, 25c. doz., $1.60 per 100, $14.00 per 1000. 



Weight J lb. per 100,- 6 lbs per 1000. 

 Purity. A distinct and greatly improved type producing extra large sprays of 



purest snow white flowers of immense size and deliciously fragrant; it is very free 



blooming and of great value for forcing for cut flowers. 

 Extra Size Bulbs, 25c. doz.; $1 .85 per 100; $17.00 per 1000. 

 Excelsior. A new giant white variety producing flowers as large again as F. Refracta- 



alba and if well grown even larger; stems strong, foliage elegant. 60c. doz., 



$4.00 per 100., .$35'00 per lOUO. 

 Freesia Leichtlinii Major. The improved yellow Freesia, 20c. doz.; $1 .25 per 100; 

 $10.00 per 1000 



Allium Neapolitanum Qrandiflorum. 



An important bulbous plant for forcing for cut flowers in winter. Tht blos- 

 soms — snowy white with green stamens — are borne in large umbels; they may 

 be had in flower from Dec. to April. Height, 15 to 18 in. Price, largest bulbs, 

 15c. doz., $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1000. If by Parcel Post add postage at Zone 

 Rales. Weight i lb. per 100. 



Wm 1 tf L'AL.LAo. UKY dULlJO. August to November) 

 The dry bulbs are superior for forcing purposes as they come into bloom quickly 



and require less room — making less foliage. Dry bulbs will flower nearly twice as 



abundantly as plants that have been kept growing or only semi-dormant. 

 Price, Extra Size Bulbs, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz.; $16.00 per 100; 



If by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates. Weight 2 lbs. doz. 



The Godfrey Ever Blooming Calla. This new hybrid produces an astonishing 

 quantity of large, snow-white, slightly fragrant flowers. Compared with the 

 ordinary white Calla, it gives three flowers to one, the flower being equally large, 

 of perfect form and very much whiter. Properly treated, the same plant will 

 grow and bloom without ceasing. The plant is of dwarf, compact, strong 

 growth, about 18 inches high, with an abundance of dark green leaves. Dor- 

 mant bulbs, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. $15.00 per 100, // by Parcel Post add 

 postage at Zone Rate's. Weight 1 lb. per doz. 



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LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



Expected for Shipment Early in November. 



HENDERSON'S EXTRA GIANT GERMAN. The finest grade of Lily of 

 the Valley pips in the world for forcing. They will bear twelve to sixteen 

 large bells on strong stalks with splendid foliage even when forced for extra 

 early; they are equally superior for later or successional crops. The pips 

 are strictly 3-year old. They average large, plump and regular, with extra 

 long roots. // by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates. Weight 5 lbs. 

 per 100. 

 Henderson's Extra Giant German, $2.50 per 100, S22.00 per 1000, per 



case of 2000, $41.00 

 Fortin's Giant. The largest flowering type, for open ground only. 36c. 



per doz., $2.50 per 100, $24.00 per 1000. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS. 



Large clumps for open ground planting 25c. each, $2.50 doz., $18.00 per 100. 

 // by Parcel Post add postage at Zone Rates. Weight 2 lbs. each. 



SPIREA OR ASTILBE. 



LARGE IMPORTED CLUMPS SUITABLE FOR FORCING. 



{For Shipment in November.) 

 If Spiraeas are desired by Parcel Post add postage at the Zone Rate. 



Weight 1\ lbs. each, 15 lbs. per doz. 



Gladstone. A new, large flowering Spiraea Japonica — an improvement 

 over all other white-flowering Spiraeas — and one of the most beautiful 

 winter and spring flowering pot plants grown; the immense trusses of 

 flowers are as white as snow, and are borne on erect, strong stalks 

 18 inches high. Well-grown plants bear 25 to 40 of these plume-like 

 trusses, practically enveloping the plant with a feathery foam; Largest 

 Imported Clumps. 85c. per doz.; $6.00 per 100; $50 . 00 per 1000. 



" Peach Blossom." This beautiful rosy pink varietj- is of the same 

 dwarf compact habit as " Gladstone." It forces equally as well under 

 the same cultural conditions, only it comes into bloom a few days 

 later. If slightly shaded when coming into bloom the color will be 

 brought out to perfection. Well grown pots of it in bloom are very 

 attractive and salable. Strong clumps of the true deep rosy pink 

 strain. Largest Imported Clumps. $1.00 per doz., $7.00 per 100. 

 $60.00 per 1000. 



Rubens. A new and very beautiful carmine-rose colored variety having 

 the same habit. Large feathery panicles and forcing qualities of 

 Gladstone. It is also hardy and thrives under garden culture. 25c. 

 each.$2..50 doz., per 100, $18.00. 



Six bulbs of one variety s^ld ai dozen rates; 25 at 100 rates; 250 at 1,000 rates. Postage will be extra on bulbs wanted by mail. 



