PETER HENDERSON 8tC0., NEW YORK- 



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LILY BULBS 



For Free Delivery add 25c. per dozen. Single Bulbs Mailed Free. 



Auratum. (Tlie Golden-rayed Lily of Japan.) Flowers pure white, with 

 crimson spots, through the centre of each petal runs a clear golden band. 

 Flowers measure nearly a foot across, produced abundantly delightly fra- 

 grant. 3 to 5 feet. 



First Size Bulbs, 15c. each. SI. SO per doz.. $10.00 per 100. 

 Extra Large Bulbs, 2Sc. each, S2.50 per doz.. Sl8 00 per 100. 

 Mammoth Bulbs, 35c. each, S3. 50 per doz., S25.O0 per 100. 



Elegans Erectum Robustum. Succeeds anywhere; flowers very large, erect and 

 borne in clusters: orange, spotted maroon; lyi feet; blooms in June and 

 July. 12c. each. SI. 25 per doz. 



Elegans Incomparable. The richest red known in Lilies, a deep ox-blood 

 crimson, slightly spotted with black, very free and easily grown. 18c. each. 

 SI. 75 per doz. 



Elegans Leonard Joerg. Rich apricot spotted. 18c. each, SI. 75 per doz. 



Elegans Painted Chief. Bright flame color. 18c. each. SI. 75 per doz. 



Elegans Aurora. Deep rich orange suffused scarlet. 18c. each, $1.75 per doz. 



Henryi. One of the best Lilies for garden culture and massing. The flower 

 stalks, 3 to 5 feet high, carry 5 to 8 large flowers each, the color, a rich 

 apricot-yellow, lightly spotted with brown. 60c. each, $6.00 per doz. 



Longiflorum. Well-known, beautiful, snow-white, fragrant, hardy garden Lily; 

 flowers trumpet -shaped. 6 to 8 inches long. Height, 1'2 to 3 feet. Blossoms 

 in June and July. Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., $8.00 per 100. 



Speciosum or Lancifolium. The most popular Lilies grown, being easy of cultiva- 

 tion, and producine large flowers of delicate beauty on strong stems. Height, 

 from 2 to 4 feet; bloom in August. 



Speciosum Album. White. Price, 20c. each, S2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100 



Speciosum Roseum. White, shaded and spotted with rose and red. Price, 15c. 

 each. Si. 50 per doz.. $12.00 per 100. 



Speciosum Melpomone. Rich blood-crimson, heavily spotted. Price, 20c. each, 

 S2.00 per doz.. S15.00 per 100. 



Speciosum Magnificum. A beautiful new variety; flowers nearly double the 

 size of other varieties and of taller, sturdy growth. It is a close ally of 

 Speciosum Melpomone but of much larger size and richer coloring; rich red 

 heavily spotted. 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Tigrinum Splendens. (Improved Tiger Lily.) 

 black polished stem, sometimes 6 feet high, 

 orange-red. sootted with black. 3 to 5 feet, 

 each, SI. 25 per doz., SlO.OO per 100. 



Tigrinum Flora Plena. (Double Tiger Lily.) This is a plant of stately habit, 

 growing from 4 to 6 feet high, bearing an immense number of double bright 

 orange-red flowers, spotted with black. Blooms in August. Price, ISc. each, 

 $1.50 per doz., S12.00 per 100. 



Umbellatum. Of sturdy habit, 2 to 3 feet high, large showy flowers held in 

 upright clusters; of easy culture, thriving under ordinary garden conditions, 

 flowering in June and July. The colors range from rose to blackish-crimson, 

 yellow, buff, apricot, orange, etc., many being beautifully spotted. 



Umbellatum, Mixed Colors. Price, 12c. each, $1. 25 per doz., 89.00 per 100. 



The grandest of the Tigers, 

 Very large pyramids of flowers. 

 Blooms in August. Price, 12c. 



MADEIRA VINE 



The old favorite. "Climbing Mignonette.' ' So much prized for porches and 

 arbors, on account of its rapid growth and freedom from insects. Thick, 

 glossy leaves, and long, hanging stems of feathery, fragrant, white flowers. 

 The tubers we offer are selected large size. Price, Sc. each, 50c. per doz., 

 $3.50 per 100. For Free Delivery add 12c. per dozen. 



MILLA BIFLORA, 



MEXICAN STAR 

 or FROST FLOWER 



A beautiful Mexican summer-blooming bulb. A group of them is always 

 in flower after the middle of summer and very attractive. Flowers star- 

 shaped, 2 inches across, clear waxy-white, of great substance, enlivened by 

 a frost-like sparkle: the fragrance is delightful. Place a stalk in water 

 and the flowers will all open; we have seen 11 stalks shoot up successively 

 from one bulb. The bulbs flower profusely and with great certainty. Height 

 12 to 18 inches. For an effective display, group of 12 to 25 or more 

 should be planted about 6 inches apart in a sunny bed. Price, Sc. each, 

 50c. per doz., $4.00 per 100 



MONTBRETIA 



The Montbretia is one of the most floriferous and showy of summer- 

 flowering bulbous plants. A dozen or more bulbs planted 6 inches apart 

 in a group in a sunny position and allowed to remain will form magificent 

 clumps from 2 to 3 feet across, producing, in great numbers, graceful spikes 

 8 to 12 inches long, each spike bearing from 18 to 30 exceedingly showy 

 star-shaped flowers, 1'^^ to 2 inches across. They flower freely the first 

 season, but clumps of 2 or 3 years' standing are required to bring out 

 their great merits. 



Montbretia mixed hybrids. Price, Sc. each, 50c. doz., $3. 00 per 100. 



OXALIS, Summer-Flowering 



Valuable for edging walks, flower beds. etc. Bulbs planted 3 inches a- 

 part form rounded rows of delicate foliage, about 1 foot high, which pro- 

 lUices flowers in endless succession. 



Lasiandra. Rosy-pink. Price, 15c. per doz., SI. 00 per 100. 



Deippi. Rosy-white. Price, 15c. per doz., $1.00 per 100. 



PANCRATIUM CALATHINUM 



Handsome clusters of large, very striking, fragrant, pearly-white flowers. 

 Bulbs should be kept warm and dry, and planted out in the middle of May. 

 They will then commence flowering in July. It is also admirably adapted 

 for pot culture, and can be forced into flower in 6 to 8 weeks' time. Price, 

 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. For Free Delivery add I5c. per dou-n. 



HENDERSON'S BULB CULTURE, 



Revised and Enlarged 

 described on page 



Edition, 

 194. 



PRICE, 50c., 



given FREE if asked for 

 with orders to value of not less than 



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