PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK 



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Spring Flowering Crocus 



Including New Hybrid Varieties 



As edgings to bed — and bordering walks — or as undergrowth among tulips, hyacinths, daffo- 

 dils, eic, 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.) 



PRICE— 40c. PER DOZEN; $3.00 PER 100; $25.00 PER 1000 



WHITE CROCUS 

 King of Whites. A grand new variety, 



producing long snow-white flowers. 

 May. Lovely round Detailed 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 Rizzio. Deep lavender shaded purple. 

 Hero. A new hybrid; dark glossy purple. 



Extra large and fine. 

 Maximilian. Beautiful sky-blue flowers, 



very 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 CROCUS. 



Cloth of Gold. The earliest of all, very 

 prolific yellow veined golden brown. 



Yellow Mammoth. The largest flower- 

 ing sort of this color. 



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 DOZEN; $2.00 PER 100; $15.00 PER 1000. 



GIANT HYBRID AMARYLLIS 



"International Prize" Strain 



Awarded the Prize at the Flower Shore, New York 

 These giant flowering hybrids of Vittata are unnamed seedlings from a famous 

 English Collection and are of exceptional beauty. The coloring and markings 

 are exquisite; the bulbs are very large, and are of sufficient strength and age to 

 produce magnificent flowers during the winter or spring. They are probably the 

 most magnificent and gorgeous bulbous plants known. Their immense flowers, 

 richness of coloring and regal habit are simply incomparable. They throw up 

 spikes from 2 to 3 feet high, bearing enormous wide petalled flowers averaging 

 8 to 10 inches across and of great substance, some being of rich and glowing 

 colors, others delicately shaded and superbly veined. 

 Mixed varieties, $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



(Ready for delivery in November) 



Henderson's Extra Single Crowns or "Pips." The finest grade of Crowns 

 in the world for winter flowering. They will bear 12 to 16 large bellB on strong 

 stalks, with foliage, even when forced for extra early; the pips average large, plump 

 and regular, with extra long roots. 25 Crowns (1 bundle) $1.75; 100 Crowns, 

 $6.00; $55.00 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 established., it- 

 produces wonderfully luxuriant foliage and immense spikes of purest white bells 

 twice the size of any other sort. In every way it is superior. Crowns, $1.00 

 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR FREESIAS 



Freesias are most popular for pot culture, flowering in the winter and spring 

 in the conservatory, or window garden; 6 to 8 bulbs should be planted irr a 4- 

 inch pot. They force readily and can be had in bloom by Christmas if desired, 

 and by having a dozen or more pots started in the cold frame they can be 

 brought in at intervals, thereby keeping up a continuous display of bloom 

 through the winter; the flowers are produced 6 to 8 on stems about 9 inches high. 



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

 snow white flowers of immense Bize and deliriously fragrant; it is very free 

 blooming and of great value for forcing for cut flowers. Extra Size Bulbs, 

 60c per doz.; $4.50 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



THE "FARDEL" COLORED FREESIAS 



These beautiful novelties are rapidly winning favor on account of their lovely 

 and unique colorings viz., shades of pink, mauve, purple, violet, blue, yellow 

 and orange, which we offer in mixed colors only. Very fragrant and free flower- 

 ing. Each principal spike usually carries 7 to 9 flowers — while the side spikes of 

 which each bulb produces several, usually bear 5 to 6 flowers. Their culture 

 differs in no way from that of the white Freesia. (See illustration.) 

 Mixed Hybrids. $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 pro- 

 fusion of bloom produced in uninterrupted abundance for weeks is aston- 

 ishing. The flowers are of the purest bright buttercup yellow. 5c each, 

 50c per doz . ; $2 . 50 per 1 00 . 



Grand Duchess. A California variety of great beauty; of dwarf 

 sturdy growth throwing large exquisite flowers well above the foliage . 

 Extremely free flowering from November till June. Price for either, 

 White, Pink, or Lavender, 5c each; 50c doz.; $2.50 per 100. 



We publish a comprehensive Handbook on Bulb Culture, entitled 

 "Henderson's Bulb Culture." This is a book 0/68 pages, size 7^x9J^ 

 inches. It illustrates and describes all known species of bulbous plants, 

 besides giving instructions regarding their culture. This year we have got- 

 ten out a new edition with 32 pages of illustrations. These are all half-tones 

 made from photographs and are beautiful pictures of the various plants . 

 The price postpaid is 75 cents and we also send it free with every order for 

 bulbs, amounting to three dollars or. over. 



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



