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



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IMPORTANT 



A special notice regarding the importation of Narcissus and Daffodils 



will be found on pages 2 and 10 which see. 



Quarantine No. 37 which prohibits their importation, also includes the 

 varieties offered on this page, and none of them can be imported after December 31, 1925. They are among the most 

 beautiful of our bulbous flowers, and their absence from American gardens will be a distinct loss to horticulture. 

 Our friends who desire to perpetuate these very desirable varieties in their gardens (for if left undisturbed, 

 they increase year by year) will do well to order quantities this year — 1925 — which is the last opportunity 

 they may have of so doing. 



We recommend our customers to send in their orders for bulbs as soon as they receive this catalogue or at least before 

 July 15th, and we will import them along with our own, deliyering them to our customers early in the fall of the year. 



Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow) 



These are among the most exquisite of spring- 

 flowering bulbs, and should be grown in quantities. 

 They produce flower spikes bearing 10 to 15 lovely 

 Scilla-like flowers. They are perfectly hardy, and 

 may be planted as an edging to a bed, or in masses; 

 naturalized in the lawn they are charming; they 

 flower with the Snowdrops and last a long ti,me in 

 perfection. They will thrive well in any good gar- 

 den soil, and are admirable for pot culture, winter 

 blooming in the house, and for forcing, for cut flowers. 



Chionodoxa Luclllae. Bright blue with large clear 

 white center (large cultivated bulbs.) 60c doz., 

 $4 .50 per 100. 



Chionodoxa Sardensis. Intense deep blue (large 

 cultivated bulbs). 60c dor., $4.50 per 100. 



Chionodoxa Gigantea. Unusually large flowers of 

 lovely lilac-blue, with conspicuous white centre 

 (large cultivated bulbs). 80c dor., $6.00 per 100. 



Crown Imperials 



Well-known spring-blooming, stately, hardy bor- 

 der plants, with clusters of immense pendant, bell- 

 "haped flowers, surmounted with a tuft of green 

 leaves. They are very effective, and if left undis- 

 turbed for years they form gigantic and picturesque 

 groups, bearing gorgeously colored flowers. 



Aurora. Red, 30c each, $3.00 per doz. 



Crown upon Crown. Several whorls of flowers one 

 above the other, 30c each; $3.00 per doz. 



Sutph 



doz. 



Sulphur -yellow, 30c each; $3.00 per 



Mixed Colors. 25c each, $2.50 per doz. 



Scillas (Wood Hyacinths and Blue Bells) 



Scilla Siberica. (Amoena or Praecox.) Most beau- 

 tiful hardy spring bulbs, producing in profusion 

 masses of exquisite rich blue flowers almost before 

 the snow has disappeared. If grown in masses, 

 Their flowers fairly carpet the ground; and if grown 

 with Snowdrops and Crocus, for contrast, the 

 effect is magnificent. They should be largely 

 planted as undergrowth in Hyacinth beds, etc. 

 Grown in pots they may be had in Bloom from 

 Christmas until April. 80c per doz.; $6. 00 per 100. 

 (See illustration.) 



Siberica Alba. The new white flowering variety, 

 very beautiful. 80c doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Campanulata. {Wood Hyacinth.) Flowers borne on tall spikes, 1 to 2 feet high. Each flower 

 measures nearly one inch across and droops gracefully; perfectly hardy; also fine for pot culture. 

 We offer the following colors. 



Campanulata, Major Blue. 60c per doz.; $4.50 per 100. 



Campanulata, White. 80c per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Campanulata, Rose. 80c per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Snowdrops 



In the early spring months there is nothing more beautiful than a sheet of the snowy, graceful blos- 

 soms of the Snowdrop. Beds and effects of surpassing beauty may be arranged with Snowdrops in the 

 centre edged with bright blue Chionodoxas, or by intermingling them. In beds of Tulips and Hya- 

 cinths, Snowdrops are very effective between the lines; they flower while these bulbs are just moving 

 the surface, and when the flowers are over there remains an elegant ground work of green foliage 

 I'sed as a permanent edging, and in masses on the edces of lawns, nestling in the grass, they look 

 charming. Snowdrops are easily flowered in pots during the winter. (See illustration.) 

 Single Snowdrops. 60c per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 



Double Snowdrops. 80c per doz.; $6.00 per 100. . 



Elwes* Giant Snowdrop. One of the finest of the genus, at least three times the size of the ordinary 



single Snowdrop; flowers slightly marked with green spots: fine for cutting. 70c per doz.; $5.00 



per 100. 



Eranthis Hyemalis (Winter Aconite) 



Early in spring the golden blossoms of the Winter 

 Aconite look charming, resting on an emerald-green 

 cushion of leaves and forming a striking contrast to 

 the Snowdrop, Scillas and Chionodoxa. The foliage 

 remains long after the flowers, making the plant 

 especially valuable in moist situations such as under 

 trees, which the Winter Aconite enjoys and where 

 few other flowering plants will thrive. 3 to 8 inches 

 high. 50c doz.; $4.00 per 100. 



Fritillaria Meleagris 



Singular dwarf spring-flowering plants, bearing 

 large pendant bell-shaped flowers of various colors, 

 yellow, white, black, purple, striped and splashed 

 and checkered in the most curious way. They are 

 invaluable for pot culture and exceedingly pretty 

 when grown in large groups in the garden border or 

 wild garden in a dry situation. Mixed varieties, 

 $1.00 doz.; $7.50 per 100. 



Grape Hyacinths 



These very curious and pretty little Hyacinths are 

 perfectly hardy and of the easiest culture, they thrive 

 and increase in either sunny or partially shaded posi- 

 tions in the garden . When naturalized in little colo- 

 nies where they can remain undisturbed for several 

 years, the effect — especially of the Grape Hyacinths 

 — is very pretty, while aB edgings they are most 

 charming. All are also adapted for winter flowering 

 in the house . 

 Blue Grape Hyacinths. 40c per doz.; $3.00 per 



100. 

 White Grape Hyacinths. 60c per doz.; $4.00 



per 100. 

 "Heavenly Blue" Grape Hyacinths. A new type 

 with larger Bowers of richest gentian blue and de- 

 lightfully fragrant; desirable for cutting and of 

 splendid effect massed in the garden or border. 

 60c per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 



Ixias 



The Ixia is a beautiful little winter-flowering bulb, 

 with long, slender, graceful spikes of bloom. The 

 colors are rich, varied and beautiful, the centre al- 

 ways differing in color from the other parts of the 

 flower, so that the blossoms, expanding in the sun's 

 ravs, present a picture of gorgeous beautv. Mixed 

 Colors. 50c pr-r doz : $3 50 per 100 



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



