PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING. 



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FREESIA. 



Befracta Alba. This ia one of the most popular and 

 charming bulbs for pot culture, iloweriug in Ihe winter and 

 spring iu the conservatory or window garden. 6 

 bulbs should be planted in a 4-ineh pot. They force readily 

 and can be bad iu 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 con- 

 tinuous display of bloom throughout the winter ; the 

 flowers are produced 6 to 8 on stems about 9 inches high, 

 and are particularly useful for cutting, remaining in good 

 condition, kept in water, for two weeks; the flowers are a 

 pure white with a yellowblotehed throat, and are exquisitely 

 fragrant. {See cut.) Extra large bulbs, 3 for 10c. , 25c. per 

 doz., $1.25 per 100, $lo,OU per 1,00U. 



Iieichtlinii Major. The new yellow Freeeia. (See Novelties, 

 page 8.) 



^FRiTILLARIA.^ 



A group of dwarf spring-flowering plants, bearing singular 

 large pendent bell-shaped flowers of white, purple, bronze, 

 black or yellow, most of which are striped, splashed or 

 checkered in the most fantastic fashion ; they are invaluable 

 for pot culture, and exceedingly pretty when grown in large 

 clumps in the border in a dry situation. (See cut.) 



SleleagTis. (Guinea Hen Flower.) Bell-shaped flowers of 



various colors, yellow, white, black, purple, striped and 



splashed, and checkered iu the most curious way. Mixed 



varieties, 3 for lOc, 30c. per doz., $2.00 per 100. 

 Melea^ris Latifolius. A larger-growing variety of the 



above, with broad foliage and large checkered flowers, 



earlier and a decided improvement. 5c. each, 50c. per 



doz., $3.00 per 100. 

 Aurea. A lovely new species, as rare as it is beaU' 



tiful, bearing large golden yellow bell-shaped 



flowers, which are curiously checkered with 



black-brown spots. It is perfectly hardy, 



beginning to flower in March, continuing 



till May. Itis admirably adapted for plant' 



ing out-of-doors in partial shade. May 



also be grown in pots for greenhouse 



or winter decoration, where its curious 



flowers prove a constant source of 



admiration. 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., 



$C.00 per 100. 

 Kamtchatkensis. Also known as 



the "Siberian Black Lily." The stems 



attain a height of from 12 to 18 inches, 



bearing pendulous bell-shaped flowers 



of richest purple black color, ver^ haidy, 



flowermg in spimg 20c each, $2 00 



per doz. 



^QLADIOLUS.= 



These beautiful early-flowering Gladiolus 

 are greatly prized on account of their 

 blooming in June and July, if planted 

 in the autumn in dry soil and protected 

 with a covering of about 6 inches of 

 straw, leaves or litter. If planted in 

 cold frames they will flower as early 

 as May, and this perhaps is the better 

 way iu very cold localities. These 

 Gladiolus are also invaluable for flower- 

 ing in the greenhouse in pots for winter 

 bloom. The colors and markings are 

 very handsome; the bulbs can be kept 

 dormant until spring, and then planted in 

 open groundif preferred. {Ready in November.) 

 The Bride. {ColvilH Alba.) Very beautiful ; 

 purest white. 3 for 10c. ,25c. per doz., $1.75 per 100. 



Mixed Early - flowering' Hardy Gladiolus. 



3 for 10c. , 25c. per doz., $1.75 per 100. 



GLOXINIAS. 



SOME GRAND ERECT FLOWERING VARIETIES. 



(READY IN NOVEMBER.) 



Gloxinias, as well known, are the most beautiful flowering plants that we have 

 for the decoration of greenhouse and window during the spring and summer 

 months. They are of easy culture and good bulbs produce from 50 to 100 flowers, 

 3 to 4 inches across, of the most exquisite and gorgeous colors, many of which are 

 magnificently spotted, mottled and blended, during their season ; as many as 20 

 are frequently open at one time, and the effect is charming. The following 5 

 varieties we selected from a large collection in Europe this season as being the 

 most beautiful and distinct ; they are all of the erect or "look you in the face" 

 class, as gardeners call them, which are now considered so much superior to the 

 pendulous varieties. {See cut.) 



Defiance. Glowing crimson-scarlet, lustrous and rich. 

 Emperor Frederick. Bright rosy scarlet, bordered with a pure white band ; 



strikingly beautiful. 

 Tiger Spotted. Beautiful spotted and mottled. 

 Kaiser Wilhelm, Velvety cerulean blue with deep white throat. 

 Mont Blanc. Pure satiny white ; exquisite. 



Price of any of the above-named varieties, 26c. each, $2.60 per doz., or the set 

 of above 5 named varieties for $1.00. 

 Mixed Gloxinias. Large flowering, best varieties. 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



^r bulbs of one variety supplied at dozen rates ; 25 at 100 rates. 

 (j All bulbs delivered free in the U. S., except where noted. 



