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



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" BUTTERCUP" 

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fln Unrivaled Winter- 

 flowering Pot Plant, 



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THE BFHMUXIA 

 BUTTERCUP OXiLIS 



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Various Kinds. 



Charming little half-trailing or bushy 

 plants particularly adapted Tor pot culture 

 and hanging baskets. The foliage 

 alone is Tery attractive, and when in 

 flower they are exceedingly 

 pretty. The pots should be 

 well filled, from sis to a dozen 

 bulbs in a five or sis inch pot ; 

 for the smaller species three or 

 four inch pots are large enough ; 

 they may be potted at any time 

 during winter and placed near 

 the glass or window to keep 

 them stocty and dwarf. 



Price for xindemientioned named Oxalis, 



2 for oc, 25c. per doz., $1.75 per 100. 

 Bo'weii. Vivid rosy crimson, large. Alba. White 



Xitltea. Splendid large canary yellow. Sosea. Ko-e 

 liUtea fl. pi. Very double bright Versicolor. 



yellow. Crimson and white, 



Mised Ozalis, 2 for 5c., 20c. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 



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Arabicum. (Arabian Star of Bethlehem.) A beautiful variety throwing 

 up a tall spike bearing numerous large, milk-white, star-shaped flowers, 

 with a black centre, and having a distinct aromatic perfume. They are 

 decidedly pretty and interesting when grown in the garden, but are 

 more largely grown for greenhouses and window decoration, being of 

 the easiest culture. Largely forced by florists now for cut flowers. 

 (See cut.) 6c. each, 65c. per doz., $4.00 per 100. 



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Scillioides. A. bulbous plant of great beauty, jierfectly hardy, flower 

 pearly white, richly striped with pale blue down the centre of each 

 petal ; its numerous flowers spring up from the centre of its peculiarly 

 shaped leaves. It is admirably adapted for edgings and forming patches 

 in front of mixed borders, flowering in April and May ; height, four to 

 eight inches. They do very nicely in pots for winter flowers, if started 

 slow and cool. (See cut.) 3 for 10c. , 35c. per doz., $2.50 per 100. 



6 bulbs of one variety sold at dozen rates, 25 at 100 rates. 

 Delivered free in the United States, except wliere noted. 



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Of tlie Easiest Culture, , 

 Succeeding with Everubodij. 



THIS is one of the finest winter-flowering 

 plants for pot culture that we have ever 

 seen ; it is such a strong, luxuriant grower that 

 one bulb will be suflicient for a six or eight inch 

 pot. Place in a dark, coolposition for several days 

 to root thoroughly, and remove to a sunny situ- 

 ation in the window or conservatory in a tem- 

 perature of about 60= Fahr., and the great pro- 

 fusion of bloom produced in uninterrupted 

 abundance for weeks wiU astonish and delight 

 you. The flowers are of the purest bright but- 

 tercup yellow. Well-grown plants have pro- 

 duced as high as seventy flower stems at one 

 time, and over l,uOO flowers in one season. The 

 flowers, and frequently the leaves, fold up at 

 night and open again the next morning, Imt 

 when grown in a partially shaded situation 

 the flowers remain open aU the time. 

 Properly treated, the plants will 

 flower in six weeks from the time 

 the bulbs are planted. 



We do no not claim the Ber- 

 muda Buttercup OsaUs to be 

 strictly a new plant, but a greafly 

 improved selection from Oxalis 

 Cernua, grown in the congenial soil 

 and climate of Bermuda until the 

 bulbs have attained great strength, 

 producing bulbs, plants and flowers 

 larger and more luxuriant in all parts 

 than the type. iSee cut. ) 10c. each, 3 for 25c., 

 76o. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 



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