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



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EPEING 

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Spiraea, or Hstilbe, 



Ready for shipment 

 in November. 



Japonica. In garden culture it flowers freely dnring the summer, and 

 is perfectly hardy, but its great value is when grown in pots for window 

 and greenhouse decoration, and it is indispensable for forcing for cut- 

 ting. The flowers are borne in large, feathery panicles of white, and 

 last a long time in bloom. One of the finest plants for winter and 

 spring blooming. Fine clumps, loc. each, $1.50 per doz., or, buyer 

 paying transit, at S6.00 per 100. 



Aurea Keticulata, Flowers pure white, in large clusters, foliage 

 beautiful green, elegantly veined with yellow, very handsome. 25c. 

 each, $'2.50 per doz. 



Nana Compacta Multiflora. Its merits consist in compact growth, 

 ample foliage of brilliant green, and its wonderfully free production 

 of feathery white flowers, borne in plume-like panicles of magnificent 

 proportions. 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



Astilboides floribunda. (See X'ovelti&s, page 10. ) 



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(Kaffir Lily, or Crimsor Flag.) 



Coccinea. A very pretty, half-hardy bulbous plant ; the leaves are 

 neat and glossy and the flowers are rosy scarlet, borne on tall spikes ; 

 the bulbs are usually planted out in spring, and in the autumn the 

 plants are lifted, potted andbroughtinto the conservatory, where they 

 will bloom for months; the more flowers that are cut from it the 

 more spikes are produced, a for 12c., 35c. per doz., $2.60 per 100. 



Spring Colcbicum. „3=;.., 



A charming early, spring-blooming plant, in flower two weeks before 

 the Crocus, producing masses of rose-purple flowers, very beautiful 

 for edgings and patches here and there. Breakingup through (he snow, 

 in juxtaposition with Snowdrops, it is a charming sight. Clumps of 

 them dug up and potted in the winter and placed in a sunny window 

 will soon be a mass of bloom. 3 for 12c., 35c. per doz., J2.50 per 100. 



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TBiLLitTM GBANDiFLOBTTM. (See description on opposite page.) 



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(Leiicojum 

 Vemum.) 



Spring Snovvflahes^ 



These produce flowers like monster Snowdrops, having the deli- 

 cate fragrance of the Violet. It is oue of our earliest spring flowers, 

 with white blossoms distinctly tipped green ; handsome in outline 

 and prized for bouquets. Very graceful in growth, they should be 

 grown in quantities in the borders or in clumps on the edges of 

 shrubbery, where they are beautifully eftective, and when estab- 

 lished produce enormous quantities of flowers. They can also be 

 slowly forced in pots for winter bloom. (See cut.) 3 for lOc, 30c. 

 per doz., $2.00 per 100. 



One of the most charming and useful of autumnal flowering 

 bulbs. The flowers, which are produced from September to Novem- 

 ber, are much like a Crocus, but larger, and the petals more fleshy 

 and of such firm texture that they withstand any amount of bad 

 weather, brightening up our gardens long after other flowers are 

 gone. They are not only very hardy, but increase rapidly. (See cut.) 

 S. IiUtea. Large, pure yellow Crocus-like flowers, which are 

 produced with the leaves during late autumn. This is supposed 

 by some writers to be the true Lily of Scripture, as it grows 

 abundantly in the vales around Palestine, etc. 3 for 10c. , 30c. 

 per doz., $2.00 per 100. 

 S. Macrantha. (See Novelties, page 9.) 



Six bulbs of one variety sold at dozen rates, 25 at 

 100 rates. Bulbs delivered free in the United States, 

 except where noted. 



