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HENDERSON'S 

 SUPERIOR 



FLOWER BULBS 



FOR FALL 

 PLANTING. 



To Bloom in the House this Winter 



BULBOUS 



Flowering Plants. 



(Bulbs) 

 produce remarkably beautiful flowers, unsur- 

 passed by any other plants in the floral king- 

 dom, and, besides, many of them are delight- 

 fully fragrant. There is a peculiar charm in 

 growing them, for they comprise such an 

 endless variety in habit, form, size, color, 

 and are adaptable for so many purposes, 

 many of them flower equally well under either 

 garden or house culture. Among other merits 

 of bulbs is the certainty and perfection with 

 which they bloom and their ease of culture. 



BULBS FOR FLOWERING IN THE 

 HOUSE AND GREENHOUSE.— There is no 



class of plants that gives more satisfaction 

 for this purpose than bulbous plants (bulbs), 

 and, with so little skill, gives such magnificent 

 results. They are easily managed, and need 

 occupy no space in the window or greenhouse 

 excepting when in bud and bloom. Under 

 suitable treatment, they flower with great 

 certainty, and their flowering period may be 

 hastened (forced) or retarded so as to " bring 

 them in " for certain occasions, or to give a 

 continuous succession of bloom. 



HARDY BULBS FOR OPEN-GROUND 

 PLANTING. — A great many kinds of bulbs 

 are hardy enough to withstand our severe 

 northern winters. Most of the suitable sorts 

 should be planted in the fall, and they will 

 flower the following season, commencing in 

 March or earlier with Snowdrops, Chiono- 

 doxas, Scillas, Crocus, Aconites, Bulbo- 

 codiums, etc., which are followed in April 

 with Hyacinths, Tulips, Daffodils, and a host 

 of other bulbous beauties. In May appear 

 late Tulips, late Narcissi, Lily-of-the-Valley, 

 Bleeding Hearts, etc., again, followed in 

 succession until frost, with Peonies, Iris, 

 Hemerocallis, Lilies, etc. 



THE FLOWER-GARDEN AND HER- 

 BACEOUS BORDER are favorite places for 

 growing most hardy bulbs, and here they 

 seem to thrive and give the most pleasure. 

 They should be planted here and there in 

 little colonies among the hardy plants and 

 shrubs. From the border one does not hesi- 

 tate to gather flowers daily for the house, for 

 fear of spoiling the effect, as would be the 

 case from design beds. Furthermore, in an 

 herbaceous border bulbs are not disturbed, 

 the foliage remains uninjured until ripe, thus 

 fulfilling its duty assigned by nature, of 

 recharging the bulb with new flowers for the 

 next season's display. 



or in the Garden Next Spring. <* >* £• 



HENDERSON'S 



Bulb Department. 



It is conceded handles the largest quantities, 

 the highest quality and the greatest variety 

 of Flower Bulbs of any one firm in the world. 

 America, Great Britain, Italy, France, 

 Holland, Japan, China, Asia Minor, Bermuda, 

 etc., yield up to us annually millions of their 

 bulbous floral treasures. 



The Specific Import Duty Now 

 Ruling on Bulbs Revolutionizes 

 Bulb Offerings in America. 



Most of us have been deprived of the better 

 varieties of Flower Bulbs on account of their 

 high price. The splendid, strong constitu- 

 tioned, newer sorts do cost a little more than 

 decadent old kinds, and heretofore to their 

 greater value 25% advalorum duty has been 

 exacted by the U. S. Customs, thus making 

 the selling price almost prohibitive. The 

 present specific duty — so much per 1,000, 

 regardless of high or low foreign cost — brings 

 the preferred choice varieties down so that 

 " the best " may now be enjoyed in America. 

 Taking advantage of these improved condi- 

 tions, we have excluded from our importations 

 many obsolete varieties and added their more 

 beautiful and robust successors. 



There is a Big Difference in 

 the Quality of Bulbs. 



Superior bulbs — the pick of the crops — are 

 largely consumed by critical European buyers, 

 the " seconds " and " substitutes " being too 

 often palmed off on less critical American 

 dealers. We insist — with a penalty attached 

 — on being supplied with the same high 

 grade — true to name varieties — that the 

 English, Germans, and Russians get, and we 

 see that we get this superior grade by per- 

 sonally conducted trials. Henderson's 

 Superior Bulbs therefore cost a little more 

 than inferior grades, but our customers 

 appreciate the difference. 



PETER HENDERSON &■ CO., 



35 and 37 

 COKTLANDT STKEET, 



NEW YORK. 



HENDERSON'S BULB CULTURE 



New and Enlarged Edition 

 Described on Page 68, Price, 50c. 



GIVEN FREE 



If asked for with orders for not 

 less than $3.00 worth of Bulb, 



