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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— MISCELLANEOUS BULBS. 



ALLUM HEBMITTI GRANDIFLoRUM 



AMORPHOPHALHS. 



AMEHirAN f'owMi.ii' oil iiDiinrATnpoN. 



ACHIMENES. 



These .Tre splenilid jint] pr()fn.«e snninier- 

 lildOiiiiiiK plants for tlie loiiservatory 

 or warm window sanien : flowers of many cliarniing: colors, 

 ranging: tliroiiK'i all shades from white to crimson, including 

 many beantifully spotted. (.Speeuf.) (lieuUy in .\'ovpiuher.) 



Magnet. Blue and violet 



Feriana. Bright scarlet 



Pulchella. Blue and white 



Xiady Littleton. Dark violet and crimson 



Mrs. Bmnow. Violet blue 



Ele^ans. Wmiilion 



The above 6 iiiuiin] Achimenes, 1 bulb each, 50c.; 3 eatli, $1.25. 

 Mixed Varieties 



An A PA NTH I T ^ "^^^ Great Africaai lily. These 

 '*^-*'** •'*' ' * tlKJaJ ap,. iiolile ornaments on lawns, in 

 pots or tubs, on terraces or piazzas, or for the decoration of the 

 greenhouse. Foliage luxuriant and graceful; flowers borne in 

 clusters of 20 to 31), and measure full.v a foot across. The 

 flower stalks frequently attain a height of three feet — the flowers 

 opening in succession for a long ])eriod during the summer and 

 autumn. (See eiit.) {Ready in Novfiiiher.) 



XTmbellatus. The old favorite; flowers bright blue 



Mooreauus. Much dwarfertluin the type, very robust, shorter, 

 stiffer foliage, hardier and extremely free flowering, large umbels 

 of dark blue flowers 



PBICES 



Delivered Free in U. S. 



Each.! Doz. 



100. 



I 10c. $1.00 

 10c., 1.00| 

 lOc.' l.OOi 

 10c. j 1.00 

 1(K-. 1.00 

 10c. 1.00 



A I I II I/VI Most beautiful for pot culture or garden decora- 

 ^^L^i-'l'^ i'l' tion; of the easiest culture. [Seeciit.) 



AzTireiim. Tnil.v beautiful, either for pot or garden culture, 

 being (|uite hard v, flowers deep azure blue, borne iu large umbels; 

 height, 1 to 2 feet 



Atirevuu. {Molly or finlilen Allium.) One of our most sliowy 

 border plants, perfectly liard.v, bearing large umbels of golden 

 yellf>w flowei^ in .lune. A ver,v old favorite, jind fine for natural- 

 izing in the garden, wliere it forms large dumps; height. 1 foot... 



Hermitti Grandifioruin. .\ splendid winter-flowering and 

 forcing variety: the tlowrrs last a long time after being cut. The 

 llowers are large, <A immaculate whiteness and continue to bloom 

 from December to the end ol .\|)ril. {Sennit. \ 



Neapolitanum. Another excellent variety for winter flowering, 

 now extensively forced bv florists for cut flowers, being of pure 

 while, with green stamens, borne iu large loose umbels, height, 

 1 ." to IS inches '.. 



Ostrowskiantun. A benutifid new species from Asia Minor, with 

 l.irge lie.'i.ls of beautiful rose-coloreil llowers, on stalks 2 feet 



8c. 



SOc. 



.75 $5.00 



2.30 

 8.00 



10c-. 1.00 



2c. 



Sc. 



.15 



high; very earl,\-. frt'e-lloweririg and hardy. 



:u-. .20 



5c. ..">0 



A I <ITDriMPC>I A Peruvian Iiilies. Tuberous- 

 ■tAL*^ * IVV.'JTlL.IVirV, rooted plants with beautiful, large. 

 lily-like flowers of grejit beauty, borne in clusters during the 

 summer: tlu\ are splendid for cutting, being o.' much substaiu'e 

 and lasting in perfection for a long time. Splendid subjects for 

 either pot culture or for planting out in frames. Ver.v robust 

 and abundant blooming v.irietii's. Colors: crimson, rose, .vellow, 

 jiurple. etc., shaded and marked, 2 to i fwt. (.^'e<? cut.) 

 Mixed Colors. iUr;i,l.\ in .\nvrl,lli,-r.) 



AiVlbKlCAlN COWoLlP. tlve hanly perennials 

 that deserve e\lensi\<' cnlli\atiou: cxci-edlugl.v effivtive ilwarf 

 plants for shady sheltered sit nation. Theprett.vr.vclanu'n-sliaped 

 llowii-s are boriu' on stems 1 2 to 1(5 Inclies high in eli'gant um- 

 bels. In adrlllion to thi'ir v;ilue outside they may beeniployed for 

 the deeor.'illou of gn-^Mduiuses or conservatories, if cool, «>r they 

 c.'iii be troun In colil frames and brotight inside for flowering. 



Hendersonii. hi'.'p rose-<-olored flowers. iSreriil.) 



Clevelandi Alba. A new pure white; lovel.v and flue 



AHORPHOPHALLUS. 



Bivieri. A very 

 marknble and sho 



re- 



plant, with enormous palm-like foliage spi-cailing In the shape of 

 an nmbri'lla, the stem of ileep gnrn is mnrbhd with brown and 

 white; a desirable i)lanl f(U- si)eclmens i>r groups on a la wn. 'I"he 

 flowers are very large, of diN'p n'd. and arr' piixluceil before the 

 lenvi-s njipenr. It is chiefly grown, however, for the Inxurlanl 

 froplial effeit of the foliage. It shoiilil be planleil out In .May. 

 (Seeriil.) [ Itemly ill Siiveiiiher.) 



10c. 1.00 



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6.00 



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