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PETER HENDERSON & CO.—WHOLESALE LIST OF BULBS. 
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CHIONODOXA. 
(Glory of the Snow.) 
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| These are praised by all as one 
of the most exquisite Spring 
| flowering plants, and should be 
| grown in quantities, under shrubs 
the effect is strikingly beautiful. 
They produce flower spikes bear— 
ing ten to fifteen lovely Scilla-like flowers. 
They are perfectly hardy, and may be planted 
as an edging to a bed, or in clumps or masses, 
where they are doubly welcome, flowering 
early in the season with the snowdrops, and 
lasting a long time in perfection. ‘They will 
thrive well in any good garden soil. and are 
admirable for pot cultnre, for winter blooming 
in the house and for forcing for cut flowers. 
(See cut.) 
Luciliz. Charming bright blue with 
large clear white center. 2c. each; Isc. 
per doz.; $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000, 
Sardensis. Intense deep true blue; in 
masses its brilliant color catches the eye 
at a great distance. 3c. each; 25c. per 
doz.; $1.50 per 100. 
Gigantea. (New; see novelties.) 
A very beautiful and totally distinct spec- 
ies with very large flowers of a beautiful 
soft gray blue. 5c. each; soc. per doz.; 
$3.00 per 100. 
COOPERIA. 
(Evening Star Flower.) 
These are excellent pot plants for winter 
flowering and force well, or the bulbs can be 
kept dry and be planted out in the garden in 
the Spring, where aclump of them planted 
close together will bloom successively from 
May to September; the flowers are star-shaped, 
with long tubes; they are exquisitely fragrant 
with the odor of primroses. (See cut. / 
Drummondi. Pure white flower, half 
an inch across, expanding during the eve- 
ning and emitting a delicious primrose- 
like odor. 5c. each; soc. per doz.; $3.50 
per 100. 
Pedunculata. Flowers ¥% to 1 inch 
across, at first pure white, then changing 
to reddish purple; they remain open a day 
and sometimes two and are very fragrant. 
sc. cach; soc. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
CLIVIA MINIATUM. 
Exceedingly ornamental bulbous plant, for 
greenhouse or conservatory, they flower during 
the spring and summer months—remaining in 
bloom for a long period—the flowers about 2 
inches long. are borne in clusters of from ten 
to twenty ; color a fine red orange shading to 
buff. Height 1toz feet. (Seecut.) $1.00 each. 
COBURGIA. 
Incarnata. Very beautiful greenhouse 
bulbs of easy culture. The flowers are very 
showy, 4 to 5 inches long and borne in umbels 
or clusters on stems nearly 2 feet high, they 
bloom during the summer and autumn months, 
color beautifu! orange flesh,shaded red. 75c. 
each; $8.00 per doz. 
CRINUM. 
(Ready in November.) 
Very handsome bulbous plants for either pot 
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Cyclobethra. 
culture, in the greenhouse or open ground 
planting in the summer months, the beautiful 
lily-like flowers are borne in umbels or clus- 
ters on the summit of strong stems 
(Add for postage 10 cents each extra.) 
Americanum. Flowers pure white, 4 
to 5 inches long, and very fragrant. 30c. 
each; $3 oo per doz. 
Amabile Lovely variety, flowers borne 
20 to 30 in an umbel, rich dark red outside, 
shaded with blush white inside. Very 
fragrant. $1.00 each. 
Moorei or Ornatum. One ofthe most 
beautiful and free flowering varieties, 
flowers about 4 inches long borne in 
umbels of to or more; color blush white 
shading t6 a pink stripe through each 
petal. (Sve cut.) $1.50 each; 
CINNAMON VINE. 
(Ready in November.) 
(Dioscorea Batatas) A beautiful rapid 
growing summer climber, with bright green 
glossy foliage and spikes of deliciously cinna- 
mon-scented white flowers. It is perfectly 
hardy, the stem dying down in winter, but 
growing with great rapidity in the spring, so 
as to cover any trellis orarbor very early in the 
season. 6c, each; 6o0c. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. 
CYPELLA HERBERTI. 
A very beautiful and comparatively rare 
species of summer flowering bulb, suitable also 
for cold frame and greenhouse culture, flowers 
bright orange- yellow, with dark purple stripes 
and’ purple spots, very elegant and free 
flowering, blooming all the summer through. 
Height 1 foot. (See cut.) 10c. each; $r.00 
per doz. 
CROWN IMPERIALS. 
Well-known spring blooming stately hardy 
border plants, with clusters of immense pen- 
dant bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a 
tuft of green leaves. They are very effective, 
and if left undisturbed for years they form 
vigantic and picturesque groups of gorgeous 
colors. The variegated leaved one 1s es- 
pecially excellent also fer conservatory decor- 
ation among dwarf growing plants. (See cut 
| page 4.) 
Add for postage 3 cents each extra, 
Lutea, Yellow, zoc. each; $2.00 per doz. 
Aurora, Red, roc. each; $1.00 per doz. 
Crown upon Crown. Several whorls 
of flowers oneabovethe other. 15c. each; 
$1.50 per doz. 
Sulphurea. Sulphur yellow, slightly 
striped red. 15c. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Gold Striped. (Folia Aurea Striata.) 
(See novelties.) 30c. each; $3.00 per doz. 
Mixed. roc. each; $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 
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(Golden Star Tulip.) 
A beautiful summer blooming bulb trom 
Mexico, bearing bright vellow bell-shaped 
flowers, prettily spotted with black—remain- 
ing a long time in f:ll beauty—they can be 
satisfactorily grown in pots, or the bulbs can 
be kept dormant, and be planted out in the 
| spring, f See cut.) 6c. each; 60c. per doz. 
tas~Florists’ Forcing Bulbs, Condensed List, on yellow pages A and B. 
