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



CALLAS, ^HTTE, YELLCW, BLACK AND RED. j 



Afll I A XTEIOFICA, 01 LILY OF TEE NUE. This old favorite White 



OllLLili Calla Lily is too well known to require any description. We offer 

 dry roots, as they are superior for forcing and winter-flowering purposes; they come 

 into bloom quickly and require less room, making less foliage. 



First size bulbs 4 inch circ., 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



Extra size bulbs 5 " 20c. " 2.00 



Mammoth bulbs 6 " 25c. " 2.50 



Little Gem Calla Lily. This little pigmy rarely exceeds 12 inches in height, and 

 blooms most abundantly. The flowers arenot more than half theeize of the common 

 variety, and therefore can be used with telling effect in bouquets. It is in every v> ay 

 superior as a house plant to the larger-growing variety. 

 Dry bulbs 10c. each, SI. 00 per doz., §5.00 per 100. 



Dwarf Ever-blooming Calla. This new hybrid was raised by "the Wizard of 

 Horticulture," Air. Luther Burbank. It is a true ever-blooming variety. A good 

 plant produces an astonishing quantity of large snow-white, slightly fragrant 

 flowers. Properly treated, the same plant will grow and bloom for years without 

 ceasing. It is estimated that one plant will produce as many flowers in one year 

 as six plants of the old tall Calla. The plant is of dwarf, compact, strong growth, 

 about 18 inches high, with an abundance of dark green leaves. (See cnt. ) 



Dormant bulbs 35c. each. $3.50 per doz. 



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SPOTTED LEAF CALLA. 



Spotted Leaf Calla. (Ricbardia, 

 Alba Macnlata.) This plant is al- 

 ways ornamental, even when not in 

 flower, the dark green leaves being 

 beautifully spotted with white; In 

 other respects the plant is similar to 

 the old favorite white Calla, except- 

 ing being of smaller habit. In addi- 

 tion to Its usefulness asa pot plant it 

 makes afinetbingforplanting in the 

 garden in summer, being very effec- 

 tive. [See cut.) 

 Extra large bulbs, 15c. ea., $1.50dz. 



ULACK CALLA. 

 (AltOM SANCTUM.) 



CALLA .ETHIOPICA. 



Yellow Calla, Elliottiana. A grand acquisition — the finest Yellow Calla wp have 

 seen; large, rich, deep golden flowers, often 4 to 5 Inches across at the mouth; habit 

 of growth and foliage like the old favorite White Calla excepting the leaves of Elliot- 

 tlana are spotted with white, rendering it an unusually showy pot plant. Blooming 

 bulbs, $1.75 each ; extra large bulbs, $2.50 each. 



Cornuttim, or Red Calla. A very handsome Arum with red Bowers spotted with 

 black; stems curiously mottled green and white; foliage palm-like and very bandaomi 



a showy pot plant for winter decoration 15c. each, $1.50 per 'I". 



Sanctum, or Black Calla. The plant produces one large flower the shape of n Calla, 

 but from it in is Inches long aud I Inches broad, and "fa rich, dark purple color and 

 green underneath, Thespathe rising from the centre of the flower Is about 10 Inches 

 lung, velvet-like and quite black. Tin' leaves are large ami "fa rich green color, 

 and resemble those of the Calla /Ethloplca. (See cnt.) Large bulbs.... 16c each. 91.5* 

 per doz. 



SPRING COLCHICUM, or MEADOW SAFFRON. 



( Bulbocodlnm Vernum. ) A. charming early spring-blooming plant . In flower two wei Im 

 before tin' Crocus. Producing masses of rose purple flowers, verj beautiful for edgings 

 and patches here and there, breaking up through the snow In Juxtaposition with Snow- 

 drops— it Is a charming Sight— Clumps of them dug tip and putted In tin- winter and 



placed In a sunny window will soon be a mass of bloom. {S,f out, page -"'■) "c. each, 



75c. per doz., S5.no per 100. 



Henderson's new book, "PICTURESQUE GARDENS," illustrates many ways of beautifying Home Grounds; see page 80. 



