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HENDERSON'S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE— 1929 



HENDERSON'S DOUBLE 



Dutch Named Hyacinths 



All Select First Size Bulbs, not "Seconds" that may be sold 

 at a lower price 



Double Hyacinths are not as popular as the single-belled varieties; for as 



a class the "doubles" although their individual bells are large and beautiful 



do not nake as well-filled trusses. For this reason we confine our list of 



varieties to a f0w of the very best. 



PRICE — 30c. EACH. $3.00 PER DOZEN. $22.00 PER HUNDRED 



DOUBLE WHITE AND TINTED DOUBLE YELLOW AND 



HYACINTHS ORANGE HYACINTHS 



Isabella, white suffused with rosy , 



blush, enormous double bells and Goethe, a popular old variety 



large well-filled spike. salmon yellow with pinkish cen- 



Bouquet Royal, an old favorite ter; double bells and good spike, 



early -variety and still hard to . n n Q . ... . 



beat; double pure white bells on Su v n p „° wer - S P lendid deep-buff- 



tall spike. yellow - 



DOUBLE RED ROSTAND PINK DOUBLE LAVENDER. BLUE 



„ . „ 4 . . K1 AND PURPLE HYACINTHS 



Groot Voorst, large very double 



bells of blush pink with darker Blocksbertf. light blue shaded darker 



center; good spike blue; double belu on ta „ , k 



Noble par Merlte. deep pink, very * 



large fine double bells, tall spike; Garrick, lavender tinted blue; fine 



good forcer. compact spike of double bells. 



Early Roman Hyacinths 



Roman Hyacinths are extensively used for "forcing" for cut flowers. The 

 white Roman Hyacinth is the earliest, best and most floriferous variety, 

 though the pink, and light blue are very beautiful and supply a variation 

 of color. 



They are all easily grown in pots of soil and If potted in September, the 

 pots plunged in the open ground for a month until the bulbs are well rooted, 

 and then brought in the house they can be had in flower in November or 

 December, and from that time a succession of flowers may be enjoyed by 

 bringing in from the plunge or cellar a pot or two of the rooted bulbs at in- 

 tervals of about two weeks. A flve-in. pot is large enough for 3 bulbs, a six- 

 inch pot or pan for 6 bulbs, a seven-inch pot or pan for 8 bulbs. Roman 

 Hyacinths are not hardy enough for open ground planting north of Wash- 

 ington, but where the winters are mild, especially if lightly protected with 

 mulch they thrive excellently in the garden. 



EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS 



Each Per Doz. Per 100 



Extrasizebulbs $.25 $2.50 $18.00 



EARLY PINK ROMAN HYACINTHS 



Each Per Doz. Per 100 



First size bulbs $.15 1.50 12.00 



EARLY LIGHT BLUE ROMAN HYACINTHS 



Each Per Doz. Per 100 

 First size bulbs $.15 1.50 12.00 



"All the bulbs 1 

 purchased from you 

 bloomed well in the 

 house, a lot of them 

 had second /towers , 

 and I am well 

 pleased ." 



MissBcssie Richards 

 Fredericksburg, O. 



DUTCH ROMAN HYACINTHS 



The smaller or three-year old bulbs of some varieties of Dutch Hyacinths pro- 

 duce, considering their size, beautiful spikes of bloom, not as large nor furnished 

 with as many bells as older-full-sized bulbs but still so satisfactory for their low 

 price that they are extensively grown for winter flowers, forced either in "flats" 

 pans or pots. They may be had in flower from January on — thus succeeding 

 the earlier French Romans. The bulbs may be placed very near together- 

 say— an i nc h apart — requiring 7 or 8 bulbs for a 7-inch pan or 5 bulbs for a 

 5-inch pot or pai:. 



VARIETIES OF DUTCH ROMAN HYACINTHS 

 Rose Pink White Ll|£ht Blue Deep Blue Mixed Colors 

 PRICE— 10c. EACH. $1.25 PER DOZ.. $9.00 PER HUNDRED 



Crimson 



