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



...THE mwH- 



^•BUTTEl^CUr" OXJUS. 



An Unrivalled Winfer-flowering Pot Plant. 



Of the Easiest Culture Succeeding with Everybody. 



HTS is one of the finest -winter-flower- 

 ing plants for pot culture that we have 

 ever seen; it is such a strong, luxuriant 

 ^ower that one bulb will be suflBcient for 

 a 6 or 8 inch pot. Place in a dark, cool posi- 

 tion for several daj-s to root thoroughly, 

 and remove to a sunny situation in the win- 

 dow or conservatory in a temperature of 

 about 60 Fahr., and the great profusion of 

 bloom produced ;a uninterrupted abund- 

 ance for weeks will astonish and delight 

 you. The flowers are of the purest bright 

 buttercup yellow. Well grown-plants have 

 produced as high as seventy flower stems 

 atone tim3, and over 1,000 flowers in one 

 season. The flowers, and frequently the 

 leaves, fold up at night and open agam the 

 next morning, but when grown in a partially 

 shaded situation the flowers remain open 

 all the time. Properly treated, the plants 

 will flower in sis weeks from the time the 

 bulbs are planted. 



We do not claim the Bermuda Buttercup 

 Oxalis to be strictly a new plant, but a 

 -greatly improved selection from Oxalis 

 Cemua, grown in the congenial soil and 

 climate of Bermuda until the bulbs have 

 attained great strcnrth, producing bulbs, 

 plants and flowers larger and more luxu- 

 riant in all parts than the type, (.'^'■e cut 1 

 10c. each, 3 for25c., 7oC. per &az.^/ree by mail. 



We think the Yellow Oxalis is really a grand 

 thing. We tested the bulbs you sent us, and at 

 this titne the %-inc/t pot, in which lue planted 

 the>n, is covered with bloopn. a nd has been so /or 

 meramonth. ROBERT SCOTT ty SON, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Oxalis you sent us for trial wrre kept 

 during the luinter in a "very cjol greenhouse and 

 are only Just now coming i7ito full bloom. We 

 yeste' day counted 49 fne clusters of bloom on 

 one ofpt-ants, and the other has nearly as 7i:any. 

 I do not think there has been a d y since the 

 plants got fairly started when there were Kot 

 some blooms. It certainly forms a ve'y at- 

 tractive plant. D. M. > ERR V&'CO , 



Detroit, Mich. 



NERINE or GUERNSEY LILIES. 



Fothergilli Major. This is one of the most beautiful bulbous 

 plants for the conservatory or window garden. It is a vigorous 

 grower, flowering with great certainty and producing clusters of 

 large, wavy petaled, lily-like flowers of the most glittering Ver- 

 million scarlet. It blooms at various seasons. It requires potting 

 but seldom, and should be left to grow, blossom and increase foi 

 several years, as well-established plants, when in flower, are simply 

 magniiicient. We know of no plant that wiil give iDore continuec 

 delight than this. (See cut.) 60c. each, $u.00 per doz. 



Nerine Sarnlensis. Popularly known as the '■'Guernsey Lily,' 

 These beautiful Lilies are perhaps the most popular and useful oi 

 the Amarj'Uis family ; perhaps no bulbs bloom with more certaintj 

 and swiftness after potting ; for autumn and winter flowering thej 

 are extremely beautiful, throwing up stems from 18 to 24 inches 

 surmounted with lily-like flowers about two inches across; colors 

 very brilliant, and in the sunlight glisten as if sprinkled -with gold 

 dust. SOc each, $3.00 per doz. 



ORNITHOGALUn. 



Arabicum. {^ raHan Stnr of Bethlehem ) A beautiful variety 

 throwing up a tall spike bearing numerous large, milk-white, star- 

 shaped flowers, with a black centre, and hav- 

 ing a distinct aromatic perfume. They are 

 decidedly pretty and interesting when grown 

 in the garden, but are. more largely grown for 

 greenhouses and window decoration, being 

 of the easiest culture. Largely forced by 

 florists now for cut flowers. (See cut.) 5c. 

 each, 50c. per doz., .,3.00 per 100, or by tnaii 

 §3.75 per 100. 



OXALIS. VAR10U3 KINDS. 



Charming little half trailing or bushj- plants 

 particularly adapted for pot culture and hang- 

 ing baskets. The foliage alone is very attrac- 

 tive, and when in flower, they are exceedingly 

 pretty. The pots should be well filled, from 

 six to a dozen bulbs in a five or six inch pot ; 

 for the smaller species three or four inch pots 

 are large enough ; they may be potted at any 

 time during winter and placed near the glasa 

 or window to keep them stocky and dwarf. 



F-Tice for Oxalis, except wherenoted 2 foi 

 5c., 25c. doz., $1.75 per luO. 

 Boweii. Vivid rosy crimson, large, 

 Lutea. Splendid large canary yeuow. 

 Versicolor. Crimson and white. 

 Alba. White. 

 Rosea. Rose. 

 Luiea, fl. pi. Very double bright yellow. 



5c eacli,5c doz ^ J 00 per 100 

 Mixed Oxalis 2 f or 5(. , 2vc doz , $1 50 100. 



ORMTHOGALUM 

 A&ABICUH. 



THE BERMUDA 



BUTTERrtP OXALIS. 



6 sold at dozen rates, 25 at 1 OO rates, 250 at 1 ,000 rates. Postage free, except where noted. 



