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



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]|/| iscellaneous 



For Autumn Planting. 



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ACHIMENES. 



Bulbs. 



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♦ AL5TR0MERIA. ♦ 



Peruvian Lilies. Tuberous-rooted 

 plants, robust and abundant blooming, 

 with beautiful, large lily-like T.owcrs of 

 great beauty, borne in clusters during the 

 summer; colors, crimson, rose, yellow, 

 purple, etc., shaded and marked. They 

 are splendid for cutting, being of much 

 substance and lasting in perfection for a 

 long time. Splendid subjects for either 

 pot culture or for planting out in frames. 



2 to 4 feet. (See cut.) 



Mixed Varieties. (Ready in Novemler.) 

 10c. each, Toe. per doz. 



♦ ♦ ALLIUM. ♦ ♦ 



The varieties we offer are among the most 

 beautiful for pot culture or garden decora- 

 tion. They are of the easliest culture. 

 Azureum. Truly beautiful, either for 

 pot or garden culture, being quite hardy, 

 flowers deep azure bhie, borne in large 

 umbels ; height, 1 to 8 feet. 15c. each, $1.40 

 per doz. 

 Aureum (Moly or Golden Allium.) 

 One of our most showy border plants, 

 perfectly hardy, bearing large golden yel- 

 low flowers in June. A very old favorite, 

 and fine for naturalizing in the garden, 

 where it forms large cluni"s; height 1 

 foot. 3 for luc, 25c. per doz., '$1.50 per 100. 

 Hermitti Crancl.iorum. A splendid 

 winter-flowering and forcing variety ; the 

 flowers last a long time after being cut. 

 The flowers are large, of immaculate 

 whiteness, and continue to bloom from 

 December to the end of April. (See cut.) 



3 for lOc, 25c. per doz., $1.35 per IW. 

 Neapolitanum. Another excellent var- 

 iety for winter flowering now extensively 

 forced by.florists for cut flowers, being of 

 pure white with green staments, borne in 

 large loose umbels ; height, 15 to 18 inches. 

 3 for lOc, 25c. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 



Ostrowsklanum. A beautiful new 

 species from Asia Minor, with large heads 

 of beautiful rose colored flowers on stalks 

 2 feet high ; very early, free flowering and 

 hardy. 15c. each, $1.25 per doz. 



These are splendid and profuse summer-blooming plants for tho 

 conservatory or window decoration ; flowers of many charming 

 colors ranging through all shades from white to crimson, including 

 many that are beautifully spotted. 

 Mixed Varieties. (Ready in November.) 10c. each, $1.00 per doa. 



AQAPANTHUS 

 UHBELLATUS. 



The Great African Lily. 



These are noble ornaments 

 in pots or tubs for lawns, ter» 

 races or piazzas or for the 

 decoration of the greenhouse. 

 Foliage luxuriant and gfraceful; 

 flowers bright blue, borne in 

 clustersof2Jto 30, and measure 

 fully a foot across. The flower 

 stalks frequently attain a 

 height of 3 feet, the flowers 

 opening in succession for a long 

 period during the summer 

 and autumn. iS,e cut ) Keady 

 in Nov,mbcr. 15c. each, $1.50 

 per doz. Add /or postage, 5c. 

 each, extra if wanted by fnail. 



AG\PANTHUS 



ALLIUM GKANDIFLOKUM. 



