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MSGH GRADE BUILBS FOR AUTOMM FLAMTIMG 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



Double Early Tulips 



Including Beautiful New Varieties. 



Remember that our Tulip Bulbs are Selected Largest Size, not 

 "Seconds" so often sent out at a lower price. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR DOUBLE EARLY TULIPS. 



The letters A,B,C, etc., following the varieties indicate their earliness of bloom, the A's flower together and are the 

 earliest B's follow before the A's are out of bloom, etc. The height is indicated in inches to aid in arranging flower beds. 



Double Tulips have massive flowers of bril- 

 liant and varied colors, shades and markings and 

 being double, the flowers last much longer in 

 ■bloom than single varieties and, in consequence 

 when singles and doubles are planted in conjunction 

 the "time of the Tulips" is greatly prolonged. Double 

 Tulips are beautifully adapted for beds on the lawn, in the garden, and for 

 mingling in clumps of a dozen or more around the edges of shrubbery. When 

 bedded it is generally advisable to use only one variety to a bed for best ef- 

 fect — though the following work well together. Boule de Neige (white). Im- 

 perator Rubrorum (scarlet). Crown of Gold (yellow. Salvator Rosa (pink.) 

 Double Tulip bulbs are planted 5 to 6 inches apart — the minimum distance 

 for solid mass of color — the depth should be according to the soil, in heavy 

 soils 3 to 4 inches to the base cf the bulbs and in light soils an inch or so deeper. 

 The early sorts (those indicated by "A" or "B") do splendidly when grown 

 in pots or pans of soil for winter blooming; but must be forced much slower than 

 Single Early Tulips by keeping them cooler. Those marked "A" should not 

 be forced into blocm befoore the middle of January, the "B's" before February 

 and the "C's" before March. The bulbs are potted in the autumn and plunged 

 in the open ground, cold frame or placed in a cool airy cellar, until rooted. By 

 bringing in a few pots at intervals cf 10 days or two weeks a succession of bloom 

 may be maintained throughout the winter. A five-inch pot will take 3 or 4 bulbs, 

 a six-inch pot 5 or 6 bulbs and a seven-inch pot or pan will take 7 or 8 bulbs. 

 When "forced" in quantity for cut flowers the bulbs are placed nearly touching 

 each other in-shallow boxes of soil, then treated the same as potted bulbs. 

 A very satisfactory and easy way of growing tulips in the house is in "Hen- 



derson's Prepared Fibre" (offered on 2d page of cover) Full directions are 

 given in our Booklet "How to Grow Bulbs in Henderson's Prepared Fibre" free 

 to customers on request. 



For free delivery in the U. S. 

 within 300 miles of N. Y. add 6c. for lsldoz.then2c.doz. 



" 1000 ' 8c. " " " be. " 



over 1000 " " " 10c. to every doz. 



Boule de Neige. Z5-10 in. Magnificent large peony-like 

 flowers of pure whilte; forces splendidly 



Cherry Ripe. C-12 in. Beautiful large double flowers of 

 cherry-red, blended with carmine rose, with a satiny sheen 



Cochineal. C-6 in. Brilliant scarlet — the largest and best 

 double of its color 



Crown of Gold. (Couronne d' Or.) B-12 in. Large flower 

 very double, rich golden-yellow, shaded orange A fine 

 garden tulip and one of the best double yellows for winter 

 forcing 



Crown of Roses. (Couronne des Roses ) C-12 in. A magni 

 ficent tulip ; large, very double of a rich, dark, satiny, rose 

 carmine color, shaded cerise, fine bedder 



Duke of York. C-12 in. Lovely variety, very double, car- 

 mine-rose, edged broadly with white, suffused rose 

 showy fine 



Gloria Solis. B-14 in. A grand flower, deep crimson 

 with broad golden margin, very large 



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