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PETER HEXDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— PLAXTS. 



Plant Department. 



• • • AZ i\LE-A.!^. • • 



We offer for delivery in the Fall of 190S, f.o.b. New York City, Indian Azaleas, 

 double and single, all named varieties, leading market kinds, shapely plants, well 

 headed, at the prices quoted below. This is a specially low import offer, both as 

 to sizes and prices, and your early order is solicited. 



These plants will be carefully packed and can be safely sent by freight if shipped 

 before Nov. 10th. {Ready about October 2Qth.) 



Mme. Van der Cruyssen, Niobe, Deutsche Perle, Mme. C. Van Langenhove, \er- 

 vaeneana, Empress of India, Helen Thielraan, and Simon .'Hardner. 



Per doz. Per 100 



10 to 12 inch heads S4.50 $35.00 



12 to 14 ■■ " ....6.00 45.00 



14 to 15 " - 7.00 55.00 



6 sold at dozen rates, 25 at 100 rates. 



HA-RDTT A.ZA.I^£A.S. 



A fine collection, single and double plants from 

 5 and 6 inch pots. Price, So. 00 per doz. 



AR.AUCA.R.IA £XCEIvSA. 



Norfolk Island Pine. 

 Deep green, feathery foliage arranged in whorls, 

 rising one above the other at regular distances. It 

 is easily grown and is highly ornamental. (.See cut.) 

 Price, 12 to 15 inches, high 3 tiers, S6.00 per doz.; 15 

 to 18 inches high, S9.00 per doz. 



A.SPA.R7VGUS .STPRENGER.!. 



The fronds are frequently four feet long, a rich 

 shade of green, retaining their freshness for weeks 

 after being cut. Price, 4-inch pots, S2.00 per doz.; 

 3-inch pots, SI. 00 per doz., S8.00 per 100; 2-inch pots, 

 75c. per doz., S6.00 per 100. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



Bright green leaves, gracefully arched and as 

 finely woven as silken mesh, retaining their fresh- 

 ness for weeks when cut. Price, 4-inch pots, S2.00 

 per doz.; 2-inch pots, 7oc. per doz., S6.00 per 100. 



CL,£MATIS PANICX7LATA. 



Probably the most popular flowering vine now in 

 commerce, covered during the late summer with 

 clusters of pure white, fragrant, star-like flowers; 

 these are succeeded by the silky seed vessels which 

 f^toon the vine. We offer pot-grown plants from 

 3-inch pots. Price, 75c. per doz., S6.00 per 100. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



We offer iine bushy plants well branched and 

 budded. They are about li ft. high, double 

 white, double pink, double red and double varie- 

 gated. Price, S7.50 per doz., S60.00 per 100. 

 (Ready October 25th.) 



CARNATIONS. 



AR.^UCAEIA BXCELSA, 





NEW DOUBLE 

 BLUE LODBLIA 



(Field Grown.) 



tiKW VAR.IETIES. 



Aristocrat. Deep, brilliant cerise pink; long 

 stems, flowers 3 to 3i inches in diameter; a very 

 early bloomer. Price, SIO.OO per 100. 



White Perfection. A grand white variet>', large 



flowers, long stems; in every way a fine sort. 



Price, SIO.OO per 100. 



Winsor. Light silvery pink, intermediate in color between Mrs. Thos. W. 



Lawson and Enchantress. Splendid habit, grand flowers, never bursts the caljTi; 



larger than Lawson and stem just as stiff. One of the most valuable Carnations. 



Price, SIO.OO per 100. 



STANDARD VARIETIES. 

 Enchantress. Beautiful light pink. The leading variety. 

 El Dorado. Rich yellow, striped and penciled bright red. 

 Daheim. Brilliant crimson with maroon shadings. 



Harry Fenn. Verj- rich crimson-maroon. The best of the dark sorts. 

 J. H. Manley. Intensely bright scarlet. A good all-round sort. 

 .Mrs. Al. A. Patten, 'miite, striped and penciled with bright red. A grand sort. 

 Mrs. Thos. \\ . Lawson. Brilliant rose-pink. 



Queen Louise. Clear, snowy white, large flowers. .A very profuse bloomer. 

 Red Lawson. Very- deep carmine red. A valuable addition to the class. 

 Robert Craig. BrilUant scarlet, large flowers. / 



\ ictory. Rich, deep scarlet, very productive. 



Price, S8.00 per 100, from open ground. 



-VtriNTER FLCWTERING BEGONIAS. 



There are no more popular winter-flowering plants for growing in pots in green 

 house, conservatory and window garden, than these. We offer the following: 

 -Alba Picta, -Argentea Guttata, Bertha du C. Rocher, Marjorie Daw, Margueritae. 

 Metallica, Nitida, Otto Hacker, Purity, Rubra, Saundersonii, , Thurstonii. 

 Zulu King. Price, plants from 3-inch pots, 75c. per doz., $5.00 per ^0. 



NE-W DOUBLE BLUE LOBELIA. '' 



Kathleen Mallard. This beautiful and distinct Lobelia is a variety of L. speciosa 

 which originated from a chance seedling. The color is the most beautiful and 

 intense blue; the flowers reach } inch in diameter and literally cover the plant. 

 As a bedding plant it has proven most satisfactory. During the long dry spell 

 this summer it was always in good condition, veritable mounds of intensely dark 

 blue. (.See cut.) Price, plants from 3-inch pots, S1.50 per doz. 



