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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE LIST OF PLANTS. 



AZALEAS. 



(For Shipment about October 20th.) 



We have made special arrangements with the largest grower of 

 Azaleas in Belgium, and take pleasure in offering for delivery in the 

 Fall of 1905, 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. Azaleas are growing 

 in favor yearly, as the great demand this season proves. It is to your 

 interest to order now and take advantage of the low prices we offer. 



They are shapely specimens and will make splendid plants for winter 

 and spring decoration. These plants will be carefully packed and can be 

 safely sent by freight if shipped before Nov. 10th. 



We offer the following varieties: 



Mme. Van der Cruyssen, Niobe, Deutcshe Perle, Mme, C. Van Langen 

 hove, Vervaeneana, Empress of India, Helen Thielman, and Simon Mard 

 ner. A fair proportion of Vervaeneana and white sorts supplied with 

 each order. 



Per doz. Per 100 



10 to 12 inch heads $4.50 $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. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. (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 or- 

 namental. Price, 12 to 15 inches high, 3 tiers, 75c. each, $7.50 per 

 doz.; 15 to 18 inches high $1.00 each, $10 00 per doz. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. 



The fronds are frequently four feet long, a rich shade of green, retaining their 

 freshness for weeks after being cut. Price, 2-inch pots, 75c. per doz., $5 00 

 per 100; 3-inch pots, $8.00 per 100. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



Bright green leaves, gracefully arched and as finely woven as silken mesh- 

 retaining their freshness for weeks when cut. Price, 2-inch pots, 75c. per doz.' 

 $5.00 per 100; 3-inch pots, $8.00 per 100. 



**** CARNATIONS. **** 



(FIELD GROWN.) 

 Cardinal. A grand, new dazzling, scarlet. $20.00 per 100. 

 Enchantress. Beautiful light pink. $10.00 per 100. 

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

 Ethel Crocker. Deep, rich pink, large flowers. 

 Q. H. Crane. Rich scarlet, fine stem and flowers. 

 Governor Roosevelt. Brilliant crimson, shaded maroon. 

 Gov. Wolcott. Pure white, a fine sort. 



Harlowarden. The best rich crimson carnation in commerce. 

 Harry Fenn. Very rich crimson maroon. 

 J. H. Manley. Intensely bright scarlet. 



Mrs. M. A. Patten. White, striped and penciled with bright red. A grand 



sort. $12.00 per 100. 

 Mrs. Franz Joost. Color, a beautiful rich salmon pink. 



Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson. Purest rose-pink, brilliant under artificial light. 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Prosperity. The ground color is white, irregularly overlaid with rosy pink. 

 $10 00 per 100. 



Queen Louise. Clear, snowy white, large flowers. 



The Bride. Purest white, splendid stem and foliage, apparently immune 



against disease. The flowers run from 3 to 3i inches across. 

 Wm. Scott. Large flowers, deep pink, long stem. 



Price, $8.00 per 100 (except where noted). 



New Anemone-Flowered Paris Daisy. 



The flowers are from 2J to 3 inches in diameter, pure white, the greater 

 percentage coming full double, not unlike an Anemone-flowered Japanese 

 Chrysanthemum, but even the semi-double and single flowers, which appear 

 on the same plant, are very handsome. This is a great improvement on the 

 single " Paris Daisy," and should be in every collection. 15c. each, $1.50 

 per dozen .$10.00 per 100. 



NEPHROLEPIS SCOTTI. 



(The above picture is a photograph of a large specimen plant.) 



It is in essence a condensed form of the Boston fern, with valuable char- 

 acteristics added, which are not evident in the parent, an average plant in an 

 8-inch pot having 200 fronds. The fronds of the plant described average about 

 20 inches in length and 3 inches in width at the widest point ; the pinnae are 

 very closely set, so that they overlap, making a more finished frond than the 

 parent. The plant in question had a spread of three feet. Plants in 4-inch 

 pots showed a spread of 18 inches and a height of 10 to 12 inches. It has a 

 crispness and hardness about it which is superior to the parent, and because of 

 the fact that its character is established in the smallest size, it should find 

 ready sale at all grades. (See cut.) 



Price, plants from 2-inch pots, $2.00 per doz.; 3-inch pots, $3.00 per doz.; 

 4-inch pots, $4.50 per doz.; 5-inch pots, $7.50 per doz.; 6-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONII ELEGANTISSIMA. 



This is a sport from the Pierson Fern, in which the plumy peculiarity of 

 the original form is even more distinctly developed than in the original, the 

 side pinnae being again subdivided and standing at ris>ht angles to the direction 

 of the midrib, makes both sides of the frond equally beautiful, while, at the 

 same time, the plant is of much more compact habit, growing only one-half 

 as tall, but with the fronds nearlv twice as wide, making it a much more de- 

 sirable plant for all purposes. (See cut.) Price, 2-inch pots. $3.00 per doz.; 

 3-inch pots, $5.00 per doz.; 5-inch pots, $1.00 each; 6-inch pots, $1.50 each. 



THE BOSTON FERN. 



In well grown specimens the fronds attain a length of six or seven feet, like 

 plumes arching over in every direction, in a most graceful manner. Price, 

 plants from 7-inch pots, 75c. each; 6-inch pots, 50c. each; 5-inch pots. 35c. 

 each, $3.50 per doz.; 4-inch pots, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz.; 3-inch pots, $8.00 

 per 100; 2-inch pots, $5.00 per 100. 



THE PIERSON FERN. 



A new form of the Boston Fern. The pinnae subdividing making miniature 

 fronds, which are superimposed on the main fronds, looking as if two or even 

 three were condensed in one. They are graceful beyond description, feathery, 

 plumy; nothing describes them better than Ostrich Plumes. 



Price, 2-inch pots, 15c. each. $1.50 per doz.; 3-inch pots. 20c. each, $2.00 

 per doz.; 6-inch pots, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz.; 7-inch pots, 75c. each, $7.50 

 per doz. 



ASSORTED FERNS. 



A nice assortment for filling pans. Pric 

 per 100; from 3-inch pots, $6.00 per 100. 



plants from 2-inch pots. $3.00 



GARDENIA FLORIDA. 



Cape Jessamine. The best of all Gardenias, and now much sought after 

 boutonnieres. It is invaluable on account of its sweetly fragrant, double 

 white flowers Price, $3.00 per doz. 



