PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— SUPERIOR BULBS-WHOLESALE. 



FREESIA REFRACT A ALBA. 



(Ready for Delivery in August.) 



Popular bulbs, flowering in the winter and spring. They force readily and can 

 be had in bloom by Christmas if desired and a continuous display of bloom may be 

 kept up through the winter by proper handling. The flowers— white with a yellow 

 throat — are produced 6 to 8 on stems about 9 inches high, and are particularly 

 useful for cutting, remaining in good condition if kept in water for two weeks. 

 Mammoth Bulbs, -J in. up, 25c. doz., $1 50 per 100. $12.00 per 1000. 

 Extra Size Bulbs, ' in. up, 20c. doz.. $1 25 per 100. $10 00 per 1000. 



The smaller trade sizes we no longer offer. 



NEW GIANT WHITE FREESIA. 



" FISCHER'S PURITY." 



A distinct and greatly improved type producing large sprays of purest snow- 

 white flowers of immense size and deliciously fragrant; it is very free blooming 

 and of great value for forcing for cut flowers. 



California Grown " Purity" (Augusl Delivery) Mammoth Bulbs, 40c. doz.; $2 75 

 per 100; $26 00 per 1000. Large Bulbs, 35c. doz.; $2.50perl00; $24.00 per 

 1000. 



European Grown " Purity " (September Delivery) First size Bulbs, 25c. doz.; $1 .75 



per 100; $16.00 per 1000. 

 Freesia Leichtlinii Major. The improved yellow Freesia, 20c. doz.; $1.25 per 100; 



$10.00 per 1000. 



WHITE CALLAS.— DRY BULBS. 



(Ready for shipment — August to November.) 



The dry bulbs are superior for forcing purposes as they come into bloom quickly 

 and require less room — making less foliage. Dry bulbs will flower nearly twice as 

 abundantly as plants that have been kept growing or only semi-dormant. 



Price, Extra Size Bulbs, 2 inches in diameter, $1 00 per doz.; $8 00 per 100; 

 $75.00 per 1000. 



The Godfrey Ever Blooming Calla. This new hybrid is a true ever-blooming 

 variety. A good plant produces an astonishing quantity of large, snow-white, 

 slightly fragrant flowers. Compared with the ordinary white Calla, it gives three 

 flowers to one, the flower being equally large, of perfect form and very much 

 whiter. Properly treated, the same plant will grow and bloom without ceasing. 

 The plant is of dwarf, compact, strong growth, about 18 inches high, with an 

 abundance of dark green leaves. Dormant bulbs, 15c. each. $1 50 per doz. or 

 delivered $10.00 per 100. $85 00 per 1000. 



FOR OTHER VARIETIES OF CALLAS, SEE PAGE 15. 



Allium Neapolitanu/w Grandiflorum. 



An important bulbous plant for forcing for cut flowers in winter. The 

 blossoms — snowy white with green stamens — are borne in large umbels; 

 they may be had in flower from Dec. to April. Height, 15 to 18 in. [ Price, 

 largest bulbs, 20c. doz.. $1 .25 per 100. $10 00 per 1000. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



Expected for Shipment Early in November . 

 HENDERSON'S GIANT GERMAN. The finest grade of Lily of the 

 Valley pips in the world for forcing. They will bear twelve to sixteen 

 large bells on strong stalks with splendid foliage even when' forced for extra 

 early; they are equally superior for later or successional crop's. The pips 

 are strictly 3-year old. They average large, plump and regular, with extra 

 long roots. They are tied 25 pips to a bundle, and packed 100 bundles 

 (2500 pips) to a case. 



Henderson's Giant German, $1.85 per 100. $17.00 per 1000. 10.000 lots at 

 $16.00 per 1000. 



Fortin's Giant. The largest flowering type, for open ground only. 30c. 

 per doz., $2.00 ^per 100, $18.00 per 1000. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY CLUMPS. 



Large clumps for open ground planting 20c. each, $1 . 75 doz., $14 . 00 per 100. 



SPIREA OR ASTILBE. 



LARGE IMPORTED CLUMPS SUITABLE FOR FORCING. 



(For Shipment in November.) 



Gladstone. A new, large flowering Spiraea Japonica — an improvement 

 over all other white-flowering Spiraeas — and one of the most beautiful 

 winter and spring flowering pot plants grown; the immense trusses- of 

 flowers are as white as snow, and are borne on erect, strong stalks 

 18 inches high. Well-grown plants bear 25 to 40 of these plume-like 

 trusses, practically enveloping the plant with a feathery foam; large 

 imported clumps. $1 .25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. 



The New Pink Spiraea " Peach Blossom." This beautiful rosy pink 

 variety is of the same dwarf compact habit as " Gladstone." It forces 

 equally as well under the same cultural conditions, only it 'comes 

 into bloom a few days later. If slightly shaded when coming in to 

 bloom the color will be brought out to perfection. Well grown pots of 

 it in bloom are very attractive and salable. Strong clumps' of' the true 

 deep rosy pink strain; -$1.50 per doz.. $10.00 per 100, $'.10.00- per 1000. 



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Six bulbs of one variety. sold at dozen rates; 25 at 100 rates; 250 at 1,000 rates. Postage will be extra on bulbs wanted by mail. 



