16 PETER HENDERSOX & CO., NEW YORK. — HIGH GRADE BULBS.— WHOLESALE. 



HENDERSON'S . - 

 . - HIGH GRADE 



EASTER LILY BULBS. 



We advise all forcers of lilies to divide their orders this year between Bermuda Easter Lily Bulbs and Japan Easter Lily Bulbs. 

 Take the Bermudas for early forcing, and Japan stock for late forcing. There will be such a small crop of Bermuda Bulbs (from one- 

 third to one-half of the usual crop), that prices have advanced very much. 



Henderson's H Q a R % E 



Bermuda Easter Lilv Bulbs. 



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(L, Longiflorum Var, ffarrisii*) 



Second Size Bulbs. 



( 5 to 7 inches in circumference. ) 



Doz. 



per 100 



per wou. 



.$0 liO 



$i 00 



$37 00 



First Size Bulbs. 



(7 to Q inches in circumference,) 



1 25 



8 oo 



75 00 



Extra Size Bulbs. 



(<f to II inches in circumference.) 



2 75 



20 00 





The TRUE Bermuda Easter Lily is our 

 Great Specialty. We were the pioneer 

 introducers of it and have always been 

 " Headquarters, " supplying the trade 

 generally and the large dealers both in 

 Europe and America. 



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Our Stock is True and Unmixed. Our strict 

 selection for years scur.s true and unmixed 

 stock. Growers cannot afford to force slock 

 mixed with Longi floru nis. even though the bulbs 

 were given to them, as they would flower so ir- 

 regularly as to occupy a bench the whole winter. 



We wish to lay particular stress upon 

 the size and quality of our Bulbs which 

 are larger, healthier and better than those 

 usually sold — for the reason that no expense 

 is spared in manuring and cultivating. 

 Experience having shown us that bulbs so 

 treated are incomparably superior to bulbs 

 grown on impoverished and unfertilized land 

 year after year, which constitutionally 

 weakens the bulbs and they give results 

 accordingly. This is the general practice — 

 especially among those who endeavor to 

 grow cheaply — to enable them to undersell. 



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The so-called Bermuda Lily disease is 

 primarily the result of reduced vitality 

 caused by insufficient plant food in the soil. 

 While there is no crop of bulbs on the island 

 entirely free from the disease, yet we have 

 less of it in our fields than any other grower, 

 as we have always realized the importance 

 of proper fertilization. 



Henderson's 



GRADE 



1 JflrflN E0STER, LILY BULBS. 



(L. longiflorum var. Eximium.) 



Second Size Bulbs. 



f j to 7 inches in circumference.) 



Doz 



per 100 



per 1000 



$0 35 



$2 50 



$22 (K) 



First Size Bulbs. 



( 7 to Q inches in circumference.) 



0 50 



4 00 



K oo 



Extra Size Bulbs. 



(0 to 10 inches in circumference.) 



0 75 



5 75 



55 00 



LH.H M HAKKISII 



These Japanese grown Lilium Longi- 

 florum Bulbs are of great value for late 

 winter forcing — the large trumpet-shaped 

 snow white flowers, six to eight inches 

 long, are of great substance and durability, 

 and some florists prefer it to Harrisii for 

 late winter forcing on this account ; yet we 

 think the cool, slower forcing is the reason 

 of this. 



"SILVER LEAF" EASTER LILY. 



(Lilium longi florum foliis alba marginalisf) 



These make novel and elegant specimens 

 as pot plants when well grown, and are 

 particularly beautiful for Easter decoration 

 on account of the foliage being distinctly- 

 striped with silvery white ; in all other re- 

 spects the plants and flowers are the same 

 as Lilium Longiflorum. Every florist 

 should try a few of these this winter. 



Price, 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz ; $15.00 

 per 100. 



WHAT FLORISTS THINK OF HE ?'" E 5?^'g RA i, E BERmUDfl EASTER LILY BULBS. 



From GEORGE M. I.MMANS, Florist, 



Newton, N. J. 



. The stock I got from you (season 1897) is doing 

 much better than any I have had n the last three 

 years, which were purchased elsewhere. Last year 

 my bulbs turned out fully 40 per crni worthless : the 

 year before 30 per cent, and the year before that 2» 

 per cent., and I cnanged purchasing place on that 

 account every year. This season 1 got my bulbs from 

 you. and 1 am very much pleased with them. They 

 are as fine a lot of plants as any one could wish to see. 

 Trusting you may be able to keep your stock as free 

 from disease in the future as thi lot has turned nut, 

 I remain, Yours very respectfully. 



GEO. W. F M MANS. 



From CHRIS BF.SOLD, Carnation Grower and 

 HorWt. 



Ml.NEOLA, I.UNT, ISLAND. 



1 do not hesitate to say that the lot of Harrisiis I 

 bought from you this season (1897) are the best 1 re- 

 ceive i for a number of years. They are the nicest 

 looking plants that I have seen anywhere, and I am 

 glad that it is so, as this was the first time- I got my 

 Hainsiis from you and which will as9Ure you of getting 

 further orders. 



Yours very irulv. 



C. BESOLD. 



From WM. F. LAUCH, Florist. 



Cakrick, Pa. 



1 have been growing your Harrisii bulbs lor several 

 years. I ast season (1897) 1 di . iaed my order, plac- 

 ing one-half with you and the other half with another 

 prominent seedsman. Yours were the true Bermuda 

 Harrisii while the others were badly mixed with a 

 worihless variety which grew to enormous height 

 with a very small flower. S'our half were all of an 

 even size with flowers of excellent quality. I had the 

 honor of having the finest lilies in Pittsburgh from 

 your bulbs. There were but few of your plants dis- 

 eased — probably 50 in the whole batch of 6,000 bulbs. 

 \ ou will have my full order next season 



Yours truly, W. F. LAUCH. 



