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



Henderson's Modern HERBACEOUS PEONIES. 



A SELECTION FROM THE WOKLD'S NEWEST AND BEST VARIETIES. 



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WITHIN the past few years this magnificent section of hardy herbaceous flowering plants has been brought into very prominent notice because of the general 

 improvement in varieties of comparatively recent origin. In these newer sorts the flowers have attained immense proportions, reaching in some instances 

 the large size of seven to nine inches in diameter and five to six inches in depth. The range of color is also so varied that almost every tint of pink, white, 

 red, crimson and even yellow is comprised in the list. The vigor and habit of the plants have been so improved that stems two and one-half to three feet in length, 

 and sufficiently strong to properly support the immense blooms, are now grown. There is an element of practical, permanent value in the Peony; that is, the 

 plants once purchased and planted in suitable soil, continue to increase in size and profusion of bloom, and pay a generous annual dividend in the way of an 

 enormous crop of magnificent, deliciously fragrant blooms that are unsurpassed for decorating purposes. 



OUR DEPARTURE IN OFFERING PEONIES: It is the rule among most sellers of Peonies to send out divided roots, that is older plants cut into several 3 

 to 5 crowned roots. These of course can be sold at a lower price, but all Peony purchasers should know that normal or characteristic flowers of maximum size will 

 not be produced on these divided roots for two or three years. As most of our customers prefer to pay a little more and get older undivided roots therefore we 

 are this year offering roots of 1,2, and 3 years growth from the divided stage. These according to age, will give a greater quantity of perfect bloom the succeeding 

 summer if planted between September 1 and November 1. 



FOR SHIPMENT SEPTEMBER 1st TO NOVEMBER 15th. 



PRICE EACH (purchaser paying transit) 



1 year 2 year 

 old old 



WHITE 



Duchesse De Nemours (Calot). Medium size, cup-shaped 



bloom, pure white, fragrant. Very vigorous, free bloomer. 



Early if. 65 $ .90 



Alba Sulphurea (Calot). Large, globular, cream white with 



center slightly flecked red. Odor pleasant. Tall, erect. 



Midseason | .65 .90 



Couronne D'or (Calot). Large, flat, rose type, pure white 



with yellow stamens tipped carmine. Medium tall, good, 



free bloomer. Late midseason .65 .90 



Madame Crousse (Calot). Large, globular, crown type, pure 



white with very faint crimson spots in center, fragrant. 



Medium height. Late midseason i .65 .90 



Marie Lemoine (Calot). Large, very compact, rose type, pure 



white with cream white center. Odor pleasant. Medium 



height, extra strong stems. Late i .65 .90 



WHITE SUFFUSED WITH YELLOW 



Grandiflora Carnea Plena (Lemon). Medium to large, loose 

 crown type, lilac white, fragrant. Early .30 



Lutea Plenissima (Buyck). Medium size, loose, crown type . 

 sulphur white crown with cream white collar, fragrant. Tall 

 vigorous grower. Midseason ' .65 .90 



Prolifera Tricolor (Lemon). Medium size, very loose, anem-J 

 one type, white tinted pink with sulphur yellow center, 

 fragrant. Medium height. Late midseason | .65 .90 



Marie (Calot). Medium size, flat, compact, rose type, lilac 



white fading to milk white, fragrant. Very tall. Late 1 .65 .90 



3 year 

 old 



$1.25 



1.25 



1.75 



1 .75 



1.25 



1.25 

 1 .25 



PRICE EACH (purchaser paying transit) 



WHITE WITH CRIMSON MARKINGS 



Festiva Maxima (Miellez). Very large, full, rose type, pure- 

 white with crimson spots in center. Very tall, strong, stiff 

 stems. Early $ 



Madame De Verneville (Crousse) . Very large, very full, per-t 

 feet bomb-shaped bloom, pure white with center petals blush 

 tipped carmine, fragrant. Extra strong growing plant, 

 medium height. Midseason 



Avalanche (Crousse). Large, compact, crown type, creamy 

 white flecked carmine, fragrant. Strong grower. Late 

 midseason 



La Tulipe (Calot). Large, flat, rose type, lilac white with outer 

 petals striped crimson, fragrant. Very tall and strong 

 grower. Late 



1 1 year:2 year 3 year 

 old old old 



FLESH PINK FADING TO WHITE 



Achille (Calot). Large, rose type bloom, shell pink fading to 

 lilac white. Odor pleasant. Erect, tall. Early 



Octave Demay (Calot). Very large, flat, crown type, pale hy- 

 drangea pink with collar almost white, fragrant. Very- 

 dwarf plant with strong stout stems. Early 



Madame Calot (Miellez). Very large, rose type, very pale 

 pink with center shaded darker silver tint, very fragrant. 

 Tall, strong, upright. Midseason 



James Kelway (Kelway). Very large, loose, rose type, rosy 

 white changing to milk white, tinged yellow at base of petals 

 fragrant. Strong grower, tall. Late midseason 



65 



65 



90 



.65 



.30 



Eft) 



.65 



1.75 



S .90 $1 .75 



.90 1.75 



1.25 



.90 



.115 



1.25 



.90 



2 75 



1.75 



1.25 



1.75 



I 1 - n / 1 1 • r«.( i n ' < Mf\t\t*m PpntllPC are tn ' 5 feason offered in color classes, each class containing Early Medium and Late flowering; varieties, 

 I ICIlUClSvll S /YIUUCIII rCUIIlCS to aid customers In selecting; from their favorite colors for a succession of bloom. 



