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Title: Autumn bulbs : 1894
Identifier: autumnbulbs189418pete (find matches)
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.-BULBS. 23
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dridRTLLIS. THE BAKBADOES "SPICE LILT.' Ar\AKYlUS— CONTINUED. Belladonna Major (Belladonna Lily). An autumn-blooming va- riety of extreme beauty and fragrance. The spikes grow from 2 to 3 feet high, each carrying from six to a dozen beautiful flowers "Sweet as Lilies," of silvery white, flushed and tipped with rose. Extra large bulbs 15c. each, $1.50 doz. Postage, 5c. per bulb extra. For Amaryllis Atamasco, Rosea, Candida and Texana see " Zephyranthes" ; for A. Sarniensis see Nerine " ; for A. Lutea see " Sternbergia ; for A. Pur- purea see " Vallota." . . . dNOn/TTHEC^ . . . Omenta. A charming plant for either pot culture or for blooming out of doors, hardy south of Washington, but requiring the protection of a cold frame in cold climates ; their dwarf stature, brilliant and profuse bloom continued for a long period render them very popular; flowers bright rosy carmine, blotched with crimson ; height, $£ foot. 5c. each, 50c. doz , $3.50 100. . . . dRUfl bR/KUNCULUS ... Flowers one foot long, purple, red and black-blue ; stem beautifully marbled, leaves handsome, resembling a small palm ; a rapid grower, making a curious and ornamental pot plant. 10c. each, $1.00 doz. Postage, 2c. per bulb extra. tEfyc 3arbaboes "Spice £ily" .. A VARIETY OF AMARYLLIS JOHNSONII. Shown in colors on the front cover of this Catalogue. aONGENIAL conditions—climate and soil—produce a strong-growing variety of Amaryllis, popularly known in the West India Isles as "The Spice Lily." Probably the most magnificent and gorgeous flower- ing bulbous plants known. Their immense flowers, rich-- ness of coloring and regal habit are simply incomparable. The bulbs are very large, 9 to 15 inches in circumference, and produce with great certainty extra-strong spikes of bloom, from 18 inches to 3 feet high, bearing enormous- trumpet-shaped flowers, averaging 6 to 10 inches across, of great substance, of rich and glowing scarlet, intensified! by contrasting with the wide white stripe through each petal. For pot culture in the window, conservatory or greenhouse they are well adapted, and when in bloom in the winter and spring months no flower can approach their beauty—spikes frequently each bearing i to 8 flowers. Often 2 and 3 spikes are produced at one time. (See cut.) 85c. each,$3.50 doz. Postage, 5c. per bulb extra. dndRYLLIS Formosissima (Jacoboean Lily). A quaintly shaped beautiful flower of grand dark scarlet, free blooming, forces well and can be grown in water like Hyacinths; if the bulbs are kept dry during winter, they can be planted in the open ground in the spring, and will flower during the summer. 15c. each, $1.50 doz. Postage, 3c. per bulb extra. AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA MAJOB. 6 sold at dozen rates, 25 at 100 rates. Postage free except where noted.

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