. Florists' wholesale catalogue. : seeds, bulbs, plants, &c. substance in large trusses. The Paper WhiteNarcissus is becoming very popular for growing in bowls ofwater like the Chinese Narcissus. In fact the Paper Whitegives so much better satisfaction than the Chinese Lilythat it is supplanting the latter for water culture. Price of extra sized bulbs, 13 centimeters and over, doz.; $ per 103. $ per 1000; lots at$8 50 per 1000. Price Largest Bulbs, 14 centimeters and over, 30c. perdoz.; $1.*_5 per 100; $ per 1000. White Callas-Dry Bulbs. (Now ready for shipment—Augu
. Florists' wholesale catalogue. : seeds, bulbs, plants, &c. substance in large trusses. The Paper WhiteNarcissus is becoming very popular for growing in bowls ofwater like the Chinese Narcissus. In fact the Paper Whitegives so much better satisfaction than the Chinese Lilythat it is supplanting the latter for water culture. Price of extra sized bulbs, 13 centimeters and over, doz.; $ per 103. $ per 1000; lots at$8 50 per 1000. Price Largest Bulbs, 14 centimeters and over, 30c. perdoz.; $1.*_5 per 100; $ per 1000. White Callas-Dry Bulbs. (Now ready for shipment—August to November). The dry bulbs are superior for forcing purposes, as theycome into bloom quickly and require less room—makingless foliage. Dry bulbs will flower nearly twice as abundantlyas plants that have been kept growing or only semi-dormant. Price, Extra Size Bulbs, H to 2 inches in diameter.$ per doz.; $ per 100; $ per 1000. For other Varieties of Callas,See Page 12. PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—SUPERIOR BULBS— HENDERSONS SUPERIOR Named Dutch Hyacinths. Strictly Top Roots. The highest grade of Bulbs produced in Holland—not Second size so often sent out as Firsts. In this grade we offer the largest and best bulbs that the varieties produce. Some kinds, ofcourse, make larger bulbs than others, but purchasers may rely on getting the pick of the crop. Theseselected top roots as the Hollanders call them, naturally cost a little more than the run of crop,but are worth the difference where largest spikes furnished with the greatest number of bells are de-sired for pots, glasses and exhibition, for the flowers of Hyacinths in an incipient form are storedin the hearts of the bulbs before maturity, exactly as they afterwards develop, so that if you purchaseyounger, cheaper bulbs, containing in embryo fewer bells on a spike, no system of culture can makethem produce more that season. Therefore, for the finest results the best, oldest and largest
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