Autumn catalogue - 1904 (1904) (20163286358)

Title: Autumn catalogue : 1904
Identifier: autumncatalogue119pete_0 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
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 Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables 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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ANEMONES^ "ST. BRIGID" ANEMONES CALLAS 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. Com- pared with the ordinary white Calla, it gives three flowers to one, the flowers 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. (jee cut.) Dormant bulbs, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. CALLA AETHIOPICA, or LILY OF THE NILE. This old favorite White Calla Lily is too well known to require any description. We offer dry roots, as they are supe- rior for forcing and winter- fiowering purposes they come into bloom quickly and require less room, mak- ing less foliage. First size bulbs, 15c. each, $1.50 doz. Extra size bulbs, 20c. each, $2.00 doz. Mammoth bulbs, 25c. each, $2.50 doz. Little Gem Calla Lily. This little pigmy rarely exceeds 12 inches in height and blooms most abundantly. The flowers are not m.ore than half the size of the common variety, and there- fore can be used with telling effect in bouquets. It is in every way superior as a house plant to the larger- growing variety. Dry bulbs, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., $5.00 per 100. Yellow Calla, Elliottiana. The finest Yellow Calla; large, rich, deep golden flowers often 4 to 5 inches across at the mouth; habit of growth and foliage like the old favorite White Calla excepting the leaves of El- liottiana are spotted with white. $2.00 each. Spotted Leaf Calla. (Rtck- ardia Alba Maculata.) Dark green leaves spotted with white ; in other respects the plant is similar to the old favorite white Calla, ex- cepting being of smaller habit. Large bulbs, ISc. each, $1.50 per doz. Highly ornamental winter, sprincj and summer flowering plants, having both single and double flowers, the colors of which are wonderfully beautiful, running through shades of blues, scarlets, rose, white, lavender, etc. For cutting they are- grand. They are splendid for pot culture, flowering in the: house or conservatory. Double Poppy-Howered. (Coronaria, ft. pi.) The flowers are very double, and surrounded with large guard) petals. Gorgeous colors, two or three colors usually being' blended in the flowers of each variety. Mixed colors. 4c each, 35c. doz.. $2.50 per 100. Single Poipy-Howe/ed. (Coronaria.) Large beautiful saucer-shaped Poppy-like blossoms, flowering contmuously throughout sprin-? and early summer. Mixedi colors. 3c. each, 25c. doz., $1.50 per 100. Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. Remarkable for their dis- tinct and very handsome large double flowers; the petals of which are regularly incurved, resembling an incurved chry- santhemum; the colors and shades are rich and varied. We- highly recommend them. Mixed colors. 8c. each, 80c. doz. $6.00 per 100. Fulgens. The rich, dazzling scarlet .flowers and light elegant growth render it the most attractive flower of spring. It is- valuable for cutting, as it lasts a long time. 4c. each, 40c_ doz.. $3.00 per 100. Fulgens, Double. A double-flowering variety of the above,. very beautiful. 4c. each, 35c. doz., $2.50 per 100. ST. BR13Il). Beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered anemones, pro- ducing in abundance large, single, semi-double and double flowers 3 to 5 inches across, of an endless variety of colors., from maroon and brightest scarlet to flesh pink, and from lilac to purple. Some are mottled,-striped, ringed, etc. For cutting they are unsurpassed, and in the parden they flower until after frost. 10c. each, $1.00 doz.. $7.00 per 100. ANEMONES—HARDY VARIETIES. These are beautiful subjects for permanent situations, where- they soon form large clumps of great beauty; a situation par-' tially shaded suits them to perfection. (Ready in November.) Apennina. Beautiful rich blue flowers, as large as a fifty-cent piece; elegantly cut foliage; it blooms profusely in early spring also beautiful grown in pats. 4 foot. 3c. each, 25c. doz.. $1.75 per 100. Blanda. The earliest and largest-flowered of the spring-bloom- ing Anemones, blooming with Snowdrop and Crocus; colors, range from pure white to deep blue. The flowers are 1^^ inches across. It is a lovely variety, and as hardy as a rock. It spreads itself in large clumps, grows freely. 4c. each„ 35c. doz., $2.50 per 100.
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The Yellow Calk;. "Elliottiana." THE GODFREY EVER-BLOO.MING CALLA. (For "Black Callas" and "Red Callas" see Arums, Paze 34.)