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| Keywords: Peter Henderson and Co.'s August to December 1901 wholesale catalogue of bulbs, plants and seeds, tools, fertilizers, insecticides, and requisites for the greenhouse, garden and farm (16855417072).jpg PETER HENDERSON CO NEW YORK � WHOLESALE TRADE LIST OF PLANTS <br> 21 <br> 111 <br> SINGLE WHITE PRIMROSE <br> CHINESE PRIMROSES <br> For winter flowers there is no more desirable plant than <br> the Chinese Primrose They are easily grown and flower <br> incessantly throughout the winter Our plants are raised <br> from the finest seed specially saved in a private establish- <br> ment in Europe All the Primulas offered are growing in <br> 3-inch pots d j t <br> J r Per doz Per ioo <br> Primulus Single White i oo 6 oo <br> Scarlet i oo 6 oo <br> Coccinea Magnifica scarlet oo 6 oo <br> Striped i oo 6 oo <br> Fern Leaf Mixed i oo 6 oo <br> Ordinary Mixed o 75 5 co <br> Double White 1 25 8 00 <br> THE BABY PRIMROSE <br> A very attractive variety blooming most profusely during <br> the winter and spring; in fact it blooms continuously for <br> nine months The sprays of rosy lilac flowers are very <br> graceful and exceedingly useful for cut flowers It is easily <br> grown in the house 1 00 per doz 6 00 per 100 <br> PRHIIIA OBCOMCA <br> A favorite pot plant for house and conservatory culture <br> on account of its wonderful blooming qualities flowering <br> nearly all the year through 1 00 per doz 6 00 per 100 <br> VIOLET MARIE LOUISE <br> Winter Flowering <br> The well-known double-purple variety We offer strong <br> healthy pot-grown plants so that any grower should have <br> no difficulty in handling them Price 8 00 per 100 <br> HARDY ENGLISH VIOLET <br> Spring Blooming <br> This Violet is entirely hardy perfectly double a deep <br> violet color and most deliciously fragrant It surpasses the <br> well-known Marie Louise Violet in richness of color <br> being many shades darker and far excels it in its delight- <br> ful odor; this is one of its greatest merits See Cut <br> Price first size flowering clumps from frames 2 00 per <br> doz 15 00 per 100 <br> SINGLE VIOLETS <br> California Large deep purple fragrant flowers Price <br> plants from 2-inch pots 75c per doz 5x0 per 100 <br> VIOLETS � Com in ikd <br> Admiral Avellan Distinct bright-reddish flowers of large size <br> very fragrant <br> La Fra nce Rich velvet-blue; a strong grower deliciously scented <br> Luxorne Rich violet-purple; stems 9 to 12 inches; very sweet ' <br> Princes of Wales Grand variety glossy violet- blue; intensely fragrant <br> Large plants from open ground JS co per 100 <br> GENISTA RACEIMOSUS <br> We offer a nice lot of plants from 5-inch pots which will make good <br> Easter plants Price 3x0 per doz <br> MARANTA KERCHOVEANA <br> A splendid greenhouse plant; rich green foliage with irregular choco- <br> late markings; very useful for jardinieres and fern dishes We offer fine <br> plants from 3-inch pots at 1 00 per doz 8 00 per 100 <br> POINSETTIA PULCHERRIDIA <br> This is the plant which produces the large clusters of red leaves or <br> flowers which are seen in all the flower stores at Christmas We offer <br> fine plants from 4-inch pots price 3CC each 3 00 per doz ; fiom 3-inch <br> pots 2cc each 2 00 per doz <br> HARDY-WHITE PINK Her Majesty <br> This is one of the firest hardy pinks in any color yet raised and can <br> not fail to please all lovers of fine flowers It has become most popular- <br> and is grown by the acre to supply the demand for cut flowers Low- <br> growing with flowers of the purest white as large as a Carnation and <br> of rich clove fragrance Price clumps S oo per 100 <br> HARDV PINK ABBOTSFORD <br> Similar to above but bearing deep pink flowers Price clumps 8 co <br> P er IO °- SItllLAX <br> Familiar to every one Easily grown if trained to strings or stakes <br> Strong plants from 2-inch pots 2x0 per 100; 18 to per ioc o <br> SP1R 1CA ANTHONY WATERER <br> Perhaps no hardy plant of recent introduction combines so many good <br> qualities as this It is well adapted for edging shrubbery forming as it <br> does a low bushy plant rarely exceeding twelve inches The flowers <br> are of the richest carmine crimson borne in dense flat clusters in pro- <br> fusion from early summer to frost It is valuable for pot culture Price <br> plants from open ground ready Oct 15 2 00 per doz ; 12 co per 100 <br> SELAGINELLA EMI LI ANA <br> The best of the species for filling jardinieres or growing as single <br> specimens; it is exceedingly ornamental Price 2-inch pots 60c per <br> doz 4 00 per 100; 4 inch pots 2 co per doz <br> SELAGINELLA C 1CSI A ARBOREA <br> The tree variety; bronze-blue foliage; a very useful variety Price <br> fine plants from 5-inch pots I4 00 per doz <br> PETES HENOERSCN CO 42318944 133706 66577 Page 21 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42318944 1901 10 5962/bhl title 66577 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; 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