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PETER HENDERSON & CO -FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 



"BOKHARA BELL FLOWERT 



(OstrowsMa magnified.) 

 This new Bell Flower is a plant of such a stately beauty that 

 every lover of hardy plants should grow it. It is a hardy peren- 

 nial herbaceous plant (flowering the second season from seed), 

 stately and beautiful. It forms a tall bush 3 to 5 feet high, sur- 

 mounted with enormous bell-shaped/ flowers 6 inches across, of an 

 exquisite lavender shade, veined with purple. It was unanimously 

 awarded a First Class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society 

 of London. (See cut.) Price per packet, 25 cts. 



F|ew FhI©x,"BalI ©f SteiPS." 



(P. Drummondi Cuspidata, "Light Ball.") 

 This new variety forms dense round plants not over 6 to 8 inches high, 

 and is fairly covered with star-shaped flowers similar to, though 

 slightly smaller than, those of Phlox " Star of Quedlinburg," which 

 has given such excellent satisfaction. The flowers are produced in 

 such profusion that none of the foliage shows excepting on the lower 

 part of the plant, making it truly a "Ball of Stars." 

 Price, per packet of mixed colors, 25 cts. 



Mignonette, Red Victoria. 



A very fine, distinct, profuse- 

 flowering variety of dwarf-branch- 

 ing habit, bearing large and com- 

 pact trusses of deep rod flowers, 

 very fragrant ; excellent for out- 

 door or pot culture. Packet, lUc. 



NEW ROSE COLORED 



ALPINE PRIMROSE. 



(Primula rosea.) 

 A new hard j- variety from Kash- 

 mir, totally distinct from any 

 other and a perfect gem . It throws 

 up spikes, sometimes as many as 

 12 to a plant, 4 to 6 inches high in 

 the spring, each spike surmounted 

 with heads of from 6 to 10 large 

 blossoms, 1 inch across, of a 

 charming bright rosy carmine, 

 with yellow eye. It is a handsome 

 species. It comes from seed 

 quickly, grows with amazing rap 

 idity in ordinary soil, and is so free 

 flowering that the smallest plants 

 throw up flower stems. 



Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



NEW RED 



BALSAM APPL2E. 



(Momordica involucrata.) 



A beautiful new rapid growing lux- 

 uriant climber from the mountains of 

 Natal. The vines are strong, climb high 

 and in every direction, rapidly covering 

 trellises, arbors, etc., with vivid green, 

 deeply cut foliage. The flowers are 

 borne in lavish profusion and are 

 very large ; some are creamy .white 

 dotted with black, and others pure 

 white with red pistils. The flowers are 

 succeeded by beautiful sulphur-yellow 

 fruits 2 inches long, which change to 

 rich carmine-scarlet ; when ripe they 

 burst and show the seeds of blood-red 

 color. As the fruits and flowers are 

 borne on the vine at the same time, 

 the gorgeous effect can be imagined. 

 (See cut.) Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



Heliotrope, "Queen of Night." 



A beautiful, rich black-purple varie- 

 ty of thrifty, robust habit, deliciously 

 fragrant; large sized flowers, easily 

 grown from seed. Per packet, 15c. 







-+NEW BWARF ALONSOA.*- 



(Alonsoa linifolia gracilis.) 

 A beautiful dwarf variety scarcely one foot in neight; leaves light 

 green, side branches pyramidally arranged around the stem, bearing 

 on the top of each long panicles of bright, orange-scarlet blooms. 

 This Alonsoa is one of the loveliest summer flowering plants, and is equally 

 desirable for bedding out and for cultivating in pots. Per packet, 25c. 



(Mysotidium nobile.) 



A most beautiful perennial, growing about 1\£ feet high, producing 

 during the spring months, and occasionally in the autumn, large dense 

 clusters of Forget-me-not bloom of marvelous and delicate beauty. The 

 individual florets are one-half an inch across; brilliant blue, shading to 

 white, at the centre. The leaves are large, nearly 10 inches in diameter. 

 It succeeds best in a half shady.damp situation, and when transplanted the 

 roots should be disturbed as little as possible. A charming and rare novelty 

 and called the "iVe Plus Ultra" of Forget-me-nots. (Seecut.) Per pkt., 25c. 



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