PETER HENDERSON & GO -FLOWER SEEDS. 



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• ALYSSUM. * 



Annual "Varieties. 



These flower profusely throughout the season — 

 thriving in flower gai'den, window boxes, 

 vases, etc. ; also well adapted for ribbon lines 

 and the Tom Thumb variety for edgings. 



Per Pkt. 



Alyssum Maritimum. (Sweet Alyssum.) 

 HA. White, lft 5- 



Benthamii Compacta. (Tom Thumb 



Sweet Alyssum.) White. HA. y 2 f t 5 



Hardy Perennial Varieties. 



Showy plants for permanent borders and beds. 

 Alyssum Wiersbecki. Summer blooming ; 



yellow. HP. lft 5 



Saxatile Compacta. Spring blooming ; 



dwarf ; golden yellow. HP. % it 5 



AGERATUM. 



Suitable for pot culture in winter or bedding 

 out in summer ; flowering continually and 

 profusely. HA. 



Ageratum, Blue. 2 ft. 



■White. 2 ft 



Lasseauxi. Rose. 2 ft 



Tom Thumb. Blue. % ft. . . 



-White. % ft 



ALONSOA. 



Pretty shrub-like plants for pots 

 or gardens, bearing scarlet 

 and other colored flowers in 

 profusion. HHA. lj^ft 5 



ANAGALLIS. 



Pretty dwarf plants for garden, 

 large bright flowers in the 

 sunshine. Mixed colors. HHA. 

 1)4 ft 5 



ASPERULA. 



Clusters of charming fragrant 



flowers, admirably adapted 



for bouquets. 

 Asperula Azurea Setosa. Sky 



blue. 1 ft. HA 



Odorata. (Sweet Woodruff.) 



Flowers have a delicious odor 



when dried that imparts an 



agreeable perfume to clothes, 



etc., when kept among them. 



White. 6 to 12 inches. HP. . . 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. 



MPELOPSIS VEITCHII. 



'Japanese Ivy" or "Bostonlvy." PerPkt, 

 The young growth during summer is a dark 

 purplish green, changing in fall to the brightest 

 tints of scarlet, crimson and orange ; it is our 

 finest hardy climber for permanently covering 

 stone and brick buildings, old trees, etc. It clings 

 by rootlets thrown out along the stem and con- 

 sequently needs no support. HP. 50 ft. (See cut.) 



10 



AMARANTHUS. 



Showy rapid-growing annuals, with very effective 

 flower spikes or richly colored foliage. HHA. 



Amaranthus Nobilis Pyramidalis. Eacli plant is 

 crowned by an enormous flower spike, with 

 numerous branching side spikes of flowers. 

 The plant grows about 12 feet in circumference, 

 gracefully tapering to a point. Height, 5 ft. 

 For semi-tropical gardening it is unique and 

 effective. (See cut.) 10 



Atropurpureus. Blood red foliage, drooping 



flower spikes, 2 ft 5- 



Bicolor Ruber. Foliage green and dark red, 



tipped with yellow, 3 to 5 ft 5- 



Caudatus. (Love-lies-bleeding.) Dark droop- 

 ing flower spikes 5 



Henderi. Foliage rosy carmine, orange, buff, 



golden yellow and olive green ; beautiful droop- 

 ing variety ; 2 ft 5 



Melancholicus Ruber. Foliage blood red, 2 ft. . 5 



Salicifolius. (Fountain Plant.) Gracefully 



drooping, willow shaped leaves, brilliantly band- 

 ed and tipped with orange, carmine and bronze.. 10 



Tricolor. (Joseph's Coat.) Leaves red, yellow 



and green. 3 ft 5- 



Gibbosus. Long drooping panicles, frequently 



2}£ ft. long, of purplish red. 5- 



For summer flower beds these beautiful "Snapdragons" are very showy, flowering 

 from seed the first season. (See cut.) HHP. 



Antirrhinum. Tall Mixed. 2 to 3 ft. Various colors 5 



Extra Choice Striped Mixed. 2 to 3 ft. Various colors 10 



Tom Thumb Mixed. Dwarf growing sorts, 1 ft. (See cut.) 5- 



Nanum Picturatum. New blotched and spotted sorts of great beauty, 2 ft 15 



Imported Collection of Dwarf Antirrhinum in six separate sorts, 50 cts. 



AMARANTHU8 NOBILIS PYRAMIDALIS. 



ANTIRRHINUM, TOM THUMB. 



AQUIUEGIA. 



Handsome, ornamental, hardy plants. 

 Known as "Columbine." HP. lto 3 ft. 



Double White 5 



Striped. Eed and white 5 



Mixed 5 



Single Mixed 5 



Golden Spurred. (Chrysantha.) Beauti- 

 ful, long yellow spurred flowers 10 



New White Spurred. (See Novelties.) 25 



AURICULA. 



A dwarf growing plant, bearing um- 

 bels of fragrant flowers of many rich 

 and beautiful colors. A great favorite 

 in Britain, where flower shows are 



10 



Auricula. Fine Mixed 



Extra Choice Mixed. From a 



prize collection 25 



For an Abridged List of Standard varieties of Flower Seeds not specially described here, see pages 89 and 90. 



