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PETER HENDERSON & CO-FLOWER SEEDS. 



F^GHisp-hila. 



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Splendid for beds ; bright colored flowers, 

 mai'ked and spotted in shades of blue, 

 white and violet. HA. 1 ft. Per Pkt. 



Nemophila, Finest Mixed. Including 

 many sorts \ . . 5 



NICOTIAN A. 



Nicotiana Affinis. Sweet scented pure 

 white star-shaped flowers, 3 inches 

 across, blooming continually in the 

 green-house in winter or bedded out 

 in summer. 2 to 3 ft. HHA 10 



OXALIS. 



Pretty little half trailing plants, for hang- 

 ing baskets, vases, rock-work and edg- 

 ings, flowering in profusion. 6 to 9 

 inches. HHA. 



Oxalis Rosea. Rose 10 



Alba. White 10 



Mixed. Annual sorts • 10 



Tropaeoloides. Yellow with brown 



foliage 10 



— Valdiviana. Yellow; fragrant. ... 10 



EaSSien BIswgp. 



Handsome, rapid climbers, for green-house 

 decoration or sunny positions in the open 

 ground in summer. Cccrulea and Incar- 

 nata are sometimes hardy with us in a 

 sheltered situation, and are entirely so 

 further south. Per Pkt. 



Passiflora Ccerulea. Large flowers of 

 violet and light blue, slightly fragrant 25 



Incarnata. White, flesh and purple, 



fragrant , 25 



Maliformis. Large, sweet-scented 



flowers of blue, white and red 25 



Von Volxemi (Tacsonia). Flowers 



large, rich scarlet 25 



Constance Elliott. Pure ivory 



white, flowering profusely 25 



PLATYCODON. 



Platycodon or Wahlenbergia, Large 

 Flowering Mixed Colors. The large 

 flowered Chinese Bell Flower ; showy 

 hardy perennial for permanent beds 

 or borders, bearing large, broad, bell- % I I V_L w P er -P^- 



shaped white, blue or pink flowers. -. „ , , . . , * 



Trp 6tol2in 10 decorating green-house, lawn, piazzas, par- 



lors, dinner tables, centresof vases, etc., nothing- 

 can rival their rich tropical effect. 

 Areca Rubra. Arching divided, 

 leaves, reddish green, pkt. of 



5 seeds 25 



Charnaerops Humilis. Large 



green fan-shaped leaves 25/ 



Latania Borbonica. Large fan- 

 shaped leaves, much divided. 



(See ad.) 25 



Oredoxa Regia. Long, slender, 



fern-like, arching leaves 25; 



Seaforthia Elegans. Long arch- 



PALM, LATANIA BOKBONICA. 



PALM. 



m 



HENDERSON'S , . „ rE f LEERING 



ing graceful leaves . 



25 



Areca Lutescens. This is con- 

 sidered the loveliest of the 

 Arecas. Fine arching divided 



leaves, stems yellow 25 



Brahea Filamentosa or Pritch- 



ardia. "The California Fan 



Palm." A rapid growing and grand variety for cool houses .25 



Kentia Forsteriana. This is one of the most graceful and 



hardiest of its class ; for table decoration it has scarcely its 



equal ; gas does not seem to affect it Z5> 



Kentia Belmoreana. This is the curly Palm, and differs from 

 the preceding only in a tendency in its leaves to curl under, 



which is peculiarly beautiful 25 



Kentia Canterburiana. A beautiful large growing variety. Leaves of 



a very bright green and of large size. Seeds very large 35 



Kentia Moorei. Very rare ; a beautiful dwarf fan-leaf Palm 50> 



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 PETER HENDERSON feCO 



Few, if any, plants 



are more deservedly popular than these for bedding purposes, green-house or window 

 culture, producing showy flowers in profusion. 



Single Varieties. Per Pkt. 



Petunia, Fine Mixed 5 | Petunia, Striped and Blotched. Finest Mixed 10 



Dwarf Inimitable. Dwarf plants, 6 to 8 inches high, flowers cherry red 



with a white centre ; splendid for edgings, massing, etc. 



10 



A magnificent large flowering strain with flowers twice the size of the old sorts, 

 and of the most beautiful shades of crimson, white, rose, maroon, etc., blotch- 

 ed, striped, veined, bordered, marked and fringed most beautifully. This 

 strain we believe to be the finest in the world, and will produce a large per- 

 centage of double. 



Mixed Colors. (See cut, and also colored plate, page 85) 25 



Large Flowering Double Fringed. Mixed, 50c ; G-reen Edged, Mixed 



Dwarf Double Inimitable. Grows 6 to 8 in. high ; small very double cherry and white 



Single Large Flowering Petunias. 



Fringed Mixed. Beautifully fringed. Per Pkt. 25 I Yellow Throated Mixed. Having deep, 

 Mixed. All sorts; large flowering ; striped, broad yellow throats with veins running 



blotched, veined, fringed, etc. (See cut.).. 25 | up through the flower ; very handsome . . 50 



50 



flowers 50 



HENDERSON 8 LABGE FLOWERING SINGLE PETUNIi- 



