PETER HENDERSON & CO -FLOWER SEEDS 



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POPP 



Exceedingly showy plants, making a gorgeous display. The seeds must always be sown 

 where the plants are to remain, as they will not bear transplanting. 



Single Annual Poppies. Per Pkt. 



Poppy Danebrog. Large, bright scarlet, with a white cross in the centre 5 



■ Dmbrosum. Rich vermilion, with a black spot on each petal. . . 5 



English Scarlet. The common field Poppy of Britain ; light, dazzling scarlet.. . . 5 



Peacock Poppy. The flower has a conspicuous glossy black zone nearthe centre 



which brings out the vivid scarlet and cherry crimson ; the flowers are nearly four 



inches across 10 



Fire Dragon. New, extremely showy and very free flowering, producing flowers four 



inches across, of brilliant deep scarlet, with black spots margined white. 2 to 1% ft. 25 

 Single Mixed. Annual sorts 5 



ICELAND POPPIES. 



(Papaver Nudicaule Varieties.) 



The fragrant elegant crush- 

 ed-satin-like flowers are pro- 

 duced in never-ceasing success- 

 ion from the beginning of June 



to October. Not only are they 



attractive in the garden, but for 



elegance in a cut state they are 



simply unsurpassed, and they 



last quite a week if cut as soon 



as they are open. They will 



flower the first season from 



seed, though they are hardy 



herbaceous plants, and will 



last for several years. (See 



cut.) Per Pkt. 



Iceland Poppy.Bright Yel- 

 low 25 



Vivid Scarlet 25 



Pure White 25 



Gold Tinged Crimson. 25 



Mixed Colors 15 



Collection of 4 Iceland Poppies 75 



ICELAND POPPIES. 



PYRETHRUM. 



etc. 



This family contains the 

 well known "Golden 

 Feather," a low growing 

 plant, with yellow foliage, 

 for ribbon beds, edgings, 

 also, the Pyrethrum, from the flowers of which the "Persian," 



DOUBLE FKENCH POPPY. 



"Dalmatian" and "Buhach" insect powders are made; and it 

 also contains some of the handsomest flowering hardy plants 

 for borders that are in cultivation. 



Yellow Foliage Sorts for Ribboning-. Per Pkt. 



Pyrethrum Aureum. Bright yellow foliage. 1 ft. (Per oz., SI. 25) 10 



Laciniatus. Yellow foliage, finely fringed. 1 ft 10 



Selaginoides. Handsome fern-like foliage, >£ft 15 



Varieties Grown for Insect Powders. 



Pyrethrum Roseum. (Persian Insect Powder Plant.) When 

 grown in California it is called "Buhach." Kose color. 

 HHP. 1 to 2 ft. (Per oz., S1.00) 10 



Cinerariafolium. (Dalmatian Insect Powder Plant.) HHP. 



1 to 2 ft. (Per oz., $1.00) 10 



Hardy Flowering- "Varieties. 



"Valuable for permanent beds, bearing large bright colored 

 flowers of rose, flesh, pink, white, crimson, etc., which 

 remain in bloom a long time. HHP. 



Pyrethrum, Single Large Flowering Hybrids Mixed 10 



Double Large Flowering Hybrids Mixed 25 



CABNAXION FLOWEBED POPPY, FAIRY BLUSH. 



Double Carnation 

 Flowered Poppies. 



Magnificent class ; flowers as 

 round as a ball, very double and 

 with finely cut or fringed petals ; 

 the flowers remain a long time on 

 the plants. (See cut.) Per Pkt. 



Fairy Blush. New ; immense 



double fringed flowers ; white 



tipped with rose. (See cut.) . . 25 



Brilliant Scarlet 5 



Rose 5 



Silver Gray 5 



Pure "White 5 



Scarlet and Yellow 5 



White Tipped Crimson 5 



Mixed. Contains many colors 5 



Imported collection of 8 separate 

 varieties, 30 cts. 



NEW STRIPED JAPAN POPPY. 



" The Mikado." One of the most charming sorts. Our " cut " 

 conveys a true idea of its quaint — yet artistic — beauty ; the 

 petals at the edges are cut and fringed ; the color is most 

 attractive and pretty, being pure white at the back, while 

 the fringed edges are of a brilliant crimson scarlet. (See 



colored plate, page 85) 15 



Poppy, Double French or Ranunculus Flowered Mixed. 



(See cut.) 5 



Paeony Flowered Mixed 5 



White Striped Scarlet. (See Novelties) 25 



■ Chamois Rose. Splendid new color ; large size, 



perfect ball-shaped flowers 15 



Imported collection of Double French Poppies in 6 separate 

 varieties, 25 cts. 



JAPANESE POMPONE POPPIES. 



Small very double flowers, produced in remarkable profusion ; 

 many lovely colors in mixture 15 



Hardy Varieties. 



For permanent beds, etc., these brilliant, large flowering hardy 

 Poppies stand unrivaled ; the flowers average from 3 to 5 

 inches across in the single varieties. 



New Hybrid Oriental. (See Novelties.) , 25 



Poppy Bracteatum. (Single.) Orange scarlet ; large single flowers 10 



Orientale. (Single.) Dark scarlet with purple spots 10 



Henderson's New Double Hardy. We offer in mixture some 



beautiful perennial species from Siberia and the mountain- 

 ous regions of northern Europe. Flowers double and of many 

 beautiful colors, white, scarlet, yellow, orange, etc. Mixed. 25 



