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PETER HENDERSONS PLANT CATALOGUE. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. 



A tropical plant of the well-known family of Caladiutn, growing to a height of four 

 or five feet, with corresponding breadth. The leaves are of immense size, often eighteen 

 inches by two feet, of shield-shaped outline. As a single plant for lawns or large 

 flower-borders it has no superior. 



Price, 50 cents each; §4.50 per dozen. 



CALLA ETHIOPICA NANA— (Dwarf Ethiopian Lily.) 



A dwarf variety, smaller in all its parts than the original. la this respect it is 

 more desirable, being more convenient to handle than the strong-growing variety ; the 

 flowers, also being much smaller, can be used to great advantago in vasts and baskets 

 of cut dowers. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



CALCEOLARIAS, SHRUBBY. 



Besides embracing tlie old standard varieties, the list below comprise the newer 

 and higher priced sorts of past seasons. 



Shrubby Calceolarias are comparatively scarce, and their novel shades of color give 

 interesting variety to the flower-garden during the Summer months. 

 Beauty of Montreal, blight crimson. Garibaldi, crimson. 



Black Prince, daik maroon, 



Blandum, crimson. 



Voccinea jloribunda, crimson maroon. 



Distinction, crimson, brown aud yellow. 



Etna, crimson scarlet. 



Golden Dwarf bright yellow. 



Price, 30 cents each ; set of thirteen sorts for 



Golden Prince, dark yellow. 

 The Emperor, chestnut color. 

 Magnificent, dark crimson. 

 Majestic, brownish crimson. 

 Sparkler, maroon, brown and yellow. 



CANNA INDICA.-In Variety. 



Plants grown mainly for their rich foliage, though having also the advantage ot 

 additional beauty in their ilowers, varying in many shades of crimson, scarlet, orange 

 aud yellow. There are now scores of varieties, but we grow oaly about a dozen of the 

 most distinct. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



CARNATIONS, THE BEST WINTER FLOWERING. 



Otu extensive experience in growing plants for Winter blooming shows us that in 

 Carnations, at least, the number of varieties that yield the greatest profusion of bloom 

 are very limited. Below will bo found a list of the leading sorts grown in this vicinity. 



President Degraw, pure white, occasionally shaded blush, 30 cents. 

 La Purite, caimiue, dwarf, profuse, 3D cents. 

 Edwardsii, pure white, lar^e aud perfect flower, 50 cents. 

 Mrs. Wilson, large bright scarlet. 

 Vaillante, small bright scarlet, 30 cents. 

 Variegated La Purite, carmine, striped blnsh, 50 cents. 

 Set for $2. Those at 30 cents, §3 per dozen; $21 per hundred. 



CARNATIONS, MONTHLY. 



Indispensable, either for the decoration of the flower-garden in Summer, or for the 

 green-house or parlor in Winter. The varieties we name are amongst the finest of tliis 

 beaitiful class, aud of nearly every shade and marking, and most of them ef rich clove 

 fragrauco. 



Astoria, white ground, speckled red, yellow and pink. 

 « A. Bertine, rose aud white. 



Bnzzaris, blush mottled purple, clove scented. 



Brightness, large bright scarlet, very double, clove fragrance. 



Canary, yellow ground, slightly tinged rose. 



De Fontana, yellow and purple. 



Darkness, very dark crimson. 



Defiance, deep crimson, large and fine. 



