peter Henderson's plant catalogue. 



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COBEA SCANDENS VARIEGATA. 



A variegated variety of the well-known favorite climber, C. Scandens. The leaves, 

 as the plate indicates, are margined with yellowish white, which contrast most beauti- 

 fully with its large purple, bell-shaped flowers — a plant of it grown by us the past sea- 

 son, on a circular trellis, attained a height of twelve feet, dotted throughout, with its 

 purple flowers, from August to October. It is is a vigorous grower, and may easily be 

 trained to a height of 30 feet in one season, if desired. 



Price, 75 cents each ; $7.50 per dozen. 

 New White Cobca. — (See Novelties.) 



C0LEUS f GOLDEN. 



When, in 1869, the dark colored, or velvet-leaved Coleus, were for the first time 

 offered for sale in this country, they were gladly welcomed as desirable additions, to a 

 genus of plants that as yet comprised but a limited number of varieties; but, in 1870, 

 when the Golden section made their advent among us, their arrival was hailed with de- 

 light ; as a plant for green-house decoration, they were unsurpassed, and the expectations 

 that they would stand our sun well, has been fully realized. We have planted them out 

 extensively the past two seasons, and they lost but little of their beautiful markings; 

 the test has fully established their permanency as a bedding plant for American gardens. 



