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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



HELIOTROPES. 

 Below we give a list of the best varieties of this popular and indispensable plant. 



Caroline des Antoines, lilac blue. 

 Cardinal Richelieu, lavender blue. 

 Chieftain, rich shade of violet. 

 Due de Lavendury, rich blush, dark eye. 

 Formosissima, light lavender. 

 Garibaldi, almost white. 

 Etoille de Marseilles, very dark. 

 Le Geant, very light, large. 



Madam Fueilon, blueish violet. 



Jane Mesmer, light blue, very fragrant. 



Leopold 1st, deep violet blue. 



Little Negress, very dark blue. 



Md. Michel, blueish violet, light centre. 



Mrs. Burgess, dark violet. 



The Standard, deep purple. 



Maculata, purple, white spot. 



Price, 25 cents ; set of sixteen sorts, $3. 



HIBISCUS SINENSIS, Single Red. 



" " Double Orange. 



Price, 50 cents each ; $4.50 per dozen. 



HONEYSUCKLES. 



Chinese Evergreen, flowers pink and yellow. 

 Reticulata, spotted-leaved, flowers yellowish white. 

 Belgian, pink and white. 

 Trumpet, scarlet. 



Price, 50 cents each ; $1.50 for four varieties. 



HYDRANGEA DEUTZ.EFOLIA. 



First introduced into this country from Japan, in 1865, but as yet comparatively 

 scarce. It is one of the most valuable additions to our hardy shrubs that have been 

 made in many years. It is of spreading, slender growth, plants of two years old being 

 often three feet in diameter, and not more than one foot in height. The flowers, which 

 are borne in panicles six inches wide, are snow white, changing to pink, remaining in 

 perfection on the plant from August to October. 



Price, 50 cents each ; $4 50 per dozen. 



IRIS — Fleur-de-Luce. 



Twelve distinct species hardy herbaceous Iris ; colors yellow, orange, blue, violet, 

 lilac, purple, white, &c, beautifully striped and blotched; hardy. 

 Price, 30 cents each; $3 per dozen. 



JESSAMINE CAPE— Gardenia Florida. 



Strong plants, 50 cents each ; $4.50 per dozen. 



JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUK— Catalonian Jessamine. 



A valuable Winter-flowering plant, blooming without intermission from October to 

 May. The flowers are pure white, most deliciously fragrant; used extensively by all 

 bouquet makers. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



LAMIUM MACULATUM, ALBUM AND RUBRUH. 



An old hardy herbaceous plant, but now rather scarce; the leaves are dark green, 

 marked down the centre with a broad well-defined white stripe. The flowers, which are 

 formed in short round spikes, are of the purest white in one sort, and red in the other. 

 * Price, 25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. 



LIBONIA FLORIBUNDA. 



A neat-growing, green-house shrub, attaining a height and breadth of twelve or 

 fifteen inches. The flowery, which are about an inch in length, are scarlet orange at 

 the base, running into deep yellow at the top, in some degree resembling a Maneltia. 

 It blooms in the greatest profusion from December to May, and is a great acquisition 

 to our Winter-blooming plants. 



Price, 30 cents each; $3 per dozen. 



