PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 47 



PINKS, FLORISTS'. " 



These are dwarfer than the Carnation, growing ahont one foot in height, the 

 colors being of the various shades of maroon, carmine and rose, beautifully laced with 

 white, flowers perfectly double, clove-scented ; plant entirely hardy. The following 

 varieties embrace all shades and styles ; indispensable for Summer bouquets. Varieties 

 in heavy type are new English sorts of great merit. 



Annoldale. 



Alice. 



Alfred Harrington 



Brunette. 



Criterion. 



Claude, 50 cents. 



Defiance 



Ella. | Juliet 



Earl of Carlisle. j Mrs. Stevens. 



Esther. \ Mrs. Eobbs. 



Emil. | Plato, 50 cents. 

 Tennyson, 50 cents. | Mont Blanc. 



General Lafayette. j Prince Arthur. 

 Laura Wilnwre. 



Pumila. 



Optima. 



Tom Long. 



Rose of England, 



50 cents. 

 Variabilis, 50 cents. 



Price, 25 cents each, except where noted; set of twenty-five sorts for $4.50. 



PINK, SARAH HOWARD. 



For the past two seasons (owing to accidents to our stock), we have been unable to 

 offer as healthy plants of this variety as we could wish ; but this year we have got 

 our plants of it into such tine condition that we hope to be able to meet the demand. 

 The plant is entirely hardy. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



POINSETTIA PULCHERRDIA. ' 



A tropical plant of gorgeous beauty, the bracts or leaves that surround the flower 

 being, in well-grown specimens, one foot in diameter, of the most dazzling scarlet. In 

 a hot-house temperature of 60 degrees it begins to bloom in November, and remains 

 expanded until February. This peculiarity of blooming in the heart of Winter makes 

 it largely va demand for baskets and vases of cut flowers at the holidays in our large 

 cities. 



Price, 25 cents, 50 cents, $1 and $3 each, according to size. 



PYRETHRUM, GOLDEN FEATHER. 



In the Spring and Fall this plant retains the golden color of its beautiful feather- 

 like foliage, but in our hot and dry Summers it runs back to green. For this reason its 

 value is reduced as an out-door plant, but for baskets or vases it is very valuable, from 

 the unusual shade of cglor, and drooping style of growth. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



P.S20NIAS.— Chinese Herbaceous. 



The P«p,onia is of easy culture, and perfectly hardy in any latitude. Our stock is 

 varied and large, embracing some of the rarest sorts. Strong-flowering roots. 



Twelve sorts, named, 50 cents each; $4.50 per dozen; unnamed, 30 cents each; 

 $3 per dozen. 



PAMPAS GRASS. — Gynerium argenteum. 



Of this highly ornamental grass we are this season able to offer plants at a low 

 'price ; the spike resembles a plume of white feathers, which are borne on stems to the 

 height of five or six feet clear above the foliage. It is rather tender, and will not stand 

 the Winter in districts where the thermometer falls below zero, without a thorough 

 protection of straw or leaves placed around the plants. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



PANSIES.— General Collection— (-See cut, page 49.) 



Oar stock of Pansies has been much improved by saving only from the best 

 flowers, so that now a large proportion of our own seedlings are equal to European 

 varieties. 



Price, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen ; $9 per hundred. Finest French Fancy, in 

 eight distinct sorts, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen ; $18 per hundred. 



