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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



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TROPiEOLUKS. 



Excellent plants for the flower-border in Summer, blooming in profusion from June 

 till November. Extensively used for rock-work and vases. They bloom best in poor 

 rocky or sandy soil. 



Double Orange. Golden Tom Thumb, habit similar to Tom 



Grandeur, crimson and scarlet. Thumb. 



King Theodore, dark crimsou. Tom Thumb, scarlet. 



Rosea, light shade of rose. Star of Fire, light dazzling scarlet. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $1.50 for set of seven. 



TUBEROSES DOUBLE. -All Flowing Roots. 



These popular bulbs within the past few years have boon grown to an extent before 

 unknown or unthought of. By our manner of managing the bulbs now, we can 

 guarantee its flowering just as certainly as we can a Gladiolus or Hyacinth bulb. It is 

 estimated that upwards of $20,000 worth of Tuberose flowers are sold to the bouquet- 

 makers of New York annually, the prices ranging from $1 to $10 per hundred for single 

 florets. It is now an indispensable article in every bouquet or basket of flowers at any 

 time during the year, in July or January. The bulbs we have to offer this season are 

 particularly flue, all of which are certain to flower. A circular, descriptive of our man- 

 ner of growing, will be sent to any desiring it. 



1st quality, started in pots for early flowering, $3 per dozen. 

 2d " " " " " 2 " 



1st quality dry roots, $1.50 per doz. ; 

 2d " " 1.00 '* 



3d " " 0.75 " 



3.00 per hundred. 



7.50 



6.00 " 



New Tuberose "Pearl." — See Novelties. 



VERBENAS— General Collection. 



As is well known, the cultivation of the Verbena has for many years been our 

 leading specialty. The present collection is the best sixty varieties we can select froin 

 the many hundred kinds we have in cultivation. Besides comprising old standard 

 sorts, the present list embraces many of the newer and higher-priced sorts of 1871. 

 Our plants are always stroug and healthy, and are grown in small pots, well fitted for 

 transportation. Note that the price is reduced. 



Ball of Fire, dazzling scarlet. 

 Bandero, violet, maroon and white. 

 Beacon, fine dark scarlet. 

 Bird of Paradise, scarlet, white centre. 

 Bismarck, blood red, white eye. 

 Black Hawk, very dark maroon. 

 Black Night, crimson maroon. 

 Blue Bird, large deep blue. 

 Conspicua, ruby scarlet, white eye. 

 Oraigmiller, purplish crimson, yellow eye. 

 Crimson Velvet, rich crimson. 

 Echoline, light Vermillion, yellow eye. 

 Edith, scarlet, white eye. 

 Emma, pink, white eye. 

 Excelsior, pure white, tinted rose. 

 Fancy Queen, white, spotted purple. 

 Formosa, large pink, white eye. 

 Formosissima, indigo, white eye. 

 Gazelle, deep blue, clear white eye. 

 Gigantic, crimson, floret one iuch in diam- 

 eter. 

 Gleam, rich deep scarlet, white eye- 

 Glow-worm, dark pink, yellow eye. 

 Goliah, deep crimson, very large. 

 Harkaway, large magenta, white eye. 

 Harriet, blush, violet eye. 



Iona, large scarlet, yellow eye. 



Ioanhoe, rich blue, white eye. 



Mattie, pure white, rose margin. 



Mary, large crimson, white eye. 



Mamie, deep carmine. 



Miniola, rich crimson, yellow spot. 



Monslrosa Superba, (see special description.) 



Mrs. Bliss, rich .cherry, yellow spot. 



Muriel, ruby pink, white- eye. 



Plato, maroon, scarlet and white. 



Pretender, purplish carmine, white eye. 



Prisilla, blush purple, white eye. 



Punctata, spotted and striped carmine. 



Pose Queen, large deep pink. 



Rove)-, blood red, white eye. 



Ruth, lilac blue. 



Sadowa, deep crimson, yellow eye. 



Sappho, lavender blue. 



Scarlet Circle, dazzling scarlet, fine form. 



Snowdrift, pure white. 



Spot, carmine, white eye. 



Sylph, pure white. 



The Banner, blue, white striped. 



Triumph, pink, tinted scarlet and white. 



Union, carmine purple. 



Uralia, salmon, crimson eye. 



