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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



VER3ENAS.— Continued. 



Venus, pink, -white eye. 

 Virginale, large pure white. 

 Walhala, dark purple, white eye. 

 Waregan, fiery scarlet, dark eye. 

 Welcome, large pure scarlet, ex. 



White Fawn, large pure white. 

 William Dean, violet blue, white eye. 

 William Young, large deep scarlet. 

 York and Lancaster, purple and white. 

 Zenobia, purple, large wiiite eye. 



Price, 18 ceuts each; $2 per dozen ; full set of sixty sorts, $6; the same unnamed, 

 $1 per dozen; $7.50 per hundred. Scarlet, white and blue, in separate colors, $2 per 

 dozen ; §10.50 per hundred. 



VEEBENAS, NEW, OF 1872. 



Have been selected from upwards of 15,000 seedlings. The thirty sorts comprise all 

 shades of color. The plauts are, as usual, strong and healthy, so that if purchased in 

 March, from ten to twenty sets can be propagated from them by May. Our American- 

 raised Verbenas are now conceded to be superior to English, and lor the past three 

 seasons we have sent our new varieties to several of the leading English florists. 



Ball of Flame, bright scarlet, yellow eye. 

 Beauty of Sherwood, the best scarlet we 



have seen. 

 Bedimah, dark maroon, white eye. 

 Bessie Lee, cherry color, yellow eye. 

 Bicolor, blush ground, violet eye. 

 Cerulea, large fine blue. 

 Cicero, pink, white eye. 

 Conchiflora, shell-like pink, white eye. 

 Delight, lilac, violet centre. 

 D'Lsraeli, purple, pink and white. 

 Exemia, maroon, white eye. 

 Grandeur, ijch crimson, yellow eye. 

 London Brule, large, claret-colored, violet 



centre. 

 Marengo, deep crimson, white centre. 

 Mentor, very large purplish blue, white 



eye. 



Maid of Athens, scarlot, rose centre. 



Mrs. E. Chellis, shaded lilac and white. 



Miss Annie Massey, violet, shading to white. 



Miss Elizabeth, purplish crimson. 



Flantagenet, scarlet shaded pink, extra 

 large. 



Pre-eminent, large, rosy salmou, white eye. 



Sedan, large blood red. 



Snowball, the finest white yet raised by us. 



Speckled Gem, white, carmine, and crim- 

 son-striped. 



Styrilla, dark velvet-like maroon. 



Styx, violet crimson, yellow eye. 



Symmetry, bright rose, perfect form. 



Quadricolor, pink, violet, white, and 

 crimson. 



Village Maid, white, speckled scarlet. 



Wonder, maroon and white. 



Price, 40 cents each; $4.50 per dozen ; set of thirty varieties, $7.50. 

 It will be observed that the price for full set has this season been reduced. 



VERBENA.— Honstrosa Superba. 



The color is dark violet, with a clearly defined yellow centre ; truss immensely 

 large, of excellent form and substance; exceedingly fragrant. For a combination of 

 good qualities we still consider this tbe finest Verbena, though introduced five years 

 since. We have nothing at all approaching it in size. 



Price, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



VERONICAS. 



A beautiful class of plants, blooming during the Fall months. The flowers are 

 borne on spikes from four to six inches in length, and are produced in great abundance, 

 running through- the various shades of purple, rose, lilac, and white. 



Andersonii, violet and white. 

 Gloire de Lorraine, blue and white. 

 Imperialis, amaranth, splendid. 



Mammoth, purple and white. 

 Marmoraia, rose color. 

 Triomphe de Meaux, deep lilac. 



Price, 30 cents each ; set of seven varieties, including Blue Gem, for : 



