PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



Per Pkt. 



Victoria. One of the finest Asters in cultivation, 



flowers very large, perfectly double, imbricated and 

 globular; 20 inche3 in height; choice mixed colors. 25 

 Victoria Dwarf, Snow "Wliite. A most beauti- 

 ful variety of the preceding; flowers pure snowy 

 white, very double, and of globular shape; forms a 

 -« compact plant, 10 inches in height 25 



Washington. This is a new race of Asters. It has 



sprung from the Victoria class, but differs in being 

 of more vigorous growth, and the flowers will aver- 

 age i}i inches across. Two colors, white and peach 

 blossom. Mixed 25 



"Washington " Silver Gray." A new color in 



this new class. (Novelty) 50 



" "White, Tinted with. Rose." Another new 



color of this class. (Novelty) 50 



COLLECTIONS OF ASTERS AS IMPORTED. 

 Truffaut's Poeony-Flowered Perfection. In 12 sep- 

 arate, distinct colors 1 00 



Rein's Improved t£,uilled. In 12 distinct colors 75 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered. In six distinct 



colors '..15. 



Victoria. (Fine.) In 12 distinct colors 125 



Goliath. (New.) In G distinct colors 1 25 



AUBRIETIA. 



Quite an ornamental genus, of dwarf-growing character, and 

 for this reason is a most appropriate plant for rock-work, or 

 for planting in edgings. The best varieties are: — 



Anbrietia Grpeca. Lilac, % ft. Hardy Perennial 10 



Purpurea. Purple, Y z ft. Hardy Perennial 10 



cfl?i^^e^<u^ AURICULA. 



Our seed of this grand perennial plant is from one of the best 

 English collections. Flowers are of various shades, yellow, 

 crimson and maroon. 



Auricula. Finest mixed, }' z ft 25 



<S-^?G-e^«t<- AZALEA. 



A splendid greenhouse plant, the varieties of which are now 

 almost numberless, running through nearly every known 

 shade of color. 

 , Azalea Indica . Finest mixed 25 



<^J,^««t BAIiL00N YINE (Cardiospermum). 



The name of this genus, Cirdiospcrmun, is derived from the 

 Greek, and signifies heart seed, in allusion to the white 

 heart-shaped scars on the seed. II is a climbing plant, use- 

 ful alike for inside or outdoor decoration. Half-hard;/ An- 

 nual. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum, White, 5 ft 5 



Au&a~~~.»j*.4 BALSAM (Lady's Slipper). 



Our customers will be very much pleased with all the strains 

 of Balsam that we offer. We take special care in the selection, 

 and our Balsams, as we have them now, cannot be surpassed 

 either in doubleness or in the great variety of colors which 

 they present. Tender Annu xls. 



Balsam, Double Camellia-Flowered. Finest mixed, 



2 ft 10 



Double "White 10 



Double Red 10 



Double Crimson Spotted 10 



Flesh-Colored 10 



Scarlet Mottled 10 



Crimson Mottled 10 



White Perfection. (Novelty of 1879.) Flowers 



snow-white, round as a silver dollar, of immense 

 size and solidity, and the most thoroughly double ■ 

 of any double Balsam we ever saw 50 



Solferino. A most beautiful variety, striped and 



streaked with lilac and scarlet, on a satin white 

 ground 25 



Double. Extra choice mixed. A particularly fine 



strain of Balsam ..25 



COLLECTIONS OF BALSAMS AS IMPORTED. ' 

 Double Dwarf, Camellia-Flowered. In 6 colors.. .75 

 Rose-Flowered. In 12 colors 1 00 



(ji^^^/^JJZs^ BELLIS (Double Daisy). 



An old favorite and one of the most charming of spring flow- y 

 ers. In bloom from April to Jung. Ha'f-hardy Perennials. ' 



Bellis Perennis. Finest mixed, J£ft I 5 



Alba, fl. pi. Pure white, double daisy, coming 



true from seed 25 



&Ua*^^ blumenbachia. 



Of this we have but one variety, B. Girynala, a fine-looking 

 plant. Its fl 3wers are coronet-shaped and orange-red in hue. 

 Blumenbachia Coronata 25 



'ks<>-a. 



Babtonia. 



Calliopsis. 



Per Pkt. 



£«*^w. bartonia. 



Plants of a succulent character, with large golden flowers, ex- 

 panding only in the middle of the day. When in perfection 

 this is a fine plant, and, although its habit and foliage are 

 less attractive than some other annuals, in size and bril- 

 liancy of blossoms it is inferior to none. Hardy Annual. 



Bartonia Aurea. Golden yellow, 2 ft 5 



Nana. A dwarf variety of above, growing but 9 



inches high 25 



Begonia Hybkida. 



begonia. 



In the greenhouse or parlor in winter, the graceful pendulous 

 flowers of this beautiful class renders them most desirable, 

 but with added beauty in their glossy waxen foliage they 

 are simply superb. They are equally adapted, too, for sum- 

 mer planting. 

 Begonia Pearcei. This possesses the quality so seldom 

 found in the same plant, of having both beautifully 

 colored leaves and large showy flowers. Yellow. . . .25 



Jfe Plus Ultra. Flowers bell-shaped, of immense 



size, and of a light, dazzling scarlet 50 



Sedeni Victoria. A splendid hybrid variety, having 



bright carmine-scarlet flowers 50 



Veitchi. A splendid novelty, with thick fleshy leaves, 



and large orange-scarlet flowers. This species is 

 hardy in sheltered and dry situations, and will 

 form a most novel addition to rock-work plants. . . .50 



Incana. The foliage of this variety is covered with a 



white down, giving it a singular appearance 25 



Rubra. A newer variety, of which seed is offered for 



the first time. Foliage of darkest green; the color 

 of the flowers is scarlet-rose, glossy and wax-like. .25 



"Washingtoniana. Also a new variety, winter- 



flowering, with glossy leaves, and immense clusters 

 of rose-colored flowers 25 



Hybrida. Choice mixed, from the finest varieties ... .25 



Pt^-^tL^UZ* BRACHYCOME. 



Dwarf-growing plants, covered all summer with a profusion 



of Cineraria-like blooms. Ha'f-hardy Annuals. 

 Brachycome Iberidifolia (Swan River Daisy). Mixed, 



blue and white, % ft 10- 



