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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



Per PH. 



Qn^V , SCABIOSA (Mourning' Biide, or Sweet 

 '"*'***4~ Scabious). 



A beautiful border plant, producing in profusion flowers in 



great variety of colors ; excellent for cutting for table bou- 



auets, etc. Hardy Annua's. 



Stabiosa Jfana PI. Pleno. Th3 flowers are quite double 



and globular, varying in all the shades of white, 



carmine, maroon, lilac, etc. ; a most valuable flower 



to use in bouquets or vases of cut flowers, lft 10 



- — Tall German. Mixed, 2 ft 5 



SCHIZOPETALON. 



Scliizopetalon Walker ii. This little plant bears deli- 

 cately fragrant fringed flowers. Hardy Annual, % ft. 10 



t'cjejL**. SCHIZANTHUS. 



A splendid class of plants, combining elegance of growth with 

 a rich profusion of beautiful flowers, valuable for green- 

 house decoration in spring, and the flower-garden in sum- 

 mer. Ha'f-hardy Annual. 



Schizautnus, Finest Mixed Colors 5 



SCYPHANTHUS. 



Scyplianthus Elegans. A dwarf, free-flowering, half- 

 hardy evergreen trailing plant ; yellow, 2 ft 10 



(^Ul^^^sl SEDUM (Stone- Crop). 



A very interesting and useful little plant, growing freely on 

 rock or rustic work, ornamental mounds, old walls, etc. 

 Hardy Perennial. 9 



Sedum (ceiukum. Blue, ' 4 ft 10 



SENSITIVE PLANT. (See Mimosa Pudica.) 

 ■^JSILENE, or CATCHFLY. 



iful genus of free-flowering plants, with bright attrac- 

 flowers, admirably adapted for spring and summer 

 jaing in beds, rock-work, etc. 



e Pendula Compacta. Plant dwarf and compact, 

 forming dense cushions two or three inches in 

 height, and from nine to twelve inches in diameter, 

 which during the season are perfectly solid with 

 bloom 5 



SMIL AX. (See Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides. ) 



SNAKE CUCUMBER. 



(See Cucumis Flexuosus.) 





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GoLANCM CaPSICASTHUM. 



SOLANUM. 



Per Pkt. 



Solanum Warscewiczii. Amagnificent plant, with im- 

 mense leaves of a deep green color. It attains an 

 average height of six to eight feet, and when 

 planted in masses produces a grand effect 10 



Lobeli. (See Novelties) 25 



SPHENOGYNE. 



A bright yellow, free-flowering border plant, from South 



America; useful for beds, ribbon borders or edgings. 

 Splienogyne Speciosa. Hardy Annual, lit 5 



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STATICE. 



Exceedfhgly interesting plants of easy culture. They are all 

 very free-flowering, and remain a long time in bloom, the 

 flowers being valuable for winter bouquets. 



Statice Bonduelli. Deep golden yellow. Half-hardy 



Perennial, 1 W ft 10 



Spicata. Forms a beautiful bouquet of rosy pink 



flowers. Annual 10 



1 ii< ana Hybrida. Fine mixed. Perennial 10 



Large-Flowered Dwarf Pyramidal Stock. 

 x 



^ STOCKS (German Ten-Weeks). 



These are especially recommended on account of their long 

 continuance in bloom and vigorous habit. Flowers very 

 double, IK ft. Half-hardy Annuals. 



Stock, Dwarf German Ten-Weeks. Fine mixed 5 



Large-Flowering. Choice mfc 3d.. .10 



Pure White 15 



Purple 15 



Scarlet Victoria. New and fine 15 



New Large-Flowered Dwarf Pyramidal. 



The most popular stock in cultivation; very finest 



mixed. (See Cut) 25 



"Wallflower-Leaved. Pure white, v-rr" 



fine 15 



Purple 15 



Crimson. Very fine 15 



Finest Mixed 15 



STOCKS (Intermediate). 



The Intermediate Stocks are valuable on account of their flow- 

 ering late in autumn, also as pot plants for early spring 

 blooming, for which purpose the seeds should be sown in 

 July or August. 



Stock, Intermediate. Scarlet 15 



Wliite 15 



Purple 15 



Mixed 15 



u STOCKS (Brompton and Emperor). 



The Emperor, or Perpetual Flower, maybe treated in the same 

 manner as the Intermediate; they frequently last several 

 years, if protected from the frost. The Brompton is a Bien- 

 nial of branching habit, producing a grand display when in 

 bloom. 



Stock, Emperor or Perpetual. Finest mixed 15 



Brompton or Winter. Finest mixed 10 



A genus oT" ornamental fruit-bearing plants, some of them ' , 



among the most interesting of greenhouse shrubs, while ( i-i^/^d^i/TZ . SWEET SULTAN 

 others are remarkable for their fine foliage, and are most 

 useful for groups on lawns, or as single specimens. 

 Solan n in Capsicastrum, or "Jerusalem Cherry." Minia- 

 ture orange tree, covered all winter with a profu- 

 sion of scarlet fruit. A very interesting plant for 

 the decoration of the greenhouse or sitting-room. 

 Haf -hardy Perennial, ljift 10 



Showy Annuals of easy culture, very effective in shrubbery 

 borders. Hardy Annuals. 



Sweet Sultan. Purple, 2 ft , 5 



AVliite. 2ft 5 



Yellow. 2 ft 5 



Mixed 3 



