PETER HENDERSON & CO -FLOWER SEEDS. 



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C C^-M^i^yc€<^ee^J>~ Sweet William, 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Barbatus) 



Per PH. 



A very beautiful class of plants, of extreme richness and 

 diversity of color. The varieties have been greatly im- 

 proved of late years. Hardy Perennials. 



Sweet William. Fine mixed 5 



Auricula-Flowered. Flowers in trusses of 



immense size, and of exceedingly beautiful colors.10 



Double-Flowering. Finest mixed, from a 



splendid collection of double flowers 10 



TACSONIA. PerPkt- 

 Tacgonia Von Volxemi. This beautiful climber was 

 found in New Grenada. It is a plant that flowers 

 most abundantly, and for almost the whole year: 

 the flowers individually are about five inches in 

 diameter, and of the richest scarlet. Half-hardy 

 ^-. Shrub'. . ..^_. .25 



C c>~w^iM^£»jl-j TAGETES. 



Tagetes Signata Pumila. A beautiful delicate fern- 

 leaved plant, forming a compact globular bush, and 

 covered with bright yellow blossoms, with a red- 

 dish-brown stripe through the centre of each petal. 

 Ha'f-Uardy Annual, 1 ft 10 



Jeh-ryUL^c^-^e***. TORENIA. 

 Torenia Bailloni. (See Novelties) 50 



Fournieri. (See Novelties) 25 



"«»*■ TRITOMA (Red-Hot Poker Plant). J T0f»j 



Tritoina Uvaria. A most interesting plant, that ought 

 to be in every garden. The flower-stalk grows to 

 the height of three feet; the flower-spike is about 

 one foot in length, of colors varying from yellow to 

 deep scarlet, giving it somewhat the appearance of 

 a heated bar of iron, hence it is vulgarly called 

 "Red-hot Poker Plant." It continues in bloom 

 from July to October. Grown either singly or in 

 masses, produces a striking effect 25 



tfu^Mfc^^ TPvICHOSANTHES. 



Very curious plants, with long, elegant serpent-like fruit, ex- 

 ceedingly ornamental. Half-hardy Annuals. 



Triehosantlies Coccinea. A charming climber, with 

 small oval green and white marbled fruit, changing 

 to scarlet 10 



Colubrina. Serpent gourd, brilliant carmine fruit, 5 



to 6 ft. in length 10 



SWEET PEAS. 



Very beautiful, fragrant and free-flowering climbing plants, 

 continuing in bloom all summer; supported by common 

 pea-sticks they form admirable screens for protecting more 

 tender plants or excluding unsightly ob.iects; valuable for 

 training on trellis-work, covering rough fences, etc. Hardy 

 Annuals. 

 Sweet Pea, Scarlet Invincible. Remarkably fragrant, 

 with bright scarlet-crimson flowers; an unusually 



prolific bloomer 5 



Striped 5 



. Painted Lady \ 5 



Purple 5 



White 5 



Fairy Queen 5 



Butterfly. (See special description in Novelties) . .25 



"Violet Q,ueen. (See special description in Novel- 

 ties) 25 



Mixed. All colors. Per ounce, 15c. ; per pound, $1.. 5 



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Thunbekgia. 



THTJNBERGIA. 



Extremely ornamental free-blooming climbers of rapid growth, 

 handsome foliage and much-admired flowers; good for 

 greenhouse culture or in warm situations out-of-doors. 



Thunbergia Alata . Buff, with white eye, 4 ft 10 



Alba. White, with dark eye, 4 ft 10 



Aurantiaca . Bright orange, dark eye, 3 ft 10 



Balcerii. Pure white, 4 ft 10 



Mixed Varieties. (See Cut) 10 



Tropceolcm Lobbianum. 



TROPCEOLUM. 



Very elegant and beautiful climbers, flowering most pro- 

 fusely; admirably adapted for greenhouse or conservatory 



