26 PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



Novelties and Specialties 



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NEW ASTERS. Per pu. 



Not*' Dwarf Foeony-Flowerecl Perfection ("Black- 

 Blue"). This variety, as well as the succeeding sort, 

 "Rose and White," are new colors in a comparatively 

 new race of Asters. " Black-Blue" grows only twelve 

 inches high, is of compact growth, and produces in- 

 curved pceony-like blooms of perfect form, in color 

 deep indigo blue 50 



.New Dwarf Foeony-Flowerecl Perfection (" Rose 

 and 'White"). The same dwarf habit peculiar to 

 " Black-Blue" characterizes this varietj' — the color 

 of the flowers are rose and white combined 50 



Sew Washington ("Silver-Gray" and "White tinted 

 with Rose"). The Washington Aster is of quite recent 

 origin, and up to this time we have only been able 

 , to offer two colors (White and Peach Blossom), which 

 will be found catalogued in the General Flower 

 Seed List. The new colors now offered, " Silver- 

 Gray" and " White tinted with Rose," like the 

 other varieties of Washington Asters, produce 

 flowers of enormous size, the single flowers of which - 

 sometimes measure from 4 to G inches in diameter. 

 Either variety 50 



ANGELONIA GRANDIFLORA ATROPUR- 

 PUREA. 



A distinct new variety, bearing long spikes of fragrant brown- 

 violet flowers 50 



CARNATION, New Grenadin. 



A new variety that we are sure will prove of great value, 

 and eventually become a standard sort. Coming perfectly 

 true from seed, it blooms much earlier than any other 

 variety, and produces in the greatest abundance perfectly 

 double flowers, of good size, and of the most vivid scarlet 

 hue. The habit of the plant is dwarf and compact 50 



DELPHINIUM CASHMERIANUM. 



-In this new variety of Larkspur, flowers nearly equal in size 

 to the well-known D. Forrnosum are produced on stems not 

 exceeding 15 inches in height. The flowers are fully an 

 inch in diameter, and are usually of a light blue purple, but 

 vary in shade to mauve or dark blue, and are produced in 

 corymbs of six or more. The plant is a native of the Hima- 

 laya mountains, where it is found at an elevation of 12,000 

 feet 50 



DIANTHUS, New Japanese. 



"Eastern Queen" and "Crimson Belle." 



These popular forms of D. Heddcwigii are most distinct and 

 pleasing. " Eastern Queen" is beautifully marbled ; the 

 broad bands of rich mauve upon the paler surface of the 

 petals are very striking and pretty. " Crimson Belle," as 

 its name implies, is of a rich crimson color, flowers of very 

 large size and substance, evenly and finely laciniated. Both 

 varieties come perfectly true from seed, and have been fully 

 tested by us, and they are grand. 50 cents per packet, or a 

 packet of both sorts for 75 cents. 



New Carmine Candytuft. 



CANDYTUFT, New Carmine. PefPkt. 



This splendid novelty is of dwarf, compact habit, and when in 

 flower presents a mass of vivid carmine blooms of great 

 beauty 25 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA CROCEA FLORE PLENO. 



A new double-flowering variety, flowers bright orange scarlet, 

 shading off to salmon red. Quite a distinct sort, and an 

 abundant bloomer 50 



GERANIUM, New Cocoanut. 



A new scented leaved variety, evidently a hybrid between the 

 Apple and Nutmeg scented, and having a very marked, 

 agreeable fragrance. For use in bouquets or baskets it will 

 be found more valuable than its parents, as it not only pos- 

 sesses a longer stem, but its leaf is firmer in texture, and 

 therefore not likely to wither quickly 50 



GILIA TRICOLOR RUBRO VIOLACEA. 



This novelty is a variety of an old favorite plant, and bears 

 beautiful light lilac flowers 50 



