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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



AURICULA. 



The old-fashioned English Dusty Miller; an early spring- 

 blooming plant of the Primrose order ; flowering very abun- 

 dantly ; flowers of various shades of yellow, crimson, maroon. 

 Of exquisite fragrance. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



ARTEMISIA ARGENTEA. 



A finely-cut, silvery-leaved plant, the leaves having an agree- 

 able odor. Well adapted for baskets. 



25 cents each ; $2. 25 per dozen. 



ARTEMISIA STELLARIANA. 



An old plant, which has been brought into cultivation now — 

 in consequence of the great demand for plants with white 

 foliage — for hanging baskets, ribbon lines, etc. The foliage is of 

 the silvery shade of the Centaureas. 



25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen ; $15.00 per hundred. 



ASPIDISTRA LURIDA. 



Curious plants, remarkable for producing their flowers under 

 the surface of the earth. The leaves are six inches long, about 

 two inches wide, and of a bright green ; well adapted for 

 Wardian cases, ferneries, etc. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



ASTILBE JAPONICA. 



ASTILBE JAPONICA, (Spirea Japonica.) 



One of the finest of hardy garden plants ; when in flower, it is 

 about one foot in height. The flowers are borne in branching 

 feather-like spikes of purest white. It is used extensively for 

 forcing for flowers by the bouquet makers. (See Cut.) 



1st size, 50 cents ; $1.50 per dozen. 2d size, 30 cents each ; 

 $3.0U per dozen. - 



ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA. 



A very ornamental plant for summer decoration, blooming 

 from Juiy to November, growing about three feet in height, 

 the stem terminated with heads of yellow and scarlet flowers. 

 30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



AZALEA INDICA. 



Of this we have twenty-five of the leading sorts and fine plants. 

 The varieties are so numerous that descriptions convey but 

 little idea of what they are. ' 



1st size, large plants of the newer sorts, 75 cents each ; 



$7.50 per dozen. 



2d size, medium size, 50 cents each ; $4.50 per dozen. 



3d size, 3 inch pots, 25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



Per set of twenty-five, 1st size, $12.00. 2d size, set of twenty-five, 



$7.50." 3d size, per set of twenty-five, $1.50. 



AZALEA INDICA ALBA. 



The large, pure white, single variety. This is a most appro- 

 priate plant for cemetery decoration. There are shrubs of it in 

 the Greenwood Cemetery, of Brooklyn, L. I., six feet high by 

 six feet in diameter; they have stood hardy there for a dozen 



years. When in bloom in spring and early summer, they pre- 

 sent a perfect sheet of white. 



1st size, 75 cents each ; $7.50 per dozen. 2d size, 50 cents each ; 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



AZALEA, "Flag of Truce" (Double.) 



One of the most beautiful of all the DiuU". Azaleas. Flowers 

 snow white, 2 inches in diameter, growth compact and symmetri- 

 cal; one of the most valuable plants for use in bouquets, etc., in. 

 winter. 



1st size, fine plants, $2.00 each. ' 



2d •' " " 1.00 " 



3d " " " 50 " 



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Arueeia Maritima. 

 ARMERIA MARITIMA, (Sea Pink.) 



This is the well-known "Sea Pink." It is perfectly hardy — does 

 well in all situations ; flowers bright pink, very useful for 

 bouquets. Flowers through the spring and summer. (See Cut.) 

 30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



BOUVARDIA, "LadyHyslop." 



This variety is now one of our standard winter-blooming 

 sorts, of free, vigorous growth, resembling " Elegans," with 

 flowers of a light rose color. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



BOUVARDIAS -In variety. 



These are now among the most important plants cultivated 

 for winter flowers, owing to the yearly increasing variety of 

 color, and excellent adaptation for that purpose. They are also 

 effective as bedding plants for the flower-garden, beginning to 

 bloom in August, and continuing until frost. They require 

 considerable heat — an average of 70 degrees. 

 Elega ii s. Bright carmine. 



Hnmboldti, (See Novelties.) Price, 50 cents each. 

 [.c i a nt liu . Dark, dazzling scarlet. 

 Rosalinda. (See Novelties.) 50 cents each. 

 Davidsonii. White; fine form. 

 Lady Hyslop. (See Sp:cial Disrriptiin.) 

 Candidissima. (S e Novelties.) Price, 50 cents each. 

 Sanguinea. (See Nov-Mies.) 75 cents each. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen, except where noted. Set of 

 eight sorts for $2.50. 



BEGONIA. 



Plants adapting themselves to a variety of uses; are used for 

 planting in the garden for summer decorations, or as pot- 

 plants, or for forcing for cut flowers; are very easily grown, but 

 require heat — an average of 65 degrees at night during winter 

 is necessary. The flowers are beautiful, drooping in graceful 

 panicles, of various colors, as given below. They are largely 

 used in, the construction of bouquets, etc., by florists. 

 Alba. Flowers pure white; produced very freely. 

 Argyrostygma Veitcnii. Flowers pink, leaves spotted 



white. 

 Cariiea. Flowers bright carmine. 

 Degswelliana. Flowers bright scarlet. 

 Folio* a . White, with neat, drooping foliage. 

 Fuclisoides Alba. Flowers pure white. 

 Hjbrida Multiflora. Small, ornamental leavas, rosy- 

 pink flowers. 

 Nitida. Flowers light flesh color. 

 Nitida Alba. Flowers white, 



R ic lia rdson i i , Flowers white, leaves very finely divided. 

 Rubra. 50 cents each. (See Novelties.) 

 San guinea . Upper surface of leaves olive color, under side 



crimson. 50 cents. 

 Saundersonii. Flowers bright scarlet-crimson. 

 Subpeltatum Nigricans. Large ornamental leaves; flow- 

 ers produced very freely. 

 Weltoniensis." Flowers rich shade of pink. 

 "Weltoniensis Alba. Flowers white. 

 30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen, except where noted. Set of 16 

 sorts, $3.00. 



