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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



■EM 



Fuchsia Mrs. H. Cannell. 



FUCHSIAS.— General Collection. 



Aurora. Corolla orange-scarlet, sepals white. 



Beauty of Sherwood. Corolla cherry, sepals white. 



Brilliant. Corolla Bright scarlet, sepals white. 



Beacon. Rose, corolla violet. 



Black Prince. Bell-shaped; fine. 



Carl Halt. Corolla crimson. 



Day Dream. Corolla maroon, sepals crimson. 



Elm City. Double, buds forming large globular crimson- 

 scarlet balls. 



Gov. Baker. Corolla plum-color, sepals crimson. 



Gem. Corolla violet, sepals crimson. 



Inimitable. An improvement on Prince Imperial. 



Leah. Corolla crimson, sepals white. 



Mrs. Marshal. Corolla carmine, sepals white. 



Meteor. Bronze leaves; very ornamental. 



President McMahon. Corolla scarlet, sepals greenish 

 yellow. 



Prince Napoleon. Corolla purple, sepals waxy crimson. 



Prince Imperial. Corolla purple, sepals recurved, crim- 

 son. 



.Regalia. Golden foliage. 



Symbol. Corolla pure white, sepals rose. 



Speciosa. Corolla scarlet, two inches in length, sepals blush. 



Tower of London. Corolla double, violet blue, sepals 

 crimson. 



Theresa . Corolla ruby, sepals creamy-white. 



"White Eagle. Corolla white, sepals carmine, double. 



"Wave of Life. Foliage yellow, corolla violet, sepals crim- 

 son. 



Xiord Byron. Crimson sepals, and Jarge, open bell-shaped 

 corolla, black, the darkest yet known. 



Mrs. H. Cannell. Fine double white corolla, with well re- 

 flexed scarlet sepals. (See Cut.) 

 30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. Full set of 26 sorts for $6. 00. 

 For new sorts, see " New or Bare Plants." 



FITTONIA, (Gymnostachyum.) 



Low-growing plants, of creeping habit, grown for the beauty 

 of their leaves, which are veined in the most curious manner 

 with lines of white, carmine and crimson. Valuable plants for 

 Wardian cases or Ferneries, or for growing in shaded green- 

 houses or rooms. 



Argyrea. Bright green, netted with silvery white. 

 Gigantea. Coloring like the two following sorts, but of 



stronger growth. 

 Pearcii. Green, netted- with pink and red. 

 "Verschaffeltii. Beticulated with red, passing into crimson. 

 30 cants eish ; $3.DJ psr djz^a. Sst of A, $1.05. 



GOLDEN FEVERFEW, (Pyrethrutn Partheni- 

 folium Aureum.) 



Used largely for massing, or in ribbon-planting, having no 

 merit as a flowering plant; the leaves are delicately cut, of a 

 golden-yellow color, which is kept all summer. The flower- 

 shoots should be nipped off when they appear. 



15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. 



FERNS. 



These beautiful plants are now very generally cultivated; 

 their great diversity and gracefulness of foliage mates them 

 much valued as plants for Wardian cases, Ferneries, and rock- 

 work, where there is moisture i.nd shade. 



Adiantum A/fine 30 cts. 



" Pubescens 30 " 



" Concilium Latum 30 " 



" Capillus Vermis 50 " 



" Farley ense 51.50 " 



Blechnum Occidentale 30 " 



Cheilanthes Hirta 30 " 



Crytomium Kortuni 30 " 



Deplasium Decussata 30 " 



Gymnogramma Chrysophylla 50 " 



L.astrea Angescens 50 '* 



Onychium Japonicum 30 " 



Pteris, Macrophylla 30 " 



" Long i folia £0 " 



" Hastata 30 " 



" Serrulata 30 " 



" Serrulata Cristata 75 " 



" Geranifolia 30 " 



" Tremula 25 " 



" Polyjjodium Aureum 30 " 



" Woodwai-dia Orientalis 30 •• 



Full set of 21 sorts for $5.00. Our selection of sort3 for $3.00 



per dozen. 

 In addition to the above we offer the celebrated collection of 

 Ferns grown by F. Roenbeck, which is, perhaps, the most com- 

 plete on the continent, Mr. B.. making the growing of Ferns his 

 exclusive business. 



Collection of 50 Newest and Eest sorts, Extra Fine Plants, $40,00 



50 Finest Older sorts, " " $21.00 



Full collection of 100 sorts, " " $60.00 



FICUS REPENS. 



A plant suited specially in greenhouse decorations, for cover- 

 ing the walls, pillars, etc., or for outside decorations in the 

 South. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



FRAGARIA 1NDICA, (Indian Strawberry.) 



A " Strawberry" producing bright scarlet berries that remain 

 on the plant for a long time. The fruit is not fit to eat, but is 

 highly ornamental, particularly when grown in baskets, as it 

 droops to a distance of three feet. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



GOLDFTJSSIA ANISOPHYLLA. 



A very pretty plant when in bloom, flowers bright blue; very 

 easily grown, flowering during the sumir ;r months. 

 30 cents each ; $3.00 per uozen. 



GAZANIAS. 



Low-growing plants, with large, showy flowers; orange yellow 

 in color. 



25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



GAZANIA SPLENDENS VAR. 



The same as the above, with the edges of the leaves margined 

 with creamy white. 



30 cents each; $3. 0J per dozen. 



GENISTA CANARIENSIS. 



A broom-like plant, with spikes of bright yellow flowers, 

 growing into a nicely-shaped shrub of from two to four feet in 

 height, suitable for parlor or greenhouse culture; is hardy in 

 Southern States. 



25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. 



