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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



NIEREMBERGIA GRACILIS. . 



A well-known bedding plant, of slender, grass-like habit, with 

 bluish- white flowers an inch in diameter; flowering from June 

 to October. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



NERTERA DEPRESSA. 



One of the most attractive of Alpine plants. The creeping 

 stems are slender, densely matted, with very small, dark green 

 leaves, forming a dense tuft, on which the brilliant orange-scar- 

 let berries rest. The fruit forms a brilliant contrast with the 

 foliage. It is particularly adapted for hanging baskets, rock- 

 work, etc. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



OXALIS.— In Variety. 



Excellent plants, either for baskets or vases, or for window 

 culture — blooming nearly the entire season, colors white, yellow, 

 crimson, rose, orange, &c, &c. 



25 cents each; Set of 6 sorts for $1.00. 



OTHONNA CRASSIFOLIA. 



In habit it somewhat, resembles some of our varieties of Se- 

 dums. It is excellently adapted for carpeting the ground under 

 shrubs, or as a plant for baskets or vases. 



25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. 



PACHYPHITUM AUREUM. 



A low-growing succulent plant with brownish golden foliage, 

 It does well in dry situations. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



p^onia. 



A well-known, hardy herbaceous plant. Our collection com- 

 prises some of the most distinct sorts, varying in color from 

 white to deep crimson. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



PAMPAS GRASS, (Gynerium Argenteum.) 



A stately species of grass from South America, growing six 

 feet in height, with plumes of yellowish white, one to two feet 

 in length; it looks best as asingle specimen. As it is not quite 

 hardy North, it requires protection of eight or ten inches of 

 leaves around the roots, or it can be removed to the cellar, and 

 replanted in spring. 



The plants we offer this season are all certain to flower — the 

 " flower" is the " California Pampas Plume," now so much used 

 when dry for decorative purposes. {See Cut.) 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen, Larger size, 50 cents each; 

 $4.50 per dozen. 



PAMPAS GRASS, (Newer Sorts.) 



Gynerium Argentinm Bartoiiii. 

 Violacea. 



— -~ — Variegata, 



— — Pendula. 



Price, 75 cents each; set of 5 for $2.50. 



PANSIES. 



Our strain of Pansies has been deservedly popular for the past 

 five years, and perhaps from no plant we have sold have we had 

 more complimentary reports. 



15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen; $9.00 per 100. 



PALMS. 



Dion Edul«. Quite similar to the Sago Palm. $1.00 to 

 $3.00 each. 



Coryplia Australis. A splendid, robust grower. $1.00 to 

 $2.00each. 



Sabal Adamsonii. $1.00 each. 



Seafortliia Blegans. Very fine. - $1.00 each. 



Caryota TJrens. 50 cents to $1.00. 



CHamferops Humilis. $1.00. 



Latania Borbonica. This Palm is too well-known to 

 need any description; its strong constitution and 

 other general characteristics, renders it one of the 

 most easily grown. Price, 50 cents to $3.00 each. 



Brahea Filimentosa. {See Special Description.) Price, 

 $2.00 each. 



Oreodoxia Regia. (Koyal Palm). $1.50 each. 



Cyoas Revoluta (Sago Palm). Price $1.00 to $5.00 each. 



Sabal Speciosa. $1.00 each. 

 Set of 11 sorts, according to size, from $8.00 to $15.00 per set. 



PASSIFLORA, (Passion Flower.) 



These beautiful and interesting plants climb to a height of 

 20 or 30 feet if desired. " P. Coerulea is hardy, with slight pro- 

 tection, in this latitude color varying in the different sorts — 

 blue, crimson, white, etc. 

 Passiflora Pfordti. Purple. 



Coerulea, Blue. 



Alba. White. 50 cents. 



■ Buist's Hardy. Blue; very abundant bloomer. 



Loudoni. Purple; distinct foliage. ,50 cents. 



Decasaine. Purple. 50 cents. 



Alata. Blue and white. 



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

 7 sorts, $2.00. 



PEPEROMIA. 



Pretty, dwarf-growing plants, requiring partial shade and 



moisture; suitable for baskets, vases, ferneries, etc. 



Maculosa. Bright green, marked along the veins with gray- 

 ish white. 



Magnoliscfolia. Leaves resemble the magnolia: bright 

 green. 



"Verschaffeltii. Leaves marked with frosted white or sil- 

 very stripes. Splendid for the hot-house or Wardian 

 case. 



Resedreflora. This plant bears tiny, spire-like spikes of 

 white flowers at the apex of pink stems, the lower 

 portions of which are clothed with small, velvety 

 leaves. 

 30 cent,s each ; $3.00 per dozen. Set of 4 for $1.00. 



PEDILANTHUS PADIFOLIUS. 



A curious plant, resembling the " Euphorbia in habit and 

 general appearance. 



30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



PERISTROPHE ANGUSTIFOLIA VARIE- 

 GATA. 



A beautiful variegated plant, which has as yet had but a 

 limited distribution; as a plant for hanging-baskets, or for rib- 

 bon-lines in massing, it is particularly valuable; it forms a 

 compact bush six inches in height, and about one foot in diame- 

 ter; the leaves are beautifully marked with golden-yellow and 

 green, the yellow predominating. 



25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. 



PENTSTEMONS. 



This beautiful class make fine plants of from eighteen inches 

 to two feet in height, and are in continuous bloom from the 

 time they are planted out until frost; flowers in 3pikes of 

 Gloxinia-like form, shaded and mottled in all colors of white, 

 blue, scarlet, crimson and pink. 



25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. Set of 12 sorts for $2.00. 



PHYSIANTHUS ALBENS. 



A beautiful climber, flowering during the summer and fall 

 months. It is of rapid growth; the flowers are pare white and 

 fragrant, exceedingly useful for summer bouquets. The seed 

 pods are as large as an orange, and very ornamental. It has 

 been called the "Cruel Plant." owing to its flowers forming a 

 trap which catch butterflies and other insects. 

 25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. 



PETUNIAS, SINGLE. 



We have hundreds of varieties, from seed, varying through 

 all the shades of crimson and rose to purest white, striped, 

 mottled, and self-colored. For new strain see Novelties. 

 10 cents each ; $1.00 per dozen. 



PETUNIAS, DOUBLE. 



25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. Set of 14 sorts for $2,50. 

 {For mut varieties, see "Novelties.") 



