PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



GAILLABDIA. 



Per Pkt. 

 A striking looking class, natives of this I'miiiirj. and pre- 

 senting quite adiv rslty of color. All Half- liardy Annuals, 

 ami the best varieties are: 



Gaiiiardia Ooccinea Nana. Dwarf Scarlet, 1 ft 5 



Grandiflorii Hybrida. Kicli crimson and yellow, 



1>T ft 5 



Picta Nana. Crimson and yellow. 1 II 5 



Alba Marginal a. White edged, 1 ', It 5 



Pine .11 i\«il Colors r > 



New Double Flowering. [See Novelties) 50 



GERANIUM (Pelargonium.) 



Perhaps the best reference we can make to what is today 

 the most desirable plant for out-door cultivation— the Zo- 

 nale Geranium— la to call attention to the colored plate in 

 I he Plant portion of our catalogue lor lssO, which faithfully 

 Illustrates a few of the newer types Ol the Zonale section. 

 Its numberless varieties, simple culture, the immunity it 

 enjoys from insects and disease, and its great free-bloom- 

 ing qualities, have placed it so high in general estima- 

 tion, that it is rapidly superseding the Verbena, hitherto 

 the most popular bedding plant gr wi . 1 to 2 ft. 

 Geranium Zonale. Newer Types. We oiler large 

 packet, containing seeds ol all 9 types Of Single Ger- 

 aniums shown in colored plates of 1880, mixed, for 

 26c. We do not oiler seed ol the six Double vari- 

 eties ligiircd on colored plate. 



Geranium Zonule. Splendid mixed 10 



Gold anrt Bronze. New varieties, mixed 25 



Double, finest mixed from new varieties 00 



Largn Flowered (Pelargonium). "Lady Washing- 

 toil" Geranium. From prize varieties 50 



Fancy Varieties (Pelargonium). "Lady Washing- 

 ton" (leian mm. finest mixed 50 



Apple Scented (true). We Offer this season a limited 



s ipply of this always scarce and much-sought-after 

 variety 25 



GILIA. 



Very pretty dwarf plants; will bloom in almost any situa- 

 tion; admirably adapted for massing. Hardy Annuals. 

 Gilia < apitata Major, sky-blue, », II 5 



Nivalis. Dwari, snow-white, % ft 6 



Tricolor. White, lilac and purple, lit 5 



Tricolor Rubra Violacea. Hears beautiful lilac 



dowers (See. cut) 25 



All Colors, Slued 5 



GLADIOLUS. 



I. I ml i.il u. French Hybridized Seed. ID 



GLADIOLUS BULBS. 



Any of the following Bulbs sent free by mail at Catalogue 

 prices, except where quoted by the hundred, 

 (Supplied from October to June.) 

 The increasing demand for this popular (lower induces us 

 to offer from our very extensive collection of named vari- 

 . eties, the following special selections, to which we invite 

 particular attention. 



NAMED VARIETIES. 



Mich. 

 Adsuson. Flowers large, very open-, rose, slightly tinged 

 with lilac; side petals blotched amaranth on white 

 ground, tinted yellow and margined carmine lilac ; 



a very remarkable and superior variety; new 25 



Antonius. Fine spike of flowers, cherry colored, tinged 

 with orange and blazed with carmine, white stains. 10 



Brenchleyensis. Rich dark scarlet lu 



Berenice. Beautiful rose, striped red, purple-carmine 



blotch 15 



Calypso. Flesh color, streaked rose and blotched car- 

 mine .15 



Canari. Light yellow, streaked with rose .20 



Ceres. Pure whtte, flamed lilac 20 



Eugene Scribe. Large flower; rose blazed crimsiii 35 



Feliciau David. Cherry rose, striped carmine 15 



Fulton. Velvety vermilion, with purple slain 15 



Ida. Ground color light rose, blazed crimson; lower divi- 

 sions yellow 20 



Isaac Buchanan. The best yellow variety yet intro- 

 duced 30 



James Watt. Light vermilion, with stains of white 



and rose 25 



John Bull. Ivory white, tinted yellow 10 



Edith. Itosy ilesh color, with dark stripes 20 



\*a. Candeur. Pure white, lightly marked with crimson 

 violet 50 



Each. 



I. a urn. Light orange red, with white blotch 20 



lie Ponssin. Light red, with white throat. Verv line. .20 

 Lord Byron. Brilliant scarlet, ribboned with pure 



white 15 



Mars. Beautiful scarlet ly 



Mathilde de Landevoisin. White, slightly tinted 



with flesh-colored rose, streaked with carmine 20 



Mazeppa. Orange red, striped white to 



Meteor. B rilli ant red, with large white stains 15 



Napoleon III. Bright scarlet and white 2U 



Ophir. Dark yellow; stained purple J5 



Pegasus. Flesh color, purple blotch on bull' ground iu 



Penelope. Blush white, lower petals tinted yellow, 



streaked carmine 15 



Princess of Wales. White, flaked with rosy crimson. .15 

 Proserpine. Kosy while, strongly marked with deep 



rose 25 



Kobert fortune. Deep crimson red, violet tinted 



ground, with white lines o 



Sappho. Cherry, tinted with orange j in lower petals a 



white stain, striped with red 30 



Thalia. White (lamed and streaked with carmine 25 



Van Dyck. Crimson amaranth, striped while 26 



Vesta. White, with purplish blotch on yellow ground 15 



Zenobia. Hose, tinged with violet and flamed Willi dark 



carmine; large blotch, feathered with crimson 2i 



GLADIOLUS BULBS (In Collections). 



We make up the following collections from our large stock 

 of named sons such as we have a surplus of, which ena- 

 bles us to give our customers a very choice assortment, 

 at much less than Catalogue rates. All the bulbs iu these 

 collections are correctly named. 



"A." 12 good named varieties; the collection for $1 25 



" B." — 12 choice named varieties; " " " 2 00 



" 0." — 12 extra choice; " " " 2 r»u 



" D."— 12 new and rare varieties; " ■■ " 3 50 



" K."— 12 in 12 sorts, without names; the collection for. . 1 ou 

 "F." — 12 choice mixtures ; " " " .. 75 

 •■<;."— rj choice seedling mixtures; " " •' . . 1 00 

 " II "— 12 choice seedlings, iu 12 distinct sorts, with positive 

 colors and markings, Including the best white, yel- 

 low and scarlets .«2 5u 



GLADIOLUS BULBS (Mixture.) 



Various shades. Red; by Mail: Per doz. 60c; $3.00 per loo. 

 Pink aiid variegated. Per doz., 75c. ; $4.su 



per luo. 

 Various sharles. White and light striped. Per doz., Sl.ou; 



|B.OO per 100. 

 All colors, mixed. Per doz., 50c; $4.00 per luo. 



GLAUCIUM. 



(Horn Poppy.) 



Per Pkt. 



A showy plant, with long silvery leaves, gracefully recurved 

 and deeply cut and curled, flowers bell-shaped, orange- 

 yellow. 



Glaucium Corniculatum. (Described above) 10 



GLOBE AMABANTHUS (Gomphrena). 



(Bachelor's Buttons.) 



Remarkably handsome everla-tings. The flowers may be 

 cut in Bummer and preserved for winter bouquc ts. Half- 

 hardy Annuals. 



Globe Amarantbi-s, AVhite. 2 ft 5 



Purple. 2 ft 6 



Variegated. 2 ft i 



Nana t'ompacta. A new dwarf variety, very 



compact, flowers deep violet red. It was one of the 

 most conspicuous objects in our Trial Grounds last 

 Tall, lasting after most annuals had succumbed to 



frost. {See cut) 25 



Mixed. Allcolors $ 



GLOXINIA. 



A superb genus of stove-hou-e planls. profuse bloomers, of 

 great beauty and diversity of colors. Stove Perennial 

 liulbs. 



Gloxinia, Finest Mixed. From a splendid collection 

 of drooping and erect varieties, 1ft. (See cul) 6t 



GBAMMANTHES. 



Grainmanthes Gentianoides. [See' Cut.) A beautiful 

 plant for rock-work or rustic baskets; of small size, 

 and covered with orange-scarlet star-shaped flow- 

 ers. (See cut). Half-hardy Annual 10 



