PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



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SAPONARIA, 



(Bouncing Bet.) 



Per Pkt. 

 An extremely beautiful class of compact growing plants. 



producing masses of minute cross-shaped rose and white 

 ' flowers, which continue blooming all summer. Hardy 



Annuals. 



Saponaria C'alabrica. Rich deep pink, >X ft 5 



Alba. Pure white, %tt 5 



SCARIOSA, 



(Mourning Bride, or Sweet Scabious.) 



A beautiful border plant, producing in profusion flowers in 

 great variety of colors; excellent for cutting for table 

 bouquets, etc. Hardy Annuals. 

 Scabiosa Nana pi. Pleno. The flowers are quite dou- 

 ble and globular, varying in all the shades of white, 

 carmine, maroon, lilac, etc. : a most valuable flower 



to use in bouquets or vases of cut flowers. 1 ft 10 



Tall German, Mixed, 2 ft 5 



SCHIZANTHUS. 



A splendid class of plants, combining elegance of growth 

 with a rich profusion of beautiful flowers, valuable for 

 green-house decoration in spring, and the flower garden 

 in summer. 1J£ ft. Half-hardy Annual. 



Papilionaceus (Butterfly flower). A charming variety, 

 the flowers resembling some varieties of Orchids. (See 

 Cut) 10 



Scb.izantb.us. Finest mixed colors ...,.,...,.... 5 



SCYPHANTHUS. 



Sc- j-pbaiithus Elegans, A dwarf, free-flowering, 

 naif-hardy evergreen trailing plant; yellow. 2 ft.. .10 



SEDUM, 



(Stonecrop.) 



A very interesting and useful little plant, growing freely 

 on rock or rustic work, ornamental mounds, old walls, 

 etc. Hardy Annual. 



Secluai tnruleuiu. Blue. H 1 1 10 



SENECIO SPECIOSUS. 



A new and very free-flowering half-hardy perennial from 

 South Africa. It produces in the open ground bright 

 magenta-colored flowers from spring until fall, and can be 

 had in bloom in the greenhouse throughout the winter. 

 The flowers are about an inch and a half in diameter, and 

 borne in branching spikes 25 



SENSITIVE PLANT, (See Mimosa Pudica.) 

 SILENE, or CATCHELY. 



A beautiful genus of free-flowering plants, with bright 

 attractive flowers, admirably adapted for spring and sum- 

 mer blooming in beds, rock-woik, etc. 



Silene Pendula Compacta. Plant dwarf and com- 

 pact, forming dense cushions two or three inches 

 in height, and from nine to twelve inches in diam- 

 eter, which during the season are perfectly solid 

 with bloom 5 



Carnea PI. PI. Producing beautiful double 



flowers of a delicate pink. It comes quite true 

 from seed, ami will be found well adapted for 

 edgings of flower beds. Its blooms, too, will be 

 found very useful in all cut flower work 25 



SMILAX, (See Myrsiphyllnm Aspara- 

 goides.) 



SNAKE CUCUMBER, (See Cucumis 

 Flexnosus.) 



STAT1CE. 



Exceedingly interesting plants of easy cnlture. They are 

 all very free-flowering, and remain a long time in bloom, 

 the flowers being valuable for winter bouquets. 

 Statice Bonduelli. Deep golden yellow. Half-hardy 



Perennial. \%it 10 



Spirata. Forms a beautiful bouquet of rosy pink 



flowers. Annual 10 



Incaiia Hybrids. Fine mixed. Perennial 10 



S0LANUM. 



Per Pkt. 

 A genus of ornamental fruit-bearing plants, some of them 

 among the most interesting of green-house shrubs, while . 

 others are remarkable for their fine foliage, and are most 

 useful for groups on lawns, or as single specimens. 

 Solanum Capsicastrum, or " Jerusalem Cherry." 

 Miniature orange tree, covered all winter with a 

 profusion of scarlet fruit. A very interesting plant 

 for the decoration of the green-house or sitting- 

 room. Half-hardy Perennial. U£ft 10 



Hendei sonii. Pear-shaped scarlet fruit 10 



Warscewiczii. A magnificent plant, with immense 



leaves of a deep green color. It attains an average 

 height of six to eight feet, and when planted in 

 masses produces a grand effect 10 



SPHEN0GYNE. 



A bright yellow, free-flowering border plant, from South 



America; useful for beds, ribbon borders, or edgings. 

 Sphenogyne Speciosa. Hardy Annual. 1ft 5 



STOCKS, (German Ten-Weeks.) 



(Gillrflower.) 



Ten Weeks Stocks comprise those varieties which, being 

 sown in spring, flower during the summer and fall. The 

 Pyramidal probably produce more double flowers than any 

 other sort, and irs dwarf habit rpnders it unequaled for 

 bedding-out work. The Wallflower leaved have glossy 

 foliage distinct Irom any other class, if the Intermediate 

 Stocks are sown at the same time as the Ten Weeks, they 

 will succeed them in bloom, so that the "time of the 

 Stocks " can be greatly prolonged. All the seed we offer 

 is carefully saved from pot-grown plants. 1 to 1% ft. 

 Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Stock, Dwarf German Ten Weeks. Fine mixed.... 5 



Large Flowering. Choice mixed... 10 



Pure White 15 



Purple 15 



Scarlet Victoria. New and fine.. .'...15 



New Large-Flowered Dwarf Pyramidal. 



The most popular stock in cultivation; very finest 



mixed 15 



New Giant Perfection (S"e Novelties) 25 



Wallflower-Leaved. Pure white, very 



fine 15 



Pnrple 15 



Crimson. Very fine 15 



Finest Mixed , ,,,.,,15 



INTERMEDIATE. 



The Intermediate Stocks are valuaMe on account of their 

 flowering late in the fall, also as pot plants for early 

 spring blooming, for which purpose the seeds should be 

 sown in July or August. \y z ft. 



Stock, Intermediate. Scarlet 10 



White 10 



Purple 10 



Mixed 10 



BROMPTON AND EMPEROR. 



The Emperor, or Perpetual Flower, may be treated in the 

 same manner as the Intermediate Stock; they frequently 

 last sever?! years, if protected from the frost. The 

 Brompton is a biennial of branching habit, producing a 

 grand display when in bloom. 2 ft. 



Stock Emperor, or Perpetual. Finest mixed 15 



Brompton, or Winter. Finest mixed 10 



SWEET SULTAN. 



Showy Annuals of easy culture, very effective in shrub- 

 bery borders. Hardy Annuals. 



Sweet Sultan. Purple. 2ft 5 



White. 2ft "5 



Yellow. 2ft 5 



Mixed 5 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Rarbatus.) 



A very beautiful class of plants, of extreme richness and 

 diversity of color. The varieties have been greatly im- 

 proved of late years: 1% ft. Hardy Perennials. 



Sweet William. Fine mixed 5 



„ Auricula-Flowered. Flnwers in trusses of 



immense size and of exceedingly heantiful colors. ..10 



— Double-Flowering. Finest mixed, from a 



splendid collection of double flowers 10 



