8 PETER HENDERSON'S LIST OF NEW AND SCARCE PLANTS. 



Miscellaneous New Plants. 



Per Dozen. 



Abutilon Snowstorm. Finest white. Valuable for winter flowers 1 20 



Ageratum, John Douglass. Dwarf, clear blue. Very fine 75 



Acalypha Musaica, foliage like autumn leaves 1 60 



" Marginata. Leaves Bronzy Green, Rimmed Pink 1 50 



Alyssum. Tom Thumb. Makes a beautiful little pot plant, not growing over 2 inches high 1 50 



" Colossus Very large flowers ; resembles the Candytuft 1 00 



" Double Var. Double flowers and variegated foliage. Fine for ribbon lines 150 



Abutilon Vesuvius. Flowers intense red. Very profuse 2 00 



Begonia Rubra, flowers scarlet rose, ever-blooming 2 00 



Ooleus, new, fancy of 1880. Selected as the cream of the newest sorts, and the best Bedders, their foliage com- 

 prising every hue known to this beautiful class of plants. Per set of 12 sorts, $1 00. 

 Oycas Media. Scarce, $1.00 each, 



Oyrtanthera Magnifica. A beautiful greenhouse plant producing tufts of bright pink flowers 3 00 



Campsidium Flicifolium. Beautiful greenhouse climber, foliage like fronds of a fern 1 60 



Eranthemum Tricolor. Rich maroon leaves, blotched with carmine 1 20 



" Eldorado. Marbled ye Low 1 20 



" Sanguinea. D;.rk crimson, metallic lustre 1 20 



Ficus Elastica, India Rubber Tree. Fine plants 9 00 



New Double White Bouvardia, Alfred Neuner. See special description, page 4. 



New Scarlet Carnation " Firebrand." We have long needed a carnation of intense scarlet color, large size, 

 and at the same time free flowering qualities. In this variety, we have all these qualifications in a marked 

 degree. "Firebrand" is sure to become a standard sort, as it surpasses in brilliancy of color all the other 

 varieties. It is a very profuse bloomer, and is an unusually strong healthy grower. This variety is now 

 generally known about New York, where the leading cut flower growers are preparing to grow it largely It 

 was awarded a special premium by the New York Horticultural Society. Price,2A inch pots, $1.50 per doz. 



New Double Ivy -leaved Geraniums. Set, 8 distinct varieties, 1 00 



New Palm. Phoenix Rupicola. Very ornamental. Fine plants, $2.00 each. 

 New Double Flowered Anemones. See page 5 . 



Pancratium Coronarium. Pure white lily-like flowers 1 50 



Rhyncospermum Jasminoides. Pure white deliciously fragrant flower 2 00 



Tradescantia Multicolor. A beautiful new variety, which will prove a great acquisition to our list of basket 

 plants. It 18 of creeping or drooping habit ; foliage brightly marked and streaked with rose, white, pink, 



bronze and green, 2 00 



Thymus Marginata Elegantissima. A showy basket plant far superior to the old golden Thyme. Foliage 



green edged with bright yellow 2 00 



NAMED SETS OF 



Plants for Florists 9 Stock. 



Named sets of some of the leading classes of plants, embracing the most distinct and desirable sorts. Specially se- 

 lected as the best fitted for Florists' Stock. 



Per set. Per 100. 



Azaleas, set of 25 distinct named kinds, extra fine plants, in bud ; 3 inch pots 4 00 1 2 00 



Caladiums, fancy, set of 25 sorts 4 50 16 00 



Dahlias, Pompone, set of 25 distinct named kinds ; dry roots 2 00 6 00 



Large flowered, set of 25 distinct named kinds ; dry roots 2 00 6 00 



Per set. Per 100 



Verbenas, set 40 distinct varieties $2 00 4 00 



Ageratum, set 8 distinct varieties 50 4 00 



Clematis, set 12 distinct varieties. 4 00 30 00 



Phloxes, set 25 distinct varieties 2 00 6 00 



Chrysanthemums, set 25 distinct varieties 2 00 6 00 



Heliotrope, set 12 distinct varieties 75 6 00 



Geraniums, set 12 best, double 1 50 8 00 



" " " single 1 50 8 00 



" " " scented 1 50 8 00 



Ivy Geraniums, 12 best varieties 1 00 6 00 



per set, Per 100 



Fuchsias, 25 distinct named sorts 2 60 8 00 



Coleus, set 12 new sorts of 1880 1 00 6 00 



Hibiscus, set 8 sorts 1 00 8 00 



Lantanas, set 25 sorts 2 50 8 00 



Orotons, set 12 choice sorts 4 50 



Sedums, set 20 sorts 1 50 6 00 



Passifioras, set 8 sorts 7 5 8 00 



Roses, set 25 sorts, 3 in 2 50 8 00 



Roses, large imported hybrids, 11 sorts 9 00 



Abutilons, set 10 distinct varieties 1 00 8 00 



Foreign Grape Vines. 



Black Hamburg and 8 other leading sorts, $25.00, $50.00 and $100.00 per 100, 



according to size. 



GENERAL COLLECTION OF 



PLANTS FOR FLORISTS' STOCK. 



All plants suitable for winter flowering are marked W. F. 



Retail 

 Per 100. Each. 



Alyssum, Double White, fragrant 6 00 



" Variegated (old variety) 6 00 



Amaryllis Formosissima, pink 8 00 



" Johnsonii, scarlet, large 50 00 



Aspidistra Lurida, 12 00 



Ageratum, in variety 6 00 



Astilbe Japonica, W. F. Good imported clumps for forcing 8 00 



Auriculas, choice mixed 6 00 



