PETER HENDERSON & CO., IN EVVYORK- 



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These flower profusely throughout the season, thriving in flower garden, window boxes, 

 vases, etc.; also well adapted for ribbon lines and edgings; very flagrant, annual. (.Sep cut > 



Sweet Alyssum. White. % foot. Per ounce, 25c Pkt. 5 



Tom Thumb Sweet Alyssum. (" Compaction erect um" or "Little Gem.") This is 

 one of the finest plants for edgings and low beds, flowering in unparalleled profusion for 



months. V2 foot. Per ounce, 35c 5 



"Carpet of Snow." (Compactum procumbeus.) Pure white, grows only 2 to 3 inches 

 high, and flowers profusely ; in fact, it is a perfect carpet of snow throughout the season. 

 We have counted as many as 300 heads of snow-white flowers open on one plant at one 



time. (.See cut.) Per ounce, 50c 10 



HARDY ALYSSUM. Dwarf spreading hardy perennial plants about a foot high, very 

 showy for permanent borders and beds. 



Wiersbecki. Summer blooming; yellow 5 



Saxatile Conipacta. Spring blooming; dwarf, golden yellow. % foot 



ABTTTTLON, 



DIW HYBRIDS. 



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ABUTILON. Large bell-like flowers, 

 red, white, rose, orange, etc., richly vein- 

 ed ; strong growers, flowering continual- 

 ly ; suitable for house in winter and gar- 

 den in summer. 2 to 4 feet. Tender per- 

 ennial. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10 



Abutilon, New Hybrids, Mixed. The 

 plants are of compact growth, producing 

 much larger flowers than the old types — the 

 range of colors is also greater, including 

 white, straw, yellow, rose, carmine, crimson, 

 orange, and many beautifullv striped varie- 

 ties. (Seecut) Pkt. 25 



ABEONIA UMBELLATA. Charming annual 

 trailers for vases, rock-work, etc., succeeding well 

 in the garden border; bearing large trusses of fra- 

 grant rosy pink flowers. % foot Pkt. 5 



ACACIA. Decorative greenhouse shrubs with ele- 

 gant foliage; flowers, yellow, white, red. 3 to 6 

 feet. Perennial. Mixed Varieties Pit. 10 



ACHILLEA. FT ABMICA PL. PL. Double white flowers, 

 borne profusely summer and autumn; fine for cutting; useful 

 border plant. 1 to 2 feet. Hardy perennial Pkt . 10 



ACBOCLINIUM. Double-flowering', Mixed. Free sum- 

 mer-flowering annual plants for garden decoration; the flow- 

 ers dry as "everlastings" for winter bouquets. 1 foot. .Pit. 5 



ADLUMIA. CIRKHOSA ("Mountain Fringe" or "Alle- 

 gheny Vine"). Charming hardy biennial climber; feathery 

 foliage, rose-colo red flowers. 15 feet Pkt. 10 



ADONIS. 2B8TXVAUS (" Flos Adonis"). Ornamental gar- 

 den annual, of easy culture, flowering freely; graceful feathery 

 foliage. Crimson. 1 foot Pkt. 5 



n f* 15 In rj T T 1 TUT Annuals, bearing in profusion clusters 



riunr\H 1 UJVl. of feathery flowers ; suitable for pot cul- 

 ture in winter or bedding out in summer; flowering continually and 

 profuselv. 2 feet high. 



Blue Pit. 5 White Pkt. 5 



TOM THUMB VARIETIES. Splendid very dwarf varieties for edg- 

 ings and ribbon lines; covered with large trusses of flowers until frost. 

 Height. % foot. 



Tom Thumb. Blue Perfection... 5 Tom Thumb. White 5 



Bose. A beautiful variety. .10 Yellow. Delicate chamois yellow 10 



Little Dorrit. Compact oval bushes, 6 inches high and a foot through; a mass of blue flowers 10 



flJUGfl JVIETALxLxICA C^ISPA. 



Very dwarf, regular, compact habit with curious and beautiful curly dark green leaves with a metallic 

 gloss, short flower-stalk closely set with small flowers of a beautiful ultramarine-blue, give a charming appear- 

 ance to the plant. Wonderful effects are obtained with this novelty in forming carpet-beds, borders, etc.. 

 especially when in bloom. Height of plant and flower-stalk about 4 to 5 inches. The seed is sow n in pots or 

 in theframe, the seedlings transferred to small pots, and later on planted in the garden at a distance of from 

 3 to 4 inches apart. Comes quite true from seed. (See cut.) Pkt. 15 



Ornamental foliage and flowering annuals of 

 striking effect ; they are of rapid growth, easy cul- 

 ture and very showy, with flower spikes or richly 

 colored foliage. For semi-tropical gardening they 

 are unique and effective. 

 Caudatus. (Lore-lies-bleeding.) Long, dark 



red drooping flower spikes Pkt. 5 



Firebrand. lA.Superbus.) Attains a height 



of six feet and a breadth of four to five feet; 



well furnished with large, gorgeously colored 



leaves of a blood-red color, bordered with 



bright yellow 10 



Henaeri. Beautiful drooping foliage of 

 rosy carmine, orange, buff, golden yellow 



and olive green. 2 feet 5 



Salicifolius. (Fountain Plant.) Grace- 

 fully drooping, willow-shaped leaves, bril- 

 liantly banded and tipped with orange, 



carmine and bronze 5 



Tricolor. (Joseph's Coat.) Leaves 



red. yellow and green. 3 feet 5 



Brilliant. A beautiful hybrid. growB 

 in columnar form, 4 to 6 feet high, 

 almost covered with carmine, rose and yel- 

 low variegated leaves without branches. .10 



fllWPELOPSIS VEITGHII. 



("Boston or Japan Ivy.") Valuablehardy 

 perennial climber; clinging to walls of 

 wood, brick or stone; foliage dense, of 

 glossy green, changing to red and yel- 

 low in autumn. 30 feet Pit. 10 



"ST. BPJGID" ANEMONES. 



These beautiful Irish Poppy-flow- 

 ered varieties produce in abun- 

 dance large, single, semi-double 

 and double flowers 3 to 5 inches 

 across, of an endless variety of 

 colors, from maroon and bright- 

 est scarlet to flesh pink, and from 

 lilac to purple. Some are mottled, 

 striped, ringed, etc. 

 For cutting they 

 are unsurpassed, 

 and in the garden 

 they flower until 

 .after frost .Pit. 10 



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