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PETER HENDERSON ACO..NEW YORK 



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For Permanent Planting in Open Borders, Cemetery Plots, etc. 



This class of plants is fast attaining popularity, and to meet the growing 

 demand we offer this choice selection of sorts, which contains only such as 

 exhibit the greatest contrast of color with profusion of bloom. They flower 

 at different periods, and vary in natural height, so that a succession of bloom 

 with a picturesque effect can be obtained by planting this entire collection. 



Varieties. 



Aconitum napellus [Monkshood) 



Achillea, "The Pearl." 15c 



" tomentosa (Downy Yarrow.) 15c. 



Adonis verualis (Spring Adonis) 



Ajuga reptans rubra < Dark Foliage). 

 Alstromeria aurantiaca I Peruvian Lily) 



Alyssum saxatile (.Golden Tuft) 



Anemone Japonica alba 



" Honor ine Joubert 



" " rubra 



" Pennsylvanica. 15c 



Anthemis tinctoria ( Yellow Chamomile) 



Anthericum (St. Bruno's Lily), loc 



Aquilegia (Columbine). 15c 



Arabis albida i Rock Cress) . 15c 



Armeria mar itima ( Sea Pin k ). 15c 



Artemisia abrotanum {Southernwood). 

 Asclepias tuberosa I Butterfly Flower)... 



Aspernla odorata ( Woodruff) 



Asphodelus luteus [Asphodel) 



Aster Novae-Anglsei New England Aster) 



Astilbe Japonica (Japan Astilbe) 



Baptisia Australis (Blue False Indigo).. 

 Boccouia cordata ( Tree Calnndine). 15c 

 Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile).. 

 Callirhce involucrata (Creeping Mallow) 



Campanula (Canterbury Bells). 15c 



Cassia Marilandica i .1 m erica n Senna) .15c 



Centranthus ruber i Red Valerian) 



Clematis Davidiana ( Hyacinth Clematis) 

 Coreopsis lanceolata (See cut). 20c 



" rosea (Rosy Coreopsis). 20c... 



Daphne Cneorum. 80c 



Delphinium alba ( White Larkspur) 



" formosum ( Blue " ). 15c 



Desmodium penduliflorum I Pea Shrub) 

 Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William). 10c 

 Dicentra eximia ( Plumy Bleeding Heart) 



" spectabilis I Bleeding Heart)... 

 Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 



" " alba " 



Digitalis (Foxglove). 15c 



Dodecatheon media (Shooting Stan 



DoronicumCaucasicumi Leopard's Bane 

 " plantagineum excelsum.... 



Eringeum amasthystinum [Sea Holly).. 

 Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root).. 

 Euphorbia corollata ( Flowering Spurge) 

 Funkia Sieboldii.var. ( Variegated Lily) 

 " subcordata ( White Plantain Lily 

 Gaillardia grandiflora [Aurora Flower) 



Glechoma ( Variegated Ground tvy) 



Gypsophilla paniculata [Baby's Breath 



Helenium Autumnale 



Helianthus Maximilianii (Sunflower)... 



" multiflorus " 



Heliopsis Pitcherianus " 



Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose) 



Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily) 



" flava ( Yellow Day Lily).... 



Height. 



3 ft. 

 1% " 

 1 " 

 1 " 

 6 in. 



2 to 8 ft 



1 ft. 



2 " 

 2 " 



2 " 

 1 " 

 1 " 



3 " 

 1% " 



(i in. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 '• 



1 " 



3 " 



3 " 

 1V4 " 



3 to 5 ft 



6 ft. 



4 " 

 4 in. 



2 ft. 

 4 " 

 2 •' 



2 " 

 1% " 



1 " 

 1 " 



3 " 



3 ■' 



4 " 

 1% " 



1 " 



2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 



3 to 5 ft. 

 lft. 

 1 " 



1 " 



2 " 



3 " 



1 " 



2 " 



2 " 

 1% " 



6 in. 

 lft. 



5 " 



6 " 



4 " 



3 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 2 " 



Color. 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Blue 

 Orange 

 Yellow 



Whin- 

 Red 

 White 

 Yellow 

 White 

 Assorted 

 White 

 Rose 

 Frugrant 

 Orange 

 White 

 Yellow 

 Purple 



White 



Blue 



Cream 



White 



Crimson 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Red 



Blue 



Yellow 



Rose 



Pink 



White 



Blue 



Carmine 



Assorted 



Rose 



Pink 



Red 



White 



Assorted 



Rose 

 Yellow 



Blue 

 White 



Variegated 

 White 

 Orange 

 Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



White 

 Orange 

 Yellow 



Time of Bloom 



June 



All Summer 



Summer 



May 



Summer 



All Season 



Early Spring 



Fall 



Spring 

 July to Nov. 



Summer 



Early Summer 



May 



Spring 



Foliage 



June 



Summer 



May to July 



Fall 



Early Summer 



Summer 

 All Summer 



Early Summer 



July 



All Summer 



Summer 



All Season 



Spring 

 June to Nov. 



All Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



May. June 

 Summer 



July and Aug. 

 May and June 

 Early Spring 

 May to Sept. 

 July. Aug. 

 Summer 



Foliage 



Summer 



June to Nov. 



Summer 



Fall 

 November 

 All Season 



Spring 

 Summer 



Varieties. 



Heuchera sangtiinea (Alum Root) 



Hibiscus I Crimson Eye). (Mallow) 



Hypericum (St. John's Wort) 



Iberis Gibraltarica (Candytuft) 



Liatris pycnostachya (Gay Feather).. 

 Lobelia cardinalis I Cardinal Flower) . 15c 

 " syphilitica (G reat Blue Lobelia) 



Lupinus polyphyllus (Lupin) 



Lychnis i Double Rose, Ragged Robin I 



" chalcedonica (Maltese Cross)... 



Lysimachia (Moneywort). 10c 



Malva moschata alba (Musk Mallow] 



Mertensia Virginica (Lungwort). 15c. 



Monarda didyma i oswego Tea). 15c 



Myosotis palustris i Forget-me-not). 10c 

 Oenothera Prazerii [Dwarf Day Primrose 

 " Missouriensis i Evening Primrose 

 Orobus lathyroides (Blue Vetch) 



" vermis (Spring Hitter- Vetch) 



Papaver brae tea turn [Oriental Poppy)... 



" Orientale (Oriental Poppy) 



Pardanthus [Blackberry Lily). 15c 



Pentstemon barbatus I rar. Torreyil) 



Phlox Amcena I Lovely Phlox). 15c. 



" Carolina ( Carolina Phlox). 15c... 



" subulata I Moss Pin k). 15c 



" " alba. 15c 



Platycodon grandiflortun ( Bell Flower). 

 Plumbago larpentsei Blue Lead wort ).l'n- 

 Polemoninm ceruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 



Polygonum i Mountain Fleece) 



Primula elatior (Cowslip). 15c 



Pyrethrum hybridum (Persian Daisy)... 

 Rhexia Virginica (Meadow Beauty). 15c 

 Hudbeckia rulgida ( Brillls n t Cone Flo wer 



" speciosa (Cone Flower) 



Salvia pratensis (Meadow Sage) 



Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa) 



Silene Pennsylvanica (CatchSy) 



Solidago Shortii (Cohlen Rod). 15c 



Spirea filipeudula (Dropwort) 



" palmata (Palmate Spirea) 



" ulmariai Meadow Sweet i 



Stachys lanata i White Foliage) 



Thalictrum aquileg'ifolium [Columbine 



Meadow Rue) 



Tradescantia Virginica (Spider Wort) 



Tricyrtus hirta nigra ( Toad Lily) 



Tritoma I Red Hot Poker Plant) 



" Pfitzerii. 30c 



Valeriana officinalis I Harden Heliotrope 



Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein) 



Veronica amsethystina (Speedwell) 



" subsessilis (Speedwell) 



" spicata 



" " alba 



Yucca filamentosa [Adam's Xeedle) 



Note — The heights given are at maturity. 



Height 



lft. 

 4 to 6ft 



3 ft. 

 1 " 



4 " 



8 " 



1 " 



2 to 3 ft 



2 in. 



5 ft. 



2 " 

 1% " 



1 " 



l •: 



4 " 



1 " 



1 " 



3 " 

 3 " 



3 " 



4 " 

 1 " 

 1 " 



6 in. 

 6 " 



2 to 3 ft 

 lft. 

 1 " 



4 to 5 ft, 

 lft. 



1V 2 " 



1 " 

 3 " 



2 " 

 1 " 



1 " 

 Vi " 



5 " 



2 " 



3 " 

 2 " 

 1 " 



2 " 



1 " 



3 to 4 ft. 



3 ft. 

 3 " 

 3 " 



1% " 



2 " 



3 " 

 3 " 



5 to 8ft 



Color. 



Red 



White and 



Crimson 



Yellow 



White 



Carmine 



Red 



Blue 



Rose 

 Scarlet 

 Yellow 



White 



Blue 

 Red 



Blue 

 Yellow 



Blue 



Blood-red 

 Scarlet 

 Orange 

 Scarlet 



Light Rose 



Pink 



White 



Assorted 



Purple 



Blue 



White 



Assorted 



Rosy Purple 

 Orange 



Blue 



Lilac 



Pink 

 Yellow 

 White 



Rose 

 White 

 Purple 



Furplish 



Purple 

 Spotted 

 Scarlet 



Lavender 

 Yellow 

 Blue 



White 



Tlmeof Bloom. 



All Summer 



Aug. to Oct. 



Summer 



Spring 



Aug. and Sept. 



Aug. to Oct. 



September 



June 



All Season 



June and July 



Summer 



May and J-une 

 Summer 



All Season 

 Summer 



May. June 

 Summer 



Aug., Sept. 

 All Summer 



Spring 

 All Summer 



Spring 



June to Aug. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Summer 



Spring 



Summer 



Late Summer 



September 



Summer 



All Summer 



May and June 



Fall 



Summer 



Fall 



Summer 



July to Fall 



July 



August 

 All Summer 



July, Aug. 



Price for any of the above, except where specially priced, 25c. eaco, $2.25 per doz., buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection, to be made whew 

 the order is beino filled, 15e. each, $1. 50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. All the Plants offered are from the open ground. 



