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PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



Portulaca Grandiflora double. Ricinus. {Castor OU Bean.) 



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SCHIZANTHUS. 



PER PKT. 



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. 

 Half-hardy Annuals. 



Schizanthus. Finest Mixed. Colors 5 



SCYPKANTHUS. 



Scyphanthus Elegans. A dwarf, free-flowering, half-hardy evergreen trailing plant ; 



yellow, 2 ft 10 



SEBUM (Stone-Crop). 



A very interesting and useful little plant, growing freely on rock or rustic work, ornamental 



mounds, old walls, etc. Hardy Perennial. 

 Sedum Cseruleum. Blue, £ ft . ; 1® 



SENSITIVE PLANT. (See Mimosa pudica.) 

 SILENE OU CATCHFLY. 



A beautiful genus of free-flowering plants, with bright, attractive flowers, admirably adapted 

 for spring and summer blooming in beds, rock-work, etc. 



Silene Compacta. Plant dwarf and compact, forming dense cushions two or three inches 

 in height, and from nine to twelve inches in diameter, which during the season are 

 perfectly solid with bloom , , , .••»••••••• 10 



SMIL AX. (See Myrsiphyllum asparagoides.) 



SOLANUM. 



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 use- 

 ful for groups on lawns, or as single specimens. 

 Solarium 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 



greenhouse or sitting-room. Half-hardy Perennial, 1£ ft « . 10 



— — Warscewicsii. 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 



SWEET WILLIAM (Bianthixs Barbate). 



A very beautiful class of plants, of extreme richness and diversity of color. The varieties 

 have been greatly improved of late years. Hardy Perennials. 



Sweet William, Fine mixed ........ 5 



— Auricula-Flowered. Flowers in trusses of immense size, and of exceedingly 



beautiful colors . ... ............ . . ... o ..... c 10 



— Double-Flowering. Finest mixed, from a splendid collection of double flowers. 10 



