PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



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List No. 1. Ave r^e h t ei8bt 



Canna Indica zebrina,leaves green & brown striped . 6 



Salvia splendens, flowers scarlet • . . , 5 



Golden Coleus, leaves orange and brown 4 



Achyranthes Lindeni, leaves rich crimson 3 



Phalaris arundinacea var., leaves white and green. 2 l / 2 



Achyranthes Gilsoni, leaves carmine 2 



Bronze Geranium, leaves golden bronze 1% 



Centaurea Candida, leaves white 1 



Alternantheri latifolia, leaves crimson and yellow. % 

 Lobelia Paxtoni. flowers blue y„ 



List No. 2. 



Average height 

 in feet. 



1. Caladium esculentum, leaves large green 5 



2. Japanese Maize, leaves striped white and yellow. .5 



3. Coleus Vcrschaffeltii, leaves chocolate crimson ... .4 



4. Delphinium bicolor, flowers blue and white 3 



5. Cyperus alternifolius var.. leaves white and green 2 l / 2 



6. Achyranthes Vcrschaffeltii, leaves crimson 2 



7. Mountain of S ow Geranium, leaves whit e & green . \y % 



8. Tropasolum, Bail of Fire, flowers flame color ... 1 



9. Echeveria metallica, leaves gray, metallic lustre... % 

 10. Alternanthera amtena, yellow and carmine % 



It will be understood that these lists of plants can be transposed in any way necessary to suit 

 beds of all widths, keeping in view that where small beds are placed near the walks the lower 

 growing kinds are most suitable, while for beds at greater distances from walks, or other points 

 of view, the taller growing kinds must be used. Very fine effects are produced by planting on 

 a lawn a single specimen of stately habit, such as some varieties of the Ricinus, or Castor-oil 

 Bean, which grows ten and twelve feet in height in one season, and are particularly striking 

 plants. Or instead oi this, a mass of six, eight, or twelve plants of scarlet sage will form a group 

 six feet high by as many in diameter, and its dazzling scarlet color, contrasting against the green 

 of the lawn, is superb. Many of the Amaranths are also well suited for planting in single groups. 

 Amaranthus tricolor giganteus, (Joseph's coat), grows to the height of six feet, and its leaves in the 

 late summer and fall months exceed in brilliancy of color anything we know of in foliage ; scar- 

 let, crimson, and golden yellow predominating. Another, the Amaranthus bicolor ruber, grows to 

 the height of five feet, and is plumed with scarlet crimson. In contrast to these, plants of a more 

 somber tint may be used, in individual specimens or in a group of such as Pampas Grass, (Gyn- 

 erium, argenteum), or tlie Ravenna Grass, (JSJrianthus Ravenna), each of these attain a height from 

 six to ten feet, and have a graceful appearance. The Tanyah, Caladium esculentum, a tropical 

 looking plant growing three or four feet in height, and producing leaves sometimes eighteen 

 inches across. 



The Caipot Stjle- of 



Planting, as practiced at Br.ttersea and other parks in London, is as yet Dut little seen with 

 us; our public parks here have shown a lamentable want of taste in' this matter, especially those 

 of New York and Brooklyn ; Philadelphia and Boston have done better, but all of these are weak 



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attempts when compared with the grounds of some of our private gentlemen, notable among whom 

 are H. W. Sargent, of Peekskill, K Y., and H. H. Hunnewell, of Boston. The grounds 

 of Mr. H. are thrown open to the public, who have the opportunity of seeing effects in this 

 style of planting, nearly equal to anything in Europe, entirely at the expense of the munificent 

 owner. The carpet style, so called, consists in using plants that can be kept down to a few inches 

 above the level of the lawn, A great variety of succulent plants are used, such as Echeverias, 



