PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



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Geranium, '' Mrs. Taylor," 



SCENTED GERANIUM, ''Mrs. Taylor." 



(scarlet flowered rose.) 



A distinct variety of the scented Geranium, with a 

 strong rose fragrance, and large, deep scarlet flowers of 

 the Hybrid Perpetual class. Combining, as it does, free 

 flowering qualities with fragrant foliage, it is very use- 

 ful for summer cut flowers, and as a pot plant for win- 

 ter cannot be surpassed. (See cut.) 



Price, 60 cents each; $6.00 per dozen. 



HIBISCUS (ROSA SINENSIS) LUTEUS, Fl. PL 



The flowers of this variety, are of good size, semi- 

 double, and as in all this family, produced abundantly. 

 They are of a beautiful lemon color, marked with lake 

 at the base; very distinct. 



Price, 75 cents each; $7.50 per dozen. 



HIBISCUS (ROSA SINENSIS) FULGIDUS. 



The flowers of this handsome variety are very large, 

 averaging five inches in diameter, of an .intense carmine 

 scarlet, paler towards the centre, where, on each petal, 

 is an oblong blotch of deep crimson. It is one of the 

 finest varieties yet introduced, and is remarkable alike 

 for the size, color, and markings of its beautiful flowers. 

 Price, 50 cents each; $4.50 per dozen. 



HIBISCUS (ROSA SINENSIS) MENIATUS SEMI-PLENUS. 



Flowers large, semi-double, brilliant and attractive; petals waved and recurved, 

 bright vermilion scarlet, darker towards the centre. 



Price, 50 cents each; $4.50 per dozen; the three sorts for $1.50. 



Color 



NEW WHITE HYDRANGEA "Thomas Hogg." 



Another Japan production ; a pure white variety of the old garden Hydrangea, being iden- 

 tical with it in every particular except in color. When it is known how valued the blue and 

 white variety of this old and well-known plant is, among the thousands who have it in cultiva- 

 tion, it is evident that this pure white sort will be duly appreciated. It is equally hardy as the 

 old sort, and will be found to be a valuable plant for cemetery decoration. Plants exhibited in 

 June of 1876 at the Shows of the New York and Boston Horticultural Societies, received a cer- 

 tificate of merit for the best new plant exhibited. 



Strong Plants, $7.50 each. 



LYCODIUM SCANDENS (Japanese Climbing Fern). 



A Climbing Fern from the East Indies. A most graceful plant, growing from one to fifty 

 feet, as desired. Quite as easy of culture as the Smilax, and will no doubt be used as extensively 

 for similar uses in decorating ; although climbing, when supported by strings or wires, it can be 

 used, with equal advantage, as a drooping plant, for baskets or vases; as a house plant for Parlor 

 culture nothing is more easy. 



Price, 50 cents each; $4.50 per dozen, 



MARANTAS. (Newer Sorts.) 



The marking of the leaves of some of the newer sorts of these plants are handsome in the 

 extreme ; as decorative plants, grown for specimens in the conservatory, they are exceptionally 

 fine, being well adapted for that purpose. "We offer 6 rare and distinct sorts. 



Price, $1.00 each; $5.00 for set of 6. 



MUSA COCCINEA. (Dwarf Banana.) 



One of the most effective plants for Lawn Decoration, resembling somewhat in growth of 

 foliage some of the green varieties of Canna. The flowers, which are borne late in fall, are 

 bright scarlet crimson. 



Price, $1.50 each. 



NEW VARIEGATED GERMAN IVY. 



A variegated form of the common German Ivy (Senecio Scandens), originated by Mrs. 

 J. Humphreys, Elmira, N. Y. The bright green leaves are irregularly bordered, and marked 

 with creamy white. So far, it has not shown the vigorous habit of the original, but should it 

 even partially do so, it will prove a novel and valuable acquisition to our variegated plants. 



Price, 75 cents each. 



