PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



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DAHLIAS, BOUQUET or POMPONE. 



The great interest taken in this beautiful class, has induced us to largely increase our variety 

 qn that those which we offer this season includes nearly every style and color embraced by the 

 Zt flowering sorts The following includes many of the finest new sorts of late years. Strong 



large flowering sorts, 



plants in May; dry pot roots of most sorts, ready now. 



K. Schawman. Bright scarlet; fine form. 



Little Beauty. Crimson and white. 



Little Kate. Dark crimson. 



Little Nymph. Blush white; full centre. 



Little Rifleman. Crimson and white. 



Mary. Pale rose. 



Mein Strefling. Salmon; striped crimson. 



National. Buff and crimson. 



Princess of Lilliputs. Blush; amber shaded. 



Prima Donna. Rich crimson. 



Sambo. Dark maroon. 



Sappho. Rich crimson maroon. 



Schmidt's Gem. Scarlet crimson. 



Selmer. Yellow; purple tip. 



Seraph. Buff; tipped orange. 



Snowflake. Pure white. 



Sunshine. Bright scarlet. 



Advance. Maroon. 



Alba Floribunda Nana. White; profuse. 



Beatrice. Blush, tinted violet. 



Bertha Van Boven. Amber, shaded lilac. 



Bessie. Buff; shaded red. 



Bride of Roses. Light pink. 



Cochineal Rose. Cochineal carmine. 



Colonel Sherman, Light scarlet. 



Conqueror. Orange and scarlet. 



Dr. Stein. Dark maroon. 



Exquisite. Orange ; scarlet edge. 



Flambeau. Bright crimson. 



Gem. Crimson. 



Goldlight. Straw color and white. 



Gros Von Tricken. Crimson and scarlet. 



Jennie. White; tipped violet. 



Jewel of Austerlitz. Fine scarlet. 



Kind and True. Straw color; purple tip. 



And 20 other sorts. 

 Price, 30 cents each; $3 00 per dozen. Set of 35 sorts, $6.00. 

 Full assortment of 150 distinct sorts (large and small flowered), for $30.00. 

 DAHLIA BMPERIALIS. 

 The flowers are single; the petals radiating from a yellow disc, are of the purest white, 

 except a Son spot at the base. The flowerf which is bell-shaped and drooping resembles a 

 Stic lTy for when in full bloom the plant is from eight to ten feet m height, having from 

 fort? t 'fifty of thlse lily-like flowers expanded at once. It blooms rather late in our latitude, 

 exce^ the [plants are very strong when planted out, but it is well worth a place m the conserva- 

 tory. It does well in the Southern States. 



Price, 50 cents each; $4.50 per dozen. 



DAISY, ENGLISH (Bellis Perennis.) 



One of the prettiest spring flowers, of colors varying through al V h S P 8 ^ s .f n ^ e P V?^ 

 and carmine; they can be either grown from seeds, or by divisions of the roots; in flower from 



April to June. , 



Price, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 



DAISY, SNOW WHITE. 



A large, double white Daisy. The flowers are very double, pure white. An excellent plant 

 for early spring planting, for cemeteries, &c. 



J L 6 Price, 25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



DAISY, QUEEN VICTORIA.) 



Flowers double, very large, measuring five inches in circumference Centre of the flower is 

 goldenTellormarVed L with crimson, miking a striking contrast in color. A most distinct and 

 beautiful variety. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ per d(W 



DELPHINIUM BICOLOR CRANDIFLORUM. 



Trembles " D Formosum » in many respects, but with the improvement of having a much 

 lraen and clearer deflneHhite centre, encircled by the richest shade of azure blue. It blooms 

 lffi^u?St2Son from July'to October, and being entirely hardy, is a valuable acquisi- 



tion to our herbaceous plants. ^ ^ -, 



Price, 25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



DEUTZIA. _ - 



Small growing shrubs of great beauty. We offer three sorts of these two P™ e + wnit , e >J£g 

 the other, nol purple, as its nfme indicates, but white, with the back of the petals tinged with 

 purple or rose, varying as the flower fades. 



T> rr™ata alba fl ul I B. Gracilis, white. | D. crenata purpurea, fl. pi. 



" SmaU plant? 30 events each; $3 per dozen. Large plants> cents each; $4.50 per dozen. 



DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 

 One of our most ornamental spring-flowering perennial plants, commonly known l as ' "Bleed- 

 ing Heart," with handsome, Peony-like foliage, and long drooping racemes of bright pink and 

 white heart-shaped flowers. Hardy. 



Price, 30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 



