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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



Per Pkt. 



Victoria. One of the finest Asters in cultivation ; 



(lowers very large, perfectly double, imbricated 

 and globular ; 20 inches in height ; choice mixed 

 colors 25 



Victoria Dwarf, Snow White. A most beau- 

 tiful variety of the preceding; flowers pure 

 snowy white, very double, and of globular 

 shape; forms a compact plant, lOinches in height. 25 



Washington. This is anew race of Asters. It 



has sprung from the Victoria class, but differs in 

 being of more vigorous growth, and the flowers 

 will average 4J4 inches across. Two colors, 

 white and peach blossom. Mixed 25 



— - Washington " Silver Gray." Anewcolorin 

 this new class. (Novelty. 1880.) 50 



— ■ " White, Tinted with Rose." Another 



new color of this class. (Novelty, 1880,) 50 



COLLECTIONS OF ASTERS AS IMPORTED. 



TruflTaut's Paeony-Flowered Perfection. In 

 12 separate, distiuct colors 100 



Reid's Improved Quilled. In 12 distinct colors .75 



I>\» art i Sn ) sauthemum-Flowered. In six dis- 

 tinct colors 75 



Victoria. (Fine.) In 12 distinct colors ....125 



Goliath. (New.) In 6 distinct colors 123 



AUBRIETIA. 



Quite an ornamental genus, of dwarf-growing character, 

 and for this reason is a most appropriate plant for rock- 

 work, or for planting in edgiugs. The best varieties 

 are: 



Aubrietia Grseca. Lilac, }4 ft. Hard)/ Perennial. 10 



Purpurea. Purple, Yz ft. Hardy Perennial. 10 



AURICULA. 



Our seed of this grand perennial plant is from one of the 

 best English collections. Flowers are of various 

 shades, yellow, crimson, and maroon. 



Auricula. Finest mixed, J^j ft 25 



AZALEA. 



A splendid greenhouse plant, the varieties of which are 

 now almost numberless, running through nearly every 

 known shade of color. 



Azalea Iudica. Fiuest mixed 25 



BALLOON VINE (Cardiospermum). 



The name of this genus, Cardiosjiermum , is derived 

 from the Greek, and signifies heart seed, in allusion to 

 the white heart-shaped scars on the seed. It is a 

 climbing plant, useful alike for inside or outdoor de- 

 coration. Half-hardy Annual. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum. White,5ft 5 



BALSAM (Lady's Slipper). 



Our customers will be very much pleased with all the 

 strains of Balsam that we offer. We take special care 

 in the selection, and our Balsams, as we have them 

 now, cannot be surpassed either in doubleness or in 

 the great variety of colors which they present. Tender 



' Annuals. 



Balsam, Double Camellia-Flowered. Finest 

 mixed, 2 ft 10 



Double White lo 



Double Red '. 10 



Double Crimson Spotted 10 



Flesh-Colored 10 



• Scarlet Mottled 10 



Crimson Mottled 10 



• White Perfection. (Novelty of 1879.) Flowers 



snow-white, round as a silver dollar, of immense 

 size and solidity, and the most thoroughly double 

 of any double Balsam we ever saw 50 



Sol feri no. A most beautiful variety, striped and 



streaked with lilac and scarlet, on a satin white 

 ground 25 



Double. Extra choice mixed. A particularly fine 



strain of Balsam 25 



COLLECTIONS OF BALSAMS AS IMPORTED. 



Double Dwarf, Camellia-Flowered. In 6 col- 

 ors 75 



Rose-Flowered. In 12 colors 100 



BAPTISIA. 



A beautiful herbaceous plant, flowers bright blue, pea- 

 shaped, borne on spikes 6 inches long. Hardy Peren- 

 nial. 



Baptisia Australis. Blue 10 



BELLIS (Double Daisy). 



An old favorite, and one of the most charming spring 

 flowers. Iu bloom from April to June. Half-hardy 

 Perennials. 



Bellis Perennis. Finest mixed, % ft 15 



Alba, fl. pi. Pure white double daisy, com- 



. ing true from seed 25 



BLUMENBACHIA. p er Pkt. 



Of this we have but one variety, B. Coronata, a fine- 

 looking plant. Its flowers are coronet-shaped and 

 orange-red in hue 



Blumeiibachia Coronata 25 



BARTONIA. CALLIOPSIS. 



BARTONIA. 



Plants of a succulent character, with large golden flow- 

 ers, expanding only in the middle of the day. When 

 in perfection this is a fine plant, and, although its 

 habit and foliage are less attractive than some other 

 annuals, in size and brilliancy of blossoms it is inferior 

 to none. Hardy Annual. 



Bartonia A urea. Golden yellow, 2 ft 5 



Nana. A dwarf variety of above,. growing but 



9 inches high 25 



BEGONIA HYBRIDA. 



BEGONIA. 



In the greenhouse or parlor in winter, the graceful pen- 

 dulous flowers of this beautiful cla«s renders them 

 most desirable, but with added beauty in their glossy- 

 waxen foliage they are simply superb. They are 

 equally adapted, too, for summer planting. 

 Begonia Pearcei. This possesses the quality so 

 seldom found in the same plant, of having both 

 beautifully colored leaves and large showy flow- 

 ers. Yellow. — .. 25 



Ne Plus Ultra. Flowers bell shaped, of immense 



size, and of a light, dazzling scarlet 50 



Sedeni Victoria. A splendid hybrid variety, 



having bright carmine-scarlet flowers 50 



Veitchii. 'A splendid novelty, with thick fleshy 



leaves, and large orange-scarlet flowers. This 

 species is hardy in sheltered and dry situations, 

 and will form a most novel addition to rock-work 

 plants --60 



— Incana. The foliage of this variety is covered with 



a white down, giving it a singular appearance. . .25 



— Rubra. A newer variety, of which seed is oflered 



for the first time. Foliage of darkest green ; the 

 color of the flowers is scarlet-rose, glossy and 

 wax-like 25 



Washingtoniana. Also a new variety, winter 



flowering, with glossy leaves, and immense clus- 

 ters of snow-white flowers 25 



— Hybrida. Choice mixed, from the finest varieties. 25 



BRACHYCOME. 



Dwarf -growing plants, covered all summer with a pro- 

 fusion of Cineraria-like blooms. Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Brachycome Iberidifolia (Swan River Daisy). 



Mixed blue and white, }& f t 1° 



