PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 31 



Per Pit. 

 evenly and finely laciniated. Both varieties come 

 perfectly true from seed, and have been fully tested 

 by us, and they are grand. 50 cts. per packet, or a 

 packet of both sorts for 75 cts. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA CROCEA FL. PL. 



A new double-flowering variety, flowers bright orange 

 scarlet, shading off to salmon red. Quite a distinct 

 sort, and an abundant bloomer 50 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA MANDARIN. 



A most beautiful and distinct new variety. The inner 

 side of the petals is of a rich orange color, the outer 

 side being brilliant scarlet, of the type known iu new 

 fabrics as the mandarin scarlet, and when in full 

 bloom the plants of this charming novelty present a 

 gorgeous outline. The inner surface of the flowers has 

 a rich, silk-like appearance, resembling the beautiful 

 silk of the silkworm. The flowers are of good substance . 50 



GERANIUM, New Cocoanut. 



A new scented leaved variety, evidently a hybrid be- 

 tween the Apple and Nutmeg scented, and having a 

 very marked, agreeable fragrance. For use in bou- 

 quets or baskets it will be found more valuable than 

 its parents, as it not only possesses a longer stem, but 

 its leaf is firmer in texture, and therefore not likely to 

 wither quickly 50 



GILIA TRICOLOR RUBRA VIOLACEA. 



This novelty is a variety of an old favorite plant, and 

 bears beautiful light lilac flowers 50 



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GNAPHALIUM LEONTOPODIUM. 



GNAPHALIUM LEONTOPODIUM. 

 " Edelweiss. '' 

 This is the famous and true " Edelweiss " of the Alps, 

 found growing there in the most inaccessible spots 

 among the rocks and gathered by tourists and mountai- 

 neers at great risk of life. The flowers are of downy 

 texture, pure white, and (as the illustration shows) 

 star-shaped. They are greatly sought after as souve- 

 nirs, and are sold at a high price in Switzerland. It is 

 said to be easily cultivated, and its scarcity is due to 

 the ravages of deer, who are very fond of the plant, 

 and feed on it in all places open to their reach. This is 

 probably the first time in this country that seed has 

 heen offered for sale 25 



GODETIA WHITNEYI "Brilliant." 



The flowers of this novelty are rich carmine, shading off 

 to light rose at the points of the petals. The plant is 

 of fine habit, dwarf and compact, and this, with its 

 free-flowering character, will make it, for massing, 

 exceedingly showy and effective 25 



Per P'.;t. 

 HIBISCUS CALIFORNICUS. 



The Hibiscus, as is known, is a very showy genus, and 

 this variety, JEC. Californicus is one of the most desir- 

 able. It is an herbaceous perennial, producing an 

 abundance of pure white flowers 25 



HOLLYHOCK, New Japanese. 



This superb variety is not a novelty of this season— in fact 

 it is now five years since we first sent it out ; but as it 

 will always be an exceedingly shy seeder, it will prob- 

 ably never attain the general cultivation it so richly 

 merits. It is so entirely distinct from any of the other 

 varieties of Hollyhock, as to make it much sought 

 after on this account alone. It differs from the ordi- 

 nary sorts in its pyramidal form and dwarf growth, 

 growing only about two feet in height. The flowers 

 are of bright crimson, semi-double, blooming during 

 the summer months 50 



LARKSPUR. DWARF RANUNCULI- 

 FLOWERED. (Brown Violet.) 



Of this new variety the plant attains a height of 12 to 

 15 inches, growing column-shaped, bearing numerous 

 flower stalks, which are thickly studded with brow n- 

 violet blossoms 50 



LINARIA CYMBALARIA. 



(Kenilworth Ivy). 

 A rapid growing climber that is very much used for cov- 

 ering fences or unsightly objects. An old plant, but 

 one that we have often been asked for seed of 25 



LOBELIA CARDINALIS. 



One of our finest native plants, perfectly hardy, grow- 

 ing to a height of four feet. The flower spikes, eight 

 inches long, are of an intense vermilion scarlet 25 



MATRICARIA EXIMIA, 



Fl. PI. Var. Crispa. 



A tine double white Feverfew, with foliage curled like 

 the finest double curled Parsley. The effect is said to 

 be very fine 25 



MIGNONETTE, The Prize. 



A most valuable variety, not altogether new, but which 

 has been but little grown in this country. One or two 

 growers of cut flowers, who supply the New York bou- 

 quet makers, and who were fortunate to secure some 

 seed of this sort last season, inform us that it is so 

 much superior in every respect to the ordinary kinds 

 of Mignonette that it brought them double the price 

 usually paid for branches of these. It bears a very 

 close, dense spike, entirely free from straggling 

 blooms ; fully twice the ordinary size, and is as delic- 

 iously fragrant as any 25 



NEW MIGNONETTE. 

 (Reseda Odorata Gompacta Glauca). 



A new sort which forms a circular bush eighteen inches 

 in diameter, and not more than nine inches m height ; 

 its fragrant blcoms are of a shade entirely distinct in 

 Mignonette, being what might be called a glaucous 

 shade of lilac. One of the best new things we have 

 ever met with 50 



NEW SWEET PEAS. 



(See Cut). 

 It is now several years since any novel form of this old 

 favorite has been introduced, and we are sure that the 

 two very striking varieties named will be universally 

 welcomed. 

 Sweet Pea, " Butterfly." The flowers of this beau- 

 tiful variety have a pure white ground, delicate- 

 ly laced with lavender-blue. It possesses the 

 same robust habit as the older varieties, is deli- 

 ciously fragrant, and will prove exceedingly valu- 

 able for bouquets 15 



