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PETER HENDERSON'S CATALOGUE. 



CANNA INDICA. 



CANNA INDICA (Newer Sorts.) 



Plants used largely in sub-tropical gardening, for the 



grand effect which their rich and varied-colored leaves 



produce. The sorts below-named are the finest we can 



select from our collection of over 60 varieties.oldand new. 



They combine the most striking tropical foliage with 



flowers many of them equal to Gladiolus. 



Admiration. Foliage sea-green, margined red; 5 feet 

 high; flowers dark scarlet. 



Aug. Teruier. Large, showy, dark green leaves, tipped 

 red ; 7 feet high. 



Bihoreli. Dark green foliage, shaded with chocolate ; 

 3 feet high. 



Daniel Hooibrenek. 4 feet high ; deep green, slightly 

 margined purple ; flowers dark orange. 



Indica Variegata. Light green, ovate leaf; beauti- 

 fully ribbed; 6 feet high. 



Metalica. Foliage dark chocolate-tinted green ; flowers 

 Indian red; 4 feet high 



Hid. Schniidt. Broad ovate leaf ; flowers dark orange- 

 scarlet. 



IVardy. 5 feet high ; deep green, margined brown ; flow- 

 ers Indian red. 



Planlserii. Dark green, broad, ovate leaf, orange-col- 

 ored flowers. 



Princess de Neice. 5 feet high ; broad, deep green 

 leaf ; flowers light canary. 



Surprise. Narrow, green, lanceolate leaves; flowers 

 deep orange-scarlet. 



Warscewiczii. Green foliage, margined red ; 3 feet 

 high ; flowers intense crimson. 



30 cts each; $3.00 for set of twelve. 

 For new varieties, see page 82. 



CANNA INDICA. 

 The following four varieties are well-known standard 

 favorites, used for massing, etc., which we grow iu quan- 

 tity and can offer at much reduced rates. 



Excelsa Zebrina. Marechal Vaillant, 



Discolor Violacea. Tricolor. 

 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz. 



CHEIRANTHUS, (Wallflower.) 



An old plant of exquisite odor. Finest mixed varieties ; 

 all the best colors peculiar to this class. 

 15 cts, each ; 1.50 per doz. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



Double White, S1.00 to $5.00 each. 

 Colored. In variety, 50 cts. to $3.00 each. 



CISSUS DISCOLOR. 



A well-known stove climber, with leaves beautifully 

 shaded with dark green, purple aud white, the upper sur- 

 face of the leaf having a rich, velvety-like appearance. 

 The leaves are much used in New York for trimming the 

 margin of bouquets and baskets of flowers. The plant re- 

 quires the highest hot-house temperature in winter to de- 

 velop the beautiful coloring of tbe leaves. Under proper 

 -conditions it may be trained to a height or length of fifty 

 feet. 



30 cts. each ; §3.00 per doz. 



CARNATIONS, MONTHLY— General 

 Collection. 



Indispensable eithe.r for the decoration of the flower- 

 garden in summer or for tbe greenhouse or parlor in win- 

 ter. The varieties we name are among the finest of this 

 beautiful class, and of nearly every shac:e and marking. 

 and most of them of rich clove fragrance. This class of 

 Carnations is entirely hardy in all places where the 

 thermometer does not fall below zero. We have cut out 

 from our list this year all interior kinds, and only offer 

 such as are really first-class. 

 Geo. Washington. White, striped carmine. 

 May Dacre, White, tinged pink. 

 H. W. Beeeher. White, flaked purple. 

 Bonnie Doom Bright magenta. 

 Sarah Mead. White, spotted rose. 

 Charmer. Striped red and white. 

 King of Crimsons. (See Page 81.,) 30 cts. 

 Dolly Varden. White, edged crimson; finely fringec" 

 Sunset. Finest yellow. 

 La Purite. Carmine; dwarf and profuse. 

 Lia Purite Var. A striped variety of the above. 

 Peter Henderson. (See Special Description, pageSi.) 



50 cts. 

 De Graw. White. 



Snoivdon. (See Special Description, page 84J 30 cts. 

 Shellflower. Rosy pink. 

 Purpurea. Dark purple; very distinct. 

 Queen of Whiles, (See Special Description, page Si.) 



50 cts. 

 miss JoliflTe. Beautiful flesh color. 

 lilni i\ noil . Splendid scarlet, 50 cts. 



25 cts. each, ixcept where noted. $2.25 per doz. Set of 

 19 varieties for $5.u0 



CARNATIONS— The best Winter-Flower- 

 ing. 



Our extensive experience in growing plants for winter 

 blooming, shows us that in Carnations, at least, the num- 

 ber of varieties that yield a great profusion of bloom is 

 very limited. Below will be found a list of the leading 

 sorts grown in this vicinity. 

 Peter Henderson. Large, white. 

 President Degraw, Pure white, occasionally shaded 



blush. 

 ITIiss Jolifle. Flesh color. 

 Iia Purite. Carmine ; dwarf, profuse. 

 King of Crimsons. Dark crimson maroon. 30 cts. 

 Iia Purite "Var. Variegated white and carmine. 

 Snoivdon. (See Novelties ) 30 cts. 

 Sunset. Orange and rose. 



25 cts. each; $2.25 per doz., except where noted; $15.00 

 per hundred. Set of 8 for $1.50. Extra large plants of 

 these sorts in the fall at double the above rates. 



CENTAUREA CLEMENTEI. 



A robust-growing variety, forming a rounded mass of 

 silvery-white leaves, deeply cut and fringed, one-half foot 

 in height. An acquisition to our white-foliaged plants. 

 25 cts. each; $2.25 per doz. 



CENTAUREA CANDIDA. 



A valuable plant to contrast with Coleus. Leaves white 

 forming a neat, compact bush. Massed either with Coleus 

 or Achyranthes, or both, it produces a most pleasing 

 effect. 



25 cts. each ; §2.25 per doz. 



CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA. 



Attains a diameter of two feet, forming a graceful, 

 rounded bush of silvery gray, for which nothing is so well 

 fitted to contrast in ribbon lines with dark foliaged plants. 

 As a plant for hanging baskets it is also unsurpassed, its 

 drooping, fern-like leaves being very effective. 



25 cts. each ; §2.25 per doz. The 3 sorts for 60 cts. 



CISTUS LADANIFERUS. 



A hard-wooded greenhouse shrub. The flowers are 2 

 inches in diameter, a creamy white color, and shaped like 

 a saucer. The inside of the flower is beautifully dotted 

 with dark maroon spots. Very scarce and rare. 

 50 cts. each; §4.50 per doz. 



CLERODENDRUM BALFOURI. 



A stove-climber of great beauty. The flowers, which 

 are of a bright scarlet, are encased by a bag-like calyx of 

 pure white ; the trusses or panicles of flowers are upwards 

 of six inches in width, and.when \ rained upon the trellises, 

 and hanging down, have arichai:d elegant appearance; 

 continually in bloom. 



30 cts. each ; §3.00 per doz. 



