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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



CESTRUM. (Night-Blooming Jessamine,) 



C. Aurantiacum. Orange flowers, very fragrant. 

 C. Laurifolium. Pure white, very fragrant. 



30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 2 varieties, 50 eta. 



COWSLIP AND PRIMROSE, (Primula 

 Veris and Elatior.) 



Favorite early spring-flowering plants. Colors all shades 

 of crimson maroon, yellow, orange, etc. ; deliciously fra- 

 grant. (See Out.) 



15 cts. each; S1.50perdoz. 



COLEUS 



Are now deservedly popular plants. Whether grown as 

 individual plants for house culture or for massing in rib- 

 bon line planting, hardly anything is so desirable. We 

 have cut down our list of varieties greatly this season, re- 

 taining only the best. 



Beppo, Bright golden-yellow, centre red. 

 Chameleon. Purple, rose and green ; novel. 

 Golden Gem. Deep rose, margined yellow. 

 Multicolor. Maroon and crimson. 

 Model. Bronze, golden edge. 



M. J. Linden. Crimson, "broadly banded yellow. 

 Oriole. Finest yellow. 



Pieta. Marbled yellow, maroon and crimson. 

 Excellent. Deep maroon netted with green. 

 Hero. Chocolate maroon. 10 cts. 

 Verschaflfieltii. Rich velvet crimson, 10 cts. 

 Fascination. Pink and bronze. 

 Kentish Fire. (See page 83) 30 cts. 

 NonesncH. Crimson, tipped yellow. 10 cts. 

 Tlieo. Cuyler. Dight crimson, edged golden. 



15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz., except where noted. Set 15 

 sorts, $2 00. 



For newer sorts, see page 83. For " 12 best " see end of 

 catalogue. • 



COLEUS, BEDDING, 



• We select of those contrasting colors, best suited for rib- 

 bon lines or for massing. 

 VerschafTeltii. The old, well-known brown-crimson 



sort! 

 Nonesuch. Crimson-edged gold. 

 Golden Gem, Deep rose, margined bright yellow. 

 Hero, Deep maroon, almost black. 

 Buttercup. Best dwarf yellow. 



10 cts. each ; Sl.oo per doz. Per 100, $8.00. 



CINERAHIA HYBRIDA. 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA. 



This is the winter or spring-flowering species, hybrids of 

 which are among the most gorgeous of our greenhouse 

 plants ; the colors range through all the shades of blue, 

 violet, crimson, pink, maroon and white. (See Cut.) 

 30 cts. each ; $3,00 per doz. 



CONVOLVULUS MAURITANICUS. 



A beautiful, blue-flowering, trailing plant, very effective 

 when grown in baskets, giving it a most graceful appear- 

 ance ; the flowers are borne freely, color bright blue, two 

 Inches in diameter. It is perfectly hardy. 

 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



CROTONS. 



Plants which, from their beautiful leaf variegations, 

 demand a place in every collection of hot-house plants. 

 For new varieties, see page 83. 



Croton Interruptiim 



" Irregulalre. •• 



" Salicifolius. " 



" Maximt'. " 



" Multicolor. " 



" Disraeli. " 



" Undulatum. " 



" Volutum. " 



Croton AVeismani 



60 cts. each ; S6-00 per doz. Set of 17 sorts for $7.50 



Croton Fictum. 



" Variegatum. 

 " Acubrefolia. 

 " Corn udnii. 

 " Bismarck. 

 " Flegans. 

 " IVobile. 

 Veitehi. 



COBEA SCANDENS. 



COBEA SCANDENS. 



Handsome, free-flowering, climbing plants, growing 

 rapidly, with large, bell-shaped, purple flowers. One of 

 the best summer climbers. (See Gut.) 



30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS, 

 (The Egyptian Paper Plant.) 



A grass-like plant, throwing up stems to the height of 

 two feet, surmounted at the top by a cluster or whorl of 

 leaves, diverging horizontally, giving the plant a very cu- 

 rious appearance. Excellent for the centres of baskets, 

 vases or Wardiau cases, or as a water plant. 

 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, 



A fine, ornamental, greenhouse plant; its flowers, as a 

 variety in the formation of bouquets and baskets of cnt 

 flowers, in winter, are valuable ; color white, spotted 

 crimson, etc. (See Cut.) 



Large plants, 60 cts, each ; $6.00 per doz. Smaller, 30 cts. 

 each; $3.0oper doz. 



