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PETER HENDERSON & CO.-FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



TYPE OF TBJMABDEAU PANSY. 



TRIMARDEAU PANSIES. 

 (Vioia Tricolor Maxima.) 



An altogether distinct and beautiful new class of Pansy, the 

 flowers of which are of very large size — in fact, larger than any- 

 thing hitherto attained in the genus. Each flower is marked 

 with three large blotches or spots, and the plants maybe ex- 

 pected to produce the same endless variety and beautiful shades 

 of color that are found in other classes of this popular plant 

 50 cts. per packet. 



HUIITJXUS JAPONICUS. 



HUMULUS JAPONICUS. 



This is a new annual Hop from Japan, which is said to be not 

 only very ornamental, but also an extremely rapid growing 

 climbing plant The foliage resembles in shape that of the 

 common Hop, but has more incisions, the foliage green, stems 

 and leaves somewhat rough and hairy. The most valuable 

 characteristic of this new climbing plant is that it can be sown 

 in the open ground in spring, and attains a very large size in 

 a very short time. It thoroughly withstands heat, drought and 

 insects, retaining its fresh and lively green color until late in 

 the fall. (See cut.) 50 cts. per packet. 



RHODANTHE MACULATA FLORE 



PLENO. 

 (New Double Flowering Rhodanthe.) 



Beauty and utility are combined in this new everlasting: 

 flower. The plant grows a foot high, and produces in abun- 

 dance perfectly double rosy carmine flowers of the form shown 

 in our engraving. About 40 per cent, of the seedling plants wiH 

 produce double flowers. 



25 cts. per packet. 



PHACELIA CAMPANULARIA. 



Among all the novelties in flowers introduced in recent years, 

 this lovely new species stands out as one of the very best and 

 most distinct. It is a native of California, and resembles in 

 habit Whitlavia grandijlora, but it has a more spreading andi 

 bushy habit of growth, aDd is much more free flowering. The 

 beauty of the plant consists in its large deep blue flowers, which 

 are produced in the greatest profusion. 



Price, 50 cts. per pkt. 



NEW SWEET PEAS. 



These old garden favorites are grown with so little trouble, 

 that when the class is enriched by the addition of varieties that- 

 are entirely different from what we are familiar with, it is a. 

 great gain. The three new sorts described below we consider 

 the best lately introduced. 



Crown Princess of Prussia. Blush shading to rose. 10c. 

 Queen of the Isles. Scarlet; flushed and mottled with 



white; wings flaked and margined rosy purple. 10c. 

 Miss Ethel. Delicate pink flushed with crimson; blush 



wings. 10c. 



One packet of each of the 3 sorts for 25c. 



NEW POMPONE ZINNIAS. 



Our cut gives only a fair idea of the shape of the flowers of 

 this beautiful new strain, and the colors of which are exceed- 

 ingly bright and showy, embracing all the shades of crimson, 

 yellow, purple, white, rose and orange usually found in the 

 Zinnia. The flowers are just about half the size of the 

 ordinary Zinnias, and are most distinct and beautiful. When 

 in bloom the past season it attracted a great deal of attention. 

 15 cts. per packet. 



I consider " Garden and Farm Topics " a grand little book. 

 Cauliflower, of which I had heads weighing nearly 6 lbs. 



Emmettsbdeg, Iowa, January 21st, 1885. 

 Among your seeds worthy of particular mention was the Earlv Snowball 



E. BURT. 



