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PETER HENDERSON & CO.-FLOWER SEEDS. 



Abronia. 



Abutilon. 



AGERATUM. 



Per Pkt. 

 Whether grown for summer flowers or used for winter bloom- 

 ing, this plant keeps up an almost constant bloom, from 

 early summer until the ensuing early spring. It has the 

 further merit of being of the easiest culture. Half-hardy 

 Annuals. 



Ageraturu Mexicanum. Lavender blu -, 2 ft 5 



Nanum, Dwarf, blue variety, 15 in 5 



Dwarf, Tom Thumb. Rarely exceeds six inches in 



height, blue 5 



Album. "White, 15 in 5 



Nanum. Dwarf, white, 8 in 5 



Lasseauxii. Rose colored, 15 in 5 



ADONIS. 



This genus embraces several popular border flowers, of which 

 we offer only the annual var.eties. They are quite showy, 

 remaining a long time in bloo . Hardy Annuals. 



Adonis ^Sstivalis. (Flos Adonis.) Scarlet, 1 ft 5 



Autumnalis. (Pheasant's Eye.) Crimson, 1 ft 5 



AGROSTEMMA. 

 (Crown of the Field.) 



Free flowering and attractive. 



AgTostemma Coeli Alba. Pure white, 1 ft 5 



■ Rosea. (Rose of Heaven.) Rose, 1 ft 5 



Coronaria. (Rose Campion.) Rose, 2 ft 5 



ALONSOA. 

 'Mask Flower.) 



Flowering all summer, this pretty annual makes one of the 

 most desirable bedding plants that can be grown. Half- 

 hardy Annuals. 



Alonsoa Grandiflora. Bright scarlet, 1 > 2 ft 5 



Linifolia. ■ 1 lowers beautiful scarlet, 1 > 2 ft 10 



ALYSSUM. 



Whether grown for summer blooming or for flowering in fall 

 and winter in the parlor or green-house, its easy culture, 

 and the delicate honey-like fraprance of its flowers, so much 

 prized in bouquets and baskets, makes this old favorite 

 largely grown. 



Alyssum, Sweet. Flowers white, 1 ft. Hardy Annual 5 



Benthami Compactum. This new sort never grows 



over six inches high, and is thickly studded with 

 small flower spikes of pure white 10 



Saxatile Compacta. (Rock or Golden Alyssum.) 



Showy yellow, 3 4 ft. Hardy Perennial 5 



Wiersbeckii. White and yellow. 1 ft. Hardy Peren- 



nial 5 



AMARANTHUS. 



Plants grown exclusively for their foliage, and in late sum- 

 mer and early fall, when they have reached their fullest 

 development, the glowing effect produced by their mass of 

 rich foliage is scarcely equaled by any similar class of 

 plants. Half-hardy Annuals. 



Amarantlius Atropurpureus. Blood-red foliage, droop- 

 ing flower spikes; 2 ft 5 



Bicolor Ruber. Foliage green and dark red, tipped 



with yellow; 3 to 5 ft 5 



Caudatus. (Love-lies-Bleeding.) 5 



Ampelopsis Yeitchii. 



AMARANTHUS BENDER!. 



Per Pld. 

 Amaranthus Henderi. This presents in its beautiful leaf - 



markingarangecf color not often seen; 2ft. [See cut). .10 



Melancholicus Buber. Foliage blood-red; 2 ft 5 



Monstrosus. (Giant Prince's Feather) 5 



Salicifolius. (Fountain Plant.) Gracefully drooping, 



willow shaped leaves. In the later stages of its growth 

 the leaves are brilliantly banded and tipped with 

 orange, carmine and bronze 10 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves red, yellow and 



green; 3 ft 5 



Tricolor Gigfanteus. A larger growing variety of the 



above 5 



AMMOBIUM. 

 'Winged AmmobiumJ 



A hading everlasting flower, bearing white flowers. Hardy 

 Annual. 



Ammobium Alatum. Flowers an inch in diameter, white; 



2 ft 5 



Grandiflorum. Pure white, and double the size 



of the preceding; largely used as a dried or everlast- 

 ing flower in winter bouquets, etc 10 



AMPELOPSIS. 



A. Quinquefolia ("Virginia Creeper"). One of the best 

 climbing plants for permanent situations, as it is perfectly 

 hardy, clinging to the sides of whatever it may be grown 

 against by the rootlets which it throws out all along the 

 stems. In the Autumn the dark green foliage assumes 

 beautiful tints of orange, crimson, etc. 50 to 100 ft 10 



A. Veitchii. (Sometimes called " Japanese Ivy" and "Boston 

 Ivy.") A slender growing variety of the Virginia Creeper; 

 the young growth during summer is a dark purplish green, 

 changing in fall to the brightest tints of scarlet, crimson and 

 orange. It clings to stone work, trees, etc., and is a splen- 

 did plant for covering unsightly objects; it attains a height 

 of fifty feet. Every year adds to the popularity of this plant 

 as a climber. This is the climbing plant so much used in 

 covering the fronts of houses in Boston. (See cut.) Per- 

 fectly hardy 10 



ANAGALLIS. 

 (Pimpernelle.) 



Useful in rock work or borders, where low growing plants are 



mostly used. Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Anagallis Grandiflora Sang/uinea. Ruby red. M ft... 10 

 Grandiflora Ccerulea. Sky blue flowers, > 2 ft. 10 



ANCHUSA. 



(Italian Bugloss.) 



One of the few plants that will do well in shaded situations. 



Hardy Perennial. 

 Anchusa Italica. Blue, 2 ft 5 



ANEMONE. (Windflower). 



A hardy perennial, flowering in early spring. Flowers are 

 large, running through various shades of scarlet, purple, 

 blue, white and striped, and quite often will be found vari- 

 eties with an eye of a different hue from the rest of the 

 flower. 



A. Coronaria. Mixed colors, as above, 1 ft 10 



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Rhdjebeck, N. Y., April 3d, 1885. 

 and the way you do business. As my old minister used to say, "Punctuality is part of mj 



JNO. E. TRAVOR. 



