PETER HENDERSON & CO.-FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Go USD Depkessa. 



Gy^isothbix. 



Kf.t.twthtjs ILlcbophyllus. 



HeLIPTEBUM. 



GRAMMANTHES. 



Per Pkt, 

 Grammanthes Gentianoides. A beautiful plant for 

 rock work or rustic baskets: of small size, and covered 

 with orange-scarlet star-shaped flowers. Half-hardy 

 Annual ." 10 



GOURDS (Ornamental). 



All of this climbing genus are of rapid growth, and produce 

 fruit of peculiar and varied forms. Tender Annuals. 



Gourd, Bottle-shaped 5 



Miniature 10 



Dipper 5 



Sug'ar Trough. 5 



Hercules' Club. A curious sort 10 



Leucantha Longissinia 10 



Pear-shaped. Kinged 10 



Turban 10 



New Miniature. Orange and green striped 10 



Orang"e. Fruit resembles an orange 5 



Powder Horn 5 



■ Sipho 10 



Depressa. Dark green fruit. (See cut.) 10 



Melopepo, Striped, Plat. Green, mottled with 



vrhite 10 



Eg-g- 5 



Pine Mixed, From a large collection of the most orna- 



mental 5 



GRASSES Ornamental). 



Kearly all the Ornamental Grasses are very showy and beauti- 

 ful, and when dried and tastefully arranged in connection 

 with the Everlasting Flowers, make exceedingly attractive 

 winter bouquets. 

 Agrostis Nebulosa. Exceedingly graceful and beautiful. 



Hardy Annual, 1ft 5 



Avena Sterilis. (Animated Oats.) Hardy Annual, 2 1 ; ft.. 5 

 Briza Maxima. (Large Quaking Grass.) Very elegant 



Hardy Annual, 1ft 5 



Gracilis. (Slender Quaking Grass.) Hardy Annual, 



lit 5 



Brizopyrum Siculum. Very dwarf, with shining green 



leaves: very pretty, 3~ f t - 10 



Bromus Brizseformis. A fine grass. Hardy Perennial 5 



Chloris Barbata. Pretty and curious. Hardy Annual, 1 f t. 5 



Truncata. Fine silvery plumes, 2 ft 5 



Crysurus Aureus. Very dwarf, with yellowish feathery 



spikes, useful for bouquets. Hardy Annual, }i ft 10 



Coix Lachrymae. (Job's Tears.) Half-hardy Annual, 2 ft.. 5 

 Eragrostis Elegans. (Love Grass.) " Elegant and pretty. 



Hardy Annual, 2ft 5 



Erianthus Eavennse. A superb perennial grass, resem- 

 bling the Pampas in appearance and habit of growth ; 

 but attaining a greater height than that variety, and 



quite hardy. Hardy Perennial, 10 ft 10 



Festuca Eigida. Curious dwarf variety 5 



Gymnothrix Latifolia. Splendid ornamental grass. Half- 

 hardy Perennial, lu ft. (See cut.) 25 



Gyneriuni Argenteum. (Pampas Grass.) The finest orna- 

 mental grass in cultivation, 10 ft. Half-hardy Peren- 

 nial 10 



Hordeuin Jubatum. (Squirrel Tail Grass.) Very hand- 

 some, 3 ft 5 



Lag"tirus Ovatus. (Hare's Tail Grass.) Dwarf, very 



pretty, 1 ft 5 



Panicum Capillaceum. Extremely ornamental, 3 ft 5 



Sulcatum. Beautiful palm-like foliage, exceedingly 



ornamental. Half-hardy Annual, 2 ft 10 



Per Pkt. 



Setaria Macrocheta. Graceful drooping plumes. Hardy 



Annual, 2 ft 5- 



Stipa Elegantissinia. One of the most beautiful of orna- 

 mental grasses 10 



Pennata. (Feather Grass.) Exceedingly graceful and 



beautiful. Hardy Perennial, 2ft 10 



Tricholsena Eosea. A very beautiful rose-tinted grass. 



Hardy Perennial, 2 ft 10 



Zea Japonica Varieg"ata. (Variegated Japanese Maize.) 



Striped Green and White 5 



£££• Entire collection (one packet of each of 21 ornamental 

 grasses) for $1.50. 



GYPSOPHILA. 



Free-flowering little plants for rock work or small beds. 



Gypsophila Muralis. A charming little plant covered 



with beautiful pink blossoms. Hardy Annual, l .,ft.. 5 



Paniculata. White, fine for bouquets. Hardy Pe- 

 rennial 5 



HELIOTROPE. 



Well known deliciously fragrant plants: excellent for bedding 

 purposes or pot culture. Half-hardy Perennial. 



Heliotrope. Finest mixed, 13 inches 10- 



HELIANTHUS (Sunflower'. 



Tall growing plants, with large and showy flowers. Culture 

 same as Asters. Hardy Annuals. 



Helianthus Californicus n. pi. Extra large and double, 



5 ft. .' 5. 



Globosus Fistulosus. Flowers very large and globu- 



lar-formed, of a bright, rich saffron color, 6 ft 5- 



Macrophyllus Giganteus. A large growing variety 



of pyramidal form, 6 ft. (See cut.) 5 



Cucumerifolius. Habit very branching, growing about 



3 feet high and blooming profusely throughout the 

 season; flowers 2 inches in diameter, orange-yellow 

 with black centre 5: 



Oculatis "Viridis. Densely double, with green centre. 5- 



Oscar Wilde. The flowers are small, and consist of a 



small jet black centre, surrounded by a row of bright 

 golden petals overlapping each other 5 



Peruvianus. Double yellow flowers, striped black 10- 



HEL1CHRYSUM Everlasting Flowers'. 



Flowers mostly used for winter bouquets, for which they are 

 cut before blooms are expanded, and dried in the shade. 

 Hardy Annuals. 



Helichrysum Brachyrynchum. Yellow, ^ ft .? 



Bracteatuni. Yellow. I 1 , ft 5 



Album. White. I 1 , ft 5 



Monstrosum. Finest double mixed, 2 ft 5 



Nanuni. Dwarf, double mixed, 1 ft 5 



Finest Mixed. All colors 5, 



HELIPTERUM. 



H. Sanfordi. A pretty little plant, producing large clusters 

 of small rich yellow flowers. Lf the blooms are cut 

 when half open, and hung up to dry. they make a 

 beautiful and effective everlasting for dried bouquets. 

 Tender Annual. : 4 ft. (See cut.) 10 



Chicago. Iix., February 12th, 1885. 

 The new Fancy Pansy seed produced a bed of Pansies so beautiful that it attracted the attention of many passers by. and I had many 

 inquiries of where the seed could be obtained. DR. Wil. E. CLARK. 



