PETER HENDERSON & CO -FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Poppy Umbbosum. 



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PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA FL. PL. 



Primula Globosa. 



Primula Cristata Nana. 



POPPY. 



Per Pkt. 

 Plants with large and brilliantly colored flowers, always mak- 

 ing a showy display in the garden. Hardy Annuals. 

 Poppy, Carnation-Flowered. Double, mixed. 2 ft 5 



French. (Papaver filtceas.) Ranunculus-flowered, double 



mixed. 2 ft 5 



Danebrog". Brilliant scarlet, each of the four petals 



being stamped with an ivory white spot, forming a 

 white cross, on scarlet ground, somewhat resembling 

 the Danish and Swiss National Banners 10 



TXmbrosuni. This mates a gorgeous display in the 



garden; its flowers are a rich vermilion, with a shin- 

 ing black spot on each petal. (See cut ) 10 



Bracteatum. Very large orange-scarlet flowers, averag- 



ing five inches in diameter. Perennial variety 10 



Orientale. A perennial variety, bright scarlet 10 



English Scarlet. One of the commonest plants in 



Great Britain, being found growing wild there in field 

 after field, and which produces the most gorgeous 

 effect that can be imagined with its dazzling scarlet 

 blooms 5 



PORTULACA. 



Beautiful and popular Hardy Annuals, of the easiest culture, 

 luxuriating in an exposed sunny situation, and producing 

 throughout the summer their flowers of almost every hue 

 in the greatest profusion. The double Portulaca is one of 

 the finest annuals in cultivation. *i ft. 



SINGLE VARIETIES. 



Portulaca Bedmani. A fine variety. Flowers large, pure 

 white, with a reddish-purple eye 5 



Golden Striped. Flowers of a light straw color, with 



golden or orange stripes 5 



Alba. Clear white 5 



Bed and White. Striped 5 



Splendens. Kich purple 5 



New Pink. The flowers are nearly twice the size of the 



old variety, of a delicate pink shade 5 



New Salmon. A new and strikingly odd color in this 



well known annual 5 



Splendid Mixed, Single. All colors 5 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 

 These are unsurpassed for brilliancy of color by any annual 

 grown. Our Double Portulaca is saved from the finest double 

 flowers only, the plants of which are grown from cuttings, 

 and we believe will produce a larger percentage of double 

 flowers than any other strain offered. 

 Portulaca Grandiflora fl. pi. Aurea striata. Yellow, 



striped crimson 20 



Alba. White 20 



Caryophylloides. Eose, striped car- 

 mine 20 



Thelluesoni. Scarlet 20 



Sulphurea. Yellow 20 



Rosea. Rose 20 



All Colors. Mixed. (See cut.) 15 



PRIMULA (Chinese Primrose). 



Our Primulas are from the finest existing strains. In the 

 Fimbriate sorts the flowers are beautifully frimged as are 

 the Filicif olia class also, but the latter have added beauty in 

 their fern-like foliage. Following the English practice, it 

 is usually advised to sow Primula seeds in July and August; 

 but in our hot, dry climate it is very difficult to have them 

 germinate at that season; so, in our own experience, we 



Per Pkt. 

 have found that the best time to sow is in February, March 

 or April. Then sown, the seed germinates freely, and fine 

 plants can be had for winter flowering. The great perfec- 

 tion to which Primulas have been brought renders them in 

 attractiveness and value scarcely equaled by any class of 

 plants. % ft. 

 Primula Sinensis Fimbriata. Very choice mixed, 



from prize flowers , 50 



Alba. Pure white 50 



Rubra. Red, very fine 50 



Striata. Striped wit'i red 50 



— Kermesina Splendens. Bright carmine 



with distinct yellow eye 50 



Coccinea. The flowers are of the largest size, 



and are of a beautiful brilliant scarlet, with a clear 

 sulphur eye, exquisitely fringed, and of great sub- 

 stance 75 



Alba Mag°nifica. This new white Primula 



is of exquisite form and substance, and a great im- 

 provement on the old varieties; the habit of the plant 

 is exceedingly compact, with deeply indented leaves 

 of a light green color; the flowers measure 2'.i inches 

 in diameter, are pvr e white, with a large bright yellow 

 eye, each petal being deeply and beautifully fringed; 

 they are borne in large trusses well above the f oliag- . . 75 



Punctata F.leg"antissima. Flowers deep 



velvety crimson, strongly fringed, and regularly 

 marked at the borders with small snow-white spots. . .50 



Cristata Nana. The plant is of dwarf and dense habit 



with small foliage. The flowers are snow-white, with 

 a pale yellow eye, are dentated, and show a tendency 

 to become double. (See cut.) 50 



Globosa Rubra. Very compact in habit, with large 



fringed red flowers, entirely distinct. (See cut.) 50 



Alba. Identical with the above, excepting the 



color, which is pure snow white 50 



Alba Plena. Double white 1 00 



Rubra Plena. Double red 1 00 



Double Mixed. Red and white 1 00 



The double varieties produce a large percentage of double flowers, 

 and a re superb. 

 Filicifolia Alba. White fern-leaved, very 



beautiful 50 



Rubra. Red, fern-leaved 50 



Filicifolia Mixed 50 



We also this season offer cheaper seed of single Primula as 

 below, the flowers of which are not fringed : 



Primula Sinensis Alba. White 25 



Rubra. Red 25 



Mixed 25 



PYRETHRUM. 



(Feverfew.) 



Pyrethrum Hybridum fl. pi. New varieties of this beau- 

 tiful hardy, herbaceous plant, saved from double 

 flowers only, IK ft 25 



Roseum. The flowers of this and its varieties are gath- 



ered, dried and pulverized, and form the true "Per- 

 sian Insect Powder " so much in demand 10 



Cinerariafolium. (Dalmatian Insect Powder Plant.). 10 



Parthenifolium Aureum. (Golden Feather.) Bright 



golden foliage. One of the best bedding plants, 1 ft. .10 



Laciniatum. A variety of " Golden Feather," the 



foliage distinctly cut and fringed 10 



Golden Gem. The color of the foliage is a brighter 



yellow than that of the old "Golden Feather," itself 

 one of the best bedding plants grown; double white 

 flowers, 1ft 10 



The seeds arrived safely by mail, and came before we ever dared expect, them. 



Nazareth, Pa., Maroh 17th, 1885. 

 ELIZABETH CRIST. 



