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PETER HENDERSON'S CATALOGUE. 



©< NEW. AND- RARE- PLANTS.* 



ASPARAGUS 

 TENUISSIMUS. 



We cannot praise too highly 

 this heautiful new plant. Its 

 fine filmy foliage equals in 

 delicate beauty the Maiden- 

 hair Ferns. The stems or 

 fronds stand without wilting 

 for a long time after being cut, 

 which will render it most 

 valuable to mix in with cut 

 flowers. If so desired, it can 

 be grown like Smilax or the 

 "Climbing Fern," on a trel- 

 lis, as shown in engraving. 



1st size, 50c. each 



dozen. 

 2d size, 25c. each : 



dozen. 



$4.50 per 

 $2.25 per 



NEW AGERATUM, 

 "White Cap." 



In this we have a variety with the same strong, compact habit 

 as the blue bedding varieties, with flowers of purest white. All 

 white Ageratums heretofore have been of little value, from their 

 straggling style of growth. 



20c. each ; $2.00 per dozen. 



NEW AGERATUM, 

 'Cope's Gem." 



Deep rich porcelain blue, growing only nine or ten inches in 

 height, making a most suitable plant for a front line of blue, 

 or for massing in beds. 



Price, 20c. each ; $2.00 per dozen. 

 The two new Ageratums for 30 cents. 



NEW TUBEROUS BEGONIA, 

 "Louis Bouchet." 



Grows to a height of one foot in height and width ; color in- 

 tense scarlet, literally covered with bloom, drooping like a 

 Fuchsia ; a grand plant. 



Price, $2.00 each ; strong bulbs. 



NEW DOUBLE ANTIRRHINUM, 

 Omega. 



The single varieties are valued for their showy appearance in 

 the summer months. This new double variety is equally 

 attractive in color and profuseness of flower, and being double 

 is more useful for bouquets, having nearly the substance and 

 size of a Carnation ; color, rich dark crimson, tipped and mot- 

 tled gold and white. 



30 cents each ; 4 for $1.00. 



BESSERA ELEGANS. 



BESSERA ELEGANS. 



A most beautiful bulb, native of Mexico. It sends up slender 

 stalks about one foot high, terminated with scarlet flowers 

 striped with yellow. Blooming in the open ground in Septem- 

 ber and October. (See cut.) 



30c. each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



NEW BOUVARDIA, "Priory Beauty." 



This is a favorite variety in England, and is one of the finest 

 Bouvardias. It is very free flowering, and its trusses are the 

 largest size ; color, rich salmon pink, with a distinct white eye. 

 An excellent plant for summer or winter blooming. 

 50c. each ; $4.50 per dozen. 



NEW BOUVARDIA, " Dazzler." 



This is after the style of old Bouvardia Elegans in size of 

 florets and truss, but is much more brilliant in color— bright 

 carmine crimson.. 



50c. each ; $4.50 per dozen. 



CANNA, "Luke Blackburn." 



We raised and offered this variety several years ago, but its 

 great merit becoming quickly known, we were soon sold out of 

 it. Our stock this season is, we think, large enough to supply 

 all demands. Luke Blackburn is the darkest and dwarfest of 

 Cannas, being a dark rich crimson maroon color and growing 

 only three feet high. It is a splendid plant for the centre of 

 vases. It resembles a gigantic Dracena at a short distance. 

 60c. each ; $6.00 per dozen. 



CANNA EHEMANI. 



Entirely distinct from all other Cannas, its rich green tropical 

 foliage resembling the Musa or Banana. Its greatest merit, 

 however, lies in the flowers, which are three inches long and two 

 inches wide, of a glowing crimson color. They are produced in 

 masses on the summit of whip-like stalks, single plants having 

 seven or eight stalks, with 25 or 30 flowers on each. After 

 flowering in summer the roots can be lifted and will bloom all 

 winter in the house. 



30c. each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



"The plants received in splendid condition, and the careful manner in which theywere packed has excited the admiration of all who 

 have seen them." EDW. BELKNAP, Powhatan Court House, Va. 



