PETER HENDERSON & CO. -FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



NEW DOUBLE FLOWERING GAIL- 

 LARDIA. 



(Gaillardia Picta Lorenziana). 



Our illustration here shown con- 

 veys a true idea of this remarkable 

 novelty, one of the best of recent 

 years. In a strict botanical sense, 

 it is not double, but it is so entire- 

 ly different from the old single 

 Gaillardia, that the blooms would 

 scarcely be recognized as belong- 

 ing to the same species. The 

 colors offered (in mixture) are sul- 

 phur and golden yellow, orange, 

 claret and amaranth, and are pro- 

 duced quite as freely as any of the 

 older sorts. 



(See cut.) 15 cts. per packet. 



GAILLARDIA LORENZIANA. 



IMPATIENS SULTANA . 



A new perennial Balsam, most 

 distinct and beautiful, and which, 

 although specially suited for dec- 

 orative purposes in the hot-house 

 and green-house, has also proved 

 to be most valuable for summer 

 bedding. The plant is of compact/ 

 growth, and almost a perpetual 

 bloomer, thriving wonderfully 

 well under different conditions. 

 The flowers are; of brilliant rose- 

 scarlet, from 1 to l'z inches in 

 diameter, and are produced singly 

 or in twos or'threes from the axils 

 of the leaves, up towards the sum- 

 mit of the stems, and so com- 

 pletely, that' a well grown speci- 

 men appears to be a perfect ball 

 of flowers; For dinner table or 

 parlor decoration it is unsur- 

 ' passed; as the glistening rich hues 

 are brought out most beautifully;' both in sunshine and gas- 

 light. (See cut.) ' 



Price, 25 cts. per xiacket. 



MYOSOTIS ELEGANTISSIMA. 



In this we offer, for the first time, seeds of a beautiful varie- 

 gated leaved Forget-me-not. It is of close, compact growth, 

 the leaves variegated with silver,. and the flowers sky blue. 

 Most useful for edging and ribbon lines, and equally well 

 adapted for house culture. True from seed. 

 25 cts. per packet. 



MIGNONETTE, "GOLDEN QUEEN." 



This can be distinguished from all other Mignonettes as far 

 as it can be seen, and ib is, when in bloom, literally a mass of 

 golden yellow. So desirable do we consider this variety, that if 

 we were restricted to one dwarf sort, we should grow this 

 Mignonette in preference to all others. 



15 cts. per pkt. ; 4 pkts. for 50 cts. 



NEW LARGE WHITE UPRIGHT MIGN- 

 ONETTE. 



A magnificent variety of Mignonette attaining a height of 

 from two to three feet, and producing in the greatest profusion 

 spikes of bloom from twelve to fifteen inches in length. It is pure 

 white in color, while its fragrance is exceedingly sweet, much 

 more so than any of the ordinary varieties. Sown in the open 

 ground in April or May, it will begin flowering in June and con- 

 tinue throughout the season. Or it may be had in the parlor or 

 green-house in bloom during the fall and winter. 



15 cts. per pkt.; 4 pkts. for 50 cts. 



NASTURTIUM, " EMPRESS OF INDIA." 



NASTURTIUM, "EMPRESS OF INDtA.'M 



The plant is of v«ry dwarf habit, with dark tinted foliage, 

 while the ,flowers are of the most brilliant crimson color, so 

 freely produced that no otherannual in cultivation can approach 

 it in effectiveness. So highly was this Nasturtium considered, 

 that the Jtoyal Horticultural Society of London awarded it a 

 first-class- certificate, an award never given except to, novelties 

 of undoubted merit. 25 cts. per packet. 



TYPE OF TEIMARDEAtr PANSY. 



TRIMARDEAU PANSIES 

 (Viola Tricolor Maximal. 



An altogether distinct and beautiful new race, the flowers of 

 which are of very large size— in fact, larger than anything hitherto 

 attained in this genus. Each flower is marked with three large 

 blotches or spots, and the plants may be expected 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. 



,, . , ,, „ ^ ,„,„ Manorvtlle, L. I., Feb. 12th, 1884. 



I nave used your r^eed of Henderson s Early Snowball Cauliflower for four years and it has always done extremely well with me. I had 170 

 barrels last season from seven-eighths of an acre, R. GORDON. 



