PETER HENDERSON & CO.- FLOWER SEEDS. 



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CENTRANTHUS. 



Per Pkt. 

 Hardy Annuals. 

 ft 6 



^Compact-growing plants, blooming freely. 

 Centranthus. Mixed, red and white, 1) 



CERASTIUM. 



Silver-leaved plants, very suitable for edgings and rock work. 



Hardy Perennials. 

 Cerastium Biebersteinii. Lews silvery white, X £<-■• 10 



Tomentosnm. Gray-colored leaves, ' 4 ft 10 



CERINTHE (Honeywort). 



The blossoms of these showy annuals secrete honey largely, 



which makes them much resorted to by bees. 

 Cerinthe Aspera. Golden yellow, 1 ft 5 



Gymnaiidr a. Yellow and brown, 1 ft 5 



CLARKIA. 



An old favorite, the varieties of which are described below. 



Hardy Annual. 

 Clarkia Rosea fl. pi. Beautiful double variety, 1>£ ft 5 



"Mrs. Lang'try." Snow-white, .with a well defined 



disc or centre of brilliant crimson 5 



Integripetala. Eosy crimson, large and handsome, 



l' a ft 5 



Fulchella. Deep rose, 1 ', ft 5 



Alba. Pure white, very pretty, 1}£ feet 5 



Finest Mixed Varieties 5 



CHAM/EPEUCE. 



These thistles are quite ornamental in some styles of outdoor 



gardening. 

 Chamsepeuce Casabonse. (Fishbone thistle.) Glossy dark 



green leaves, with white nerves and brown spines. 



Half-hardy Perennial. 1 ft 10 



Diacantha. (Ivory Thistle.) Magnificent ornamental 



foliaged biennial, with long leaves thickly set with 

 spines, 2 ft 10 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



The great and growing demand for the annual varieties has 



brought Chrysanthemums into general favor. The colors 



have the appearance of being laid on with a brush, and for 



this reason they are frequently called " painted daisies." 



Chrysanthemum Burridgeanum. Crimson, white 



centre. Hardy Annual. I ft 5 



Venustum. White, crimson centre. Hardy Annual. 



lft 5 



Lord Beaconsfield. A rich crimson maroon, edged 



arid striped with gold, and having a golden rim sur- 

 rounding the rich brown eye 10 



The Sultan. A rich crimson maroon, with gold-colored 



rim, about a quarter of an inch deep, next the centre. 

 (See cut.) 10 



W. E. Gladstone. A new and very distinct type, the 



whole of the flower being of rich crimson; exceedingly 

 brilliant in appearance 10 



Carinatum "Eclipse." (See Novelties, p. 46) 25 



Coronarium. Double white. (See cut.) Hardy Annual. 



2 ft 5 



Double Yellow. Hardy Annual. 2 ft 5 



Sulphureum fl. pi. (See Novelties, p. 46) 25 



Inodorum Flenissimum. Dwarf growing, double 



white variety; very free flowering and beautiful for 

 pot culture. (See cut) 10 



Mew Annual. "Lord Beaconsfield," "The Sultan," 



and *' W. E. Gladstone." Each 10 cts. per pkt., or set 

 of three for 25 



Mixed Annual Varieties 5 



Frutescens Grandiflorum. (The " Marguerite " or 



" Paris Daisy.") Immense quantities are grown by 

 French florists, and find a ready sale. It produces 

 freely its large white star-like flowers under the most 

 unfa orable conditions 15 



Indicum. (Large-flowering Chinese.) Extra fine double 



mixed. Half-hardy Perennial. 3 ft 15 



Nanum. (Dwarf Pompone.) Choice double mixed. 



Half-hardy Perennial. 1 ft 15 



Japonicum. The Japanese long-petaled or fringed 



varieties now so popular. Mixed' colors 15 



Seffetum Grandiflorum. A large-flowering variety 



with blooms of a bright sulphur-yellow color, measur- 

 ing 2 to 2^ inches in diameter. Invaluable for cut 

 flowers 15 



CINERARIA. 



Per Pkt. 

 The class known as O. Hybrida is a very attractive green- 

 house plant, and is justly much admired. The varieties 

 C. Maritima and Acanthifolia, also offered, are altogether 

 different, having no beauty in the flowers, being cultivated 

 for their silvery foliage, which makes them the finest plants 

 for ribbon lines and masses that are grown. 



Cineraria Hybrida. Extra choice mixed colors. From 



prize varieties. 2 ft 50 



New Dwarf. Finest mixed, 1 ft 25 



Good. Mixed 25 



Double Flowering. They are representatives of all 



the modifications of color usually found among the 

 Cinerarias. Mixed 75 



Maritima. Ar ornamental-foliaged plant, with large 



silvery leaves See, cut.) 10 



Acanthifolia. vVhite leaved, for ribbon lines 10 



CLEMATIS 

 (Virgin's Bower). 



Well known hardy climbing plants. 



Clematis Flammula. White, fragrant, 15 ft 10 



Virginiana. Green, 15 ft 10 



CLEOME. 



Cleome Rosea. Half-hardy Annual, with rose colored 

 flowers, 2 ft 5 



CLIANTHUS 



(Australian Glory Pea.) 



Magnificent plants, which should be grown in light, rich soil. 



Clianthus Dampieri. Flowers in clusters, drooping, pea- 

 shaped, several inches in length, of a brilliant scarlet, 

 with intense black spots in the centre of each flower, 

 4 ft. (See cut.) 25 



" German Flag'." A new and beautiful form of 



Clianthus Dampieri, so named from the resemblance 

 of the flower to the flag of the Uerman nation 50 



COB/EA. 



A fine summer climbing plant, quick growing, and bearing 

 large bell-shaped flowers. In so wing place the seed edgewise. 

 Half-hardy Perennial. 



Cotaaea Scandens. Purple, 20 ft 10 



Alba. (See Novelties, p. 46) 25 



COCCINEA. 



A handsome climbing gourd, with glossy foliage and scarlet 

 fruit. Half-hardy Perennial. 



Coccinea Indica. Scarlet, 10 ft. (See cut) 10 



COCKSCOMB (See Celosia Cristata). 



COLEUS. 



We have this season saved seed from the very finest new Hy- 

 brid Coleus, which is certain to produce splendid varieties. 



Coleus, Choicest New American Hybrids. Mixed. 



(See cut.) 50 



Fine Mixed 25 



COLLINSIA. 



Very pretty plants, with purple, blue and white flowers. Hardy 



Annuals. 

 Collinsia. Mixed, IK ft 5 



COLLOMIA. 



Used for border beds; flowers buff colored. Hardy Annuals. 

 Collomia Grandiflora. 1 ft 



I wish to compliment you on your excellent Handbook of Plants. 



Williamsport, Pa., April 21st, 1884. 

 It is a most instructive work and deserves a place in every library. 



AUGUST kOCH. 



