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PETER HENDERSON & CO.-FLOWER SEEDS. 



GRASSES (Ornamental). 



Per Pit. 

 Nearly all the Ornamental Grasses are very showy and beauti- 

 ful, and when dried and tastefully arranged in counection 

 with the Everlasting Flowers, make exceedingly attractive 

 winter bouquets. 

 Agrostis Nebulosa. Exceedingly graceful and beautiful. 



Hardy Annual, 1 ft 5 



A vena Sterilis. (Animated Oats.) Hardy Annual, 2 l 2 ft .. 5 

 Briza Maxima. (Large Quaking Grass.) Very elegant. 



Hardy Annual, 1 ft 5 



Gracilis. (Slender Quaking Grass.) Hardy Annual. 



ft 5 



Brizopyrum Siculum. Very dwarf, with shining green 



leaves; very pretty, 1 . ft 10 



Bromus Brizseformis. A fine grass. Hardy Perennial ... . 5 

 Chloris Barbata. Pretty and curious. Hardy Annual, i ft. 5 



Tnincata. Fine silvery plumes, 2 ft 5 



Crysurus Aureus. Very dwarf, with yellowish feathery 



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

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

 Eragrostis Elegfans. (Love Grass J Elegant and pretty. 



Hardy Annual, 2ft 6 



Erianthus Ravemire. A superb perennial glass, re- 

 sembling the Pampas in appearance and habit of 

 growth . but attaining a greater height than that 

 variety, and is quite hardy. Hardy Perennial, 10 ft. . . 10 



Testuca Rigid a. Curious dwarf variety o 



Gymnothrix Latifolia. Splendid ornamental grass. Half- 

 hardy Perennial, 10 ft 25 



Gynerium Argfenteum. (Pampas Grass.) The finest orna- 

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

 nial 10 



Hor deu m Jubatum . (Squirrel Tail Grass. ) Very hand- 

 some, 3 ft 5 



Lag-urns Ovatus. (Hare's Tail Grass.) Dwarf, v^ry 



pretty, lft * 



Panicum Capillaceum. Extremely ornamental, 3 ft 5 



Sulcatum. Beautiful palm-like foliage, exceedingly 



ornamentil. Half-hardy Annual, 2ft 10 



Setaria Macrocheta. Graceful drooping plumes. Hardy 



Annual, 2 ft 5 



Stipa Elegfantissima. One of the most beautiful of orna- 

 mental grasses 10 



Pennata. (Feather Grass.) Exceedingly gracelul and 



beautiful. Hardy Perennial, 2 ft 10 



Tricliolaena Rosea. A very beautiful rose-tinted grass. 



Hardy Perennial, 2ft 10 



Zea Japonica Variegata. (Variegated Japanese Maize.) 



Striped Green and White 5 



,(jgrEntire collection (one packet of each of 24 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, '4 ft. . 6 



Paniculata. White, line 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, 18 inchoc 10 



HELIANTHUS (Sunflower). 



Tall growing plants, with large and showy flowers. Culture 

 same as Asters. Hardy Annuals. 



Helianthus Californicus fl. pi. Extra large and double, 



5 ft. (See cut.) 5 



Globosus Fistulosus. Flowers very large and globu- 



lar-lormed, of a bright, rich saffron color, 6 ft 6 



— — Macrophyllus Gigfanteus. A large growing variety 

 of pyramidal form, ft 5 



Cucumerifolius. Habitvery branching, growingabout 



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. Very effective 



in corsage bouquets 5 



Peruvianus. Double yellow flowers, striped black. . .10 



HELICHRYSUM. (Everlasting Flowers), 



_ Per Pkt. 



Flowers mostly used for winter bouquet , for which they are 



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



Hardy Annuals. 



Helichrysvim Brachyrynchum. Yellow, }i ft 6 



Bracteatum. Yellow, 1 14 ft 5 



Album. White, IK ft 5 



Monstrosum. Finest double mixed, 2 ft. (See cut.).. 5 



Namim. Dwarf, double mixed, 1 ft 6 



■ Pinest mixed. All colors 5 



HEDYSARUM. (French Honeysuckle). 



A beautiful hardy perennial plant, grown in borders, generally 

 known under its inappropriate name of "French Honey- 

 suckle.'' It is a native of Italy, and has no affinity with the 

 Honeysuckle (Lonicera.) 



Hedysarum Coronarium Red and white, mixed, 3 ft. S 



HELIOPHILA. 



A pretty, bright blue Hardy Annual. 

 Heliophila Araboides. 1 ft 



HIBISCUS. 



A very ornamental and showy Hardy Annual; color a rich 

 cream, with brown centre. 



Hibiscus Africanus. H ft 5 



Californicus. An herbaceous perennial, producing an 



abundance of pure white flowers 5 



HOLLYHOCK. 



Old garden favorites, too well known to need description. 

 Hollyhock. Extra choice double, finest mixed. (See cut.) . .25 



Fine Mixed. Good double varieties 10 



Double White. This is one of the most valuable plants 



now grown for summer flowers. Flowers pure white 



and perfectly double 25 



Double Yellow 25 



Crimson 25 



Pint 25 



HONESTY. 



(Moon Wort.) 



Interesting summer-blooming plants, suitable for shrubberies 

 or woodland walks. The seed vessels are flat and broad, 

 aDd look like transparent silver. Very handsome in bou- 

 quets of dried flowers. Hardy Biennial. 



Honesty. Purple, 2ft 5 



HUMEA. 



When fully grown this attains a height of 8 feet, forming a 

 most attractive object, either in the conservatory or in pots 

 on the lawn. Its flowers of ruby red are produced in droop- 

 ing racemes. Half-hardy Biennial. 



Humea Elegans. (SeecutJ 15 



HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. 

 (The Cape Hyacinth.) 



A most striking and beautiful plant supposed to be only half- 

 hardy, but which has stood for the last three winters, in this 

 vicinity, without injury with protection. It is a strong 

 grower, and shoots upward a stem 4 to 5 feet high, upon 

 which are regularly arranged drooping white flowers of ex- 

 quisite fragrance, and of the form shown in ourillustration. 

 A very pleasing effect is produced by planting this in the 

 centre of Gladiolus beds ; such an arrangement in our 

 grounds, two seasons ago, was greatly admired. (See cut.) . .10 



IMPATIENS SULTANA. 



I. Sultana. (See Novelties, page 47.). 



.25 



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