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PETER HENDERSON & CO.-FLOWER SEEDS. 



SOLANUM. 



Per PH. 

 A genus of ornamental fruit-bearing plants, some of them 

 among the most interesting of green-house shrubs, while 

 others are remarkable for their tine foliage, and are most 

 useful for groups on lawns, or as single specimens. 

 Solanum Capsicastrvun, or "Jerusalem Cherry." Minia- 

 ture orange tree, covered all winter with a profusion 

 of scarlet fruit. A very interesting plant for the de- 

 coration of the green-house or sitting-room. Half- 

 hardy Annual. 1^ ft 10 



Hendersonii. Pear-shaped scarlet fruit 10 



Warscewiczii. A magnificent plant, with immense 



leaves of a deep green color. It attains an average 

 height of six or eight feet, and when planted in masses 

 produces a grand effect 10 



SPHENOGYNE. 



A bright yellow, free-flowering border plant, from South 



America: useful for beds, ribbon borders, or edgings. 

 Sphenogyne Speciosa. Hardy Annual. 1ft 5 



STATICE. 



Exceedingly interesting plants of easy culture. They are all 

 very free-flowering, and remain a long time in bloom, the 

 flowers being valuable for winter bouquets. 



Statice Bonduelli. Deep golden yellow. Half-hardy Pe- 

 rennial, in ft io 



Spicata. Forms a beautiful bouquet of rosy pink 



flowers. Annual 10 



Incana Hybrida. Fine mixed. Perennial 10 



Suworowi. (See Novelties, page 49.) 25 



STOCKS (German Ten Weeks.) 

 (Gilliflower.) , 



Ten Weeks Stocks comprise those varieties which, being sown 

 in spring, flower during the summer and fall. The Pyra- 

 midal probably produce more double flowers than any other 

 sort, and its dwarf habit renders it unequaled for bedding- 

 out work. The Wallflower-leaved have glossy foliage distinct 

 from any other class. If the Intermediate Stocks are sown 

 at the same time as the Ten Weeks, they will succeed them 

 in bloom, so that the " time of the Stocks" can be greatly 

 prolonged. All the seed we offer is carefully saved from 

 pot-grown plants. ' 2 to 1 ft. Half-hardy Annuals. 



Stock, Dwarf German Ten Weeks. Fine mixed 5 



Large Flowering 1 . Choice mixed.. 10 



Pure White 15 



Purple 15 



Scarlet Victoria. New and fine. 15 



Wallflower-Leaved. Pure white, very fine.15 



Purple 15 



Crimson 15 



• Finest Mixed 15 



New Large-Flowered Dwarf Pyramidal. The 



most popular stock in cultivation; very finest mixed. 15 



New Giant Perfection, (See Novelties) 15 



INTERMEDIATE. 



The intermediate Stocks are valuable on account of their 

 flowering late in the fall, also as pot plants for early spring 

 blooming, for which purpose the seeds should be sown in 

 July or August. 1 ' 2 ft. 



Stock, Intermediate, Scarlet 10 



White 10 



Purple 10 



Mixed 10 



BROMPTON AND EMPEROR. 



The Emperor, or Perpetual Flower, may be treated in the same 

 manner as the Intermediate Stock ; they frequently last 

 several years, if protected from the frost. The Brompton 

 is a biennial of branching habit, producing a grand display 

 when in bloom. 2 ft. 



Stock, Emperor, or Perpetual. Finest mixed 10 



Brompton, or Winter. Finest mixed 10 



COLLECTIONS OF STOCKS AS IMPORTED. 



Larg*e-Flowered Dwarf German Ten Weeks. In 



six separate colors 50 



In twelve separate colors 1 00 



Brompton, or Winter Flowering - . In twelve separate 



colors 1 00 



SWEET PEAS. 



Per PH. 



Very beautiful, fragrant and free-flowering climbing plants, 



continuing in bloom all summer ; supported by common 



pea sticks they form admirable screens for protecting more 



tender plants or excluding unsightly objects ; valuable for 



trailing on trellis-work, covering rough fences, etc.; 6 ft. 



Hardy Annuals. 



Sweet Pea, Scarlet Invincible. Remarkably fragrant, 



with bright scarlet crimson flowers; an unusually 



prolific bloomer g 



Striped 5 



Painted Lady 5 



Purple 5 



White 5 



Fairy Queen 5 



Butterfly. Pure white ground, delicately laced 



with lavender blue 10 



Adonis. (See Novelties, page 48) 25 



Mixed. AH colors; per oz., 15c; per lb., $1.00 6 



SWEET SULTAN. 



Showy Annuals of easy culture, very effective in shrubbery 

 borders. Hardy Annuals. 



Sweet Sultan. Purple. 2 ft 5 



White. 2 ft 5 



Yellow. 2 ft 5 



Mixed 6 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Barbatus.) 



A very beautiful class of plants, of extreme richness and 

 diversity of color. The varieties have been greatly im- 

 proved of late years; 1 % ft. Hardy Perennials. 



Sweet William. Fine mixed 6 



Auricula-Flowered, blowers in trusses of im- 

 mense size and of exceedingly beautiful colors 10 



Double-Flowering. Finest mixed, from a splen- 

 did collection of double flowers 1C- 



TACSONIA. 



(Passion Flower.) 



Tacsonia Von Volxemi. This beautiful climber was 

 found in New Grenada. It is a plant that flowers 

 most abundantly, and for almost the whole year ; 

 the flowers individually are about five inches in diam- 

 eter, and of the richest scarlet. Half-hardy Climber..$g 



TAGETES. 



Tagetes Signata Pumila. A beautiful delicate fern-leaved 

 plant, forming a compact globular bush, and covered 

 with bright yellow blossoms, with a reddish brown 

 stripe through the centre of each petal. Half-liardy 

 Annual. 1 ft 1©- 



TRITOMA. 

 (Red-hot Poker Plant.) 



Tritoma Uvaria Grandiflora. A most interesting plant 

 that ought to be in every garden. The flower-stalk 

 grows to the height of three feet ; the flower-spike 

 is about one foot in length, of colors varying from 

 yellow to deep scarlet, giving it somewhat the appear- 

 ance of a heated bar of iron ; hence it is vulgarly 

 called " Red-hot Poker Plant." It continues in bloom 

 from July to October. Grown either singly or in 

 masses it produces a striking effect 26- 



THUNBERGIA. 



Extremely ornamental free-blooming climbers of rapid growth, 

 handsome foliage and much admired flowers ; good for 

 green-house culture or in warm situations out-of-doors. 



Thunbergia Alata. Buff, with white eye, 4 ft 5- 



Alba. White, with dark eye, 4 ft 5 



Aurantiaca. Bright orange, dark eye, 3 ft 5 



Bakerii. Pure white, 4 ft 6 



Mixed Varieties . f 



TRICHOSANTHES. 



Very curious plants, with long, elegant serpent-like fruit, 



exceedingly ornamental. Half-hardy Annuals. 

 Trichosanthes Coccinea. A charming climber with 

 small oval green and white marbled fruit, changing 

 to scarlet 1C 



Colubrina. Serpent gourd, brilliant carmine fruit, 5 to 



6 ft. in length 10 



, . . ... . _„ Mobbistown, N. J., October 27th, 1884. 



I have read a number of works on gardening, but none of them can be compared for a moment, either in style or matter with " Gardening- 

 for Profit." S. E. FORD. 



