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PETEft HEflSEftSOfl & CO., ]*EW YOP^.— piiOWEP, SEEDS. 



Henderson' s strains 

 of Cinerarias 

 are 

 Unequaled. 



CINERARIA, gg . 



Hybrida or Flowering Varieties. 



Magnificent and indispensable flowering plants for spring decora- 

 tion for the conservatory or window garden. The flowers measure 

 2 to 3 inches across, are of white, blue, violet and crimson shades, 

 covering the plant with a sheet of bloom. 



Large-Flowering, Mixed. From choicest prize varieties. 

 (See cut.) Pkt. 25 



Good Mixed 10 



lie w Pyramidal. Plants of a beautiful pyramidal form ; flowers 

 borne in immense heads and run all through the various com- 

 binations of color usual in a high-class strain 50 



Large-Flowering Crimson. A rich velvety crimson ; flowers 

 of largest size, with a double row of petals 25 



Double Large-Flowering, Mixed 60 



Cineraria Maritiiua. 



" Dusty Miller." Extensively used for ribbon planting, vases, 

 hanging baskets, etc.; leaves silvery gray ; although perennial it i9 

 usually grown as an annual. 1ft Pkt. 6 



CREPIS, or "Hawk's Beard." 



Mixed Colors. Pretty dwarf annuals, deserving a place in every 

 garden, of easy culture, blooming in profusion ; excellent for cut- 

 ting. 1ft Pkt. 5 



CYPRESS VINE. 



Summer climbing annuals, with feathery foliage and star-shaped 

 flowers ; borne in clusters. 15 to 20 ft. 

 White 5 Rose 



COBJEA SCANDENS. |»fr«- 



Elegant, rapid-growing climbers, attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet. Can be grown 



in the garden in summer, or in the greenhouse or conservatory in winter. Their 



luxuriance renders them particularly desirable for covering arbors, walls, etc.; 



flowers large and bell-shaped. (See cut.) 



Blue Pkt. 10 White Pkt. 15 



COEEUS. 



Plants with richly colored foliage of maroon, green, crimson, yellow, 

 etc. For groups on lawns and ribboning they are indispensable, and 

 also valuable for pot culture. Although perennials, they attain per- 

 fection from seed the first season. 1 to 3 ft. 



Fine Hybrids, Mixed Pkt. 15 



Fringed Coleus. Unusually thrifty growers, producing extremely 

 large leaves, the edges of which are deeply cut, laciniated and fringed, 

 giving a very unique and graceful effect. The colors, too, are espe- 

 cially fine, embracing combinations of markings entirely new 25 



Eegal Giant. A most remarkable and beautiful Coleus, attaining 

 the gigantic height of about six feet, with enormous leaves ; the 

 colors and markings of the leaves are diversified and beautiful, being 

 intensified by the peculiarity of the leaves having inflated or undu- 

 lating spots on the edges, as if they were encircled with pearls. . . . 25 

 Imported collection of 6 large-leaved varieties (25 seeds of each), 50 cts. 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR. 



(Morning Glory.) 

 The well-known Morning Glories ; splendid climbing plants ; unequaled 

 for rapidity of growth and profusion of bloom ; annuals attaining a 

 height of 30 to 50 feet. 



White Pkt. 5 Blood Bed Pkt. 5 Blue Pkt. 5 



Bose 5 Striped 5 Mixed 5 



Aureus Superbus. Small-flowering golden yellow flowers... 10 

 Variegated Leaf Morning Glory. (Ipomosa Marmorata.) Foli- 

 age beautifully striped and variegated, flowers of variouB colors, 10 

 Imported collection of Morning Glories, 6 separate colors, 25 cts.; 12 sepa- 

 J? rate colors, 40 cts. 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR. 



(Bedding Morning Glories.) 

 These beautiful " Bush Morning Glories " grow only about 1 foot 

 high; the flowers are freely borne, and, if pleasant, remain open all 

 day. Plant spreads with regularity in all directions for about 2 feet, 

 and a bed of them is a beautiful object throughout the summer. 



Variegatus. Striped rich blue and white Pkt. 5 



Crimson Violet. Rich crimson violet/white throat, yellow eye, 5 

 Sub-Cceruleus. Lavender, white centre, yellow throat, fine.. 5> 



Splendens. Rich indigo blue, white centre, yellow throat 5 



Albus. White, yellow throat 5 



Minor, Mixed. Including many varieties 5 



^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^■^^ Convolvulus Mauritanicus. 

 ^ ^^^^^3 ^^^^^ A beautiful trailing peren- 

 nial, for vases, baskets, 

 etc.; flowers blue 

 and white, yel- 

 low throat. 

 3 ft 10 



Scarlet 5 Mixed. 



CYCLAMEN. . . . 



These are among the most beautiful winter and spring flowering 

 plants for the window and greenhouse. Not only are the flowers of 

 striking beauty, but the foliage is also highly ornamental. The colors 

 range through shades of pink, crimson, white, spotted, etc. Most of them 

 are, moreover, delicately fragrant. 



Fersicum, Finest Mixed Colors P^_ 10 



Giant Persian Cyclamen. 



Flowers of extraordinary size, and of great substance. The leaves are DronnrHm, 

 •tely large and beautifully marked. {See cut.) proportion- 



Giganteum, Mixed Colors 



FOR GENERAL LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS, SEE PAGES 92 TO 97 



Pkt. 25 



Our 

 Cyclamens 

 were awarded 

 the premium 

 at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. 



HENDEBS0NS GIANT CYCLAMEN. 



