PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— FLOWER SEEDS 



PERENNIAL 



FLOWER 



SEEDS 



FOR 



SUMMER 

 SOWING 



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 POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatior). An early-blooming 

 Primrose for spring flower beds or pot culture; the 

 large umbels of flowers edged and laced are borne 

 on stalks 8 inches tall. Mixed colors 15 



POPPY GIANT ORIENTAL. These hold an unrivaled 



position for effectiveness in hardy borders; height 



2 to 3 feet; flowers immense, often 6 inches across. 



Colosseum. Flowers 8 inches across. Dark scarlet, 



with a black spot at the base of each petal 15 



Beauty of Livermere. Crimson with black blotch. . . .15 



Princess Victoria Louise Salmon-scarlet 15 



Salmon Queen. Salmon-yellow 15 



Rembrandt. Orange-scarlet 15 



Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c 10 



POPPY ICELAND (Papaver Nudicaule) . The fragrant, 

 crushed satin-like flowers are produced in never- 

 ceasing succession from the beginning of June to 

 October; fine for cutting 



Yellow 10 White 10 



Scarlet - 10 



Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c 10 



Storrie's New Iceland Poppies. This new strain 

 contains many new colors and shades, including 

 blush, salmon, coral-pink, orange-rose, white, lemon, 

 orange, striped, flecked, edged blended, etc. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. 15 



HARDY BLUE PRIMROSE— Primula Acaulis 



A beautiful blue-flowered type of the popular old 

 English yellow Primrose. Equally as hardy, and - 

 a fitting companion for naturalizing among shrubs, 

 in turf or the herbaceous border 25 



PRIMULA JAPONICA HYBRIDS. These grand, new 

 Japan Primroses are perfectly hardy — forming 

 stately, robust plants that carry large trusses of 

 bloom. The colors range from pure white through 



shades of pink t J deep crimson 25 



PYRETHRUM Hybridum. Hardy herbaceous plants, 

 flowers 3 to 4 inches across, of rose, flesh, pink, white 

 crimson, etc.; borne on stems' 2 feet high. 



Single, Large-flowering. Mixed colors 10 



Double, Large-flowering. Mixed colors 25 



SCABIOSA Hardy Varieties. 



Caucasica Perfecta. Dense, spreading plants 2 or 3 

 feet high. Semi-double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across 

 poised on stalks IK to 2 feet long. The coloring 

 is a beautiful lilac-blue 15 



Caucasica Alba. A large, pure white variety ; counter- 

 part of the above ; beautiful ; the flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 across, on long stems, are exquisite for vases, lasting 

 a long time in water, and they are borne freely like 

 those of its blue-colored parent from early summer 

 to late fall 25 



Japonica. New Scabious from Japan, 2K feet in 

 height and breadth, with elegant light green foliage. 

 Flowers 2 inches across,- on long wiry stems 15 

 inches in length, of a beautiful mauve blue 10 



Pkt 

 STOKESIA, The Hardy Cornflower. The plants grow 

 from 18 to 24 inches high and begin flowering in 

 July, continuing without interruption till late in 

 October. The flowers, 4 to 5 inches across, on long 

 stems, are valuable for cutting 



Cyanea Blue. Lavender-blue li 



Hybrids, Mixed Colors, include some charming 

 shades of blue, lavender, violet, white, and a new 



pink variety li 



SWEET ROCKET or Dames Violet. Favorite, hardy, 

 herbaceous perennials — for the garden border. The 

 plants form clumps 2 to 3 feet in height covered 

 with showy terminal spikes of flowers resembling 

 Stocks. The colors range from white thr6ugh lilac ■ 

 to pink and purple; very productive of bloom and 



splendid for cut flowers. Mixed Colors 1C 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus.). One of the 

 finest of our hardy garden plants, of easy culture, 

 thriving in any good garden soil. The plants grow 

 about 1 foot high and form fine clumps. 

 Henderson's Perfection. Our improved Perfection 

 strains produce in great profusion large florets in a 

 great variety of extremely rich colors 



Extra choice Single varieties mixed II 



Double large-flowering mixed. Extra choice 1, 



Pink Beauty. Large single flowers of pure pink .1, 



Scarlet Beauty. Large single scarlet flowers 1; 



Harlequin. Large flowers of several colors produced 

 on one plant. Some heads will be all crimson, 

 others all pink, white, etc., but usually florets of 



different colors will be borne in one head li 



TRITOMA UVARIA. "Red Hot Poker Plant." Splen- 

 did hardy perennial plants, for clumps on lawn or 

 among shrubbery, where the tall spikes of orange 

 red flowers make an effective display from August 

 until November. 4 to 5 feet 



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New Hybrid Tritomas. Showy, hardy plants, pro- 

 ducing the brightest flowers of the autumn garden. 

 They grow from seed and- flower well the second 

 year commencing in May and continuing through 

 the summer and fall. They range in color through 

 shades of yellow to orange and from salmon-pink, 

 coral red, etc., to crimson. The plants vary in 

 height from 18 inches to 6 feet 



PANSY-VIOLETS, Tufted or Bedding. {Viola cornuta 

 grandifiora hybrida.) Pansy-like blossoms, 2 to 2K 

 inches across, of great substance and brilliant colors. 

 The plants are hardy, forming tufted clumps, with 

 myriads of flowers from spring until cold weather. 

 Many are scented. Mixed colors 



WALL FLOWER. These perennials make nice bushy 



plants, l l A feet high, bearing in the spring long 



spikes of fragrant flowers of various colors, crimson, 



purple, yellow apricot, mahogany, pink, etc. 



Large Double. Mixed colors 



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Large Single. 

 Collection of 



Mixed colors . li 



separate Double Wall Flowers 5' 



WISTARIA, Chinese. Of luxuriant and rapid growth, 

 bearing in the spring immense panicles of flowers 

 produced in great profusion, 75 feet. Blue '. . l! 



