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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK-WHOLESALE PLANT LIST. 



The Best 



White 



Flowering 



Plant for 



House Culture i^B 



in Cultivation. 



FLOWERS OP SWAINSONIA GALEGIFOLIA ALBA. (MUCH REDUCED) 



SWAINSONIA GALEGIFOLIA ALBA. 



A plant which is hecoming very popular for house culture. 

 Foliage as graceful as an Acacia; flowers pure white, produced 

 in sprays of 12 to 20 flowers each, and resembling Sweet Peas. 

 It is of the easiest culture and ever-blooming. It clim bs readily 

 and is splendid for the window garden, or it may be grown as 

 a bush plant by trimming it back as it grows. It bears neg- 

 lect better than almost any plant we know, but responds read- 

 ily to good care. $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



MAMMOTH YERBENAS. 



No garden is complete unless it contains a bed of Verbenas, 

 or a border planted with them. They flower incessantly 

 throughout the season. 



PANSIES. 



Henderson's Superb Strain. 



Grown from selected seed and offered as unequaled for size, 

 form and color . Pansies are now largely used for bedding pur- 

 poses, vases, etc., and these grand varieties will greatly increase 

 their popularity. Price, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 

 Younger plants, $2.00 per 100. 



PHRYNIUM YARIEGATUM. 



A plant which we believe is destined to take a prominent place 

 among decorative plants for the house, and in subtropical bed- 

 ding iu the open ground in summer. Its growth is not unlike a 

 Canna, strong and free, and the foliage is beautifully marked 

 creamy white on a dark green ground; the white and green blend 

 in some portions of the leaf, and the result is shades of sea 

 green, moss green, etc., although the prevailing colors are white 

 and dark green. It is of the easiest culture, will grow and 

 make fine plants in the house, and lasts well under ordinary 

 conditions. Price, $3.00 per doz. 



PELLIONIA PULCHRA. 



A very pretty trailing plant. The upper surface of the leaves 

 is a dark violet color, almost black, relieved by a soft wine 

 color and intersected throughout by small and large veins of 

 silvery color. Price, $10.00 per 100. 



STROBILANTHES DEYERIANUS. 



A plant that is bound to become popular in fine subtropical 

 bedding. It is of shrubby habit, growing to a height of 2 feet 

 in one season, the leaves variegated with carmine pink and rich 

 bronze, resembling in a general way the well known Cissus dis- 

 color. Plants from 3 inch pots, $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 

 2 inch pots, $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



B. of Oxford. Deep pink. 



Climax Glowing scarlet. 



Coral. Brilliant pink. 



Crystal. Pure white. 



Garnet. Deep lustrous crim- 

 son. 



Glow-worm. Rich crimson 

 scarlet 



Invincible. Rich purple. 



Iona. Deep pink. 



Mattie. Soft shell pink. 



Miss Arthur. Intense scar- 

 let. 



Mrs. Cleveland. Pure white, 

 fragrant. 



Mrs. Wilson. White and 

 crimson. 



Negro. Dark maroon. 



Onyx. Rich crimson. 



Purple King. Deep purple. 



Price, $2.50 per 100. ^9! H 



THE HARDY BLUE CHINESE SHRUBBY YERBENA. 



(Caryopteris Mas tacati thus.) This very valuable autumn-blooming, shrubby 

 plant is a native of China, and although known to botanists for many years has re- 

 mained obscure, not for want of merit, as it has all the elements of popularity. It is 

 easy to grow, is hardy as far north as Boston, and blooms abundantly. Its color is 

 beautiful, an exquisite shade of azure blue, and flowers luxuriantly in a pot or 

 in the open ground; its blooming period is in the fall, from September until heavy 

 frosts, when flowers are scarce and hardly anything is to be had in its color. It grows 

 about two feet high, and bears fragrant feathered clusters of flowers along the stem, as 

 shown in the cut, so that it is pre-eminently adapted for cut flowers, the blooms re- 

 maining fresh days after they are cut. It belongs to the same natural order as the 

 Verbena, and the foliage has a pleasant, spicy odor when bruised. It also promises to 

 be of great value as a bee plant, as they seek it out, and it is in bloom when nearly 

 all flowers are gone. (See cut). Price, $1.25 per doz., $8.00 per 100. 



THE HARDY BLUE CHINESE SHRUBBY VERBENA. 



