PETER HENDERSON & CO'S QUARTERLY TRADE LIST OF PLANTS. 





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Flower % natural size. 



"Wm. Falconer. This grand variety is a "sport " from ' 

 qualities found in that excellent variety. The color 

 a delicate flesh pink as the flowers advance in age. 

 Price, for any of the above, 15c. each, $8.00 per 100; set of five " Ostrich Plume " varieties for 50c. 



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The "Ostrich 

 Plume" Section. 



The title of " Ostrich Plume " 

 was applied by us to the first of this 

 new type of' the Chrysanthemum 

 (Mrs. Alpheus Hardy) to distinguish 

 it for all time for those previously 

 known, but more particularly to di- 

 rect attention to the soft feathery 

 growth with which the flowers are 

 thickly studded, forming so striking 

 a resemblance to an Ostrich 

 Plume that this title was instantly 

 suggested to us when we first saw 

 it. 



Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. Purest 

 white and exceptionally large and 

 well formed when properly grown. 

 The blooms of this variety with 

 which we took first prize at Madi- 

 son Square Garden, New York, 

 were a revelation. 

 Louis Boehmer. This is identi- 

 cal in its strange aad beautiful for- 

 mation with the above variety, but 

 its color is an exquisite shade of sil- 

 very pink, with deep rose on the 

 inside of the petals 

 Patrick Barry. A pure yellow 

 "Ostrich Plume" variety and fit 

 to rank with the others in this sec- 

 tion. 

 Miss Annie Manda Pure white, 

 strong, short-jointed stems. 

 Boehmer," and it partakes of all the good 

 exquisite shade of rosy blush, changing to 



The varieties named below we have selected after 

 a complete trial as the best of last years introduc- 

 tions. 

 G. W. Childs. One of the best varieties of last 



year's introductions; color deep velvety crimson. 



Large fiat flower with drooping outer petals. 

 El Dorado. Clear golden yellow, very dwarf and 



compact growth. An early flowering variety 



and very valuable for cut flowers. 

 Harry May. Deep old gold, with occasional veins 



of red ; petals very broad and thick, spoon shaped. 

 Miss Ada McYicker. A plant of strong habit, 



producing immense creamy white flowers with 



broad, thick, reflexed petals. A grand variety, 



and one of the best for all purposes. 

 Mr. Hicks Arnold. Large, full, double flowers 



of an old gold color, lighting up wonderfully by 



artificial lis;ht. 



NEWER CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Miss Annie Manda. Flower perfectly double, 

 incurved, of the purest white. The petals are 

 studded with a soft feathery growth like Airs. 

 Alpheus Hardy. 



Mrs. E. D. Adams. Flower very large; petals 

 of medium width, very long, twisted, the outer 

 ones whirled; color pure white. 



O. P. Bassett. A "rand crimson variety, lighted 

 up with scarlet, large solid flower; one of the 

 very largest in its class. $20.00 per 100. 



Roslyn. A superb, clear. Mermet rose pink, petals 

 thick and heavy, cup-shaped, solid to the centre, 

 immense in size, having been exhibited eleven 

 inches across, habit the best, stems stiff and 

 erect, foliage luxuriant, the best pink in com- 

 merce. $12.00 per 100. 

 Price for any of the foregoing, except where 



noted, 15c. each, $10.00 per 100; set of ninefor.fl.OO. 



NEW SEEDLINGS OF 1892. 



We offer below, seedlings of our own raising, 

 which were selected from among hundreds which we 

 had on trial. 



Autocrat. Deep yellow, fine globular form, large 



flowers. A strong grower, with stiff stems. 



Early, and promises to be very valuable for cut 



flowers. 

 Grenadier. Deep brilliant red, reverse of petals 



old gold, large globular flower, with reflexed 



outer petals. 

 Mark Twain. Chrome yellow and cinnabar red, 



a striking combination of colors. 



Nankin Sulphur yellow, shading to creamy white 

 at the margin of the flower. The petals are long 

 and silky. A unique and attractive variety. 



Polo. A very curious variety, long petals with 

 crooked ends, like a polo stick. 



The Tiger. A grand incurved variety, old gold 

 and deep red. 



Sun God. One of the largest varieties as yet offer- 

 ed. Flowers of the largest size with broad, bold 

 petals. Color deep yellow, slightly rharked with 

 rich bronze. 

 Price for any of the above, 30c. each; set of sevea 



sorts for $2.00*. 



