PETER HENDERSON & CO.-FLOWER E.EEDS. 



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POPPY. 



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riant j with large and brilliantly colored flowers, always 

 making a showy display in the garden. Hnrilij Annuals. 



Poppy, Carnation-Flowered. Double, mixed, 2 ft. .. 5 



— - French. Papaver R/Kvas). Kauuncuius-tlowered. 



double-mixed. 2 ft o 



Xeiv Papaver ITnibrosnni. This makes a gor- 

 geous display in the garden: its flowers are a rich 

 vermilion, with a sliihing black spot on each petal. 

 One of the showiest plants in our trial grounds 

 last summer. {See cut) 25 



Bracteatam. Very large orange scarlet flowers, 



averaging live inches in diameter. Perennial vari- 

 ety 10 



English Scarlet. One of the commonest plants in 



great Britain, being found growing wild there in 

 field after field, and which produces the most gor- 

 geous eflfect that can be imagined with its dazzling 

 scarlet blooms 5 



PORTULACA. 



Beautiful and popular HardyAnnuals. of the easiest culture, 

 luxuriating in an exposed sunny situation, and producing 

 throughout the summer their flowers of almost every hue 

 in the greatest profusion. The double Portulacais one of 

 the flne^t annuals in cultivation, iz ft. 



Portnlaca Bedniani. A fine variety. Flowers large, 



pure white, with a reddish purple eye o 



Golden Striped. A very distinct and strikingly new 



variety. Flowers of a light straw color, with golden 



or orange stripes 5 



Alba. Clear white •) 



Red and AVbite. Striped .5 



Splendens. Rich pnrple 5 



New Pink. This is a great improvement on the 



common single Portulaca. The flowers, nearly 

 twice the size of the old variety, are of a delicate 



pink shade 5 



New Salmon. A new and strikingly odd color in this 



well-known annual 1.^ 



Splendid Mixed, Single. All colors n 



Grandiflora Doable. Finest mixed. These are 



unsurpassed for brilliancy of color by any annual 

 grown. Our Double Portulaca is saved from the 

 finest double flowers only, the plants of which are 

 grown from cuttings, and we believe will produce a 

 larger percentage of aoiible flowers than any other 

 strain offered. {See cut.) 15 



Primula (CMnese Primrose). 



Our Primulas are from the finest existing strains. In the 

 Fimbriata sorts the flowers are beautifully fringed, as are 

 the FiMcifolia class also, but the latter have added beauty 

 In their Fern-like foliage. Following the English practice, 

 it is usually advised to sow Primula seeds in July and 

 August, but in our hot, dry climate it is very difficult to 

 nave them germinate at that season; so, in our own ex- 

 perience, we have found that the best time to sow is in 

 February, March or April. Then sown, the seed germi- 

 nates freely, and fine plants can be had for winter flower- 

 ing. The great perfection to which Primulas have been 

 brought renders them in attractiveness and value scarce- 

 ly equaled by any class of plants. 3^ It. (See cut.) 



Primnla Sinensis Fimbriata. Very choice mixed, 



from prize flowers, i See cut) 50 



Alba. Purewhite 50 



Rubra. Red, very fine 50 



Striata. Striped with red 50 



Kermesina Splendens. Bright carmine with 



distinct yellow eye 50 



Alba'Plena. Double white 100 



Rnbra Plena. Double red 1 00 



Doable Mixed. Red and white 1 00 



The double varieties produce a large perce7ilage of double 



flowers, and are superb. 



—^Punctata Elegantissima. A beautiful new 



variety, flowers deep velvety crimson, strongly 

 fringed, and regularly marked at the borders with 



small snow-white spots 1 00 



. Filicifolia Alba. White fern-leaved, very 



beautiful .50 



Rabra. Red, fern-leaved 50 



Fimbriata Cristata Sana. A very interesting 



and distinct race, of French origin. The plant is of 

 dwarf and dense habit, with small foliage. The flow- 

 ers are snow-while, with a pale yellow eye, arc dent- 

 ated, and show a tendency to become double. This 



Primula comes nearly always true from seed 75 



Globosa Rubra. (See Novelties) 75 



Alba. {See Novelties) 75 



PYRETHRU3I, 



(Feverfew. ) 



Per Pkt. 



An old and favouite herbaceous plant, of which several dis- 

 tinct classes are oflered below. Hardy Perennials. 



Pyrethrnm Hybridum fl. pi. New varieties of this 

 beautiful, hardy, herbaceous plant, saved from 

 double flowers only, 13 > ft 25 



Roseum. The flowers of this and its varieties are 



gathered, dried and pulverized, and form the true 

 "Persian Insect Powder" so much in demand 10 



Parthenifolium Aureuni (Golden Featlier.) Brij-'ht 



golilen foliage. One of the best bedding plants, 1 ft.:0 



Laciniatum. A variety of " tioldeu p'eather," the 



foliage distinctly cut and fringed 10 



Golden Gem. A splendid bedding plant, producing 



large double white flowers, which are continued 

 throughout the summer. The color of the foliage is 

 a brighter yellow than that of the old "Golden 

 Feather," it.self one of the best bedding plants grown. 

 {See Cut.) 1 ft 10 



Anream Selaginoides. The flat goUlen foliage re- 

 sembles two fronds of some species of Ferns, over- 

 laying each other, and this peculiarity, with its dwarf 

 arid compact habit, gives it great interest and beau- 

 tv. Xew last season 25 



— — Double White Feverfew. {See Matricaria) 1.5 



RHODANTHE. 



Belongs to what is known as " Everlasting Flowers," and is 

 invaluable for winter bouquets; but it has also added in- 

 terest and value from the fact of its being equally desir- 

 able when grown as a pot plant In greenhouse or parlor, 

 or when planted out for garden decoraticn, 1 ft. HaW- 

 liardu Annuals. 



Rhodanthe Atrosangainea. Dark purplish crimson, 



very brilliant. (See Cut) 10 



Macalata. Bright rosy crimson, with yellow disc ...10 



Alba. Pure silvery white, very beautiful i. 10 



RICINLS, 



(Castor Oil Bean.) 

 Tall growing plants of tropical origin, and whose luxuriant 

 foliage renders them exceedingly ornamental and desir- 

 able. Half-hardy Animals. 

 Ricinas Borboniensis Arborens. Very large and 



handsome foliage. 15 ft 5- 



Giganteas. Leaves of immense size, 12 ft 5 



Gibsonii. Dark red foliage 5 



Obermanii. (Saiirruineus.) Red fruit; splendid or- 

 namental plant, 8 ft 5 



Tricolor. Three-colored, very beautiful, 7 ft 5 



Mixed Varieties 5 



ROCKET, 



(Dame's Violet.) 

 Well-known, very fragrant, early spring-flowering plants, 

 growing and blooming freely. Hardy Perennials. 



Rocket, Sweet Purple. I'j ft 5 



White. I'ijft 5 



Mixed. 13^ ft 5 



SALPIGLOSSIS. 



Remarkably beautiful autumn-blooming plants, with funnel- 

 shaped flowers, curiously veined and marbled. Half-hardy 

 Annuxils. 

 Salpiglossis Azurea Grandiflora. Sky-blue, 13^ ft.. 10 



Coccinea. Scarlet, I'A ft If) 



t>arge-Flowered. Finest mixed, 1 H ft. {See cut) . . 10 



SALVIA, 



(Flowering Sage.) 

 With its spikes of scarlet, white and blue, the Salvia makes 

 one of the mo.st gorgeous plants in the garden. S. Patens 

 (blue) and .S". Splendens (red) are perhaps the best repre- 

 sentatives of these two primary colors to be found in the 

 whole range of flowering plants. .*eeds sown in April will 

 flower in July and August, and continue throughout the 

 season. Half-hardy Perennials. 



Salvia Patens. Splendid deep blue, 3 ft 25 



Splendens. {Scarlet Sage.) Vivid scarlet, 3 ft 10 



Alba. New white, very distinct 25 



SANYITALIA. 



Dwarf-growing, free-flowering plants, very suitable forsmall 

 beds or rock-work. Hardy .Uniuals. 



Sanvitalia Procumbens Fl. Pleno. A beautiful ac- 

 quisition; flowers densely clouble. bright golden yel- 

 low and produced in the greatest abundance. H ft. 

 (See Cut) !•>- 



