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PETER HENDERSON'S CATALOGUE. 



DIFFIENBACHIl BARQUEANA. 



A stove plant of great beauty. Leaves large and upriglit, 

 blotched and marbled with pure white. A well-grown speci- 

 men of this is grand, and makes a most telling plant for ex- 

 hibition purposes. 



$2.00 each. 



DICHORLSANDRA THYRSIFLORA. 



A beautiful plant for winter flowering. Well grown speci- 

 mens attain a height of 10 ft., branched all around, and 

 every branch terminated with a spike of densely set .sky-blue 

 flowers. It is a native of Brazil, and requires a warm tem- 

 perature. 



$1.00 each. 



ERANTHEMUM SANGUINE A. 



A rather scarce species; foliage thick and leathery, of a deep 

 crimson maroon. Leaves glos.sy — looking as if varnished — 

 making a very attractive plant for decorative or bedding 

 purposes. 



30c. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



ERANTHEMUM TRICOLOR. 



Like the Croton, Dracena, etc., this plant requires a warm 

 temperature to bring out its beautiful variegations, which 

 run through all the shades of pink, purple, and maroon. It 

 has proved most valuable for massing in open ground.J' 

 30c. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



ERANTHEMUM ELDORADO. 



Another good variety for bedding, entirely distinct from the 

 preceding. Foliage green, mottled golden yellow. 

 50c. each; $4.50 per doz. 



ERANTHEMUM M ARMOR ATUM. 



A variety with silvery leaves. Very pretty ami quite 

 cUlTerent from any of the others. 



50c each ; $4.50 per doz. 

 Set of 4 varieties for $1.25. 



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ESPIRITO SANCTO, 



acred Dove Flower.) 



A very wonderful terrestrial Orchid that flowers freely when 

 of good size. The flowers are borne on long spikes that stand 

 up high above the foliage. Each flower contains the outline 

 of a dove with outstretched wingS; hence its name. The 

 fragrance is as remarkable as the flower itself, being like a 

 combination of various spices. 



$3.00 each. 



NEW CORAL PLANT, 



(Erythriiia Hendersouii.) 



The great beauty of this plant cannot be told by a descrip- 

 tion. If set out in the open ground in spring, it blooms with- 

 out intermission all summer. The flower.^ are large and 

 brilliant, dark crimson in color, and fairly cover the plant 

 when in full bloom. The old "Coral Plant," Erythrina C. 

 Galli, only flowers well when two or three years old, but this 

 acquisition is grand the first season. 



50c. each; $4.50 per doz. 



EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBRINA. 



Unlike all other variegated plants this has its striping or 

 marking acrosti the leaf, instead of longitudinally. It grows 

 from 4 to 6 ft. in height, forming a most striking and graceful 

 plant, resembling nothing else that we know of in cultiva- 

 tion. The expanded flower spike resembles the ostrich 

 plume and will last for years. Plant entirely hardy. 



1st size, $2.00 each. 



2d " 1.00 " 



3d '" .75 " 



EUC1IAUI.S AMAZONICA. 



EUCHARIS AMAZONICA, "Amazon 

 Lily." 



A lovely hot-house plant, which may be had in bloom 

 almost the entire sea.son, if a moderate supply of plants are 

 had, small plants usually sending up stalks which bear Ave or 

 si.x large pure vhite star-shaped flowers, four inches across, 

 deliciously fragrant. It wants a warm atmospliere witK 

 plenty of moisture. The flowers bring, at tlie holidays, very 

 high prices. {See Cut.) 



1st size, $2.00 each. 



2d " 1.00 " 



3d " .50 " 



EULALIA JAPONICA TAR. 



An older variety than the Eulalia Japonica Zebrina. Leaves 

 striped white and green, logitiulinally. Next to the Zebrina, 

 the most ornamental of all hardy grasses. Tlic flower .spikes 

 of both are valuable for parlor ornaments; will keep for 

 years. 



Large plants, $1.00 each; $9.00 per doz. 



Smaller " .50 " 4.50 " 



EUPHORBLi COROLLATA. 



A native plant, but one of the most valuable for summer- 

 flowering. The flowers are pure white, small, and borne in the 

 greatest ab\indance. It is excellent for bouquets, &c., where it 

 takes the place of the P. nivardia in summer, which it some- 

 what resembles. Perfectly hardy. 



30c. each; $3.00 per doz. 



" 12 BEST " FUCHSIAS. 



In selecting this set wo have chosen such varieties as com- 

 bine, in the greatest degree, free-flowering qualities with 

 contrasting colors and beauty of flowers. The selection is- 

 made as the best from our collection of 100 sorts. 

 Swanlcy. Corolla rosy carmine; sepals white, single. 

 Little Alice. Corolla white; bright scarlet sepals, double. 

 Lord Macauley. Dark purple corolla; red sepals, single. 

 Theresa. Corolla ruby; sepals creamy white; single. 

 Birdof Par.idise. Corolla brilliant magenta; sepals crim- 

 son, single. 

 Earl of Beaconsficld. Very large; corolla orange and 



scarlet, single. 

 Genius. Violet corolla; sepals crimson, double. 

 Leah. White sepals, crimson corolla, single. 

 Desidcratus. Scarlet tube and sepal; corolla violet blue,, 

 double. 



