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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



HENDERSeN'S GeUbEGTION OF 



lO FLORAL BEAUTIES 



SHOWN ON THE COLORED PLATE OPPOSITE. 



pn'HESE liave been selected not only in consideration of tlieir exquisite beauty, but 

 . \£J "wltb. a view of prominently introducing varieties of easy culture that are sure to give 

 tbe utmost satisfaction to even amateurs in the art of cultivating flowers. 



I®^ Full Collection of Ten Floral Beauties free by mail, $1.25 



(tlieir cost separately would be $2.00). 



NEl?^' GRAND HYBRID ANNUAI. GAII.I.ARDIAS. 



These new varieties are unrivaled for brilliancy of color ; magnificent size and profusion of bloom, from early summer until frost, 

 rendering them splendid for summer bedding and also valuable for pot culture. Height. 1 to 1)^ ft. {For separate new varieties seepage. 

 57.) Price per packet of mixed colors, 15c. 



RED PANSY, "BRIEEIANT." 



{Viola tricolor Victoria improved.) 

 This is a decided novelty of the highest merit, and the first 

 really fine red Pansy introduced, the color being very bright and 

 pleasing. The flowers are of good size and perfect form. 

 Price, per packet of 25 seeds, 25 cts. 



NEW POPPY, "FIRE DRAGON." 



{Papaver Icevigatum.) 



A new, extremely showy and very free flowering annual Poppy 



from Persia, producing flowers, four inches across, of brilliant deep 



scarlet, with black spots margined with white. Height, 2 to 2j^ ft. 



Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



NE^W GODETIA, " NAMEEESS BEAUTY." 



A handsome new variety of this beautiful class of hardy annual. It grows in oval compact bushes about one foot high, and is pro- 

 fusely covered with large cup-shaped flowers 1 to 1}4 inches across until frost. The colors are of a particularly pleasing combination of 

 white passing into blush, with large carmine spots at the base of the petals, and with a satin-like lustre. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



EARGE FEOIVERING DIANTHUS, 



"Single Fringed." 



These beautiful, large-flowering, single-fringed Pinks make a 

 grand show throughout the summer. The flowers are of richest 

 colors, ranging through velvety crimsons, pink, maroon, white, 

 mauve, etc., and average 2 inches across, beautifully fringed 

 at the edges. Most of the flowers are mottled and veined in the 

 richest manner. 



Price, per packet (of mixed colors), 10c. 



PHEOX, "STAR OF QUEDEINBURG." 



An extraordinary novelty. The centre of each petal runs out 

 into a point one-quarter to one-third of an inch beyond the edge, 

 which gives the flowers a regular star-like form. The plant grows 

 about 13^ feet in height, of compact habit, and bears large umbels 

 of flowers. Will be really better than last season, having been 

 grown from selected stock, and a number of brilliant colors added, 

 including scarlet, pink, white, violet, salmon, etc. 



Price, per packet (of mixed colors), 25 cts. 



HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH VERBENAS. 



Not once in ten years are we able to offer anything so altogether distinct and surprisingly beautiful as this new strain of 

 Mammoth Verbenas, of which we were the originators. The average trusses measure 9 to 12 inches in circumference and the 

 individual florets over 1 inch across — or larger than a 25c. silver piece— on properly grown plants. This M amm oth strain blooms Just 

 as freely as the older varieties, is much more vigorous in gro\rth, and our mixture now contains all of the beautiful new colors and 

 shades, and will be found even better than heretofore, as we have given great care in selecting and improving the type. 



Price per packet, of mixed colors only, 25 cts. 



New Tom Thumb Nasturtiums. 



(A MLcture of only New and Beautiful Varieties.) 



Round, compact bushes about 1 foot high and 15 to 18 inches across, 

 with luxuriant green foliage, and are fairly covered with large flow- 

 ers. When grown in masses, they form magnificent sheets of brilliant 

 color, full of fire and richness, and lasting throughout the season. 

 Price, per packet, 10 cts. 



Deep Scarlet Triumph Aster. 



This is undoubtedly the most beautiful and perfect of all dwarf 

 Asters. Each plant forms an elegant bouquet of itself 7 to 8 inches 

 high. The flowers measure from 2}^ to 3 inches across, of fault- 

 less form. The color is rich brillfant scarlet ; each plant bears 

 at least 30 to -lO flowers of exquisite beauty. 

 Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



ECKFORD'S EARGE FEO^VERING "NEIVEST HYBRID" S\%'EET PEAS. 



In no section of the floral kingdom has the hybridizer's skill been more amply rewarded than in the introduction of this magnificent 

 new class of Large Flowering Sweet Peas, the flowers being nearly double the size of the ordinary — the wings being almost round— the 

 exquisite colors also far surpass anything previously introduced, being rich and varied in the extreme. Their elegance combined with 

 their delicious perfume renders them exceptionally valuable for garden decoration and for cut flowers. Price, per packet, 15 cts. 



We have made arrangements with Mr. Eckford, and exclusively control the productions in America of hia ouni growth. All of his Novelties 

 for 1889, as well as his recent introductions in New Sweet Pean, are on the next page. No. 60. 



JS@» F-uIl Collection of Ten Floral Beauties iree by na-ail, $1.25 



(their cost separately would be %2. GO). 



