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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



BgKFORD'S ffiASNiriGENT F^EW SwEET PeAS. 



mR. HENRY ECKFORD 

 (of England) has be- 

 come celebrated as 

 J an unusually suc- 



cessful hybridizer of this 

 exquisite flower, having 

 brought out a number of 

 wonderfully beautiful varie- 

 ties, and greatly improved 

 the form and largely in- 

 creased the size. The praises 

 of his productions, however, 

 have been too generally ex- 

 patiated upon in the leading horticul- 

 tural journals of both hemispheres, 

 for us to repeat them here. So we will 

 simply say, that we have contracted 

 with him for their exclusive sale in 

 America, and they are grown and fur- 

 nished to us directly by himself. We 

 found this course necessarj', as there 

 have been so many substitutions sent 

 out as his varieties, that we could not depend on stock not directly 

 coming from him. 



^ Apple Blossom. Standards bright pinkish rose. Wings apple blossom. 



Boreatton. A rich shining bronzy-crimson, wings crimson purple shaded with rose. 



Cardinal. A bright, shining crimson-scarlet, distinct and handsome. 



Duchess of Edinburgh, Standard light scarlet, flushed crimson, splashed at the 



edge with white ; wings deep rose. 

 Imperial Blue. Bright blue wings, shaded with mauve, standard rich purplish 



crimson. 

 Indigo King. Standard maroon purple, clear indigo-blue wings. 

 Splendour. Eieh pinkish rose, shaded with crimson ; superbly distinct. \8t 



class certificate, R. H. S. 

 The Queen. Light rosy pink standard, wings light mauve. 

 Princess of 'Wales. Shaded and striped mauve on a white ground. 

 Awarded a 1st class Certificate by the E. H. S. of London. 

 Orange Prince. Awarded a 1st class Certificate by the R. H. S. of j Isa Eckford. A beautiful creamy white, suffused with rosy pink. 

 London. Standard bright orange pink, flushed scarlet ; wings Eckford's Newest Hybrid Sweet Peas (mixed). Saved from choice 

 bright rose, veined with pink ; extremely handsome ; most named and unnamed varieties, including many of great merit. 



distinct. 1 



Price per packet, any of the above novelties, 15 cts. The collection ot 12 separate sorts, S1.50. 



ECKFOed's new sweet peas. 



Bc^foi'd'^ RoVBltiiB^ iq Swbb^ 5 sa^ !oi> 1889. 



Mauve Queen. Pale mauve, delicate large flowers, let class Cer- 

 tificate, R. H. S. 



Miss Hunt. Eosy crimson standards and mauve-pink wings. 



Empress of India. Eosy salmon standards and white wings ; large. 



Primrose. Pale buff yellow. Isi class Certificate, R. H. S. 



Queen of England. Pure white ; a grand large flower. 



Purple Prince. Deep velvety purple ; a great improvement over 

 ordinary pui-ples. 



Price of any of the above, 25 cts. per packet, or collection of 6 

 novelties of '89, $1.25 ; or the whole collection of 18, for $2.50. 



Wk BBautifuI Cambodian f alma-GM^ti. 



{Ricinius Cambogiensis.) 

 This is one of the finest things for tropical effects either in masses 

 or as individual specimens on the lawn or garden that we know of. 

 They grow from G to 8 ft. high in a few weeks from time of plant- 

 ing, with large palm-like leaves of a bronzy red maroon color, witli 

 large red veins. The loaf, stems and younger growth are of rich 

 rcddisli brown, while the main stem or trunk is of ebony black. 

 A few plants we had in our trial grounds last summer wei«i per- 

 fectly gorgeous, the foliage in the sunlight glittered as if highly 

 burnished. Price, per packet of 5 seeds, 25 cts. 



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