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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



¥levi "SiaRfe" l^aRSies. 



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NEW GIANT PANSY. 



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Yf/HESE remarkably large Pansles have been produced by careful selection 



and culture for several years. For size of flower and robust growth 



they eclipse by all odds any known strain. Unfortunatelj', as yet, we 

 have not as large a variety of color in them ; and none of those rich crimson, 

 claret and pink shades that render the "Butterfly" and "New Fancy" 

 Pansies so celebrated ; but their immense size and vigorous habit more than 

 compensate, for they get such a start in the spring that the hot summer 

 weather seems to have no effect on them, even when other Pansies have 

 almost dwindled away. On account of their enormous size, they make un- 

 usually showy beds, and two large vases that we had planted with them last 

 spring were pronounced by hundreds of visitors the grandest vases of 

 Pansies ever seen. 



Giant Striped. Eich mahogany, spotted and striped with yellow and gold. 

 Criant Bine. Bright ultramarine blue, with purple eye. 

 Giant Golden. Fine golden yellow, with rich brown blotches on lower petals. 

 Giant Black. Magnificent velvety black. 

 Giant "Wliite. Pure white, with three dark blue blotches. 

 Giant Purple. Eoyal purple, with an elegant velvety lustre in the sunshine. 

 Giant Violet and Gold. A perfectly gorgeous variety. 



Giant Margined. Eich maroon purple, shaded heliotrope, whole flower 

 margined white. 



Price of any of the Eight Giant Pansies, per packet of 50 seeds, 35 cts., 

 or the collection of Eight Giant Pansies for $2.50. 

 Giant (Trimardeau) Pansy. Mixed colors. Per packet of 150 seeds, 25 cts. 



PANSY, "FIRE KIXG." 



This variety is one of the richest colored and most effective. The upper 

 part of the flowers is a vivid purplish crimson, the ground color of the lower 

 petals, each of which is marked with a clearly defined dark blotch at its base, 

 a most intense golden yellow. The flowers are round and perfect in form. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



DIJVARF PHI^OX DRUMMONDI, "Delicata." 



Forms little round compact bushes about sis inches high, thickly studded with large flowers of the most charming color 

 imaginable, and has to be seen to be fully appreciated. A delicate yellowish rose, with a carmine rose centre. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



BeautiiM foelaHd F©ppies. 



(Papaver Nudicaule varieties.) 



These Poppies range in color from the purest satiny white and 

 yellow to the deepest glowing orange-scarlet, and have a delicious 

 Lilac-like fragrance. Plants of them form very ornamental tufts 

 of Fern-like foliage, from amongst which the slender flower stalks 

 rise to about a foot in height, and bear elegant cup-shaped flowers, 

 the petals of which glisten like crushed satin. The profusion of 

 blooms which they produce is really astonishing. "We have fre- 

 quently counted a hundred flower stems on a single plant, and thej- 

 are produced in never-ceasing succession from the beginning of 

 June to October. Not only are these Poppies attractive in the 

 garden, but for elegance in a cut state they are simply unsurpassed, 

 and they last quite a week if cut as soon as they are open. They 

 will flower the first season from seed, though they are hardy her- 

 baceous plants, and will last for several years. 



'0) ssfl^ Iceland Poppy, Bright Yellow Per packet, .25 



Vivid Scarlet " .25 



■ Pure "White " .25 



Gold Tinged Crimson " .25 



■ Mixed Colors " .15 



Collection of Four Iceland Poppies, 75 cts. 



TJe \{ml tf Jitie dalifoi'nia Jm poppi). 



M [Romneya Coidte7-i.) 



' ilK'^^L^^ *^"'' collector, a thorough and scientific botanist, 



lOTr'lfT writes on August 11th, 1888 : " If j-ou could only see 



wM^Ti/A'/^ these plants, now in bloom, I am sure you would 



'/al^S^W agree with me that there is no finer perennial grown. 

 vi*X^>/.-«£j^^fe At first I took them to be large single white pteonias, 

 </» 'iJSlf^'^S^.^^C ^® ^^^y resemble them very much in foliage as well 

 i/wjv^fi^.^^^^^- as in the flowers; the latter are large (-4 to 5 inches 

 *t?H '^'^^V^;^^^ across), pure white, with a fine bunch of yellow sta- 



^' mens. The plants attain a height here of 6 to 8 ft." 



It will bo hardy south of Washington, but north of 

 that latitude it will require cold green-house pro- 

 tection in winter, or can be kept in a light cellar. 

 icELAiTO P0PPIE3. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



