PETER HENDERSON & CO.-FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



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liaiBg'^ "S©ld Medal" ^ubepsug Beg©Ria. 



Tuberous rooted Begonias are grand flowering plants for spring decoration in the 

 house, and are frequently used as bedding plants in partially sheltered positions. The 

 seed offered is saved from a collection that is not equaled for variety and quality in the 

 ■world. Laing's Begonias have a world-wide fame, and have been awarded more First Prizes 

 and Certificates of Merit at the leading Flower Shows than any other collection. The 

 form, substance, size and color of the flowers are unapproached by any other raiser. 



The seeds of Begonias are very small, but they are raised with greatest ease, providing the 

 directions on the packets are followed. 



Mixed Single, "Gold Medal" Varieties, per pkt., 50c. ; Mixed Double, "Gold Medal " 

 varieties, per packet, 75e. 



Sur' " Car't Wheel" 



{Cineraria Hybrida Gigantea.) 



We liave pleasure in offering 

 a strain of this indispensable 

 green-house plant, that 

 produces flowers of prodi- 

 gious size. We have had 

 some that measured 3 

 inches across, or equal in 

 size to a well grown Single 

 Dahlia; but it of course 

 requires special culture to 

 attain this perfection. If 

 ■only given the culture that 

 ordinary Cinerarias get, 

 this strain will average 

 one-third larger. Flowers 

 of perfect form and a fine 

 variety of colors. {See cut.) 



Mixed colors, per packet, 75 cts. 



HARDY YELLOW LABKSPUB. 



ft Bardil 

 Yellow ll^^pui'. 



Delphinium "Zalil." 



A pure sulphur yellow flow- 

 ering perennial of a lovely 

 and delicate shade, resem- 

 bling in color the Marechal 

 Neil Kose, a color un- 

 known till now. The plant 

 is of branching habit, 3)^ 

 to 4I2 feet high, the bran- 

 ches "ending in long 

 spikes of 40 to 50 blos- 

 soms, which open almost 

 at the same time. The 

 flowers are one inch in 

 diameter and last in 

 flower from June till 

 August. Price per packet, 

 15 cts. 



Uir WHEEL " CINER.vKIA. 



{Verbena Hybrida Compacta.) 

 A new and fine strain, remarkable for its growth. The plants are of exceed- 

 ingly dwai-f, compact growth, not exceeding 6 inches in height ; the branches are 

 only one-half the length of the old varieties, and spread so as to form almost circular 

 bushes about 2 feet in diameter, throwing up regularly in candelabra fashion hand- 

 somely formed fiower heads in great abundance. The individual flowers are large 

 and well formed. {See cut.) We offer several separate colors, or the whole in- 

 cluded in mixture, viz. : pg^ pj^f pgy. pj^f 



TOM THUMB VKEU3ENA. 



Candidissima. Pure white 25 



Violacea Oculata. Violet, white eye. 25 

 Mixed Colors, including above vars. 25 



Cocciiiea. Bright scarlet 25 



Atropurpurea. Dark blood red 25 



Collection of 4 separate sorts 85 



flddilioBal RsT/elfeie^ Im 1889. 



The descriptions given are abridgments of the oinginators, 



give the space they 

 Per Pkt. 



CJopper Colored Pompoue Jacobeea. Large double flowers of lustrous 

 copper color; plant ver>- compact, blooming for a long period, rendering 

 it valuable for dwarf beds and edgings 15 



Shodantlie, Double White. Splendid everlasting flowers for dried bou- 

 quets. The dried specimens sent us by the raiser look as natural as if 

 fresh; are from 2 to 3 inches in diameter, very double and the purest of 

 ■white ; really a desirable thing. He claims they make excellent plants for 



pots. 



Xobelia Xiittoralis Bepens. Forms long trailing branches 1 to 2 feet 

 in length, covered with small round, toothed leaves : flowers pure white 

 and produced in large numbers, which are followed by large green seed- 

 pods three-eighths of an inch broad, which soon change to bright red. 

 The white flowers, green and red pods are soon densely studded all over 

 the plant at one time, rendering it a very attractive plant for hanging 

 baskets and vases 25 



Zinnia, Tom Thumb. Donble White. Plants attain a height of about 

 1 foot, producing freely very double, pure white flowers 25 



which, on account of their late arrival, we are unable to 

 no doubt deserve. 



Per Pkt. 

 Ferilla ITankinensis SSacrophylla Crispa Compacta Xilatior. A fine 

 ornamental annual foliage plant for ribboning, with large leaves elegantly 

 crinkled at the edges; of a rich mulberry black color; height, \yi feet. 15 



Salvia Coocinea Iiactea. A pure milk-white variety of the Annual Salvia 

 Coccinea, and is the first and only white annual Salvia in existence: 

 height, 2 ft 15 



Zea Gracillima Gig'antea Variegata. Luxuriant green and while striped 

 foliage ; plants grow from 6 to 9 feet high ; a great improvement over the 

 old ZeaJaponica, as these are more decidedly striped, and leaf out from 

 the ground up, rendering it splendid for groups and tropical massing 15 



Zea Gracillima Pumila Zebrina. The stripes of white run across the 

 leaves instead of lengthwise, making it very novel; height about 3 feet 15 



Poppy, Double Paeony Plowered. Chamois Bose. This is a really splen- 

 did and quite new color, not yet existing in Poppies, which will take a fore- 

 most place among the finest of this beautiful class, and prove to be a great 

 addition to it. The flowers are of good size, extremely double, forming per- 

 fect balls 25 



