PETER HENDERSON & CO. -FLOWER SEEDS. 



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AGERATUM. 



Per Pkt. 



Suitable for pot culture in winter 



tinually and profusely. HA. 

 Ageratum, Blue. 2 ft 



-White. 2 ft 



Lasseauxi. Kose. 2 ft 



or bedding out in summer ; flowering eon- 



Ageratum, Tom Thumb. Blue. ^^ 



ft. 



White. 3' ft 



ASPERUI.A. 



Clusters of charming fragrant flowers, admirably adapted for bouquets. 

 Asperula Azurea Setosa. Sky blue. 1 ft. HA 



Odorata. (Sweet WoodrufT.) Flowers have a delicious odor when dried that 



imparts an agreeable perfume to clothes, etc., when kept among them. 

 White. 6 to 12 inches. HP 



AI.YSSUM. 



Annual Varieties. 



Flowers profusely and throughout the season — thrivin 



window boxes, vases, etc. ; also well adapted for 



Thumb variety for edgings. 

 Alyssum Maritimum. (Sweet Alyssum.) HA. White, 1 ft 



Benthamii Compacta. (Tom Thumb Sweet Alyssum.) White. HA. i^ft 



Hardy Perennial Varieties. 



Showy plants for permanent borders and beds. 



Alyssum 'Wiersbecki. Summer blooming ; yellow. HP. 1 ft 



Per Pl<t. 

 • Saxatile Compacta. 



Spring blooming ; dwarf ; 



golden yellow. HP. ^ft.. 5 



10 



in flower garden, 

 ribbon lines and the Tom 



AMpELOp^lg ImGp. 1^ 



"Japanese Ivy" or "Bos- 

 ton Ivy." The young 

 growth during summer is a 

 dark purplish green, chang- 

 ing in fall to the brightest 

 tints of scarlet, crimson and 

 orange, and is our finest 

 hardy climber for covering 

 stone and brick buildings, 

 old trees, etc. HP. climber, 

 50 ft. {See cut.) 10 



AURICUI.A. 



A dwarf growing plant, bear- 

 ing umbels of fragrant flow- 

 ers of many rich and beauti- 

 ful colors. A great favorite 

 in Britain, where flower 

 shows are held of this plant 

 alone. HP. i.< ft. 



Auricula. Fine Mixed 10 



Extra Choice Mixed. 



From a prize collection 'Ir, 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHn. 



AMAKANTHTJS GIBBOSTJS. Per PM- 



AMARANTHUS. 



Plants grown exclusively for 

 their foliage, in late summer 

 and early fall; the glowing 

 effect of their rich foliage is 

 scarcely equaled by any sim- 

 ilar class of plants. HHA. 



Amaranthus Atropurpureus. 

 Blood-red foliage, drooping 

 flower spikes, 2 ft 5 



Bicolor Ruber. Foliage 



green and dark red, tipped 

 with 3'ellow, 3 to 5 ft 5 



Caudatus. (Love-lies- 



Bleeding.) Dark drooping 

 flower spikes 5 



Henderi. Foliage rosy car- 

 mine, orange buff, golden j'el- 

 lowand olive green ; a beau- 

 tiful drooping variety ; 2 ft. .5 



Melancholicus JRuber. 



Foliage blood-red. 2 ft 5 



Salicifolius. (Fountain 



Plant.) Gracefullydrooping, 

 TNillow shaped leaves, brill- 

 iantly banded and tipped 

 with orange, carmine and 

 bionze 10 



Tricolor. (Joseph's 



Coat.) Leaves red, yellow 

 and green, 3 ft 5 



Gibbosus. Long drooping 



panicles, frequently 2}4 ft. 

 long, of purplish red ; very 

 unique. {See cut.) 10 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



For summer flower beds these beautiful "Snapdragons" are very showy, flowering 



from seed the first season. {See cut.) 

 Antirrhinum. Tall Mixed. 2 to 3 ft. HP. Various colors 5 



Extra Choice Striped Mixed. 2 to 3 ft. HP. Various colors 10 



Tom Thiunb Mixed. HP. Dwarf growing sorts, 1 ft. {See cut.) 5 



Nauum Picturatum. New blotched and spotted sorts of great beauty. HP. 2 ft. 10 



Imported Colleclion of Dwarf Antirrhinum in six separate sorts, 50 cts. 



AQUII.EGIA. 



Columbines." Effective in beds, rockeries, etc. 



ANTIERHINUM, TOa THUMB. 



Ornamental, hardy plants, known as 

 HP. 1 to 3 ft. 



p:^ J Double White 5 



0J Striped. Eed and white 5 



Mixed 5 



Single Mixed 5 



Golden SpuiTed. (Chrysantha.) Beauti- 

 ful, long yellow spurred flowers 10 



The Ampelopsis Veitchii seed I sowed two years ago has grown wonderfully ; the plants cover two sides of a brick two-story coach house, clambering around 

 pillars and over cornices, giving a grand eilect. — John Smith, gardener to Jas. B. Colgate, Esq., Yonkers, N. Y., Aug. 6th, 1888. 



