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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



Per Pkt, 

 For beds and massing nothing can surpass these beautiful annuals. They 



produce immense trusses of large brilliant flowers of numbei-less 



hues throughout the summer. HA. l^o ft. high. 



Pure "WTiite 5 | Dark Purple 5 



Deep Scarlet 5 ; Blood Red 5 



Bright Rose 5 j Blood Red, Striped White 5 



Pale Yellow 10 | Purple, Striped "White 5 



"White, Purple Eye 5 



Mixed. Many colors (per oz., 50 cts.) 5 



Star of Quedlinburg. (See Novelties.) Double Phloxes. (See Novelties.) 



Liargfe Flo-wering Section. 



An improved strain with very large, perfectly round flowers, the petals 

 overlapping each other. (See cut.) 



Large Plowerlug, Pure "White 



Chamois Rose 



Brilliant Scarlet .... 



PHLOX DBUM-MONDl, L.\RGE PLOWKBING. 



10 Large Flowering, Blood Red. . . 10 



10 Red, Striped "White. . . 10 



10 Crimson, White Eye . . la 



— Mixed. Many colors (per oz., SI. 00) 10 



Itnported collection of 12 separate varieties, 7.5c.; 6 separate varieties, 50c. 



Xew Dwarf Phlox. 



Plants not over 8 inches high, and one mass of flowers; splendid for 



margins, low beds and pot culture. 

 Dwarf, "White ] 1 Dwarf, "Violet and Blue 15 



Scarlet 15 | Blood Red 10 



Red, Striped "White 15 I Mixed. Many sorts 10 



Rose 15 I Delicata. (See Novelties.) 



Imported collection of 6 separate varieties, 50 cts. 



Hardv Phlox. 



PASSION FLOWER. 



Handsome, rapid climb- 

 ers, for green-house deco- 

 ration and sunny positions 

 in the open ground in sum- 

 mer. Coerulea and Incar- 

 nata are sometimes hai-- 

 dy with us in a sheltered 

 situation, and are entirely 

 so further south. {See cut.) 

 Per PU. 

 Passiflora Coer u 1 e a . 

 Large flowers of vio- 

 let and light blue, 

 slightly fragrant 25 



lucaruata. White, 



flesh and purple, fra- 

 grant 25 



Maliformis. Large, 



sweet-scented flowers passuxoea, " consiance eluott 



of blue, white and red. 25 Per Pkt. 



"Von "Volxemi (Tacsonia). Flowers large, rich scarlet 25 



Constance Elliott. Pure ivory white, flowering profusely. (/See cw«) 25 



PALM. 



For decorating green-house, lawn, piazzas, parlors, dinner tables, cen- 

 tres of vases, etc., nothing can rival their rich tropical effect. 

 Areca Rubra. Arching divided leaves, reddish green, pkt. of 5 seeds. 25 



Chamcerops Humilis. Large green, fan-shaped leaves 25 



Latania Borbouica. Large fan-shaped leaves, much divided 25 



Oredoxa Regia. Long, .slender, fern-like, arching loaves; graceful. 25 

 Seaforthia Elegaus. Long arching leaves .' 25 



POI.YANTHUS. 



Early blooming dwarf plant for spring flower beds or pot culture ; 



the large round flowers are borne on stalks about 8 inches tall. 



Colors, yellow, maroon, crimson, etc. ; beautifully veined, laced 



or blotched. HP. 1ft. 

 Polyanthus, Gold Lace Mixed. From choice Show Varieties 25 



Pine Mixed "Varieties 10 



— — - Duplex Mixed. (Hose in Hose.) "Very curious and pretty; 



one flower sitting in another 25 



PHYSIANTHUS. 



Physianthus Albens. A rajiid growing climber, bearing immense 

 quantities of pure white fragiant flowers which entice and entrap 

 insects ; hence it is called tlie Cruel Plant. HHP. 20 ft 10 



Magnificent flowering plants for per- 

 manent beds and borders, bearing 

 immense heads of large waxy flow- 

 ers of lovely shades of color. HP. 

 2 ft. 

 Hardy Phlox. Fine mixed varieties. . 10 

 New Large Flowering Hy- 

 brids. Mixed 25 



PHTSUNTHUS ALBENS. 



lour Large Flowering Phloxes are certainly great improvements, both in colors and size, over our old country Phlox.— Ella Cleveland, Venango, Pa., July 13th, 1838. 



