PETER HENDERSON & CO.—FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 
ow EW AND BEAUTIFUL 
IN Zanzibar Water Lilies. 
These magnificent Water Lilies are the freest 
blooming of all, and of the easiest culture, the 
seed germinating freely if sown in a pot of soil 
and submerged in water and put in a warm 
place. If sown early they will flower the first 
: season. The plants are small, compact grow- 
ers, and will do well if grown in large pots submerged in tubs, 
fountain basins or small ponds. Im the autumn they can be 
removed to the cellar or under the green-house bench and kept 
until spring, by watering them occasionally. 
WN. Zanzibariensis Azurea. Double, light blue. Per packet, 25 cts. 
— —— Rosea. Double, soft rose color. Per packet, 25 cts. 
—— ——(Type). Double, dark blue. Per packet, 25 cts. 
Set of three for 60 cts. 
THE MAMMOTH EAST INDIA CLIMBER. 
(Argyreia tiliefolia.) 
A magnificent climbing plant of high and marvelously rapid 
growth; large, green, heart-shaped leaves, silvery white under- 
neath; very large 
flowers of white and 
violet. The seed 
should be sown in the 
house or green-house, 
and the plants trans- 
planted about the mid- 
dle of May to a warm, 
sunny place 
garden. The plantis 
perennial and can be 
lifted without harm, 
and thrives well dur- 
ing winter in the con- 
servatory; it can also 
be grown all the year 
in the open ground in 
our Southern States. 
It is a magnificent 
climber and deserves 
to be largely cultiva- 
ted. Per packet, 20 
cts. (See cut.) 
NDIA CLIMBER, 
New Dware PERENNIAL PHLOK. 
The hardy Phloxes have long been 
favorites for permanent situations. 
This new race forms dwarf pyramidal 
bushes only 1 to 14 feet high, pro- 
fusely bearing large heads of beautiful 
flowers ranging through many rich 
colors. The introducer claims that if 
sown early they will flower the same 
year from July until late autumn. 
Per packet, 25 cts. 
NEW WHITE HYBRID 
LEPTOSIPHON. 
This is alittle bit of a plant, growing 
only three inches high, spreading over #? 
the ground like a carpet, and produces 
hundreds of little waxy white flowers, 
not over a quarter of an inch across, 
nestling like Dewdrops in their bright 
green setting. It is very effective for 
edgings and rock-work and as an 
undergrowth for rose bushes, ete. 
Per packet, 25 cts, 
in the ? 
| unusually large number of 
| in circumference, and of distinctive 
MOST beautiful and characteristic 
Japanese variety of healthy and 
luxuriant growth, attaining a 
height of about five feet, bearing an 
large 
double flowers twelve to fifteen inches 
and picturesque beauty. The petals 
are beautifully frilled, of a rich wine- § 
maroon at the base, shading to cherry- 
red, and broadly edged with white. 
| The effect is strikingly beautiful, attracting attention at once. 
(See cut.) Per packet, 25 ets. 
PAPAVER CALIFORNICA. 
A new California plant, ranking among the handsomest annuals, and one of the last 
named by Dr. Asa Gray. It grows about one foot high, very bushy, and produces in 
great numbers large, showy, saucer-shaped flowers, averaging six inches in circumference, 
of arich pinkish orange, with a centre of delicate sulphur yellow. 
light is satiny, lustrous and exceedingly pretty. Per packet, 25 cts. 
The effect in the sun- 
NewLeviaTHAaN ScaBIOSA. 
The old Seabious, which has been 
the favorite of gardens for centuries, 
will be entirely eclipsed by this colossal 
flowering new race. Many of the flowers 
measure Six to nine inches in ecircum- 
ference, and double clear to the centre. 
They are very effective for garden deco- 
ration, and equally valuable for cutting 
purposes, having long stems. (See cut.) 
We offer three distinct varieties: 
“Royal Purple.’ Purplish claret color, 
rich and velvety ; enormous flowers. 
Per packet, 15 cts. 
‘“‘Snowball.’”’ Pure white, very large, 
; densely double. Per packet, 15 ets. 
‘‘Beaten Gold.”’ (Aurantiaca.) An 
entirely new and novel color; flowers 
of immense size and of a beautiful 
golden yellow. Per packet, 25 cts. 
U.S. Hyprocrapxic Orricr, Navy DEprt., 
Washington, D. C., April 16, 1890. 
“PETER HENDERSON & Co., Srmms: You were 
‘recommended to me by Hon. Mrs. Wm. H. 
| Whitney as the firm from whom she has re- 
| ceived her fine flower seeds. On the strength 
of her warm recommendation I send the fol- 
lowing order. JOS. 8S. LATIMER.” 
