PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 65 
New Giant Flowering 
[arguerite Carnations. 
A wonderfully improved strain, both in size of flower and doubleness. The flowers measure three 
inches across, and are usually as double as double can be. The variety of colors is also much greater in 
this strain. There are white, blush, deep pink, salmon, carmine, : 
scarlet, dark crimson, Maroon, and many beautifully variegated 
flowers. There are picotee-edged, spotted, striped, tinted, etc., etc. 
These Giant Marguerite Carnations are the 
best Carnations grown for summer flowering in 
the garden. They are thrifty and healthy, do 
not blast or rust. Seed sown in the spring 
will produce luxuriant plants that will be con- 
tinually full of bloom from August until killed 
by severe frosts. If desired, the plants can be 
potted in the autumn, and they will continue to 
bloom profusely in the house through the winter. 
Too much cannot be said in praise-of these 
magnificent Carnations. They were originally 
produced by crossing the large-flowering annual 
garden Pinks with the Carnation proper, retain- 
ing the characteristic flowers, clove fragrance 
and foliage of the latter with the desirable 
merits of blooming quickly and profusely from 
seed and the bushy, luxuriant growth of the for- 
mer. (See cut.) Packet, mixed colors, 25c, 
Hreuchera 
Sanguinea Splendens. 
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a 4 Flower;- 
Gore rite Carns€ 
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SCARLET ALUM ROOT. 
This is one of the most beautiful and 
thoroughly satisfactory hardy perennials grown and should be in 
every garden. The plants are dwarf and compactly branching, 
and of very robust constitution. The foliageis evergreen. The 
flowers are fiery coral-red, shading to intense crimson scarlet. 
They are borne on graceful spikes, usually about two feet high, and in such extravagant 
abundance that, seen in the sunlight, a plant in perfection of bloom actually dazzies the 
eye with its matchless brilliancy. The long duration of bloom is remarkable; for several 
weeks the plants retain their full wealth of undimmed splendor. Their rich effectin the 
garden is unapproachable, while for cutting purposes the spikes of bloom are graceful and 
charming. This Heuchera is easily grown in almost any soil, though it delights in an 
abundance of sunlight and a plentiful supply of moisture at the roots. Packet, 25c. 
New Annual Chrysanthemum, “Crimson Crown.”’ 
Single annual Chrysanthemums have long been popular garden plants, being of exceedingly easy culture, thriving 
even under adverse conditions. They produce large, showy blossoms, 2 to 3 inches across, in great numbers, from 
early summer throughout the remainder of the season, even from seed sown in the open groundin May. In this new 
variety, ‘‘ Crimson Crown,” we offer something of exceptional beauty. The plant grows into a compact bush not over 8 
inches high. The leaves are elegantly laciniated, and of a beautiful yellow. The flowers are rich, velvety crimson scarlet, 
zoned with sparkling yellow around the centre. The whole effect is strikingly pretty and effective, and we recommend this 
novelty as one of our most pleasing summer-blooming annuals, (See cut.) Packet, 25c. 
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New Datura, b d G Id 99 robust habit, about 3 feet high. The dark purplish stems 
Sd ony an O e shine asif varnished. The flowers average 8 inches long by 
6 inches across the mouth, and are formed of two to three 
flowers growing one within the other, the interiors being rich golden yellow, contrasting beautifully with the shiny purplish black exteriors. 
The flowers are delightfully fragrant. Seeds started early will produce plants that will flower from early summer until frost. Often from 
200 to 300 flowers are borne in a season. For specimensin the 
garden this novelty is extremely beautiful. Packet, 15c. 
Groff’s Grand... 
“"Transformation ” 
Gladiolus Seed. 
This new cross-bred Gladiolus seed may be expected \ 
to produce some marvelously beautiful and enormously X 
large flowering Gladiolus. Mr. Groff is an enthusiastic 
hybridizer, and Gladiolus have long been his pet 
hobby. His collection of over 1,000 named kinds em- 
braces every desirable variety procurable. He selected 
the cream of these, including the best and most distinct 
of the new Lemoinei, Childsii, Nanceianus and Gandavensis types, and three 
years ago, in an isolated and congenial situation, he began cross-breeding. 
The object in view was to enlarge the flowers, give greater substance, 
strengthen the plant, encircle the stem with flowers and produce new colors 
and combinations. 
Full directions for growing Gladiolus from seed accompany each packet. 
Packet, 35c. 
Incarvillea Delavayi... 
A very beautiful new garden plant originating with a skillful hybridizer in 
China. The plant, in habit, is something like the Jasminum, with long, flexi- 
ble branches. It forms large, fleshy roots the first year, which should remain 
in the ground, and the next season and thereafter throw up strong flower stalks 
3 feet high, bearing flowers so abundantly that the stalks are likely to break if? 
not tied to a trellis or stake. The flowers are very large and tubular, resem- 
bling in shape those of the well-known Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia). The col- 
oring is exquisitely rich, rosy carmine spotted with yellow. The bottom of 
; ; the throatis brown. Sometimes the plants will bloom the first season if the 
New Annual Chrysanthemum ‘‘Crimson Crown.’”’ seed is sown in a cold frame very early in thespring. Packet, 25c. 
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