72 PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 
ENDERSON’S ¢é T0722 SINGLE 
A Large Fiowering LUAYES TI [AJESTIC” POPPIES. 
A great advance in single flowering annual Poppies. The flowers are immense, 
often measuring 6 inches across, and appear like rumpled satin. The plants are 
well branched, bushy and dwarf, averaging about 12 inches high, and they bloom 
in continuous succession for weeks. The colors, shades, tints and markings are pro- 
duced in limitless variety and are most exquisite. There are glistening pure white, 
white veiled with pink, white veined and splashed with crimson, rose banded with 
white, salmon, carmine, blush, glowing scarlet and many other colors, splashed, 
striped, dotted and edged in the most charming confusion. (See cut.) 
Per pkt., 25c. 
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NEW DOUBLE. . POPPY, “IRRESISTIBLE.” ~ 
A splendid new Poppy. Immense, deep rich red, densely double flowers. 
Per pkt., 15c. 
PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS. (ennjsctum sum.) 
Only a grass with an ugly name, but a most beautiful subject. If there was any 
one thing in our trial grounds this past summer that attracted more attention than 
anything else it was this grass. The numerous leaves are narrow, bright green 
and very long. They arch over gracefully from the centre to a circumference 
forming a perfect fountain. The plant alone is beautiful, but from July until frost 
its attractiveness is enhanced by feathery purple cylindrical heads which bend 
over on their long slender stalks into every variety of the line of beauty. Even- 
tually these flower heads expand still more until the whole plant is véiled with 
nodding clouds of purple. Per pkt., 25c. 
Phe Ceeand: Suntlower, “STELLA.” 
Come-Again 
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LARGE 
The individual flowers are only about 3 inches across, of purest golden yellow, OE 
with small black centres; they are gracefully poised on long stems, rendering them Gaye 
of value for cutting and arrangement in vases. The plants produce such an Sixena 
abundance of bloom that flowers may be cut daily from the end of June until the 
plants are killed by frost, from seed sown in the open ground in May. The plants 
grow from three to four feet high, are well branched and bushy, of regular form, and 
are practically enveloped with golden flowers, rendering them very showy when 
grown as single specimens or in large groups. 
Per pkt., 25c. 
AN ANNUAL WALLFELOWER. EW PEAS. 
Wallflowers are the most deliciously fragrant ot alt gerden fowerss fhett ceulti- 
vation has been restricted, however, because they did no oom un e year “PBztra Early” B e Tn om full cS 
after the seed was sown; this new annual variety will flower throughout the sum- other variety, Pa a a ee seasoh. SHabioo an ee ee 
mer and fall, from seed sown the same spring. Every one should now growsome | anq compact, and exceedingly floriferous, rendering it of special value for forcing 
and enjoy the pleasing fragrance of tho cinnamon-colored flowers. under glass. The long-stemmed, well-poised flowers are well formed, of good sub- 
Per pkt., 15c. stance, and of a charming combination of color—rose pink standard, deepening 
towards the base, and almost white wings. Per pkt., 10c. 
Eatherine Tracy. An exquisite solid pink Sweet Pea of American origin, a large, bold, perfect 
flower of much substance. Our repeated trials have shown it to stand our hot sun without wilting 
or fading, a great fault with Mr. Eckford’s delicate pinks in our climate. Katherine Tracy isa 
lovely Sweet Pea in every respect. Per pkt., 10c. 
ECKFORD'’S New Sweet PEAS For 1896. 
Alice Eckford. Rich cream standards, tinted cerise; WAN PS WIC sowisnslenaicioiie ssalae eerie Pkt. 75 
Blanche Burpee. A large flowering white, shell-shaped............. brelateneiore siveioiosioee cent O 
Captivation. Rosy purple self, shell-shaped, finely expanded........-...... SADoossossenceso hs 
Tht Countess of Aberdeen. White, margined pale pink, distinct. .............ccecceceeccccceee 15 
\ ay. Z Crown Jewel. Pale standard, tinted and veined with violet and rose; wings creamy, 
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Little Dorrit. Carmine, tinted pink, large white wings... 
Mikado. Dark orange cerise, striped white, fine form 
JFJENBERSON’S New Double P CAS. 
THE ADVANCE GUARD OF A NEW RACE. Sweet 
They WILL NOT ALL~COME DOUBLE, but if the plants are grown strong and Iuxuriant 
they usually produce from 20 to 40 per cent. of Double blossoms. 
Double Sweet Peas are of incomparable beauty. The plants are of extremely robust growth, 
producing a lavish »rofusion of richly fragrant flowers; the flowers are extra-large, frequently 
measuring over two inches across. They have from two to three standards and frequently three 
wings. All of these petals composing the flower are beautifully incurved and daintily friled. The 
effect of the extranumber of petals is to throw tinted and varying shadows into the depths of the 
flower, intensifying the coloring and bringing the high lights into strong relief. These charming 
contrasts give the Double Sweet Pea a particularly fascinating beauty. As cut flowers they are 
destined, we think, to outrival the single varieties, for, like most double flowers, they remain fresh 
for a longer period. 
We do not claim tbat we have as yet perfected this new type of Double Sweet Peas, but we have 
i brought them up to producing 20 to 40 per cent. of double flowers. Sometimes they will all come 
double on one stem, sometimes all single, but generally doubles and singles are borne about half-and-half on each 
stem. If our customers grow their Sweet Peas poorly, starve them, they may not get many double flowers. 
Three colors in mixture, per pkt., 25c. 
New Mammoth Verbena, ««BOULE DE NEIGE.” 
A grand, large-flowering, pure white variety of this distinct and beautiful race which originated with us. The 
average trusses Measure 9 to 12 inches in circumference, and the individual florets on properly grown plants over 1 
inch across—or larger than a 25c. silver piece. The plant is of vigorous growth, and blooms freely. Per pkt., 25c. 
A New Mammoth Zinnia, «SALMON ROSE.”’ 
(Zinnia grandiflora robusta plenissima ji. pl.) 
A most exquisite color of this magnificent, enormous flowering Zinnia. The plant forms a handsome bush 3 feet in 
height, and the perfectly formed double flowers measure 5 to 6 inches across. Per pkEt., 25c. 
