80 
Chrysanthemum 
SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. (Painted Daisies. ) 
Summer-blooming annual plants of compact growth and thrifty habit, 12 to 18 inches high, producing quantities of large 
Colors, crimson, gold, maroon, white, etc. 
5 Imported collection of 6 annual sorts.......2.-..-000- 
single flowers, 2 inches across. 
Single Annual, Mixed..........-...-....eee ee eeees 
DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 
PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—FLOWER SEEDS.- 
-Pkt. 
Bushy, thrifty plants about 1 foot high; very effective for flower beds, pot culture and for cut flowers. 
Double Annual, Mixed Colors. 
Lorenz’s Double Fringed. (C. carinatum hybridum 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, LORENZ’S DBL. FRINGED. 
CENTROSEITIA... 
Grandifiora, (The Butterfly Pea.) A 
hardy perennial vine of exquisite beauty. 
The plants grow 7 to 8 feet in a season, 
and the first season from seed will pro- 
duce graceful clusters of 6 to 8 inverted 
pea-shaped flowers, 114 to 244 inches 
across, ranging in color from rosy violet 
to reddish purple, feathered with white 
through the centre; the backs of the 
flowers are pure white, and also the buds, 
making a strikingly beautiful contrast. 
(SECICUT) Soweaceccsch cine stecetaiccs Pkt. 10 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM... 
(“Snow in Summer.”) Hardy perennial trailing 
plants, with silvery foliage. Used as edgings for 
flower beds and as groundwork for carpet bedding. 
White flowers; {7/26 cesscccsusciseece alovetaicloe calsete cll, 
CINERARIA.... 
‘Hybrida or Flowering Varieties. 
Magnificent and indispensable flowering plants for 
spring decoration for the conservatory or window gar- 
den. The flowers measure 2 to 3 inches across, are of 
white, blue, violet and crimson shades, covering the 
plant with a sheet of bloom. 
Large-flowering, Choicest Mixed. From prize 
VATIOLIOSS 1 (SCE CUS) Sa anice ie enivie coon ceieinencils Pkt. 25 
New Pyramidal. Plants of a beautiful pyramidal 
form; flowers borne in immense heads and run all 
through the various combinations of color usual ina 
high-class Strain ice sicuieesiissieceiscleks cenicesare actine 
Double Large-flowering, Mixed 
Cineraria Maritima. (‘‘ Dusty Miller.’”) Extensively 
used for ribbon planting, vases, hanging baskets, etc.; 
leaves silvery gray; although perennial it is usually 
grown as an annual, 1 ft.......ceeeceses ecccccccccs 
CLARKIA Charming annuals for flower 
° beds. The flowers of rose, 
white, red, purple etc., borne in profusion during the 
stimmer. 
Single, Mixed. 
Double, Mixed. 
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Many sorts, 1 to 2 ft......... Pkt. 5 
Including many sorts, 1to2ft... 5 
(Coronarium fl. pl.)..... 
CLEMATIS: . 
Hardy Perennial Climbers. 
Paniculata. One of the finest. Of robust habit, and 
covered from the ground to the summit with pure 
white, fragrant flowers, freely produced, completely 
hiding the foliage. The flowers are followed by 
pretty seed pods of bronzy red, 12 ft.......... Pkt, 10 
Large-flowering, Mixed (Jackman’s). Flowers 
3 to 4 inches across, of charming shades of blue, 
white, purple, etc., 10 toll? fb meson s-cee ce eeceane 15 
flammula. Fragrant white feathery flowers, in clus- 
ters; admired for its grace, 25 to 30 ft..... eeeewe ae 
(;CLEOME PUNGENS... 
“Giant Spider Plant.’’ This is a showy annual 
plant, producing curious heads of flowers of bright 
rose color with long antenn#-like stamens, of easy cul- 
tivation, blooming early until late, 4 to 5 ft....Pkt. 65 
WE DELIVER FREE 
IN THE UNITED STATES 
TO ANY POST OFFICH 
SEED.» 
----Pkt. 25 
Jimbriatum fl. pl.) The petals lie, scale-like, one upon the other, and 
are exquisitely fringed. The colors are beautiful and diversified, including numberless hues of rose, fiery scarlet, blood- 
ted, purple, yellow, white, etc., the dark colors predominating. 
Inodorum Plenissimum. Double white flowers borne throughout the season in profusion. Fine for vasesand cutting. 10 
—= DOUBLE PERENNIAL VARIETIES.==— 
Chinese and Japanese Large-flowering. 
seed has been saved from many new varieties and will produce blooming 
plants the first season if sown early 
DELAUX’S PERFECTED EARLY-FLOWERING 
JAPANESE AND CHINESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Remarkable new class, raised by a celebrated South of France specialist, who, by persevering selection and skillful 
hybridizing, obtained a series of 200 varieties of early-flowering Chrysanthemums that, in his latitude, bloom con- 
tinually from June until frost. The seed which we offer has been gathered from the complete collection of Mr. 
Delaux and will produce an endless variety of magnificent flowers of superb colors, ninety percent. of which hs 
claims will come double, and mostly of the Japanese type, 
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Grand mixture. 
ALL FLOWER SEED 
This 
=. -fkt. 255 == 
CENTROSEMA, 
differing essentially from the latter in more dwarf 
and branching habit, and in consequence mori 
abundart blooming. While we in the North 
cannot expect the Delaux Chrysanthe- 
mums to bloom as early as in the sunny 
South of France, yet they will preceds 
the regular Chinese and Japanese 
Chrysanthemums by several weeks, 
especially if the seed be started 
in the house early in thespring 
and the plants removed to the 
open ground. (See cut.).. 25 
Chrysanthemum Fru- 
tescens grandifiora. 
«French Marguerites.” 
Largely grown for cut 
flowers. They maks 
elegant bushy pot 
plants for winter flow- 
ering and bloom all 
summer in the garden. 
White 
Comtesse de Cham- 
bord. Yellow.... 10 
Latifolium or Maxi- 
mum. Thegreat white 
“Moon Penny Daisy.”’ 
One of our finest hardy 
perennials, forming 
bushy plants literally 
covered in late summer 
with white flowers three_ 
inches across. ~ Highly 
prized for cutting, and last- 
ing in water fully a week. 
Very effective for garden.. 10 
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DELAUXS EARLY-FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
OFFERED IN THIS 
CATALOGUE. 
