94 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—FLOWER SEEDS. 
Brilliant dwarfannuals, only 
ortu | aca 6 inches high, luxuriating in 
® warm situations,and bloom- 
ing profusely fromearly summertoautumn. Forlow 
beds and masses of color, from spring until frost, they are 
indispensable; colors range through innumerable shades 
of red, yellow, pink, striped, white, etc. Single Mixed 
Colors. (Per 0Z., 40C.)..+-.cceeeee SnopcadcoaBooddoy Hat 3 
Double Portulaca. 
These make perfectly gorgeous masses of color; the 
flowers of the double sorts remain open all day. (See cut.) 
Seeds from double Portulacas will not produce over 50 per cent. 
of double flowering plants. The singles should all be pulled out 
as soon as they show bloom, andif the bed is liable to have bare 
ts cut little branches from the double flowering plants and stick 
oes in the ground ; they will soon root and make fine plants. 
Soon your bed will be a mass of ‘little roses”’ that will amply re- 
pay your exira trouble. 
Double Yellow Striped Crimson.............. Pkt. 15 
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— Rose Striped Carmine............. Bood5o0d0000 1 
— White........Pkt.15 Bose Color...... Rocecie 15 
— Scarlet.....-..... 15 NOTANS Ee ecccclecccscccsee em D 
—  Sulphur........-. 16 Purple.......-....2-2. - 15 
— Salmon, Beautiful rosy salmo 15 
— Mixed. (Per %{ 02., $1.00)...... 2... ce sence eee asco 20) 
Imported collection of 12 separate double sorts, Tic. 
Chinese Primroses... 
We were awarded the highest premium at the 
World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, on 
Chinese Primroses. 
The ‘‘Chinese Primrose” is a great favorite for the house 
or conservatory. The foliage is pretty and attractive, and 
the flowers 114 to 2 inches across, borne in clusters of from 
25 to 50, of perfectly charming colors and borne all through 
the winter and spring. One of our best pot plants. (See cut.) 
Single Fringed Varieties. 
White (alba fimbriata grandiflord)...-....sseeeeeeeesLht, 25 
Grimson. Yellow eye (kermesing splendens). ...eeeeeee 25 
Scarlet. Sulphur eye (coccinea magnificd)....eeeeceeeee 25 
Striped (striata fimbriata grandiflora) Wess eeee eee. 
Red (rubra fimbriata grandiflora) .....0-.ecece eee e ee eee 25 
Spotted. White and crimson (punctata elegantissima)... 25 
ba Magnifica. The finest pure white; flowers 234 
inches across..... DISCS OUOOOS waaisleileinejatecets sielelefeiscre seweoD 
Chiswick. Red. 
Chiswick? (Blues. cco eee ee eee . 35 
Mixed Large Flowering, Fringed............. Rete 20, 
Fern-Leaved, Mixed. Foliage long and Fern-like... 25 
Double Fringed Varieties. 
Double Red (rubra jt. pl. fimbriatd).....cccercceeee Pkt, 50 
Double White (alba jl. pl. fimbriatd)....ccecececcccecee 50 
Double Mixed Sorts..........- BHoGbobOcabScoodaasoo a) 
Other Greenhouse Primroses. 
Qbconica. Flowers pale lilac, borne in umbels on long 
stems; delicately fragrant; in pots it will flower continu- 
ously for the greater portion of the year; plant dwarf 
and compact, 6 to 12 inches high ............ Gapood Pkt. 10 
Floribunda. Foliage deep green, stems of both leaves 
and flowers red, making a charming contrast to the whorls 
of bright yellow flowers borne during the autumn and 
winter months........e.e+..0e SO CSA OOD DOO DOOSOODODONO A 
RICINUS ZANZIBARENSIS. 
CHINESE PRIMROSE. 
Pyrethrum... 
Valuable hardy border plants, throwing up 
numerous stems about 2 feet high, each sur- 
mounted with large flowers, 3 or 4 inches across, 
of bright colors, such as rose, flesh, pink, white, 
crimson, etc. They remain in bloom a long time. 
Single Large Flowering Hybrids, 
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Double Large Flowering Hybrids, 
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Yellow Leaved Sorts. 
Dwarf-growing plants, extensively used for 
ribbon and carpet bedding; foliage of bright 
yellow. These are usually grown as annuals 
although they are perennials. 
Aureum, (Golden Feather.) Yellow foliage, 
SLOT crclee ell sinlevleleistawiaielcuvisiclsniclelojensisie Pkt. 5 
Selaginoides. Handsome fern-like yellow 
foliage, 34 ft. (See cut.)...ccscssccceccccere 10 
SINGLE LARGE FLOWERING. 
Hardy 
Primroses... 
Auricula, 
Cowslip, 
Polyanthus, etc. 
Beautiful low-growing, early spring- 
flowering plants, fine for rockeries, borders, 
pot culture, etc.; the flowers are borne in 
umbels or clusters on stalks about 4 to 6 
inches high. Cowslip and English Primroses 
are perfectly hardy, but the other varieties should 
be protected or grown during the winter in 
frames. 
Cowslip, Mixed Colors (‘Primula 
‘veris”’), The well-known favorite English 
ore, flowering early in spring, 
34 ft... SoH OQDoodS SoDSaoSosNO. A565 5 
Auricula, Fine Mixed (‘Primula 
auricula”), Umbels of fragrant flowers, 
of many rich colors, 4 ft...... ss acs3o5 
Polyanthus, Mixed (“Primula elatior”). 
Early blooming for spring flower beds or 
pot culture; the large umbels of flowers 
are borne on stalks 8 inches tall....... 5 
Japanese Primrose (‘'Primula 
Japonica’”’). One of the most beautiful 
Flowers, 1 inch across, of shades of crim- 
son, maroon, lilac, pink, white, etc., on 
stems 1 to 2 feet high. Mixed colors.. 10 
English Primrose (‘‘ Primula vulgaris’’). 
The old favorite common yellow Prim- 
rose, now so popular and fashionable in 
England.........-ccsseeee eeeccccerccee 10 
Siberian Primrose (‘Primula 
cortusoides”’). Deep rose; beautiful and 
free-flowering.........+.. Sogabo0s0eS -- 10 
Rose-colored Alpine Primrose 
(‘Primula rosea”). A perfect gem. It 
throws up spikes, sometimes as many as 
12 to a plant, 4 to 6 inches high, in the 
spring, each spike surmounted with heads 
of from 6 to 10 large blossoms, 1 ineh 
across, of a charming bright rosy carmine, 
With yellow ©Y6. ccorscscncnsasesceses 20 
Sieboldii. Splendid for either garden or 
pot culture, throwing up flower stalks 8 to 
12 inches high, surmounted with large 
clusters of flowers1 to 2 inches across; 
color, soft, pretty rose, with white eye. It is a very 
distinct, beautiful and free-blooming plant; will 
require protection in the Northern States, or it can 
be grown in cold frames...........ccce seeccecs - 25 
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