66 PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 
DELAUX’S PERFECTED 
Farly Flowering Ghiysanthemums == 
(Hardy perennial class.) 
Perennial Chrysanthemums, the glory of autumn, are so 
well known, and so universally popular, that it would be 
superfluous to expatiate upon their merits here. We will 
therefore confine ourselves to the merits of this remarkable 
new class, which were raised by a celebrated South of France 
specialist, who, by persevering selection and skillful hybrid- 
izing, obtained a series of 2U0 varieties of early flowering 
Chrysanthemums that in his latitude bloom continually 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, 
90% of which he claims will come double, and mostly of the 
Japanese type, differing essentially from the latter in more 
dwarf and branching habit, and in consequence More abun- 
dant blooming. While we in the North cannot expect the 
Delaux Chrysanthemums to bloom as early as in the sunny 
South of France, yet they will precede the regular Chinese 
and Japanese Chrysanthemums by several weeks, especially 
if the seed be started in the house early in the spring and the 
plants removed to the open ground. To have Chrysanthe- 
mums bloom in the open ground weeks before frost is a 
horticultural revolution that will be highly appreciated by all 
lovers of this glorious flower. The Horticultural Press unan- 
imously recommend this new race, and predict for them a 
brilliant future. (Seecut.) Price, per packet, 25 cts. 
LORENZ’S NEWEST FRINGED 
Double Annual Chrysanthemums. 
(C. carinatum hybridum jfimbriatum, fl. pl.) 
A new collection, by far surpassing all other strains of this 
popular garden annual, on account of their extra doubleness 
and perfection of form. The petals lie, scale-like, one upon 
the other, and are exquisitely fringed. The colors are also 
much more beautiful and diversified, including numberless 
hues of rose, fiery scarlet, blood-red, purple, yellow, white, 
etc., the dark brilliant colors predominating; and, besides, 
many of the flowers are beautifully penciled. For effective 
summer flower beds these new Chrysanthemums are un- 
equaled, of quick, easy growth, forming bushy plants 12 to 15 
inches high, which commence blooming within a few weeks 
after the seedis sown. Price, per packet, 265 cts. 
DELAUX’S 1 ERFECLED EARLY-FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
‘‘The Butterfly Pea.”’ 
(Centrosema Grandiflora.) 
A hardy perennial vine of exquisite beauty. The plants grow 7 to 8 feet in a season, and the first 
season from seed will produce graceful clusters of 6 to 8 inverted pea-shaped flowers, 134 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. Price, per 
packet, 25 cts. 
New Double Sulphur Calendula. 
(C. grandiflora sulphurea, ji. pl.) 
LA 
Anew and very attractive light lemon-yellow colored Pot Marigold of the large-flowering, double type. 
It forms adwarf bushy plant, about one foot high, and blooms continuously and abundantly until frost, 
from seed sown in the spring. For showy garden beds itis unrivaled. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 
New Pansy, ‘‘ Kaiser Frederick.’’ 
An exceedingly fine new variety from Germany, producing extra large flowers of perfect form. The 
ground color is of a deep, rich purple, with an outward margin of yellow and scarlet. A very unique 
and charming contrast. (See cut.) Price, per packet, 26 cts. 
Heliotrope—Lemoine’s Giant Hybrid. 
These are grand improvements. In our trials of the past season, seed sown in April produced luxuriant, 
healthy, bushy plants, 18 inches to 2 feet high, by July, and they bloomed abundantly until cut down by 
frost. The clusters of bloom were immense; many measured 6 inches across and were deliciously 
fragrant. Colors: lavender, white, purple, etc. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 
Fringed Coleus. 
These are beautiful. They originated with a skillful hybridizer in France, who sent us a few seeds for 
trial early last spring. We started the seeds in the greenhouse, and put the plants in the open ground in 
May, and never had so fine a plot of Coleus. The plants are unusually thrifty growers, producing 
extremely large leaves, the edges of which are deeply cut, laciniated and fringed, giving a very unique and 
graceful effect. The colors, too, are especially fine, embracing combinations of markings entirely new. 
Price, per packet of mixed varieties, 35 cts. . 
NEW PANSY, ‘‘ KAISER FREDERICK.”’ 
