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PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—FLOWER SEEDS. 
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The flowers and grasses that we catalogue under this heading will all bloom 
the first season from seed, and while very effective for garden decoration, yet are 
generally grown for the durability of their flowers or seed pods, which are of great value and 
beauty for arranging into winter bouquets. Their natural forms and beautiful colors remain for 
years as perfect as when gathered from the plants, the only care needed being to cut the flowers with long stems befcre th 
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open and to hang them in a dry, dark place, heads down, until thoroughly dry. Beautiful effects and combinations are sometimes made 
with artificial dyes, and if some of the grasses are dipped in water saturated with alum it crystallizes them with diamond-like drops 
which are very glittering and pretty. 
ACROCLINIUM. 
Elegant summer-flowering annuals, forming plants about 1 foot high, bearing 
quantities of large double flowers of white, rose, etc., 1 to 2inches across. They 
are splendid everlastings for winter bouquets. 
Single Mized................-. Pkt. 5 Double Mixed................ Pkt. 
GLOBE AMARANTH. 
“Bachelor’s Buttons,” and the ‘‘amaranth”’ of the poets. They are annuals, 
forming bushy plants about 2 feet high,and bearing sometimes several hundred 
flowers of purple, white, striped, etc. Very ornamental as summer-blooming plants, 
and for “ Everlast- 
ings”’ indispensa- 
ble. 
Mixed Colors, 5 
Nana Compacta, 
Mixed. Pyra- 
midal plants,only 
afew inches high, 
one mass of flow- 
ers; pretty for 
edgings or pots. 
(See cut.)....+- 5 
10 
GNAPHALIUM, OR EDELWEIES. 
GNAPHALIUM. 
Leontopodium. The famous ‘‘ Edelweiss” of the Alps. The flowers, 2 inches 
across, are star-shaped, of downy texture, and pure white, and are greatly 
sought after as souvenirs. The plants succeed well in any well-drained, sandy 
soil, and they retain their natural appearance for years, and are highly desirable 
for dried bouquets, etc. (See cut.)...ceccccccccccccececcresccerscecrecsens Pkt. TS 
HELICHRYSUM. 
Very showy summer-blooming annuals; of free growth and producing in abun- 
dance flowers large, fulland double, in shades of white, yellow, crimson, etc.; not 
only valuable as an ‘‘ Everlasting”’ for winter bouquets, but very handsome as gar- 
den plants. (See cut.) 1 to 2 feet. 
D’ble Mixed, Large Flowering. 5 Small Flowering, D’ble Mixed. 5 
Fireball, Double; large, dark red. 5 Collection of 10 separate colors........... 40 
HELIPTERUM. 
Sanfordi. Pretty annual, 12inches high, producing large clusters of yellow flow- 
ers; very desirable ‘‘ Everlasting.” ........+.s++-+++ ceca sssaccccesesessuon Pkt. & 
HONESTY. 
Silvery, transparent seed vessels, of beautiful effect for dried bouquets...... Pkt, 10 
RHODANTHE. 
Maculata, Mixed. Elegant half-hardy annual, 
admirably adapted for garden decoration in sum- 
mer or for pot culture in winter, as they come 
into flower early and continue for a long time. 
They are largely used in Parisas decorative plants 
for apartments, on accountof the darability of the 
flowers. As an everlasting for dried winter bou- 
quets they are indispensable. Flowers of yarious 
colors, white, pink, crimson, etc. 1ft Pkt. 10 
XERANTHEMUM. 
Mixed. Showy, hardy annuals, of the easiest culture. 
and the flowers, of various colors, from their pecu- 
liar dry character may be preserved for a long time. 
755355 BESCOROD OSHS COCO OC OACSIS UR OLIGSON SHO 2 Pkt. 5 
Superbissima, Mixed. 
habit and very double flowers of various colors..... 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
These are highly valued for the double purpose of ren- 
dering the flower border attractive during the summer, 
and for the use of the spikes or panicles in a dried state | 
for winter bouquets, 
10 
Agrostis Nebulosa (Cloud Grass), Feathery-like annual 
orases  13C TtTHighy wos ia cass. sccch es casecsspsinn Pkt. 5 } . 
Avena Sterilis (Animated Oats). Elegant long drooping pensable in winter bouquets. .....+++..+++- 10 
panicles ; height, 2 ft... .sccccccccccscccce-cccscceece 
GLOBE AMARANTH, NANA COMPACTA_ 
Briza or Quaking Grass. 
seeds suspended to gracefully drooping spikes, 
B. Maxima (Large Quaking Grass)......... 5 
B. Gracilis (Slender Qualcing Grass)........ 5 
Bromus Brizeformis, an elegant biennial 
grass about 2 ft. high, a beautiful object in the 
mixed border—bearing graceful panicles. 6 
Coix Lachryme@ (Job’s Tears). 
succeeding as an annual...............+... 
Stipa Pennata (Feather Grass). Hardy peren- 
nial, with beautiful feathered beards; indis- 
Collection of 12 Ornamental Grasses........+.++ 
Very pretty 
A perennial 
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HELICHRYSUM. 
Refer to the Index (2d page Cover) for Flower Seeds you cannot readily find. 
