PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—FLOWER SEEDS. 
Scr Haldly Flowers for Petmanent situations. 
LYCHNIS. 
@halcedonica. The scarlet Lychnis, an old garden 
favorite, deserving a place in every garden; very 
hardy, growing 3 to 4 ft. high, bearing heads of 
bright scarlet flowers......... eecseeeeeee we eePkt, 5 
MIMULUS—Hardy. 
Among the most ornamental hardy garden flowers, 
~apright growth; 2to3ft. high; showy and profuse 
‘bloomers for borders. 
“Mixed Hardy Varieties. 
PJEONY. 
“Double Mixed. Grand hardy, herbaceous plants, 
well-known ornaments of our gardens, with large 
double flowers of various colors. 2 ft. high..Pkt. 10 
PENTSTEMON. 
Beautiful garden perennials, growing from 2 to 3 ft. 
thigh, with white, pink, scarlet or blue flowers, beauti- 
fully spotted and marked. Mixed colors...Pkt. 10 
“Large Flowering Mixed...... Seccitticnsiccees 25 
PHLOX DECUSSATA. 
Magnificent hardy flowering plants, growing into 
trong bushes from 2 to3 ft. high. bearing immense 
deads of large waxy flowers of lovely shades of color. 
See cut.) 
“Hardy Phlox. Fine mixed varieties........ Pkt. 10 
“Large Flowering Hardy Hybrids. Mixed.. 25 
For Phlox Drummondi, see page 78. 
1 to3 ft........ Pkt. 10 
PHLOX DEOCUSSATA, LARGE FLOWERING HYBRIDS. 
PLATYCODON. 
PRIMROSES. 
Beautiful low-growing, early spring flowering plants, 
fine for rockeries, borders, pot culture, etc.; the flow- 
ers are borne in umbels or clusters on the top of 
stalks about 4to6inches long. The Cowslip and Eng- 
lish Primroses are perfectly hardy, but the other varteties 
should be protected in cold latitudes or be grown during 
the winter in frames. 
Cowslip. Mixed Colors. (Primula Veris.) The 
well-known favorite English Cowslip, flowering 
early in spring. 34 ft........eee cess cere eee Pkt. 5 
Auricula. Fine Mixed. (Primula Auricula.) Um- 
bels of fragrant flowers, of many rich colors. 
TAPE raretrati cists ctcincicic s.eleielele cinie/eiv(olelelelecieialeje(efielelelelaiere 0 
Polyanthus. Mixed. (Primula Elatior.) Early 
blooming for spring flower beds or pot culture; the 
large round flowers are borne on stalks 8 in. tall.. 10 
Polyanthus. Duplex Mixed. (Hose in Hose.) 
One flower sitting nm another... .......-.00.-20- 25 
Japanese Primrose. (Primula Japonica.) Mixed. 
One of the most beautiful. Flowers 1 in. across, of 
shades of crimson, maroon, lilac, pink, white, etc., on 
Stems 1 fo 2ftsnigi.... cis cine tiearccccenevcccs 10 
English Primrose. (Primula Vulgaris.) The old 
favorite common yellow Primrose, now so popular 
and fashionable in England..........-......2.-++ 10 
Siberian Primrose. 
rose; beautiful and free flowering............... 1 
Rose Colored Alpine Primrose. (Primula: 
Rosea.) Aperfectgem. It throws up spikes, some- 
times 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 inch across, of a 
charming bright rosy carmine with yellow eye. ...20 
Primula Sieboldi. Splendid for either garden or 
pot culture, throwing up flower stalks 8 to 12 inches 
high, surmounted with large clusters of flowers 1 to 
2 inches across; color, soft, pretty rose, with white 
eye. Itisavery distinct, beautiful and free-bloom- 
ing plant; will require protection in the Northern 
States, or it can be grown in cold frames.......... 20 
For Greenhouse varieties of Primula, see page 94. 
PEIMULA AUBICULA, 
PYRETHRUM. 
(Primula Cortusoides.) Deep & 
0 & 
Oriental Hybrid. 
blotched purple, blood-red, blotched black, glowing scarlet, 
POPPY, ORIENTAL HYBRID. 
POPPIES—Hardy. 
For permanent beds these brilliant large flowering 
hardy Poppies stand unrivaled; the flowers average 6 to 
9 inches across, and are simply grand when in flower ; 
the plants are robust growers, 3to4ft. high. (See cut.) 
Containing charming new colors: pink, 
reddish orange, salmon, CtC.......2.sseeeeeeeeeeeeeceeee Pkt. 25 
Bracteatum. Orange scarlet............. seeeee ec eeeeeeeceeee 10 
Orientale. Dark scarlet, purple spots........-.- Sele ake Seale . 10 
For annual Poppies, see page 79. 
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(Wahlenbergia.) 
Large Flowering. Mixed Colors. The 
large flowered Chinese Bell Flower; showy 
hardy perennial, about a foot high, bearing 
large, broad, bell-shaped white, blue or pink 
flowers; very handsome for garden decoration | 
in the summer and fall................. Pkt. 10 
“Mareisi. It grows sturdy and compact 
bush, its many branches bearing numbers of 
beautiful, large, open, bell-shaped flowers of 
&@ rich violet blue. The appearance of the plant 
in bloom is exquisite...... 2.2... -eeeeeeeeee 25 
Qur Prices this Season are /ower than ever. 
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 along time. 
Single Large Flowering Hybrids, 
Boe ee ese SBC Op enoCoe ORE ObOsoH BH Pkt. 10 
Double Large Flow’g Hybrids, Mixed.. 25 
Roseum. (Persian Insect Powder Plant.) 
IROSCICOLOT aL ilu neisretstelelcletsialelelatela/etelaistalelelsiclelate 10 
Cinerarizfolium. (Dalmatian Insect Powder 
LH ESTU)W- ogc pancaOt ce Go sedooncopeeceascOood 10 
For Pyrethrum, ‘‘ Golden Feather,’’ see page 79. 
{Reed our remarks on this subject 
on pages 1 and 2, 
PLATYCODON. 
