PETER HENDERSON &. CO.— UNRIVALiED FLOWER SEEDS. 





Bedding Varieties mat Bloom tie First Season. 



SUNFLOWER. 



Stately growing annuals with immense 

 golden yellow flowers; effective for garden 

 decoration. 



Single Varieties. 



MacrophylluB Giganteus. A. branching 

 pyramidal shaped plant; yellow; 6 ft.. 5 



Miniature Sunflower. Of dwarf branching 

 habit, bearing many little flowers ; orange 

 with black centre ; 3 ft 5 



Oscar Wilde. Orange and black 5 



Silver Leaved. Silvery foliage; flowers 

 yellow and black, very beautiful 5 



Giant Russian. Flowers 18 to 20 Inches 

 across ; grown principally for the seeds, 5 



Sulphur Gem. Very branched, each branch 

 bearing flowers of a delicate sulphur-y el low 

 with a black centre. The flowers are borne 

 from within two feet of the ground to the 

 summit, and come out in succession until 

 killed bv frost 10 



Double Varieties. 



Californicus fl. pL Large double orange 



Globosus Fistulosus. Perfectly round flow- 

 ers ; very double ; saffron ; 6 ft 6 



Oculatus Viridis. Double yellow .flowers, 

 with green centre; 4 ft 5 



Peruvianus. Double orange, striped black, 10 



VEMDIIM. 



Calendulaceum. It forms a round, compact 

 bush ODly six inches high ; leaves large and 

 woolly, covering the ground, and bringing 

 out in strong contiast the flowers of bright 

 yellow shaded with orange, which are from 

 four to five inches in circumference, and 

 are bonio profusely, nearly covering the 

 ground, making veritable "mounds of 

 gold." (Snciu.)... Pkt. 10 



VERBENA. 



For garden beds or massing the Verbena is 

 unrivaled; flowers of tho most brilliant 

 colors, blooming continually from spring 

 until late in tho autumn. Although peren- 

 nials, these form luxuriant plants and bloom 

 profusely t ho fir=t season from seed 

 Pure White 15 Striped Varieties. . 15 



Bright Scarlet 15. Blue Varieties 15 



Fine Mixed . i 6 



Extra Choice Mixed Varieties, from Peter 

 Henderson s celebrated named collection 15 

 New Golden-leaved Verbenas. These 

 flower the same as the ordinary, colore 

 ranging through various shades. The 

 golden yellow foliage is very effective. 

 Mixed colors 25 



Henderson's Mammoth Verbenas. 

 This distinct and beautiful race orig- 

 inated with, and was first introduced and 

 named by us "Mammoth." The average 

 trusses measure 9 to 12 inches in circum- 

 ference, and the individual florets on prop- 

 erly grown plants over 1 inch across— or 

 larger than a 25c. sit ver piece. . They bloom 

 freely, are vigorous in growth, and contain 

 all of the beautiful new colors and shades. 

 (Seecut.) Mixed colors 25 



VINCA. 



Handsome bushy plants producing freely 

 round single flowers \y 2 inches across, suit- 

 able for pot culture and sunny flowerbeds; 

 tender perennial, 1>£ ft. Mixed colors... 10 



ZINNIAS. 



For gorgeous summer and autumn display 

 there is nothing that can equal In effective- 

 ness the improved dwarf, compact growing, 

 large flowering Zinnias ; growing only 2 feet 

 high and bearing flowers of Immense size, 

 perfectly double, showing no centre, and as 

 perfect in form as Dahlias. 



Large Flowering, Dwarf 

 Growing; Zinnias.. 



Double White.. 10. Orange Pkt. 10 



Scarlet 10. Canary Tellow. . . in 



Dwarf Mixed 10 



Double Mixed. Old type, tall 5 



Double Pompone. Long, cone-shaped flow- 



ers; pretty ; mixed colors 10 



Imported collection of 6 separate varieties, 50c. 

 Elegans Tom Thumb, Double Mixed. Com 

 pact bushes, not over 12 inches high by 



about 14 inches in diameter ■. 15 



Henderson's Zebra. First named and intro- 

 duced by us. The flowers are perfect in 

 shape, of all colore such as orange, crimson, 

 pink, yellow, violet, rose, scarlct.whito.etc, 

 three-fourths of which are striped, spotted 

 and blotched with different shades-, hardly 

 any two plants producing flowers alike. 



{See cut.) Mixed colors 10 



New Mammoth Flowering. (Zinnia grandi- 

 JlorapLcn.iA8imafl.pl) Tho plant forms a 

 handsome bush 3 ft. In height, and the 

 mammoth, perfectly formed double flow, 

 ers, measuring 5 to <> inches across, of 

 most intense and brilliant colors, comprise 



new and rich hues. Mixed colors 15 



Pigmy Mexican. (Zinnia Haageana pumila 

 fi.pl.) Of decided novelty and merit. Tho 

 plants aro of candelabra form, close and 

 vigorous in habit, and are nearly covered 

 with pretty flowers of an Intense orange 

 yellow . . .' 25 



Refer to the Index (2d page Cover) for Flower Seeds you cannot readily find. 



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