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PETES HENDEF*SOft & CO.—UNRlVflLiED FLOWER SEEDS. 



The flowers and grasses that we catalogue under 

 this heading will all bloom the first season from 

 ceed, and ■while very effective for garden decoration 

 yet are generally grown for the durability of their flowers or seed pods, which are of pwl 

 value and beauty for arranging into winter bouquets. Their natural forms and beautiful col- 

 ors remain for years as perfect as when gathered from the plants, the only care needed being 

 to cut the flowers with long stems before they are fully open and to hang them in a dry, dark 

 place, heads down, until thoroughly dry. Beautiful effects and combinations are sometime* 

 made with artificial dyes, and if some of the grasses are dipped in water saturated with alula 

 it crystallizes them with diamond-like drops which are very glittering and pretty. 



ACROCXINIUH. 



Elegant summer flowering annualg, form- 

 ing plants about 1 foot high, bearing quanti- 

 ties of large double flowers of white, rose, 

 etc., 1 to 2 inches across. They are splendid 

 everlastings for winter bouquets. v 

 Single Mixed. . . , 5. Double Mixed. . . 1. 10 



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 pur- 

 ple, white, stripod, etc. Very ornamental 

 as summer-blooming plants, and for "Ever- 

 lastings" indispensable. 



Mixed Colors .' Pkt. 5 



Nana Compacta, Mixed. Pyramidal plauts, 



only a few inches high, one mass of flowers ; 



pretty for edgings or pots. (See cut.). . . • 5 



GNAPHALIUAI. 



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 sou- 

 venirs. The plants sueceed well in any 

 well-drained, 6andy soil, and they retain 

 their natural appearance fof years, and are 

 highly desirable for dried bouquets, etc. 25 



HELICHRYStM, 

 Very showy summer blooming annuals ; of 

 free growth and producing in abundance 

 flowers large, full and double, in shades of 

 white, yellow, crimson, etc. ; not only valu- 

 able as an "Everlasting" for winter bou- 

 quets but very handsome as gardep plants. 

 Large Flowering, Double Mixed. 2 ft. Pkt. 5 

 Small Flowering. Double Mixed. 1 ft. . .. 5 

 FirebalL Large, dark red, double flowers . 5 

 Imported collection of 10 separate colors 50 



HEEIPTERUM. 



Sanfordl. Pretty annual, 12 inches high, 

 producing large clusters of yellow flowers; 

 very desirable "Everlasting." Pkt. 5 



HONESTY. 



8llvery, transparent seed vessels, of beau- 

 (See. page 80.) 



RHODANTHE. 



Maculata, Mixed. Elegant half hardy an- 

 nual, admirably adapted for garden decor*, 

 tion'ln summer or for pot culture in win- 

 ter, as they come Into flower early and 

 continue for a long time. They are largely 

 used in Paris as decorative plants for 

 apartments, on account of the durability 

 of the flowers. As an everlasting for dried 

 winter bouquets they are Indispensable. 

 Flowers of various colore, white, pink, 

 crimson, etc. 1 ft Pkt. 10 



XERANTHErottJBI. 



Mixed. Showy, hardy annuals, of the easi- 

 est culture, and the flowers, of various col- 

 ors, from their peculiar dry character mar 

 be preserved for a long time. 2 ft 5 



Saperbissima, Mixed. A new variety of 

 dwarfer habit and very doubfo flowers of 

 various colors ; hardy annual, 1)£ ft -10 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



These are highly valued for the double 

 purpose of rendering the flower border at- 

 tractive during the summer, and for the usft 

 Of the spikes or panicles In a dried state for 

 winter bouquets. ' 



Agrostis Nebulosa (Cloud Grass). Feath- 

 ery-like annual grass. l}4 ft. high. Pkt. 5 

 Avena Sterilis (Animated Oats). Elegant 



long drooping panicles ; height 2 ft 5 



Briza or Quaking Grass. Very pretty seeds 

 suspended to gracefully drooping spikes. 



B. Maxima (Large Quaking Grass) S 



B. Gracilis (Slander Quaking Grass)... .. . 6 



Broraus Brizaeformis, an elegant biennial 

 grass about 2 ft. high, a beautiful object 

 in the mixed border— bearing graceful 



panicles; useful for dried bouquets 6 



Coix LachryiB.ee (Job's Tears). A perennial 

 succeeding as an annual. Its seeds are 



frequently threaded for children S 



Lagurus Ovatus (Hare's Tail Grass) A 

 handsome annual, 1 ft. high, bearing 

 woolly flower heads; of exceptional effect 



in winter bouquets. . . ! ....... 6 



StipaPennata(.r r ei7//ier Grass). Hardy peren- 

 nial, with beautiful feathered beards ; in- 



dispensable in winter bouquets 10 



Collection of 12 Ornamental Grasses. . . .$1 00 



tlful effect for dried bouquets 



Refer to the Index (2d page Cover) for Flower Seeds you cannoi. readily find. 



