36 PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



SPRAGUEA, Nat. Orel. Portulacaccw. Per pkt. 



A charming plant, with Amarautkus-like flowers, extremely graceful and 

 beautiful, valuable for edgings or rock-work. Half-hardy annual. 



Spraguea Umbellata. White, shaded with purple, f ft 15 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus oarljatus), Nat. Ord. Caryophyllacece. 



A very beautiful and well-known class of plants, of extreme richness and 

 diversity of color. The varieties have been greatly improved of late years. 

 Hardy perennials. 



Sweet William. Fine mixed 5 



Auricula-Flowered. Flowers iu trusses of immense size, and of 



exceedingly beautiful colors 10 



— — Double-Flowering. Finest mixed, from a splendid collection of 



double flowers 10 



STOCKS (Mathiola), Nat. Ord. Cruciferce. 



The Stock is one of our most important and well-known annuals; for 

 brilliancy and diversity of color, for fine foliage and compact habit, and for pro- 

 fusion and duration of bloom it is Unsurpassed, while as a decorative plant for 

 the garden, whether for bedding, massing, edging, or ribboning, it is invaluable. 



GERMAN TEN-WEEKS. 



These are especially recommended on account of their long continuance in 

 bloom, and vigorous habit. Flowers very double, 1J ft. Half-hardy annuals. 



Stock, Dwarf German Ten-Weeks. Fine mixed 5 



- Large-flowering, choice mixed 10 



Pure White 15 



Scarlet Victoria. New and fine 15 



New Large-Flowered Dwarf Pyramidal. The most popular Stock 



in cultivation ; very finest mixed 25 



Wallflower-Leaved. Pure white, very fine 15 



Crimson. Very fine 15 



Finest Mixed 15 



STOCKS (intermediate). 



The Intermediate Stocks are prized on account of their flowering late in 

 Autumn, also as pot plants for early Spring blooming, for which purpose the 

 seeds should be sown in July or August. 



Stock, Intermediate. Scarlet 25 



White 25 



Purple 25 



STOCKS (Brompton and Emperor). 



The Emperor or perpetual-flowering, may be treated in the same manner as 

 the Intermediate ; they frequently last several years, if protected from frost. 

 The Brompton is a biennial of branching habit, producing a grand display when 

 in bloom. 



Stock, Emperor, or Perpetual. Finest mixed 15 



Brompton, or Winter. Finest mixed 10 



SWEET PEAS, Nat. Ord. Leguminosce. 



Very beautiful, fragrant, and free-flowering climbing plants, continuing in 

 bloom all Summer; supported by common pea-sticks they form admirable 

 screens for protecting more tender plants, or excluding unsightly objects, valuable 

 for training on trellis-work, covering rough fences, &c. Hardy annuals. 

 Sweet Peas, Scarlet Invincible. Remarkably fragrant, with bright scarlet, 



crimson flowers, entirely new in color, and unusually prolific bloomer. 10 



Striped 5 



— Painted Lady 5 



Purple 5 



White 5 



Mixed. All colors, per ounce, ] 0c; per pound, $1 . . , 5 



