30 PETER HENDERSON & CO.S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



PANSY or HEARTSEASE (Viola Tricolor), Nat. Ord. Violacece. p e r P kt. 



Tbis beautiful flower is too well known to need any description. Seed sown 

 in Spring should not be allowed to blossom until the latter end of September. 

 Pick off the buds as they appear during the Summer months ; this will cause the 

 plants to grow bushy and compact, and will bloom profusely during the late 

 Autumn and early Spring months. Seed sown in August and September, and 

 kept in a cold frame through the Winter, and planted out in Spring, will blos- 

 som freely the whole season. The seed we offer has been saved from the most 

 distinct and best named imported varieties. Hardy perennials. 

 Pansy, English. From a superb collection 25 



Fancy, or Belgian. Striped and variegated kinds of great beauty, flower- 



ing in great profusion. (See colored plate) : 50 



Faust, or King of the Blacks. Deep black; very remarkable 20 



White. Fine pure 25 



■ Yellow. Pure golden 25 



Sky Blue. Very beautiful 20 



Violet, bordered -white. Fine varieties 25 



Gold-margined. Very fine 25 



Good Mixed 10 



PALAVA, Nat. Ord. Malvacece. 



Palava Flexuosa. A beautiful dwarf, bushy annual, from 15 to 18 inches 

 in height, producing in the greatest profusion its charming flowers of 

 a bright rosy pink, fading slightly towards the centre, whilst the base 

 of the sepals is almost black. It succeeds admirably either in the 

 open air, or as a decorative plant for the green-house or conservatory, 

 and is altogether one of the most striking and effective novelties of 

 recent introduction 10 



PENTSTEMON, Nat, Ord. Scrophulariacece. 



Handsome, herbaceous plants, remarkable for the beauty and fine effect of 

 their long, graceful, richly-colored flower-spikes ; will bloom the first year if 

 sown early in March, in a hot-bed, and planted out in May. Half-hardy perennials. 



Fentstemon Grandiflorum. Light blue, hard v, from Nebraska, 2 ft 25 



Lobbi. Yellow; fine, U ft '. 10 



Jafrrayanum. Brilliant blue, li ft 25 



Murrayanum. Scarlet, very handsome, 2 ft 25 



• Pulchellum. Rosy purple, i'ree-fio weriug, 1 ft 10 



Fine Mixed Varieties 10 



PETUNIA, "Nat. Ord. Solanacew. 



For otrt-door decoration in Summer, there is scarcely a class of plants to 

 equal this ; they commence to flower early, and continue a mass of bloom the 

 whole Summer ; they are of the easiest culture, and are equally effective and 

 beautiful grown in pots for the decoration of the conservatory or green-house. 

 Half-hardy perennials. 



Petunia Hybrida. Finest striped and blotched varieties, mixed. (See colored plate) 25 

 Flore Pleno. Finest double, mixed 50 



Nyctaginiflora. White, 1 it 5 



Phcenicea. Purple, 1 ft 5 



Fine Mixed 10 



PERILLA, Nat Ord. Lahiatece. 



Handsome, ornamental-foliaged plants, with deep mulberry, or blackish 

 purple-colored foliage, forming a fine contrast to the silvery foliage of Cineraria 

 Maritima, the Centaureas, etc. Grows freely in rich soil. Half-Hardy annuals. 



Perilla Nankinensis. Leaves deep mulberry, If ft 5 



. Variegata (new). Leaves, a dark mulberry, blotched and marked 



with carmine 10 



PLATYSTEMON, Nat. Ord. Papaveracca;. 



A charming, free-flowering, dwarf-growing plant, adapted for bedding or 

 rustic- work. Hardy annual. 

 Platystemon Californicum. Cream, spotted wi th orange, 1| ft 10 



