PETER HENDERSOX & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



AGERATUM, Nat. Ord. Composite. 



Very valuable and showy plants for large clumps, blooming throughout the 

 Summer, and if lifted and potted iu the Fall, and placed in the parlor or green- 

 house, -will keep up a succession of beautiful flowers all Winter. Half-hardy 

 annuals. Perpkt. 



Ageratum Conspicuum. Pure white, ]-£ ft 10 



Mexicanum. Lavender blue 1 ft 5 



Imperial Dwarf (new). Porcelain blue ; very desirable 25 



AGROSTEMMA, Nat. Ord. Caryophyjlaceae. 



Attractive, free-flowering, hardy herbaceous plants, growing freely in any 

 common garden soil. " 

 Agrostemma Coronaria (Rose Campion.) Rose, 2 ft 5 



Cceli-Alba. Pure white, 1ft 10 



Rosea. Rose, very pretty, 1 ft 5 



ALONSOA, Nat. Ord. Scrophulariace®. 



Very free-blooming bedding plants, flowering all Summer. Half-hardy 

 annuals. 

 Alonsoa Grandiflora. Bright scarlet, IS- ft 10 



Warczewiczii. Crimson, 1^ ft 10 



ALYSSUM, Nat. Ord. Cruciferw. 



Very pretty little plants for edging or rockwork, blooming all Summer ; they 

 also succeed in the green-house, for Winter and early Spring flowers, and are 

 much used for bouquets, on account of their delicate honey-like fragrance. 

 Alyssum Sweet. White, very sweet. ' Hardy annual 5 



Saxatile Compacta. Extremely showy, yellow. Hardy perennial 10 



Wierzbeckii. White and yellow. Hardy perennial 10 



AMBLYOLEPIS, Nat. Ord. Composiiw. 

 A very showy and fragrant hardy annual, from New Holland. 

 Amblyolepis Setigera. Bright yellow, 2 ft 10 



AMARANTHUS, Nat. Ord. Amarantacew. 



Avery ornamental and much admired class of plants. If sown in the frame or 

 green-house, and planted out in June, they will form very attractive objects. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 



Amaranthus Caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding). Red, graceful, 3 ft 5 



Bicolor Ruber. A beautiful novelty 15 



Hypochondriachus (Prince's Feather). Crimson, 3 ft 5 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves red, yellow and green ; very handsome.. 5 



Tricolor Giganteus. A uew and beautiful variety 25 



Melancholicus Ruber. A very showy plant of free growth, foliage blood 



red ; well adapted for ribbon belts or groups, 1£ ft 10 



Sanguineus. One of the most beautiful of all ornamental-leaved plants, 



forming a strong shrub-like bush of 5 feet in height, the leaves and 

 stems being of rich crimson during the Summer months, but in Autumn 

 shaded with golden bronze 10 



Speciosus Aureus. New golden Prince's Feather 10 



AMMOBIUM, Nat. Ord. Compositai. 



A very useful everlasting, for making dried Winter bouquets, forming also a 

 showy plant for the garden. Hardy annual. 

 Ammobium Alatum. White, 2 ft 5 



ANNAGALLIS, Nat, Ord. Prhnulaceai. 



Very pretty small plants, exceedingly valuable for beds, vases or rock-work. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 

 Anagallis Grandiflora Ccerulea. Large sky blue, i ft 10 



Sanguinea. Brigh t ruby, beautiful, i f t 10 



Pallida. Pale blue, very pretty, i ft 10 



