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••PETER HENDERSON &CO.,NEW YORK- 



Jl^^^SS 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN OPEN BORDERS, 

 CEMETERY PLOTS. ETC. READY OCTOBER 20th. 



This class of plants is fast attaining popularity, and to meet the growing demand we offer this choice selection of sorts, which contains only such as ex- 

 hibit the greatest contrast of color with profusion of bloom. They flower at different periods and vary in natural height. Other hardy plants, Chrysanthemums- 

 Ferns, Iris, Lily of the Valley, Paeonies, Phloxes, Pinks, Viojrts, etc., are in this catalogue, see index. XOTE. — Those marked * are suitable for shady places. 



Varieties. 



*Aconitum napellus [Monkshood) 20c. 



Achillea, " The Pearl " 



tomentosa ( Downy Yarrow) . . 



Adonis vernalis {Spring Adonis) 



*Aegopodium podograria var 



Ajuga reptans rubra (Dark Foliage) . . . 

 Alstromeria Chiliensis (Chilian Lily). 



Alyssum saxatile (Golden Tuft) 



Anchusa Italica (Dropmore variety) 25c 

 Anemone Japonica alba 



" rubra 



" Whirlwind 



" Prince Henry 20c. 



* " Pennsylvanica 



" Queen Charlotte 



Anthemis tinctoria ( Yellow Chamomile) 



♦Anthericum [St. Bruno's Lily) 



*Aquilegia (Columbine) 



Arabis albida (Rock Cress) 



Armeria maritima (Sea Pink) 



♦Artemisia abrotanum (Old Man) . . . 



Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower). 



Aster Novae- A.nglae( Xew England Aster) 

 " rubra (Rosy Aster) 



Baptisia Australis (Blue False Indigo). . 



*Bocconia cordata (Tree C at andine) i. ■ . 



Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) . 

 latisquama 



Callirhoe involucrata (Craping, l/a//<?ti'). 



Campanula (Canterbury Bells) 



persicifolia. Blue and white 

 carpatica, Blue and white. 



Cassia Marilandica (American Senna). 



Centranthus ruber ( Red Valerian) 



*Chelone glabra alba 



Clematis Davidiana (Bush Clematis) . . . 

 " recta (Bush Clematis) 



Coreopsis lanceolata 



Delphinium chinensis. Blue and white. 

 formosum (Blue Larkspur) 



hybridum 



Sulphureum. 25c 



Desmodium penduliflorum. 25c 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) 10c 

 " latifolius atrococcineus 



*Dicentra eximia( PI urn yBlcedingH cart 

 spectabilis (Bleeding Heart.) 



Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 20c... 

 alba •' 20c... 



♦Digitalis (Foxglove) . .. 



Doronicum excelsum (Leopard's Bane) 



Eringeum amaethystinum (Sea Holly) 



Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root) 

 celestinum 



Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge) 



*Funkia undulata media 



* " subcordata (Day Lily) 



Gaillardia grandiflora (Aurora Flower) 

 Geranium sanguinea (H ardy Geranium) 

 *GIechoma (Variegated Ground Ivy) . . 

 Gypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath) 

 Helenium autumnale (Sneeze Weed) . 



Height. 



3 ft. 



li " 



1 " 



1 " 



6 in. 



6 " 



2 to 3 ft. 



1 ft. 



4 " 

 2 " 



2 " 



2 •■ 



1 " 



2 " 



1 " 



3 " 



li " 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



3 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



6 ft. 



4 " 



5 " 



4 in. 



2 ft. 



2 " 



8 in. 



4 ft. 



.) .. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



1* " 



li " 



3 " 



2 " 



4 " 



4 " 



li " 



2 " 



1 " 



O •' 



2 " 



2 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



2 " 



1 " 



2 " 



2 " 



li " 



li " 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



5 ft. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Variegated 



Blue 



Orange 



Yellow 



Blue 



White 



Red 



White 



Pink 



White 



Pink 



Yellow 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rose 



Fragrant 



Orange 



Purple 



Rose 



Blue 



Cream 



White 



Pink 



Crimson 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Red 

 White 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Blue 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Carmine 



Assorted 



Crimson 



Rose 



Pink 



Red 



White 



Assorted 



Orange 



Blue 



White 



Blue 



White 



Variegated 



White 



Orange 



Crimson 



Blue 



White 



Yellow- 



Sept. 



All Summer 



Summer 



May 



Foliage 



Summer 



All Season 



Early Spring 



All Summer 



Fall 



Spring 

 Aug. to Nov. 

 July to Nov. 



Summer 

 Early Summer 

 May- 

 Spring 

 Foliage 

 Tune 

 "Fall 



Early Summer 



Summer 



All Summer 



All Season 



Early Summer 

 June and July 

 Summer 

 July- 

 All Summer 

 Summer 



June and July- 

 All Season 



Summer 

 All Summer 

 Summer 

 June and July- 

 All Season 

 Summer 



Spring 



Summer 



July and Aug. 



All Season 



July. Aug. 



Summer 



Foliage 



Summer 



June to Nov. 



All Season 



Summer 



Fall 



Varieties. 



Helenium grandicephalum striatum. . . . 



pumilum magnificum 



Helianthus Maxi-nilianii (Sunflower) . . . 



multiflorus (Double " )... 



Heliopsis Pitcherianus " . . . . 



Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily). . . 



flava ( Yellow Day Lily) . 



Heuchera sanguinea ( Alum Root) 



Hibiscus (Crimson Eye). (Mallow) .. . 



Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft) 



♦Incarvillea Delavayi. 25c 



Liatris pyenostachya (Gay Feather)... . 

 ♦Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). . 

 Lychnis ( Double Rose, Ragged Robin) . . 



" chalcedonica (Maltese Cross).. . 



" splendens (Double Ragged Robin) 



♦Lysimachia (Moneywort). 10c 



clethroides. (Loose strife). 

 Lythrum roseum supeTb\im( Loosestrife) 



Mertensia Virginica ( Lungwort) 



Monarda didyma (Oswego Tea) 



Oenothera Frazenil Dwarf Day Primrose) 



Missouriensisi Evening Primrose) 



Papaver bracteatum (Oriental Poppy). 



Orientale (Oriental Poppy).. ■ 



"Pardanthus ( Blackberry Lily) 



Penstemon barbatus (var. Torreyii) . . ■ 



Phlox subulata I Moss Pink) 



alba 



Physostegia Virginica 



Platycodon grandiflorum (Bell Flower) 

 Plumbago larpentae {Blue Leadwort) . . 

 Polemonium ceruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 



Polygonum compactum 



Pyrethrum hvbridum (Persian Daisy) 

 " uliginosum {Giant Daisy) . 

 Rhexia Virginica (Meadow Beauty).. 

 Rudbeckia fulgida (Brilliant Cone 

 Flower) 



" purpurea | Purple Cone Flower) . 



" speciosa (Cone Flower) 



Salvia azurea grand (Meadow Sage).. ■ 

 ♦Saxifraga Crassifolia (Rock Saxifrage) . 

 Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa) . . . 

 Sedum spectabilis atropurpureum (Giant 



Stone Crop) 



Solidago Canadensis (Golden Rod) .... 



♦Spirea filipendula (Dropwort) 



♦ " palmata (Palmata Spirea).... 



Stachys lanata ( White Foliage) 



Statice latifolia (Hardy Everlasting).. 



St3kesia cyanea (Stoke' s Aster) 



Thahctrum aquilegifolium 



♦Tradescantia Virginica (Spider Wort) . 

 ♦Tricyrtus hirta nigra (Toad Lily). . . 

 Tritoma {Red Hot Poker Plant) 20c. . 

 Trollius Europaeus (Globe Flower) . . . 

 Veronica subsessilis (Speedwell) 



" spicata 



alba 



♦Vinca minor (Creeping Myrtle) 



Yucca filamentosa (Adams' Needle) 20c 



Height. 



3 " 

 li " 



6 " 



4 " 

 3 " 

 2 " 



2 " 

 1 " 



4 to 6 ft 

 1 " 



3 " 



4 " 

 3 " 



1 " 

 to 3 ft 

 li ft. 



2 in. 



2 ft. 



3 " 



2 " 

 li " 



1 " 



4 " 



3 " 

 3 " 



3 " 



4 " 

 6 " 

 6 in. 

 3 ft. 



2 to 3 ft 



1 " 



1 " 

 li " 

 li " 



5 " 



1 " 



3 " 



5 " 



2 " 

 1 " 

 1 " 



1 " 



li " 

 5 " 



2 " 



3 " 



1 " 



9 " 



li " 



2 " 

 2 " 

 1 " 



3 to 4 ft. 



3 " 

 3 * 



15 to 8 ft. 



Color. 



Orange 

 Yellow 



Orange 



Yellow 



Red 



White 



Rose 



Carmine 



Red 



Rose 



Scarlet 



Red 



Yellow 



White 



Rose 



Blue 



Crimson 



Yellow 



Blood-Red 



Scarlet 



Orange 



Scarlet 



Pink 



White 



Pink 



Assorted 



Purple 



Blue 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rosy-Purple 



Orange 



Red -Purple 



Orange 



Skv-Blue 



Pink 



Lilac 



Rosy-crimson 



Yellow 



White 



Rose 



Purple 



Deep Blue 



Blue 



Purplish 



Purple 



Spotted 



Scarlet 



Yellow 



Blue 



White 

 Blue 



Time of Bloom. 



July and Aug. 



Summer 



November 



All Season 



Summer 



All Summer 



Aug. to Oct. 



Spring 



Summer 



Aug. and Sept. 



Aug. to Oct. 



All Season 



June and July 



Summer 

 July to Sept- 



May and June 



Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



Aug. Sept. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Summer 



June to Aug. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Aug. and Sept. 



Summer 

 July to Sept. 

 Late Summer 



September 



All Season 



Summer 



Aug. and Sept. 



Spring 



All Summer 



Late Fall 



Fall 

 Summer 



All Season 

 Summer 



Fall 



May to Aug. 



August 

 All Summer 



Spring 



July, Aug. 



Prices for any of the above, except where specially priced. 15c 

 when the order is being filled, SI .00 



. each, $1.50 per 

 per doz., $8.00 per 



doz., $10.00 per 100, buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection, 

 100. Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



to be made 



