50 



PETER HENDERSON ACO..NEW YORK- 



POINSETT1A PULCHERRIMA. 



The popular Christmas plant. It bears terminal tracts of fiery scarlet leaves giving the 

 plant a most splendid appearance and peculiarly fitting it for decoration at the Christmas 

 holidays. Price, 1st size, 50c. each. $4.50 per doz.; 2d size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE. 



A dwarf Orange, which bears a profusion of fragrant flowers and edible fruit. One of 

 the most effective plants for the house. We offer plants from five inch pots. Price, 60c. 

 each, $6.00 per doz.; from 3-inch pots. 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 



NEW HARDY PHLOXES. 



We offer below a fine collection of these popular garden plants. They are from the open 

 ground, nice compact plants. Ready Oct. 20th. 

 Elizabeth Campbell. Very bright salmon-pink, with lighter shadings, dark crimson eye, a 



new shade. 

 Frau Anton Buchner. The finest white variety, largest truss and individual flowers; 



dwarf habit. 

 Rosenberg. Bright reddish-violet, with blood-red eye, large truss. Flowers as large as 



a silver dollar. Price, 30c. each, $3.00 per dozen. Set of 3 for 75c. 



SELECT HARDY PHLOXES. 



Aglae Adanson. (Medium.) Snow white with red eye. Immense flowers. 



Albion. (Medium.) Pure white, faint aniline-red eye. 



Antonin Mercie. (Medium.) Light ground color, upper half of petal deeply 6uffused 



bluish lilac, large white halo in center. 

 Champs Elysee. (Dwarf.) A very bright rosy-magenta. 



Charles Seller. (Medium.) Bright reddish violet with large, white, star-shaped center. 

 De Miribel. (Medium.) White, suffused rosy scarlet, red eye. 

 Etna. (Medium.) Crimson red. suffused fiery red; cherry-red eye. 



Eugene Danzanvillier. (Tall.) Lilac shading white towards the edges; large white center. 

 General von Heutz. (Medium.) Scarlet, rose shadings, crimson-red eye. A very 



beautiful and attractive sort. 

 George A. Strohlein. (Medium.) Bright scarlet, crimson-red eye. 

 Gruppenkonigin. (Tall.) Pale rose-mauve, claret-red eye. 

 Henry Murger. (Tall.) White, crimson-carmine centre. 

 Hermine. (Dwarf.) Pure white, early. Flowers of good size, a splendid 



variety for bordering medium and tall sorts, never exceeds 10 inches in height. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. (Tall.) Clear white. A splendid variety. 

 La Vogue. (Medium.) Beautiful, soft, light pink. Large flowers. 

 Louis Blanc. (Tall.) Reddish violet with purple shadings and darker eye. 

 Le Mahdi. (Tall.) Very deep reddish violet with darker eye. 

 Le Prophete. (Dwarf.) Bright violet rose, large light halo and bright rose eye. 

 Mme. Paul Dutrie. (Tall.) A delicate lilac-rose. The flowers arc very large 



and borne in panicles of immense size. 

 Mozart. (Tall.) White, suffused salmon; aniline red eye. 

 Mrs. Jenkins. (Tall.) A grand early variety; pure white. 

 Overgartner Wittig. (Medium.) Bright magenta, with crimson-carmine 



eye; large flower and truss. 

 Pacha. (Dwarf.) Deep rose pink, suffused with solferino-red and carmine- 

 purple eye. Unique and showy. 

 Pecheur d'Islande. (Tall.) Crimson-red, suffused with cochineal red. bright 



carmine-red eye; very distinct. 

 Prosper Henri. (Dwarf.) Pure white with a large eye of rosy magenta, very 



pronounced. 

 R. P. Struthers. (Tall.) Rosy-carmine with claret -red eye. 

 Selma. (Tall.) Large flower, pale rose mauve, claret red eye. 

 Siebold. (Tall.) Bright vemilion-red, overlaid with orange scarlet; crimson- 

 red eye. A very showy variety. 

 Sunshine. (Dwarf.) Aniline-red, crimson-red. eye light halo. 

 Vesuvius. (Medium.) Pure red with bright purple eye; a dazzling color. 

 Von Hochberg. (Tall.) The ideal deep crimson Phlox, the richest of its color. 



Large florets and fine trusses. 

 Von Lassburg. (Medium.) A grand white variety, color very pure and flowers 



exceptionally large. 



Price (except where noted), 15c. each, SI. 50 per doz.. $10.00 per 100; set of 

 32 for $4.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER. For massing in borders and large beds, a general assort- 

 ment without names. Price, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 



"ETERHEMocusONlca 



PASSION FLOWEKS. 



Rapid growing vines, easily grown in sunny window or conservatory and 

 blooming freely in pots when well established. We offer: Cerulea, blue flowers. 

 John Spalding, ivory white flowers, variegated foliage, Pfordtit, purple flowers, 

 carmine and white center. Militaris, red flowers. Price, plants from 3-inch 

 pots, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERB PANSIES 



We have devoted particular care and attention to these for a number of years 

 and have received hundreds of letters praising their superb beauty. This season 

 our mixture is made up from the very best selection of our own saving, also our 

 far-famed " Mammoth Butterfly " strain, so we are convinced our customers will 

 be really delighted with them. Price, young plants, 30c. per doz., $2.00 per 100, 

 $15.00 per 1000. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA. 



These are great improvements, producing trusses of large fringededge 

 flowers nearly double the size of the older type and containing several colors, 

 including lavender, blush-pink, white, etc.. favorite pot plants for house 

 and conservatory. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz, 



CHINESE PKIMROSES. 



For winter flowers there is no more desirable plant than the Chinese 

 rose. They are easily grown and flower incessantly throughout the 



Prim- 



■inter. 

 I each. 



We offer crimson, pink, while, rose-red, blush, and blue. Price, 15c 

 Si. 50 per doz. 



SMILAX. 



The well-known vine used so largely in festooning. Bright green, glossy 

 leaves, keeps a long time when cut. Very effective grown in a sunny window. 

 Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz.. $6.00 per 100. 



SWAINSONIA GALEG1FOLIA. 



A very useful and popular plant for house culture; thriving in the 

 window garden with very little care. It is of semi-climbing habit and 

 therefore adapts itself readily to cultivation in the window. If desired 

 by training and pruning it may be kept in bush form. The foliage is 

 very graceful, almost like an Acacia. The flowers are borne abundantly 

 in graceful sprays of 12 to 20 flowers in each, resembling sweet peas but 

 smaller. They are very useful for cut flowers. We offer two varieties. 

 Alba, bearing pure, glistening white flowers and Rosea, bearing rich, rosy- 

 red flowers. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



HARDY DOUBLE ENGLISH VIOLET 



This violet is entirely hardy, perfectly double, a^deep violet-purple 

 color and most deliciously fragrant. It surpasses the well-known" Marie 

 Louise " Violet in richness of color, being many shades darker, and far 

 excels it in its delightful odor; this is one of its greatest merits. It is 

 entirely free from disease of any kind, will grow and bloom in any garden 

 and in any situation nothing is more appropriate for cemetery plots 

 than the Hardy, Double English Violet. (Sie cut.) Price, 1 year plants, 

 grown out doors, 30c. each, $3.00 per dozen. 



WINTER^FLOWERING VIOLET. 



Marie Louise. This is the variety which is grown by the hundreds of 

 thousands to supply the cut-flower markets of the country. It is 

 not hardy in the North. Color, a rich purple, flowers fragrant, large 

 and double stems long. Price, plants specially prepared for winter 

 blooming, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 



LARGE^FLOWERING SINGLE VIOLET 



Princess of Wales. A grand variety; very large flowers and long items, 

 color a deep purple, intensely fragrant. This is a fine variety for cut 

 flowers. Price, plants from cold frames, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., 

 $10.00 per 100. 



