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



ACROCLINIUM. perpkt. 



One of the best of the everlasting flowers, very extensively used for winter bou- 

 quets, for which purpose the flowers should be cut before they are fully ex- 

 panded. Half-hardy annuals. 



Acroclinium Album. Pure white, 1 ft 10 



Roseum. Bright rose, 1 ft .... 10 



ADONIS. 

 Showy hardy annuals, lasting a long time in bloom. 



Adonis -ZEstivalis. Scarlet, 1 ft 5 



Autimmalis. Crimson, 1 ft 5 



ADLUMIA. 

 A beautiful climbing plant of graceful habit. Hardy annual. 



Adlumia Cirrhosa, {Mountain Fringe.) White, 15 in 10 



ACERATUM. 

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

 mer, and if lifted and potted in the fall, and placed in the parlor or green- 

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

 annuals. 



Ageratum Mexicanum. Lavender blue, 1 ft 5 



Nanum, Blue, pretty dwarf variety 5 



Album. White, 15 in 10 



Nanum. Dwarf, white, 8 in 10 



AGROSTEMMA. 



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

 garden soil. 



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



Caeli Alba. Pure white. 1 ft 5 



Rosea. Rose, very pretty, 1 ft 5 



ALONSOA. 



Very free-blooming bedding plant, flowering all summer. Half-hardy annuals. 



Alonsoa GrandifLora. Bright scarle^ , 1£ 10 



Warscewiczii. Crimson, 1£ r 10 



ALYSSUM. 



Very pretty little plants for edging or rock- work, 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 



"Wiersbeckii. White and yellow. Hardy perennial 10 



AMARANTHUS. 



A very 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 Atropurpureus. Bright blood-red drooping flower spikes, 6 ft 10 



Bicolor Ruber. A beautiful variety ; foliage green and dark red, tipped with 



yellow, 3 to 4 ft 10 



Hypochondriachus ( Prin ce's Feather). Crimson, 3 ft « . . 5 



Thorleyii. (See novelties.) 25 



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



Melancholious Ruber. Foliage blood-red ; well adapted for ribbon belts or 



groups, H ft 10 



Salicifolius. (Fountain Plant). This beautiful variety attains a height of 



from four to six feet, and is of a compactly-branched and pyramidal growth. 

 The leaves are willow-shaped, elongated, linear, and wavy, from 7 to 15 

 inches in length, which by their drooping outline present a very elegant 

 and effective appearance. In the later stages of growth, the leaves are 

 brilliantly banded and tipped with orange, carmine, and bronze 15 



AMMOB1UM. 



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 



ANAGALLIS. 



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

 hardy annuals. 



Anagaliis Grandincra Coerulea. Large, sky-blue, j- f t 10 



Sanguinea. Bright ruby, beautiful, •£ ft 10 



