PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 13 



ANEMONE, pekpkt. 



Beautiful hardy perennial ; succeeds well in any light soil. Soak the seeds in moist 



earth until they begin to sprout, and then sow in a shady place. 

 Anemone Coronaria. Mixed colors, 1 ft 10 



ANTIRRHINUM MA J US (Snap Dragon.) 



One of the most useful summer and autumn flowering perennials, vieing with the 

 Carnation in the variety of their stripes and spots. 



Antirrhinum Majus Tom Thumb. Dwarf, very handsome, 1 ft 5 



Striatum. New striped, 1 ft 5 



Extra Fine Mixed. From named varieties 10 



ANGELONIA. 



Angelonia Grandiflora. A beautiful ornamental plant, forming elegant bushes 

 about eighteen inches in height, densely branched, terminated by long spikes 

 of thickly-set, haudsome, cup-shaped flowers, very fragrant, of a bright violet 

 color, spotted white. Although a perennial, it flowers the first season sown, 

 and blooms uninterruptedly through the summer months. It is an excellent 

 pot plant, and will flower in the green-house iu winter 25 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine.) 



An extremely showy genius of early summer blooming plants; their flowers being 



both in form and color strikingly beautiful. Hardy perennials. 



Aquilegia Alba Flore-Pleno. Pure white double, l| ft 10 



Durandi. Double red and white, striped, fine, 1£ ft . . , 10 



Glandulosa. Blue and white ; large and splend id 10 



Skinneri. Scarlet and yellow ; very beautiful, li ft 10 



Choice Mixed Double. All colors 10 



Mixed Single. All colors 5 



. ARABIS. 



A small early spring flowering plant, with pure white flowers : contrasting beau- 

 tifully with the yellow Alyssum. Hardy perennial. 

 Arabis Alpina. White, f f t 10 



ARISTOLOCHIA. 



A highly ornamental climbing plant with very curiously shaped flowers. Hardy 



perennial. 

 Aristolochia Sipho {Dutchman 's Pipe.) 30 ft. 15 



ASPERULA. 



A most profuse blooming hardy annual of dense habit, attaining an average growth 

 of oue foot. The flowers, which are a beautiful light blue, are very sweet 

 scented, and last a long while in perfection. 



Asperula Azurea Setosa. Blue, 1 ft 10 



ASTER. 



This splendid class of annuals is one of the most popular and effective of our gar- 

 den favorites, producing in profusion flowers of the most perfect and beautiful 

 form, as well as richness and variety of color. They delight in a rich, light soil, 

 and in hot, dry weather should be mulched well with rotted manure, and sup- 

 plied liberally with water. Half-hardy annuals. 



Aster, China. Fine mixed „ 5 



Reid's German Quilled. Flowers very double, of oval form, the petals 



have the appearance of quills or tubes, habit branching, with a profusion 



of blossoms, height from 1£ to 2 ft., finest mixed colors 10 



Truffaut's Paeony-Flowered. Very double, of fine form, round in shape, 



resembling a ball ; produces few side flowers, l-£ ft. in height, many colors 

 mixed 10 



Paeony-Flowered Perfection. Flowers large and double, the petals beau- 



tifully incurved, one of the best in every respect ; twenty beautiful colors 

 mixed 25 



Paeony-Flowered Globe. The earliest flowering variety, of branching 



habit ; flowers very double, fine mixed colors 10 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered. A splendid variety of dwarf compact 



habit, nine inches in height, flowers large and well refiexed, and produced 

 when other varieties are out of bloom 15 



Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet. Height from 12 to 15 inches, a very free bloom- 



ing variety, the flowers forming, when well grown, a complete bouquet, 



mixed colors 10 



— '— Crown, or Cocardeau. A very handsome variety, with large flowers, the 



centres of which are pure white, surrounded with many bright colors 10 



