PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OP SEEDS. 37 



HELENIUM. perpkt. 

 Helenium Doug-lasii. Showy yellow. Hardy annual, 3 ft 10 



HELIANTHUS (Sunflower.) 



Very handsome varieties of Sunflower, remarkable for their stately growth and 

 the brilliancy and size of their flowers. H. macrophyllus giganteus is a most 

 conspicuous plant, growing in a pyramidal form to an immense height. Hardy 

 annuals. 



Helia ithus Californicus. Extra large and double, 5 ft 5 



Globosus Fistulosus. Flowers very large, double and globular formed, of 



a bright rich saffron color, 6 ft 10 



■ Macrophyllus Giganteus. A large growing variety, of pyramidal form, 10 f . 10 



Oculatus Viridis. Densely double, with green centre 10 v 



HELICHRYSUM (Everlasting Flowers.) 



Exceedingly effective in the flower border, and indispensable for Winter bouquets, 

 for which cut before the blooms are expanded, and dry in the shade. Hardy 

 annuals. 



Helichrysum Brachyrynchum. Yellow, H ft 10 



Bracteatum. Yellow, 1| ft 5 



Album. White, 1£ ft 5 



Monstrosum. Finest double mixed, 2 ft 10 



Nanum. Dwarf, double mixed, 1 ft 10 



Finest Mixed. All colors 10 



HELIOPHILA. 



Heliophila Araboides. A very pretty little bright blue hardy annual, 1 ft 5 



HOLLYHOCK. 



The seed we offer of this noble flower has been saved from named varieties of 

 every known shade of color, and can be confidently recommended. Seed sown 

 in June or July will produce plants for blooming next summer. Hardy 

 perennial. 



Hollyhock. Extra choice double, finest mixed 25 



Fine Mixed. Good varieties 10 



HONESTY (Lunaria Biennis.) 



Interesting summer blooming plants, suitable for shrubberies or woodland walks. 



Hardy biennials. 

 Honesty. Mixed, 2 ft 5 



HUNNEMANNIA. 



A beautiful herbaceous plant, with handsome tulip-like flowers. Half-hardy 



perennial. 

 Hunnemannia Fumarisefolia. Yellow, 2 ft 10 



HUME A. 



An exeedingly beautiful and graceful plant, flowering in drooping pyramids of 

 innumerable ruby-red, grass-like florets, attaining, when well grown, a height 

 of eight feet. Invaluable as a decorative plant, either for the conservatory, or 

 in pots, distributed in the pleasure ground, on lawns, terraces, etc. Should be 

 grown in light rich soil. Half-hardy biennial. 



Humea Elegans. Red, from Australia, 8 ft 15 



ICE PLANT. 



A very singular dwarf trailing plant, much used for garnishing; the leaves and 

 stems are covered with crystaline globules, giving it the appearance of being 

 covered with ice. Half-hardy annual. 



Ice Plant. (Merembryanthemum Crystallinum.) From Greece, trailer 5 



1 BE IRIS (See Candytuft.) 

 INDIAN SHOT (See Carina.) 



INOPSEDIUM. 



An elegant little profuse-blooming plant, A'aluable for shady situations, in rockeries, 



or for edgings. Hardy annual. 

 Inopsidium Acaule. Sky-blue, \ ft _ 10 



