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



POPPY 



PEK PKT. 



Plants with large and brilliantly colored flowers, growing freely in any common 

 soil, and {producing a large and effective display in large mixed borders and 

 shrubberies. Hardy annuals. 



Poppy, Carnation. Double mixed colors, 2 ft 5 



French. (Papaver Bhceas.) Ranunculus-flowered, double mixed, 2 ft 5 



Pseony-fiowered. Double, 2 ft : 5 



PORTULACA. 



These brilliant and popular hardy annuals are of the easiest culture, luxuriating in 

 an exposed, sunny situation, and producing throughout the summer their vari- 

 ous colored flowers in the greatest profusion. The double Portulaca is one of 

 the most showy and desirable novelties of recent introduction, and has proved 

 quite constant from seed. 



Portulaca Alba. Pure white 5 



Aurea. Golden yellow 5 



Aurantiaca. Orange 5 



Caryophylloid.es. Carnation-striped 5 



Rosea. Rose-colored 5 



Splendens. Crimson purple 5 



Thellusonii. Splendid scarlet 5 



Splendid Mixed. All colors „ 5 



GrandifLora Double. Finest mixed. These are unsurpassed for brilliancy 



by any annuals in cultivation. Nothing can exceed their refulgent splen- 

 dor when under the f nil blaze of the summer sun 25 



PRIMULA (Chinese Primrose.) 



One of the finest winter-blooming plants, indispensable for the decoration of the 

 green-house or conservatory. The great perfection to which these Primulas have 

 been brought, both in flower and foliage, and the variety of colors noiv obtained, render 

 them in attractiveness and value scarcely equaled by any class of plants. They 

 should be grown in every greenhouse. Our seed has been selected with great care, 

 and we can confidently recommend it. 



Primula Sinensis Fimbriata. Very choice mixed, from prize flowers ... 50 



Alba. Pure white 50 



Rubra. Red, very fine 50 



Striata. White, striped with red 50 



Kermesina Splendens. Bright carmine, with distinct yellow eye 50 



AlbaPlena. Double white 1 00 



Rubra Plena. Double red 1 00 



Double Mixed. Red and white 1 00 



The double varieties produce a large percentage of double flowers, and are superb. 

 Punctata Elegantissima. A beautiful new variety, flower deep vel- 

 vety crimson, strongly fringed, and regularly marked at the borders 



with small snow-white spots 1 00 



Filicifolia Alba. White, fern-leaved, very beautiful 50 



Rubra. Red, fern-leaved 50 



Japonica. {New Japanese Primrose.) 25 



PYRETHRUM. 



Very handsome and interesting herbaceous plants, succeeding in any garden soil. 



Hardy perennials. 

 Pyrethrum Carneum {Insect Powder Plant.) Flesh color, 2 ft 10 



Roseum. Light red, 2ft „, 10 



Hybridum Fl. PI. New varieties of this beautiful, hardy, herbaceous plant, 



saved from double flowers only, some of which equal in size and beauty 

 our best anemone-flowered Chrysanthemums 25 



Parthenifolium Aureum. ( Golden Feather.) 10 



RHODANTHE. 



These are some of the most delightful annuals ever introduced, valuable alike for 

 the decoration of the conservatory and flower garden ; they are among the 

 handsomest everlasting flowers for winter bouquets. Succeed best in light, 

 rich soil, and a warm, sheltered situation. Half-hardy annuals. 



Rhodanthe Atrosang-uinea. Dark purplish crimson, very brilliant 10 



Maculata. Bright rosy crimson, with yellow disk 10 



Alba. Pure silvery white, very beautiful 10 



Mang"lesii. Bright rose, with silvery calyx 10 



