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GENERAL LIST. 



PKT. 



ABRONIA umbellata, trailing annual, thriving 

 in dry situations; pink flowers in Verbena- 

 like trusses; height, J£ f t 05 



ABUTILON, choice mixed, of compact, bushy 

 growth; large bell-shaped flowers of various 

 colors; flowering in the house in winter or 

 the garden in summer; tender perennial; 



2 ft 10 



Giant-Flowering Hybrids. (See page 74) 25 



ACHILLEA ptarmica, fl. pi., double white flow- 

 ers, profusely borne summer and autumn; 

 hardy perennial; 1 to 2 ft 10 



ACONITUM, CLIMBING. (See page 74) 25 



ACONITUM Napellus (Monkshood), handsome, 

 hardy herbaceous plant, throwing bold 

 spikes of dark blue flowers in summer. 

 Effective in flower borders. Shrubberies 

 etc., height, 3 to 4 ft 10 



ACR0CL1N1UM. double mixed, fine "Ever-last- 

 ing" for winter bouquets, also a showy 

 garden annual; 1 ft 05 



ADLUMIA cirrhosa, hardy biennial climber, 

 known as "Mountain Fringe"; feathery 

 foliage, rose-colored flowers; 15 ft 10 



AFRICAN GOLDEN DAISY. (See page 74) 15 



AGERATUM Mexicanum, feathery flowers in 

 clusters, borne continuously; in pots in win- 

 ter or bedding out in summer. 



Tom Thumb white; U ft 30c. per oz.; .05 



" " blue; % ft 30c. per oz.; .05 



(For other kinds see page 74.) 



AGROSTEMMA Coronaria (Rose Campion). Ef- 

 fective herbaceous plants, of sturdy, branch- 

 ing growth. The silvery foliage contrasts 

 beautifully with the large, single, crimson 

 blossoms borne during June and July; 

 height, 2 to 2)4 ft 05 



ALYSSUM maritimum (Sweet Alyssuml, a favor- 

 ite annual for garden beds, edgings, etc.; 

 clusters of white flowers borne profusely 



throughout the season; % ft oz., 25c. .05 



Saxatile compacta, hardy, spring-blooming 



Alyssum with yellow flowers; % ft 05 



(For other kinds see page 74.) 



AMARANTHTJS caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding). 



rapid-growing garden annual with long, 



drooping crimson flower spikes; height, 3 ft. .05 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat), showy annual foliage 



plant for gardens; leaves red, yellow, green, 



etc.; 3 ft 05 



(For other varieties see page 75). 



AMPELOPSIS Veitchii (Boston or Japanese Ivy), 

 valuable hardy climber, clinging to wood, 

 stone or brick walls; dense ivy-green foliage, 

 changing to red in autumn; 30 ft 10 



ANCHUSA. (See page 75.) 



ANEMONE, St. Brigid. (See page 76) 10 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snap Dragons), showy garden 

 plants, flowering freely the first year from 

 seed; height, 2 to 3 ft. 



Ma jus, tall, mixed colors 05 



(For other kinds see page 75.) 



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ANNUALS attain full growth from seed, flower 

 and die in one year. 



BIENNIALS grow from seed one year, bloom and 

 die the next, though some varieties bloom the first 

 season when sown early. 



PERENNIALS last for several years, blooming an- 

 nually after the first season, though some varieties 

 will bloom the first season if sown early. 



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ARAB1S ALPINA. 



AQUILEGIA, or COLUMBINE, popular hardy 

 perennials for the garden, forming large per- 

 manent clumps; height, 1 to 3 ft. 



Double white (alba pi.) 05 



Grigor's glandulosa, blue and white; large 15 



Single, mixed colors 05 



Double-flowering, mixed colors 05 



(For other kinds see page 76. ) 

 ARABIS alpina (Rock Cress) a dwarf, hardy 

 plant producing in early spring masses of 

 small, white flowers. An effective com- 

 panion to the Golden Alyssum, etc.; height, 

 ?ift 10 



ARCTOTIS grandis. (See page 76) 10 



ARISTOLOCHLA sipho (Dutchman's Pipe Vine), 

 luxuriant, hardy climber; large leaves, mak- 

 ing dense shade; flowers yellow and brown, 

 mottled and curiously shaped; 30 ft 10 



ARMERLA formosa (Thrift), charming, hardy 

 plants forming cushion-like masses of ever- 

 green foliage; about 6 inches in height above 

 which is thrown large heads of rose-pink 

 flowers on stems 1 foot tall. Fine for 

 borders, rockwork, etc 10 



ARNEBIA cornuta, bushy garden annual; yel- 

 low flowers spotted black, borne freely all 

 summer; 2 ft 10 



ARTEMESIA argentea, a hardy plant of dwarf, 

 shrubby growth; cultivated for its silky- 

 white foliage which is effective in the mixed 

 border, or the plants may be kept cut down 

 to 6 inches in height for ribbon bedding; 

 1 ft 05 



ASPARAGUS verticillatus, hardy climber, with 



feathery foliage and scarlet berries; 10 ft. .10 

 Plumosus nanus, greenhouse climber w ith fern- 

 like foliage $1 .00 per 100 seeds . 25 



Sprengeri, decorative perennial for pots, vases, 

 etc.; drooping chenille-like fronds 4 ft. long. .10 



ASPERULA odorata (Sweet Woodruff), dwarf 



hardy plant, esteemed for its fragrance 05 



ASTERS, CHINA. (See pages 77 to 80.) 



ASTERS, HARDY or MICHAELMAS DAISIES. 

 (See page 76.) 



AURICULA, finest mixed (Primula auricula), 

 low-growing, spring-flowering plants for bor- 

 ders or pots; large single fragTant flowers 

 borne in clusters on 4 to 6 in. spikes 10 



BALLOON VINE, rapid-gTowing annual climber, 

 10 to 15 ft.; white flowers followed by bal- 

 loon-like seed pods 05 



BALSAM. (See page 81.) 



BAPTISIA australis (False Indigo), a hardy 

 perennial, with deeply cut. dark yreen 

 foliage; during June and July it bears showy, 

 dark blue flowers in long racemes. 2 ft . . .05 



BARTONIA aurea, >howy garden annual, 1 :':. 



high, with large single yellow Bowers 05 



BEAN, BUTTERFLY RUNNER 5.) .10 



BEGONIA SEED. (Ste pap - 



Rex, mixed varieties, ornamental foliage ot red, 

 gold, green, bronze, etc 



printed on all packets of Henderson's Flower Seeds. 



