Peter Henderson & Co., New York.— Flower Seed Novelties. 



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A FEW... 



Flower Seed 



J^ ovelties and Specialties. 



For a complete Alphabetical Price List of Flower Seeds, see pages 40 to 46. 



ANTIRRHINUM, 



LITTLE BO-PEEP. 



This Is one of the best of garden plants ; of healthy, bushy, compact habit, 

 not over 6 inches high ; splendid for edgings or low beds. For pot culture it is of 

 scarcely less value. Seeds sown early in the spring will produce plants that will be 

 fairly smothered with bloom all summer loDg. There are several beautiful colors : 

 white, crimson, yellow, rose, pink, striped, etc. Mixed colors, per pkt., 25c. 



NEW SWEET ALYSSUM, 



CARPET OF 

 SNOW." 



This new variety emits the same honey-like perfume as the old-fashioned Sweet 

 Alyssum, is of purer white, and grows only 2 to 3 inches high and flowers so pro- 

 fusely that it forms a perfect carpet of snow throughout the season. We have 

 counted as many as 300 heads of snow-white flowers open on one plant at one time 

 For edgings and bedding this is a highly satisfactory little annual. Per pkt., 10c 



ANTIEBHIXUM, "LITTLE BO-PEEP. 



MIONON ASTERS. 



borne with an indescribable grace. 



JAPANESE TASSEL ASTER. 



BRANCHING ASTERS. 



A fine new class. The plants are semi-dwarf and bear 40 to 50 beau- 

 tifully shaped very double flowers with deeply imbricated petals, 

 (See cut.) Mixed colors, per pkt., lOc. 



This new type of Aster is strikingly distinct. 

 The flowers are of immense size, measuring 5 to 6 

 inches across, with long petals curiously twisted and curled, giving them the appearance of the most disheveled 

 Japanese Chrysanthemum. The plant is vigorous, growing about 15 inches high, well branched and bearing a 

 number of these enormous flowers. Per pkt., 25c. 



NEW LATE- 

 BLOOMING 



Large flowers, 4 inches across, are very double, and being borne on unusually long stems they very grace- 

 fully lend themselves to artistic arrangement in vases. The fact that they bloom so late, commencing with 

 us about the first of September and continuing until killed by frost, renders these Asters of exceptional value. 

 The plants are luxuriant growers, 2 feet high. 

 The following beautiful colors we offer separate: 

 Pure White, Shell Pink, Crimson, Pur- 

 ple, at 15c. per packet or 1 pkt. 



each of the 4 for 50c. Mixed (C^KV'i <M%££$&£&Q! : ^l 



colors, per pkt., 15c. 



NEW BALSAMS. 



Five of the Most Beautiful 

 Varieties in the World. 



Pkt. 

 White Perfection, The fin- 

 est pure white grown ; flowers 

 unusually large and double.. 10> 

 La Malmaison. Magnificent, 

 large double blush pink flowers, with a satiny sheen in the sunlight as if sprinkled with dia- 

 mond dust 10 



Bloodstone. The grandest scarlet Balsam we ever saw ; rich dark blood-scarlet, large, dou- 

 ble and full 10- 



Speckled Beauty. A charming variety ; big double flowers of snow-white, speckled with 



minute drops of fire-red 10 



Brimstone. Large double flowers of sulphur yellow 10 



GIANT FLOWERING gjggg CANDYTUFT. 



(Iberis umbellata nana compacta hybrida grandiflora.) 

 In traveling through the great seed-growing districts of Europe last season, we heard of something 

 wonderful in the way of Candytufts that were being raised by an old and celebrated grower. We 

 paid him a visit and were surprised and delighted to find that he had worked up a strain by hybrid- 

 ization, intelligent selection and scientific culture that eclipsed any Candytufts we had ever before 

 seen. They were of the nana compacta or Tom Thumb class, forming bushy plants, compact and 

 very uniform, averaging about 6 inches high. He had increased the size of the individual florets as 

 well as the whole head of bloom to nearly double the size of the old varieties, and besides had suc- 

 ceeded in securing several new and exquisite shades and colors. We counted fifteen different 

 varieties, and specially noted a light pink, deep rose shaded, lavender, bright crimson, salmon red, flesh 

 color, bright blue, heliotrope striped white, and rich violet. The pure white was especially fine in sizeand 

 purity of color. We purchased the entire crop from him at a high price and put it into one grand mixture. 

 Seed sown in the open ground in spring will produce plants that will flower from early summer throughout 

 the entire season. For low beds, edgings and general garden decoration, or even potculture.this new Giant 

 Flowering Candytuft is destined to become universally popular on account of its long-continued and profuse 

 bloom, great variety of colors, immense heads of flowers and extreme ease of culture. (See cut.) 25c. pkt. 



All Flower Seeds offered in this Catalogue delivered Free to any post office in the United States. 



