PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



CENTAUREA, White-Leaved (Dusty Miller) (Perennial) 



Extensively used for ribbon beds, edgings, etc.; the foliage is silver-gray. 

 1832 Candidissima. Compact plants, silvery leaves; 1 foot. . .Per 500 seeds, 75c; Pkt. 10c 

 1834 Gymnocarpa. Graceful arching silver-gray leaves; 1J-S feet. Per 500 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS (Annual) 



Or Imperial Sweet Sultan (.See Colored Plate Page 70) 



These beautiful giant-flowering "Sultans" produce long-stemmed, exquisitely fringed blos- 

 soms 3 to 4 inches across, of graceful effect, and are delightfully fragrant. The colors vary, 

 some having centers of a different color, as violet with white center, etc. The plants are of the 

 easiest culture, flowering freely in the garden the first summer from seed sown in the spring. 

 They are of strong, bushy form, 2 to 3 feet high. (See illustration.) 



1838 Chameleon. Bright yellow flowers Per 500 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c 



1842 Favorita. Brilliant, rose-colored flowers Per 500 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c 



1844 Graziosa. Deep lilac Per 500 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c 



1846 Margaritae. Satiny-white flowers Per 500 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c 



1848 Splendens. Rich, dark purple Per 500 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c 



1850 Mixed Colors Per 500 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c 



1851 Collection of the above 5 separate varieties Pkt. 40c 



CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer) (Perennial) 



1858 Tomentosum. A procumbent hardy perennial, having white foliage and a profusion 

 of small white flowers. Very pretty as an edging plant Pkt. 15c 



CHEIRANTHUS ALLIONI or Siberian Wallflower (Perennial) 



'860 A fine variety of hardy perennial Wallflower having bright orange-colored flowers, with 

 dark green foliage; a splendid plant for rock gardens. (See illustration.) Pkt. 15c 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (Annual) (See Colored Plate Page 68) 



These improved varieties form bushy, compact, oval plants about 18 inches high, are of easy 

 cultivation, and flower most abundantly during the summer; very showy garden annuals and 

 fine for cutting as the stems are stiff and long and they keep fresh for a long time in water. 



(See illustration.) 



Double-Flowering Varieties 



1862 Golden Queen. Double golden Pkt. 10c 



1864 Inodorum Snowball. A great advance in this useful type; large, densely double flowers 



of purest white, borne freely; fern-like foliage, fine cut flower Pkt. 10c 



1866 White Pearl. Double white flowers Pkt. 10c 



I87p Mixed Double Annual Varieties Pkt. 10c 



1880 Lorenz's Double Fringed, Mixed Pkt. 10c 



Single-Flowering Varieties 



1882 Evening Star. Sheeted with large, single, golden-yellow flowers Pkt. 10c 



1884 Morning Star. Large, cream-yellow flowers, profuse Pkt. 10 c 



1886 North Star. Single giant flowers of white, with a soft yellow zone contrasting effectively 

 against the bold black disk Pkt. 10c 



1888 Nivellii. This new annual Marguerite Chrysanthemum Nivellii produces shrubby plants 

 V/i feet high covered with pure yellow flowers, each 3 to 4 inches in diameter. If sown 

 in the open during April and May it produces a large number of long stalked flowers 

 highly adapted for cutting in July and August Pkt. 25c 



1890 Mixed Single Annual Varieties Pkt. 10c 



CHRYSANTHEMUM, Single Hardy (Perennial) 



1896 Shasta Daisy. This great white California Daisy — -a creation of Mr. Luther Burbank's 

 — produces, when well-grown, magnificent pure white flowers 4 inches or more across, 

 on stems I'A to 2 feet in length. The plants, 2 to 2 l /i feet in height are hardy perennials 

 and flowers in profusion Pkt. 15c 



1898 Shasta Daisy "Conqueror." This is the largest flowering type that has yet been 

 developed. We feel confident that this variety cannot be surpassed for its free blooming 

 qualities or size of flowers (See illustration.) Pkt. 25c 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA (Perennial) 



Magnificent plants for spring decoration in the conservatory or window garden. The flowers 

 cover the plant with a sheet of bloom. Colors: White, blue, violet and crimson shades. 



1920 Large-flowering. Choicest Mixed Pkt. 25c 



1925 Matador. A large flower of brilliant scarlet red Pkt. 50c 



1930 Miniature Hybrids. (Cineraria Hybrida Nana.) A pretty, tiny race. The plants 

 rarely exceed 8 inches in height. The flowers are small, but many in number and gay 



in color making large heads particularly charming Pkt. 25c 



1935 Star. (Cineraria Slellata Hybrids, Improved.) Tall pyramidal plants, bearing quan- 

 tities of medium-sized star-like flowers in immense umbels; an exceedingly decorative 

 pot plant. Colors: White, rose, red, carmine and blue. Offered in mixed colors. 

 Pkt. 25c 



