PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— PLANTS. 



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ADIANTUM CUNEATUM. 



ADIANTUM CUNEATUM. 



One of the most useful of all the f ems, We offer a fine stock 



at the following very low prices : 



Strong plants from 2 inch pots $3.50 per 100 



" " " 3 " 6.00 " 



" " " 4 " 12.00 



NEPHROLEPIS CORDATA COMPACTA. 



A more compact and erect variety than the "Boston Fern," 

 gracefully arching and very useful for decoration. 7 in pots. 

 $4.00 per doz.; 6 in. pots, $3.00 per doz ; 5 in. pots, 4CC each, $2.50 

 per doz.; 4-inch pots, Ir.jo per doz.; 3-inch pots, 75c per doz. ; 2- in. 

 pots, &3.00 per ico. 



BOSTON FERN. 



(Nephrolepis Bostonienais.) A very useful fern for 'pot 

 culture, keeps excellently in the house, very graceful and of great 

 use in decorating. From 6 in. pots, $6.co per doz. 5 in. pots, 

 I5.C0 per doz. 4 in. pots, $2.50 per doz. 



JAPANESE GLOBE FERN. 



A unique and handsome ornament for the greenhouse, conser 

 vatory or living room window. The Japanese prepare this by 

 fastening the rhizomes (creeping stems) of Davailia Bullata 

 around a ball of moss while in a dormant condition. When 

 wanted to grow they need only be immersed in water and hung 

 up, immersing them again at required intervals. Price, 50c each 

 $6.00 per doz. $40.00 per ico. 



NEW IIVKBII) GLOXINIAS. 



The handsomest of our summer-blooming plants, the rich and 

 varied coloring of the flowers, being beautiful in the extreme, 

 many of them beautifully speckled ; flowers three inches long by 

 two inches in diameter, upright and pendulous ; colors various 

 and exceedingly rich appearance. Price, $5.00 per ico. Bulbs 

 extra selected, one inch and over. 



BPECIAL. — Gloxinas in separate colors as follows : white, 

 red, violet, red white edge, and. violet white edge. Price, $6.00 

 per 100. All bulbs one inch and over. 



HENDERSON'S DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



This grand strain of Hollyhocks we have secured only after 

 years of careful selection. We grow annually thousands of these 

 and have for years selected those that show the most perfect form, 

 largest size and purest color. We offer the following colors : 

 Lavender. Apricot, Purple, Crimson, White, Yellow, Salmon, 

 Ma'oon, Rose. Price $6.00 per 100. 



SELAGNIELLA EMILIANA. 



The best species for filling jardinieres or growing as single 

 specimens, it is exceedingly ornamantal, Price, 3-inch. pots, 75c 

 per doz., $6.00 per 100 ; 2-inch pots 50c per doz., $3.00 per 100. 



LEMOINE'S GIANT HELIOTROPES. 



Efforts to improve the Heliotrope have been persistently made 

 by experts all over the world for a number of years, and at last 

 these efforts have been successful; realization has surpassed the 

 most ardent expectation. One can scarcely recognize the old 

 garden favorite in its new glorified form. The size of the foliage 

 and its quality are doubled: the habit of the plant is made com- 

 pact and bushy instead of being scraggy and sprawling; the size 

 of the flowers is magnified beyond belief, specimen heads mea- 

 suring ten to fifteen inches across. Price, 75c per doz. ; $5.00 

 per 100. 



MOON FLOWER VINES. 



The Moon Flower. So called from its rare peculiarity of 

 blooming best at night, although it also expands its flowers on 

 dull days. They are pure white, 5 to 6 inches across, emitting 

 a rich Jessamine like odor. Price. $4 co per 100. 



Blue Dawn Flower. Intense violet blue, with reddish purpls 

 rays, 6 inches across. It blooms in the morning and on cloudy 

 days. Price, $4.00 per ico. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE. 



A dwarf Orange, which bears a profusion of fragrant flowers 

 and edible fruit. One of the most effective plants (or the house. 

 Price, large plants, from 6 inch pots, $4.00 per doz. Young plants, 

 $8.00 per 100. 



LARGE FLOWERING PANSIES. 



We are growing this season a very fine strain of Pansy plants, 

 largely yellow, with a mixture of purple, blue, black, bronze, etc., 

 from seed of our own saving, and can unhesitatingly recommend 

 them either for winter or spring blooming. Price, transplanted 

 plants, $3.00 per 100. 



fleto (kind FIoWeM pelargonium, Henderson. 



A beautiful variety, bearing large trusses of rich lavender pink 

 flowers, the lower petals marked rich maroon. The coloring is 

 almost identical with the orchid, Cattleya triannae. The plant is 

 a remarkably free and vigorous grower, a very prolific bloomer, 

 and the color "takes on sight," so that it will be valuable for mar- 

 ket. It was raised by Mr. John Birnie, the florist in West Ho- 

 boken, N. J., exhibited by him before the New York Florists Club 

 last spring, and named by him then in honor of Mr. Alfred Hen- 

 derson. Price, $3.00 per doz.; $2c. co per 100. (See cut.) 



