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PETER HENDERSON ftCO., MEW YORK- 





HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN OPEN BORDERS, 

 -CEMETERY PLOTS. ETC. = 



This class of plants is fast attaining popularity, and to meet the growinK demand we offer this choice selection of sorts, which contains only such as ex- 

 hibit the greatest contrast of color with profusion of bloom. They flower at different periods and vary in natural height. Other hardy plants. Chrysanthemums. 

 Ferns, Iris, Lily of the Valley, Paeonies, Phloxes, Pinks, Violets, etc., are in this catalogue, see index. XOTE. — Those marked * are suitable for shady places. 



Varieties. 



♦Aconitum napellus (Monkshood) 20c. 



Achillea, " The Pearl " 



tomentosa ( Downy Y'arrow) . . 



Adonis vernalis (Spring Adonis) 



*Aegopodium podograria var 



Ajuga reptans rubra (Dark Foliage) . . . 

 Alstromeria Chiliensis (Chilian Lily) . . 



Alyssum saxatile (Golden Tuft) 



Anchusa Italica ( Dropmore variety) 25c 

 Anemone Japonica alba 



" " rubra 



" " Whirlwind 



" " Prince Henry 20c. , 



♦ " Pennsylvanica 



" Queen Charlotte 



Anthemis tinctoria l Yellow Chamomile) 



♦Anthericum (5/. Bruno's Lily) 



*Aquilegia (Columbine) 



Arabis albida (Rock Cress) 



Armeria maritima (Sea Pink) 



♦Artemisia abrotanum (Old Man)... 

 Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower) . 

 Aster Novae- AnglaeCiVcOT EnglandAster) 



" rubra (Rosy Aster) 



Baptisia Australis (Blue False Indigo) . . 

 ♦Bocconia cordata (Tree Calandine) . . . 

 Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) . 



" latisquama 



Callirhoe involncrata(CreepingMallow) . 

 Campanula (Canterbury Bells) 



" persicifolia. Blue and white 



" carpatica. Blue and white. 



Cassia Marilandica (.American Senna). 



Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) 



♦Chelone glabra alba. 20c. each 



Clematis Davidiana (Bush Clematis) . . . 

 " recta (Bush Clematis) 25c. ■ .. 



Coreopsis lanceolata 



rosea (Rosy Coreopsis) 



Delphinium chinensis. Blue and white. 



" formosum (S/ii^ Lorfespwr). 



" hybridum 



" Sulphureum. 35c 



Desmodium penduliflorum. 25c 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) 10c. 



" latifolius atrococcineus. 

 ♦Dicentra eximia(PlumyBleedingHeart) 



♦ " spectibilis (Bleeding Heart.)20c 

 Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 



alba " 



♦Digitalis (Foxglove) 



Doronicum excelsum. 20c. each 



Eringeum amaethystinum (Sea Holly) 

 Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root) 



" celestinum 



Euphorbia coroUata (Flowering Spurge) 

 ♦Funkia undulata media 



♦ " subcordata (Day Lily) 20c. . 

 Gaillardia grandiflora (.Aurora Flower) 

 Geranium sanguinea (Hardy Geranium) 

 ♦Glechoma (^'arieented Ground Ivy). . . 

 Gypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath) . 

 Helenium autumnale (Sneeze Weed) 



Height. 



.3 ft. 



IV •■ 



1 " 



1 " 



6 in. 



6 " 



2 to 3 ft. 



1 ft. 



4 " 



2 " 



2 " 



2 " 



2 " 



1 " 



2 " 



1 " 



3 " 



14 " 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



3 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



6 ft. 



4 " 



5 " 



4 in. 



2 ft. 



2 " 



Sin. 



4 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



U " 



1 ■' 



1* " 



3 •■ 



•? " 



4 " 



4 " 



H ■■ 



9 '• 



1 " 



■5 .. 



,-> .. 



2 ■' 



3 to 5 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



9 " 



1 " 



2 " 



9 " 



n " 



14 " 



6 in. 



2Ht. 



5 ft. 



Color. 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Variegated 



Blue 

 Orange 

 Yellow 



Blue 

 White 



Red 

 White 



Pink 

 White 



Pink 



Yellow 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rose 



Fragrant 



Orange 



Purple 



Rose 



Blue 

 Cream 

 White 



Pink 

 Crimson 

 Assorted 



Yellow 



Red 

 White 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Rose 



Blue 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Carmine 



Assorted 



Crimson 



Rose 



Pink 



Red 



White 



Assorted 



Orange 



Blue 



White 



Blue 



White 



Variegated 



White 



Orange 



Crimson 



Blue 



White 



Yellow 



Time of Bloom 



Sept. 



All Summer 



Summer 



May 



Foliage 



Summer 



All Season 



Early Spring 



All Summer 



Fall 



Spring 

 Aug. to Nov. 

 July to Nov. 



Summer 



Early Summer 



May 



Spring 



Foliage 



June 



Fall 



Early Summer 



Summer 



All Summer 



All Season 



Early Summer 



June and July 



Summer 



July 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and July 

 All Season 



Summer 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and July 



All Season 



Summer 



Spring 

 Summer 



July and Aug. 



All Season 



July, Aug. 



Summer 



Foliage 



Summer 



June to Nov. 



All Season 



Summer 



Fall 



Varieties. 



Helenium grandicepbalum striatum. . . . 



pumilum magnificum. 20c. 



Heliantbus Maximilianii 'Sunflower). . . 



multiflorus (Z^ouWc " )... 



Heliopsis Pitcherianus " . . . . 



Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily) . ■ . 



flava ( Yellow Day Lily) . 



Heuchera sanguinea (Alum Root) 



Hibiscus (Crimson Eye). (.Mallow) . ■ . 



Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft) 



*Incarvillea Delavayi. 20c 



Liatris pycnostachya (Gay Feather)... . 



*Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). . 



Lychnis i Double Rose. Ragged Robin) . . 



" chalcedonica (.Maltese Cross).. . 



" splendens (Double Ragged Robin) 



♦Lysimachja (Moneywort). 10c 



clethroides. (Loose strife). 

 Lythrum roseum supeTbum( Loosestrife) 



Mertensia Virginica (Lungwort) 



Monarda didyma (Oswego Tea) 



Oenothera ¥ra.zeTU( Dwarf DayPrimrose) 



" Missouriensis(£z'fHi>ig Primrose) 



Papaver bracteatum (Oriental Poppy) . 



Orientale (Oriental Poppy) . . . 



*Pardanthus (Blackberry Lily) 



Pentstemon barbatus (var. Torreyii) . ■ 



Phlox subulata ( '\!oss Pink) 



alba 



Physostegia Virginica 



Platycodon grandiflorum (Bell Flower) 

 Plumbago larpentae (Blue Leadwort) . . 

 Polemonium ceruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 



Polygonum compactum 



Pyrethrum hybridum (Persian Daisy). 



uliginosum (Giant Daisy) . . 



Rhexia Virginica (.Meadow Beauty').. . 



Rudbeckia fulgida (Brilliant Cone 



Flower) 



" purpurea (Purple Cone Flower) . 



" speciosa (Cone Flower) 



Salvia azurea grand (Meadow Sage). ■ 

 *Saxifraga Crassifolia (Rock Saxifrage) . 

 Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa)2Cc 

 Sedum spectabilis atropurpureum (Giant 



Stone Crop) 20c. each . 



Solidago Canadensis (Golden Rod). 



♦Spirea filipendula (Dropwort) 



* " palTiati (Palmala Spirea) . 



Stichys lanati (d^hite Foliage) 



Statice latifolia (Hardy Everlasting) 20c. 



StDkesii cvanea (Stoke' s Aster) 



ThalictruTi aiuilegifolium 



♦Tradescantia Virginica (Spider Wort). 

 *rricvrtus hirti nigra (Toad Lily) 20c 

 TroUius Eur^oaeus (Globe Flower) 20c 

 Valeriana officinalis (Hardy Garden 



Helio'rope) 



Veronica subsessilis (Speedwell) 



spicata 



alba 



♦Vinca minor (Creeping Myrtle) ■ 

 Yucca filamentosa (.Adams' Needle) 



Height. 



4 to 6 ft. 

 1 " 



3 •' 



4 ■' 

 3 " 



1 " 



2 to 3 ft. 

 lift. 



2 in. 



2 ft. 



3 " 



2 " 

 14 ■' 



1 " 



4 " 



3 " 

 3 " 



3 •■ 



4 •■ 



in. 

 6 " 

 3 ft. 



2 to 3 ft. 



1 " 

 1 " 



14 " 



14 " 



3 



5 



1 

 1 

 1 



U 

 5 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 2 



U 



25 " 



2 ■• 



3 " 

 3 " 



h " 

 5 to 8 ft. 



Color. 



Orange 

 Yellow 



Orange 



Yellow 



Red 



White 



Rose 

 Carmine 



Red 



Rose 

 Scarlet 



Red 

 Yellow 

 White 



Rose 



Blue 

 Crimson 

 YeUow 



Blood-Red 



Scarlet 



Orange 



Scarlet 



Pink 



White 



Pink 



Assorted 



Purple 



Blue 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rosy-Purple 



Orange 



Red-Purple 



Orange 



Skv-Blue 



Pink 



Lilac 



Rosy-crimson 



Yellow 



White 



Rose 



Purple 



Deep Blue 



Blue 



Purnlish 



Purple 



Snotted 



Yellow 



Rose-pink 

 Blue 



White 

 Blue 



Time of Bloom. 



July and Aug. 



Summer 



November 



All Season 



Summer 



All Summer 



Aug. to Oct. 



Spring 



Summer 



Aug. and Sept. 



Aug. to Oct. 



All Season 



June and July 



Summer 

 July to Sept- 



May and June 



Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



Aug. Sept. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Summer 



June to Aug. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Aug. and Sept. 



Summer 



July to Sept. 



Late Summer 



September 



All Season 



Summer 



Aug. and Sept. 



Spring 



All Summer 



Late Fall 



Fall 

 Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



Fall 

 May to Aug. 



Summer 



August 



All Summer 



Spring 

 July. Aug. 



Price for any of the above, exceot where specially priced. 15c. each, S1.50 per 

 when the order is being filled, Sl.OO per doz., tS.OO per 



doz., 

 100. 



SIO.OO per 100, buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection. 

 Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



to be madt 



