From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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Achillea The Pearl 



1012 A greatly improved variety of the old hardy garden favorite A. Ptarmica fl. pi. .jffl B^^^^^* 



•The Pearl produces much larger and more fully double pure white flowers which -^^^bT ' * 



are borne in large clusters on long stems. It grows about 2 feet high and is lit- ^ 9 



erally covered with these snowy blossoms from spring until frost. Splendid Bsfy^TM > 



cut flower for vases. Although a perennial it will flower freely the first A^ J/L\ ■ 9tL 



season if the seed is sown early. (See illustration\ Pkt. 15c. « - ~-4 - 



Aconitum NapelluS (Monkshood) 



1016 Handsome, hardy herbaceous plant, throwing bold spikes of dark blue _*^ / 



flowers in summer. Effective in hardv flower borders, shrubberies, etc.; JH r s —iJb + A 



height. 3 to 4 feet Pkt. 10c. H^ r% #_•■] 



Acroclinium, Double Mixed f 



Br 

 1020 Free summer-flowering annual plants for garden decoration; the flowers • »• 



dry as "Everlastings" for winter bouquets. Acrocliniums are also grown 

 as pot plants for market in European cities — in full bloom the plants are WM 



showy and effective — and will stand a lot of abuse on account of the lasting VBj ^>^^» A 



quality of the flowers. Grows to a height of 1 foot Pkt. 10c. ^| Sk 



Ageratum ^ = i- J^ 



Dwarf compact-growing plants, 6 to 12 inches high, flowering freely throughout the ^^B \% T^* 



season from spring-sown seed. Splendid for bedding, edgings or pots. • Bmt' «^a Sli 



1 032 Little Dorrlt Blue Pkt. 10c. 2S i// 



1 034 Little Dorrlt White Pkt. 10c. ^^^ Wt \f t 



1036 Blue Perfection. Large heads of deep amethyst-blue flowers; plant very even ^^■•■b^b^s*^^^ 



in growth, about 8 inches high. (See illustration.) - . 



, „,. k, «, . > „ p " h T seeds ; 2Sc ", I' , ,0c ; Amaranthus 



1038 Blue Star. A tiny and compact variety, only 4 to 5 



inches high, densely covered with light blue flowers. 1 hese robust annuals, including "Love-Lies-Bleeding," "Joseph's Coat," etc., 



Pkt. 25c. attain a height of from 4 to 6 feet; are very showy and effective garden plants. 



1039 Snowball. Large clusters of pure white flowers. 1072 Abyssinian. This giant "Love-Lies-Bleeding" has light green foliage, 



Per 1,000 seeds, 25c.i Pkt. 10c. veined and shaded rose, and pendent chenille-Tike tassels of red. measur- 

 ing up to 2 feet in length and borne in clusters Pkt. 10c. 



jk l C j. 1073 Aurora. The plant is clothed from ground to tip with long, arching 



/\1 VSSUm, ijWCet leaves; colored rich green and bronze at the base; the foliage brightening 



•f toward the top into rose-yellow, red and green Pkt. 10c. 



1052 "Carpet of Snow." (A. Compacta Procuntbens.) This • 1075 Cauda cus. (Love-Lies-Bleeding.) Rapid-growing garden annual with 



new variety is pure white and grows only 2 to 3 inches lon 8. drooping crimson flower spikes; height 3 feet Pkt. 10c. 



high and flowers profusely; in fact, it is a perfect carpet 1077 Oriflamme. A strikingly showy new variety of branching, pyramidal 

 of snow throughout the season. We have counted as growth about 5 feet high. It is well clothed with large leaves of glossy- 

 many as 300 heads of pure white flowers open on one plant maroon while the central and side branches are all topped with bright 



at one time. For edging and bedding this is a very satis- scarlet leaves Pkt 10c. 



factory little annual Per )4 oz.. SOc.j Pkt. 10c. 



1054 Maritimum. The well-known Sweet Alyssum; white AmmnKllirrl A I a turn 



flowers borne profusely; H loot. Per ft oz., 28c.i Pkt. 10c. i-lllHHUUlUlll riiaiUUl 



1056 Tom Thumb or Little Gem Sweet Alyssum. (A. 1079 Valuable white Everlasting. The fully expanded flower has a yellow 



Benthami Compactum Erectum.) One of the finest for center. If sown in April or May and treated as a hafdy annual the plants 



edgings and low beds; H foot . . Per M oz., 40c; Pkt. 10c. bloom freely the same year. Height 2 l A feet Pkt. 10c. 



105 7 Alyssum, Hardy Saxatlle Compacta. A beautiful • • , lr i, | d 



• Iwarf hardy perennial for spring beds or edging a flower A m rtf I r»r»C;i c Vpitrhll 



border. Popularly known as "The Basket of Gold." The „r» ^ ,! ^ f CHUIU 



(lowers are produced in large clusters and are of a deep "K/\et/trt *■»»• ** Tn*^«n I.nr" 



pure yellow; % foot Pkt. 15c. DOSIOll Or japaillVy 



1082 A valuable climber. Entirely hardy in the most exposed places, often 

 ...irm.,«a,-.' .-^^fr. ■ attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet in two or three years from seed, cling- 



ing to stones, Drick or wood work with the greatest tenacity. It is a 

 . H great protection to walls, etc., as the leaves lapping over each other, 



. ; *i shed rain. For covering dead trees, gate posts, boundary walls, etc., 



it has no equal. In the summer the foliage is a rich shade of green, but 



c in the fall it assumes the most gorgeous tints of scarlet, crimson and 



* oTl ^ *** orange Pkt . 10c. 



&» ^ ^ J W>/" Anchusa Italica 



' ^C^ ^ -■ ifl ijl. rp» s|» 1087 "Dropmore" variety.- A fine, large, hardy, herbaceous plant; 4 to 5 



•k ^f f . r feet high. This new "Dropmore" variety is a great improvement on the 



t.. ,;.• ' ^f£JcL •' ^ '' type, the beautiful Forget-Mc-Nol-like flowers being much larger than 



. v j» v ' ~^Br4baT' •- to \ others and of a -lovely Gentian blue, produced in long, loose spravs 



JWDf '"•'•^Bi«m* C -i Invaluable for the hardy border, as flowers are produced during the 



** *l^r^Hi Hfc. iLU. ^/W entire season and until late in the fall Pkt. 15c. 



*?*"' MP^^J.! Bfcr^ Anemone 



i2p~ -l_. ^^^BlSSPi- •» xJP^-^Bb^^" A 1092 St. Briifid. These beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered varieties are 



^bi^Mfflto-^^^V \, . '► £■ ^ffiS^\^^- y B^lfa rD hardy perennials flowering from seed the second year and there- 



^ H£ -"" j Kj. , '^iki^^BW after. Produce in abundance large single, semi-double and double 



\S \£r- ' JT^ ■ t *i* ^Tfc»l flowers 3 to 5 inches across, in an endless variety of colors, from 



^f aV Hkf "* ^t IlV" ■J'JB maroon and brightest scarlet to flesh-pink and from lilac to purple. 



W , "•»• J^^B^k -^ Jj^>.. .atV *\^_*. sBf Some are mottled, striped, ringed, etc. For cutting they are un- 



^m£ t^ft* IbKfl ' ... surpassed and in the garden they flower until after frost. Anemone 



V - ^^^^■■, r ' M^^Hafl Bw^a^Bty-' ^^ see s h° u 'd be gently rubbed with sand or fine, friable soil, and 



^yEn^Jl IRt^^bWAMbIbBII^^V B^nPllBvoU^ both seed and sou may be thinly sown over the bed. which, as a fin- 



^MbTi^^Tv'T l" • fHK^^T* F-^jI ish> should be lightly beaten with the back of a spade. The situa- 



^y^YiXr °>fc.*". t fz j^fp >fWI «^k^/^«B«F* ' lon mus t be shaded from direct sunshine, and frequent watering will 



^ ■.Vp ilTlJrNa'i'; U&l^m mK ^^ ■ , nec essary. From seed sown in January or February' under glass the 



VflBllr' V !■»*•-. ^^botB^vSV^b. plants should begin to bloom in September or October of the same year. 



Wm& ^^Fm\V ^^^^bW. ^ an " con tinuc to flower until the following June. Seed may also be 



^ ' V kaaM 1 3?v. -y, -^ A 1 sown in June or July for plants to bloom in the succeeding vear 



" Pkt. 15c. 



Your dream garden of Hardy Perennials from seed can be realized now by planting the Collection of 17 Perennials shown in 



colors on back cover. 



