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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 



PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS /or SUMMER SOWING 



(.CONTI.WED) 



DIGITALIS or Foxglove. Gloxinia-Flowered. 



Spikes, 4 to 5 feet high, well furnished with large Gloiinia-like flowers 

 of various colors. Pkt. 



White, spotted 10 Purple, spotted 10 



Lilac, spotted 10 Rose, spotted 10 



Mixed colors. (Gloxinoides) 10 



Grandiflora. Yellow. Very charming flowers of soft chrome-yellow 



on 3-foot spikes 10 



Monstrosa. Long spikes of large flowers, the striking feature of this 

 strain is the enormous bell-shaped blossom that tops each spike of 

 flowers. Mixed colors 15 



GAILLARDIA Giant Hardy Hybrid. The flowers often 4 to 5 inches 

 across, and very highly colored, as scarlet with gold edge, blood-red 

 with yellow edge, yellow with orange disk, golden with scarlet bor- 

 der, pure yellow, fiery-crimson and many others. Mixed colors 10 



GYPSOPHILA Paniculata. A favorite hardy perennial, the feathery 



foliage and white flowers are largely used in making bouquets. Pkt. .10 

 Double-flowering {G.panicxdala fl. pi.). A new type bearing racemes 

 of double white flowers which last long in perfection; .50% will come 

 double, the balance single-flowering plants 25 



HOLLYHOCK Hardy Double. Grand summer and autumn flowering 

 plants, bearing long spikes of double flowers 3 to 4 inches across. 

 Hardy biennials .5 to S ft high. 



Double Canary-yellow 10 



•• Crimson 10 Double Pink 10 



" Lavender 10 " Purple 10 



'• Maroon 10 " White 10 



•-' White Violet Center 10 



Extra Choice Double Mixed. From named varieties. 500 seeds, oOc . .10 

 Imported Collections of Double Hardy Hollyhocks. 6 separate colors, .40 

 12 separate colors 7oc. 



Single-flowering Hollyhocks, mixed colors, 500 seeds, 35c 10 



Allegheny Hollyhocks. Mixed colors. Semi-double fringed flowers. 

 500 seeds, 50c 10 



HIBISCUS, Hardy Varieties (Marsh Mallows). These are sho\vj- hardy 

 bushy plants. 3 feet high, bearing immense bowl-like flowers often 

 6 inches across. 



Giant Rainbow. .A. grand hardy perennial shrub, groning from 5 to 6 

 feet high, producing beautiful single flowers 6 to S inches in diameter, 

 the colors range from white and pink to many shades of red and crim- 

 son, which we offer in mixture. Pkl 15 



LATHYRUS Latifolius, Hardy Everlasting Peas. These climb 6 to 8 

 feet high when trained on a trellis; the flowers are borne in large 

 clusters. 



Red 10 



White Pearl. Large pure white flowers 10 



Mixed colors 10 



LUNARIA Biennis or "Honesty." Hardy biennial especially useful in 

 shady, damp places: the flowers of purple, crimson or white are fol- 

 lowed by silverj- transparent seed pods: height, 2 feet. Mixed colors .10 



LOBELIA, Hardy. Tall, hardy perennials with long spikes of brilliant 



flowers. They thrive in shady situations; 2 to 4 feet. Mixed colors. .25 

 Cardinalis. (Cardinal Flower.) Long spikes of intense scarlet flowers .25 



LUPINIJS, New Hardy Hybrids. Showy, hardy perennials 3 to 4 feet in 

 height producing during summer, long racemes of pea-like flowers in 

 a variety of colors 10 



LYCHNIS Chalcedonica. The scarlet Lychnis, an old favorite bearing 



head^ of bright scarlet flowers: very hardy; 3 to 4 feet 10 



HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES have been 

 famous many years tor their superior size, perfection of form, mar- 

 velous diversity of colorings, superb markings as well as for robust 

 plant growth— deep rooting frost and heat resisting qualities and 



freedom of bloom. Mixed colors 15 



Per 1 .000 seeds 75 



PENTSTEMON. "Sensation." Spikes, about 2 feet high. Flowers, 

 two inches across. The colors vary from pink to scarlet and maroon, 

 all beautifully blotched and veined; large white throats 10 



"Excelsior." A new variety having very large flowers, colors range 

 from white to deep scarlet. Pkt 25 



PLATYCODON Grandiflora. Chinese Bell Flower. Bear large beU- 

 shaped flowerH; very handsome for garden decoration; l>j feet. Mixed 



Colors. Blue and white 10 



Nana Compacts. Mixc-d colors. Blue and white 12 inches high 10 



POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatior). An early-blooming Primrose for 

 spring flower bcd» or pot culture; the large umbels of flowers edged 

 and laced arc borne on stalks 8 inches tall. Mixed colors 15 



POPPY GIANT ORIENTAL. These hold an unrivaled positioii for effec- 

 tiveness in hardy borders: height 2 to 3 feet: flowers immense, often 

 6 inches across. Pkt. 



Colosseum. Flowers 8 inches across. Dark scarlet, «-ith a black spot 



at the base of each petal 15 



Beauty of Livermere. Crimson with black blotch 15 



I*rincess Victoria Louise. Salmon-scarlet 15 



Salmon Queen. Salmon-yellow 15 



Rembrandt. Grange-scarlet 15 



Mixed Colors. Per 1 ,000 seeds, 50c 10 



POPPY ICELAND (Papaver Nudicaule). The fragrant, crushed satin- 

 flowers are produced in never-ceasing succession from the begimiing 

 of June to October; fine for cutting. 



Yellow 10 White 10 



Scarlet 10 



Mixed Colors. Per 1.000 seeds. 50c. . 10 



Storrie's New Iceland Poppies. This new strain contains many new 

 colors and shades, including blush, salmon, coral-pink, orange-rose, 

 white, lemon, orange, striped, flecked, edged blended, etc. Mixed 

 Colors. Per 1.000 seed*. 75c 15 



HARDY BLUE PRIMROSE—Primula Acaulis 



A beautiful blue-flowered type of the popular old English yellow 



.Primrose 25 



PRIMULA JAPONICA HYBRIDS. Stately, robust plants that carry 

 l.irge tru.sses of bloom. The colors range from pure white through 

 shades of pink to deep crimson 20 



PYRETHRUM Hybridum. Hardy herbaceous plants, flowers 3 to 4 

 inches across of rose, flesh, pink, white, cnruson, etc.; borne on 



stems 2 feet high. 



Single, Large-flowering. Mixed colors 10 



Double, Large-flowering. Mixed colors 25 



SCABIOSA Hardy Varieties. 



Caucasica Perfecta. Dense, spreading plant* 2 or 3 feet high. Semi- 

 double flowers. 3 to 4 inches across poised on stalks Hi to 2 feet long. 

 The coloring is a beautiful lilac-blue 15 



Japonica. Xew Scabiosc from Japan, 2l< feet in height. Flowers 

 2 inches across, of a beautiful mauve blue 15 



STOKESIA, The Hardy Cornflower. The plants grow from IS to 24 

 inches high and begin flowering in July, continuing \^'ithout interrup- 

 tion till late in October. The flowers, 4 to 5 inches across, on long 

 stems, are valuable for cutting. 



Cyanea Blue. Lavender-blue 10 



Hybrids, Mixed Colors, include some charming shades of blue, lav- 

 ender, violet, white and a new pink variety 10 



SWEET ROCKET or Dames Violet. The plants form clumr>s 2 to 3 feet 

 in height covered with showy terminal spikes of flowers resembling 

 Stocks. The colors range from white through lilac to pink and 

 purple. Mixed Colors 10 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus). The plants grow about 1 foot 



high and form fine clumps. 

 Henderson's Perfection. Our improved Perfection strains produce in 



great profusion large florets in a great variety of extremely rich 



colors. 



Extra choice Single varieties mixed 10 



Double large-flowering mixed. Extra choice 15 



Pink Beauty. Large single flowers of pure pink 15 



Scarlet Beauty. Large single scarlet flowers 15 



Harlequin. Large flowers of several colors produced on one plant 15 



TRITOMA UVARIA. "Red Hot Poker Plant." The tall spikes of 

 orange red flowers make an effective display from .\ugust until 



November. 4 to 5 feet 10 



New Hybrid Tritomas. They range in color through shades of yellow 

 to orange and from salmon-pink, coral red, etc., to crimson. The 

 plants vary in height from IS inches to 6 feet 25 



PANSY- VIOLETS, Tufted or Bedding. (Viola cornuta grandiflora hv- 

 bridn). Pansy-like blossoms. 2 to 2j2 inches across, of great sub- 

 stance and brilliant colors. The plants are hardy, forming tufted 

 ciuinps. with myriads of flowers from spring until cold weather. 

 Many are scented. Mixed colors 15 



wALL FLOWER. These perennials make nice bushy plants, IJi feet 

 high, bearing in the spring long spikes of fragrant flo\yers of various 

 colors, crimson, purple, yellow; apricot, m.ahogany, pink, etc. 



Large Double. Mixed colors 15 



Large Single. Mixed colors 10 



Collection of separate Double Wall Flowers 50 



WISTARIA, Chinese. Of luxuriant and rapid growth, bearing in tho 

 spring inmicnse panicles of flowers produced in great profusion, 

 75 feet. Blue '0 



