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PETER HENDERSON & CO.. NEW YORK.— PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



Sweet alyssum. 



Double Tom Thumb. 

 This variety has the 



same dwarf habit as 



its trusses are much longer and the florets 



the single, but 



double. Price, 10c. each. SI. 00 per doz. 



Note.— Single Tom Thumb. 

 Variegated and Sweet Alyssum at 

 same price. (Ready in October. 



gEGONIAS, Flowering: 





C HINESE AZALEAS. 



Sorts. 



Exceedingly useful plants for the 

 garden or for pot culture in the 

 house. They are never out of bloom 

 and have graceful, waxy flowers. 

 Alba Picta. Dark green lea\es. 



lance-shaped, silvery spots. 

 Argentea Guttata. Rich bronzy 



green, silver sported. 

 B. de Chateau Rocher. Rich waxy 



red, very free blooming'. 

 Manicata Aurea. Green foliage, ir- 

 regularly marked yellow. . . .20c. 

 Margaritae. Bronze and dark green 

 leaves, rich salmon pink flowers. 

 Metallica. Crimson and maroon 

 foliage, pink and white flowers. 

 Nitida. Large, smooth "Elephant's 

 Ear" leaves. Grand panicles 

 of rosy pink, waxy flowers. 

 Otto Hacker. Strong upright habit, 

 large shining green leaves, im- 

 mense pendant clusters of bright 



red flowers 15c. 



Paul Bruant. Large panicles of light rose flowers. 



Leaves fancifully crinkled and scalloped, bronzy 



green with red stems. 



Purity. Dwarf, compact habit, shining green leaves 



and a wealth of waxy white flowers, both summer 



and winter 15c. 



Rubra. Dark coral color in droopingclusters. 

 No plant has increased in popularity during recent years with Saundersonii. Bright waxy red. Very pretty. 

 such amazing rapidity as the Chinese Azalea. A few 3'ears ago the Vernon. A splendid bedding variety, waxy 

 annual importation would hardly exceed twenty-five thousand, to-day white and pink flowers in clusters, 

 it probably reaches two hundred and fifty thousand. At Easter they are 

 seen in every church and in the windows of our finest residences 

 throughout the country. We offer the best named sorts. 

 Price, 1st size, SI. 00 each, S9.00 per doz. ; 2d size, 75c. each, S7.50 per doz. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA 'Norfolk tw h™.) 



Sometimes called the " Christmas Tree Palm''' and "Star Talm." 

 It has deep green, feathery foliage arranged in whorls, rising 

 one above the other at regular distances. It is easily grown in the 

 house and is highly ornamental. (See cut.) Extra fine plants 30 to 

 34 inches high, 5 tiers, S3.50 each ; from cuttings, 20 to 24 inches high, 

 $2.50 each: 15 to 18 inches high, S2.00 each ; 12 to 15 inches high, $1.50 

 each. (Remember this is the true Araucaria grown from cuttings; 

 not cheap seedlings or Japan Cedars.) 



NEW BEGONIA, Gloire de Lorraine. 



This grand variety makes graceful plants about 1 ftx>t high, foliage 

 regular and of a bright green; the plant is loaded witli rose-colored 

 flowers of great beauty, remaining for many weeks without falling, 

 and borne in large dp oping panicles. It flowers from October to May 

 in a shaded greenhouse or sittinir-room window. The French. English, 

 American and German horticultural papers have been unanimous in 

 their praise of this magnificent variety. It is grown by the thousand 

 for the Paris and London markets, and will be equally popular here. 

 Fine plants for winter blooming. Price, 75c. each, $7.50 per do/. 



D17/^' f^VfVTT A T?77"Y" Valuable for the grand and varied mark- 

 Oil LtwINLtY XVllyv. jngs of the leaves. A fine collection of 

 named sorts. Price, 15c. each, .set of 12 for $L50. 



NEW GIANT BROWALLIA. Jj* SyRSLJSg 



and cover the plant when in bloom. Invaluable in the winter for 



greenhouse and window garden. Price, 15c each, SI. 50 per doz. araci.uiia EictLei. 



Price, 10c. each (except where noted i 

 £1.00 per doz. 



