PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.- PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



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"ftOSTON" FERN. 



Nephrolepis 



Bostoniensis. 



One of the most useful and ornamental of the 

 ' 'Sword Fet ns. " It is now grown by the thousand 

 for the market in all the large cities, and is 

 steadily increasing' in popularity. In well- 

 grown specimens the fronds attain a length of 

 6 or 7 feet, like plumes arching over in every 

 direction, in a most graceful manner. This 

 beautiful Fern is excellent for outside planting 

 in shady borders. It is a very fine plant for 

 hanging pots or baskets on the piazza in summer 

 and conservatory or window in winter. (See cut. 



Price, plants from 7 and 8-inch pots, SI. 50 

 each; 6-inch pots, SI. 00 each; 5-inch pots, 60c. 

 each, S6.00 per doz. ; 4-inch pots, 35c. each, S4.00 

 per doz. ; 3-inch pots, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



ASSORTED FERNS. 



Our collection contains the choicest, including 

 the "Maiden Hair" and best basket and vase sorts. 

 Very appropriate for jardinieres. Price, 15c. each, 

 SI. 50 per doz. 



DOUBLE GERANIUMS. 



Few flowers give better general satisfaction dur- 

 ing the winter and spring' months than Geraniums. 

 We offer below a short list of strong-growing kinds 

 and free-blooming varieties. We propagate early 

 so as to have strong plants to bloom all winter. 

 Gloire de France. Salmon and white. 

 Profusion. Rich glowing salmon. 

 Due de Mortemort. Deep rose. 

 Silver Queen. Pure white. 

 Double Gen. Grant. Bright red. 

 Le Cid. Dark crimson. 



SINGLE GERANIUMS. 



L'Aube. White. Very free flowering. 



Single Gen. Grant. Brilliant scarlet. 



Salmon Queen. Salmon pink, a very attractive sort. 



Aurelian Scholl. Bright carmine pink, free blooming. 



Columbia. Dazzling scarlet, centre white. 



Freedom. Rosy scarlet, centre white. 



Price, 10c. each, set of 12 for 50c. 



NEW GIANT-FLOWERED HELIOTROPE. 

 In this new race the size of the foliage and its 

 quality are doubled ; the habit of the plant is made 

 compact and bushy instead of being scraggy and 

 sprawling; the size of the flowers is magnified be- 

 yond belief, specimen heads measuring ten to fifteen 

 inches across. Price, 20c. each, 3 for 50c. 



ORDINARY HELIOTROPES, standard varieties. 

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



JAPANESE GLOBE FERH. J!£XB£2£222 



conservatory or living room 

 window. The Japanese prepare this by fastening the rhizomes 

 (creeping stems) of Davallia Bultata 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. The plants we offer are growing now and 

 are well covered with fronds, so that they are ready for imme- 

 diate decoration. Price, SI. 00 each. (See cut.) 



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Nephrolepis 

 Cordala 

 Compacts. 



fi OMPflCT SWORD FERN. 



A fitting companion for the above; dwarfer 

 and more erect in growth, a much darker shade 

 of green, and very gracefully arched. 



Price, 1st size plants, SI. 00 each, S9.00 per 

 doz. ; 2d size, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz. ; 3d size, 

 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



fc URLED SWORD FERN. „ 



Entirely distinct from the two described above. 

 The fronds are long and broad, a glossy dark 

 green, beautifully crested at the tops into curl- 

 ing masses of rich green, feathery foliage, al- 

 lowing a full view of the centre of the plant. 



First size plants, SI. 50 each; 2d size, $1.00 each, 

 $9.00 per doz.; 3d size, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz. 



Nephrolepis 

 vallioides Furcaas. 



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