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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— PLANTS. 



SUPERB FANCY^LEAVED CALADIUMS. 



Among ornamental foliage plants there are none more beautiful in design or georous in coloring than the 

 Fancy-Leaved Caladiums. They are simply wonderful in the colorings and markings of the leaves. Of special 

 value for pot culture, window and piazza boxes. Most of the varieties planted about June 1st in partially 

 shaded borders succeed admirably as bedding plants. We offer 20 distinct sorts; the richness of coloring is 

 bewildering and impossible to describe in our limited space. Brilliant red and green, green with red and white 

 spots, red veins, etc. Price, S2.00 per dozen, $15.00 per 100. Set of 20 for S3.00. 



The Fleecy-White Fragrant Clematis. CLEMATIS PANICULATA 



This grand climbing vine is one of the most valuable ever sent to us from Japan. Blooms in the early fall 

 is one mass of fleecy-white, fragrant flow'ers. These are succeeded by the silken seed vessels almost as orna- 

 mental as the flcwers. It will grow fifteen to twenty feet in a season, it is insect-proof, it is perfectly hardy, 

 it adapts itself to all situations, thrives everywhere, and need onlv be seen to be admired. Price, 2-year plants. 

 SI. 25 per doz.; iSS.OO per 100. 1 yr. plants 75c. per doz.; S6.00 per 100. 



FERNS. 



NEPHROLEPSIS WHITMANII. A new form of the " Plumed Fern." The pinnae subdiWding making 

 miniature fronds, which are superimposed on the main fronds, looking as if two or even three were condensed 

 in one. Price, 2-inch pots, $6.00 per 100; 3-inch, $1,00 per doz.; 4-inch, S2.50 per doz.; 5-inch, .3-1.50 per doz.; 

 6-inch. S6.00 per doz. 



THE BOSTON FERN. Price, plants from 2-inch pots, So.OO per 100; 3-inch pots, S8.00 per 100; 4-inch 

 pots, S2.50 per doz.; 5-inch pots, S4.00 per doz.; 6-inch pots, S6.00 per doz.; 7-inch pots, S7.50 per doz.; 8-inch 

 pots, .S12.00 per doz. 



NEPHROLEPSIS SCOTTI. This is in essence a condensed form of the Boston Fern, with valuable char- 

 acteristics added which are not evident in the parent. The form and habit make it of special value for the 

 house. Price, plants from 2-inch pots, ,$5.00 per 100; 3-inch pots, S8.00 per 100; 4-inch pots, S2.00 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100; .5-inch pots, S3, 50 per doz.; 6-inch pots, .$6.00 per doz. 



ASSORTED FERNS. A nice assortment for filling pans, baskets, vases, etc., or for growing on as single 

 speciments in pots. Price, plants from 2-inch pots, $4.00 per 100; 3-inch pots, .$6.00 per 100. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERB DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



This grand strain of Hollyhocks we have secured only after years of careful selection. We grow annually 

 thousands of these, and have for years selected those that show the most perfect form, large size and purest 

 color. We offer the following colors. Apricot, Lavender, Purple, Crimson, White, Salmon, Yellow, Rose, 

 Black, Blush, Maroon, White with Violet Center. Price. $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 



ARA.UCARIA EXCELSA. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



Deep green, feathery foliage arranged in whorls, rising one above the other 

 at regular distances. It is easily grown and is highly ornamental. {See cut.) 

 Price, 20 to 24 inches high, 5 tiers, S9.00 per doz.; 15 to 18 inches high, 4 tiers, 

 $7.50 per doz. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



Bright green leaves, gracefully arched and as finely woven as silken mesh. 

 retaining their freshness for weeks when cut. Price. 3-inch pots, 7oc. per doz., 

 $6.00 per 100. 



TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 



All Selected Bulbs IJ to 1\ inches in diameter. 



These are now among the most popular plants for beds of summer flowers. 

 Nothing can e.xceed the brilliancy and richness of their flowers. From the 

 time the first blossoms appear until frost thev are never out of bloom. 



SINGLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. Separate colors. Scarlet, Yellow, 

 Crimson, White Pink, and Salmon. Price. 50c. per doz.. $3.50 per 100. 



DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. Separate Colors, Scarlet, Crimson, 

 White, Yellow, Pink, and Salmon. Price 75c. per doz., S5.00 per 100. 



HERBACEOUS HYDRANGEAS. 



Hortensis. Pink changing to blue, very large. 



Jeanne d'Arc. Large heads of flowers, pure white. 



La Lorraine. A beautiful pink. Price, $4.50 per doz. 



Madam Mouilliere. Immense heads of flowers, purest white in point of 



size and color this surpasses the old varieites. Price S4.50 per doz. 

 Mariesi. Color, a light pink, shaded mauve. 

 Otaksa. Rich rosy pink, very large trusses. 

 Thos. Hogg. Pure white, flne heads of flowers. 



Price, except where noted, 5-inch pots, $3.50 per doz. 



^""^"''^°"'^ Double- Fringed Petunias. 



Admiration. An exceedingly pretty shade of soft pink gradually deepening 



to a dark rosy-pink in the center. Flowers large and very double. 

 Charmer. A grand variety, deeply fringed. Color a beautiful lavender 



pink, splendidly formed flowers. 

 Dainty. Large giobular flowers of beautiful form; color a pearly white suffused 



with a faint flush deepening to rosy-pink with here and there a petal blotched 



with crimson. 

 Elegans. Pure white with a beautiful shade of carmine-rose in the center. 

 Majestic. The color is a brilliant crimson veined and striped with pink and 



white. Large spreading flowers finely fringed. 

 Matchless. An extra large double fringed variety, deep violet crimson with 



a velvety finish and a silvery sheen on back of the petals. 

 Ruby. The color is rich rosy purple changing to violet, having a beautiful 



lustre, the petals are marked with pearly-white. 

 Sensation. The color is a lavender-pink prettily marbled with crimson. 

 Snowdrift. P«re white large and full flowers; heavily fringed, very double. 

 Splendor. A very attractive shade of pink shading to violet.. The petals 



are banded and marked with pure white. 

 Unique. Pure white, petals marked crimson and violet toward the center. 

 Zenobia. Rich purple- violet, banded with pure white large fluffy flowers 



ruffled and fringed. 



Price, S'i. 00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Set of 12 for $1.00. 



DOUBLE SEEDLING PETUNIAS. 



From the same strain of seed as -the named varieties; all are not certain to be 

 double. Price, 60c, per doz., S4.00. per 100. 



SINGLE SEEDLING PETUNIAS. ._ - 



From seed of our own saving. 50c. per doz.,- $3.00 per 100. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES. 



A new species from China. Flowers of a very pretty shade of light lilac, borne 

 in clusters on long, slender but wiry stems. Price, strong plants from 4-inch 

 pots for immediate blooming, SI .50 per doz. Young plants. S-i.OO per 100. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES ALBA. 



A pure white variety of the above. Price, strong plants from 4-inch pots 

 for immediate blooming, $1.50 per doz. Young plants. $4.00 per 100. 



NEW DOUBLE-FRINGED 

 PETUNIAS. 



