32 PETER HENDERSON & CO.— FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES. 



AMMOBIUM ALATUM GRANDIFLO- 

 RUM. 



Per Pkt. 

 The flowers of this new sort are pure white, and double 

 the size of the old Ammobium Alatum, so largely used 

 as a dried or everlasting flower in winter bouquets, 

 etc. The seeds of this new sort aro much larger than 

 the old species, which would go to show that it is dis- 

 tinct 25 



CONVOLVULUS TRICOLOR ROSEUS. 



A very charming novelty for this season. The centre of 

 its rose-colored flowers is pure white, fringed with pur- 

 ple, and shading away towards the throat in five broad 

 bands of golden yellow. 25 



NEW DWARF MARVEL OF PERU. 



A new Dwarf White Marvel of Peru, in every way desir- 

 able. Fully developed plants of this novelty are never 

 more than 10 inches in height, completely studded with 

 snow-white flowers contrasting finely with its yellowish 

 foliage. The introducer says that it comes entirely 

 true from seed, and we have no doubt will be found 

 most useful for ribbon line gardening 25 



NEW AKKriL CITRY8ANTHEMUM. 

 " THE SULTAN." 



NEW ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The three sorts described below are said to be exceed- 

 ingly beautiful and distinct. 



l<ord. Beaconsfield. A very rich crimson maroon, 

 edged and striped with gold, and having a golden 

 rim surrounding the eye, which is of a rich brown 

 color 20 



Tlie Sultan. A very rich velvety crimson maroon, with 

 gold-colored rim, about a quarter of an inch deep 

 next the centre. The flowers are of good substance 

 and perfect in form. (See cut) 20 



W. E. Gladstone. A new and very distinct type, 

 the whole of the flower being of rich crimson ; 

 exceedingly brilliant in appearance. These va- 

 rieties will be found charming additions to the 

 flower garden, or as pot plants for the conserva- 

 tory 20 



racket of each (separate) of the three varieties for 50 cts. 



NEW CLARKIA, "Mrs. Langtry." 



A most desirable addition to a genus indispensable to 

 every flower garden where annuals are grown. In 

 this variety, " Mrs. Langtry," the petals have an even 

 edge (i. e. are whole petaled). The color of the flower 

 snow-white, with a well defined disc or centre of 

 brilliant crimson. The flowers possess unusual sub- 

 stance, and are produced abundantly, while the habit 

 of the plant is dwarf and close, rendering it most 

 valuable either for bedding-out purposes or as a pot 

 plant. (See cut) 25 



NEW BLUE PRIMULA, " Holborn Gem.'* 



Per Pkt. 

 Claimed to he the first true blue Primula ever offered, and 



should it prove to be as represented — and there is an 

 abundance of excellent testimony as to the truthfulness 

 of the claim made for it — it will be a novel and most val- 

 uable acquisition to an already magnificent class. The 

 flowers are said to be of the largest size, perfectly circu- 

 lar, and of a rich shade of lavender blue $1.25 



NEW PRIMULAS. 



(Globosa Rubra and Globosa Alba.) 

 We offer a red and white variety of an improved strain of 

 Chinese Primrose known as the " Globosa ; " the flow- 

 ers are certainly much larger than other existing 

 sorts, while the habit of the plant is dense and compact. 

 Either variety 25 



NEW GIANT PERFECTION, TEN 

 WEEKS' STOCK. 



The persistent efforts of German growers to improve 

 this most important annual finds one of its best results 

 in this splendid new race. The plants of the new Giant 

 Perfection are pyramidal in shape, iy> feet high, and 

 producing long spikes of double flowers, much larger 

 and finer than the ordinary Ten Weeks' Stock. Seed 

 offered in mixed colors 25 



NEW CLARKIA. 

 ' MRS. LANGTRY 



NEW SINGLE DAHLIAS. 



NEW ESCHSCHOLTZIA, 

 ROSE CABDINAX. 



NEW SINGLE DAHLIAS. 



Many of the varieties of these single Dahlias are exceed- 

 ingly beautiful, and the seed wo offer, saved from one 

 of the best collections extant, may be expected to 

 produce many distinct desirable sorts. The fall of 1882 

 was a remarkably favorable one for Dahlias with us, 

 and the single varieties fully sustained all the praise 

 that had been bestowed on them. (See cut) 25 



NEW ESCHSCHOLTZIA, ROSE CARDI- 

 NAL. 



Quite a distinct novelty of great beauty, a hybrid from 

 the Mandarin variety, which itself was a new and 

 most desirable acquisition three years ago. The flow- 

 ers of Rose Cardinal are of a rich rose colored hue, 

 most effective and beautiful. (See cut) 25 



PAPAVER "DANEBROG." 



The flowers of this desirable new Poppy are described 

 as being a brilliant scarlet, each of the four petals 

 being stamped with an ivory white spot, forming a 

 white cross on scarlet ground, somewhat resembling 

 the Danish and Swiss National Banners. This new 

 sort will form a striking and beautiful contrast with 

 Papavcr TJmbrosvm, the flowers of which are rich 

 scarlet clearly marked with a blai k spot on each petal.60- 



