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PETER HENDERSON'S CATALOGUE. 



SALVIA MARMORATA NANA. 

 A neat dwarf grower, flowers evenly marbled scarlet 

 and white. Very distinct and fine. 



80 cts. each; $3.oo per doz. 



SALVIA TRICOLOR. 



A distinct and valuable novelty. It blooms all summer 

 very freely. Flowers small and pure satiny white, lipped 

 with cherry red, shaded rose. The plant is very dwarf in 

 habit, never growing over 15 inches high. 



30 cts. each ; J3.0J per doz.; set C varieties for $2.50. 



NEW DWARF STEVIA. 



(Stevia Serrata Nana.) 

 A very distinct variety of the well-known -winter-flow- 

 ing Stevia Serrata, which is now offered for the first time. 

 It never grows over 18 inches high, and il produces a far 

 denser mass of flowers than the old variety, the flowers 

 are whiter, and it is a great improvement in every respect. 

 1st size, 75 cts. each ; $T.50 per doz. 

 2d '• 50 " " 4.60 " " 



3d " 25 " " 2.25 " " 



TRADESCANTIA MULTICOLOR. 



A beautiful new variety, -which will prove a great acqui- 

 sition to our list of basket plants. It is of creeping or 

 drooping habit; foliage brightly marked and streaked 

 with rose, white, pink, bronze and green. 

 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



VENEDIUM CALENDULICUM. 



A beautiful low-growing basket plant; flowers continu- 

 ously, and is of easiest culture ; flowers dark golden yel- 

 low with a black disk. 



30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



WISTARIA SINENSIS ALBA. 



Flowers borne in long, drooping clusters, as in the blue 



variety; pure white in color, making a most striking and 



elegant contrast. We offer plauts such as can scarcely bo 



found elsewhere. They average from 4 to lOfeet in length. 



$1.00, §3.00 and $5.00 each, according to size. 



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ABUTILON - . 



AMARANTH IS. 



ABUTILON. 



Flowering shrubs growing from two to six feet in 

 height: flowers pendulous, bell-shaped; blooming in 

 abundance during the entire season; now much used 

 for flowering in winter. 



There has been a very great improvement in this class 

 of plauts in a short time. Sis years ago. two or three 

 shades of crimson and maroon were about the only colors 

 to be found. Now we have white, pink, crimson, maroon, 

 and golden yellow in endless variety. Our set contains 

 the best and most distinct representations of all these 

 colors. 



Arthur Bclsnaiii. Large dark crimson flowers. 

 A ujr. KoNMoId. Variegated foliage, yellow and green. 

 John Hopkins. Bright canary yellow. 

 HI !•«. Koenbeek. Bright red. 

 RoKiellora. Beautiful rose color. 

 Robt. George. Salmon, veined crimson. 

 Snowstorm. Finest white. 

 Due de ITlalakoir. Flowers crimson veined. 



k * " " Var. Variegated foliage. 



Darvt iiiii. Bell-shaped; light maroon orange. 

 Mesopotamicum. Flowers scarlet and yellow. 



" Var. Leaves variegated. 



Mad. Beranger. Yellow and scarlet. 

 Santaua. Flowers brownish crimson. 

 Tliompsonii. Leaves mottled, golden yellow. 

 Boule de Neise. White. 

 Vesuvius. Intense crimson. New. 



15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz ; 17 sorts for $2.50. 



AMARANTHUS. 



(READY MAY 15TII.I 



Nothing can compare with these during summer and 

 fall for the rich effects produced by the unusually bright 

 and handsome coloring of their foliage ; they arc largely 

 grown in masses or in ribbon-lines. They are tender an- 

 nuals, and should not be planted out until May 15th. 

 Tricolor Glgauteus. Scarlet, crimson and yellow. 

 Bicolor Ruber. Scarlet crimson. 

 Nallcilblius. Willow-leaved. (See cut.) 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



AUCUBA JAPONICA VARIEGATA. 



A half-hardy evergreen shrub, with rich, glossy green 

 leaves, with golden yellow spots; hardy south of washing- 

 ton; well-fitted for centre of vases of baskets in shaded 

 places in summer. 



30 cts. each; s:i.00 per doz. 



AMARYLLIS. 



Amaryllis Johnsonii $1.00 



" Grcvianii 1.00 



" Atamasco 20 



Set of 3 for $2.00. 



AZALEA INDICA ALBA. 



The large, pure white, single variety. This is a most ap- 

 propriate plant for cemetery decoration. There are plants 

 Of it in the Greenwood Cemetery of Brooklyn, L. I, six 

 feet high by six feet in diameter; they have stood hardy 

 therefor a dozen years. When in bloom in spring and 

 early summer they present a perfect sheet of white. 



1st size, tio cts. each; $6.00 per doz. 



2d '■ 30 cts. '• 3.00 



ad " 25 cts. " 2.25 " 



AZALEA, " Flag of Truce " (Double). 



One of the most beautiful of all the Double Azaleas. 

 Flowers snow white, 2 inches in diameter ; growth com- 

 pact and symmetrical ; one of the most valuable flowers 

 lor use in bouquets, etc., in winter. 



1st size, fine plants, $1.50 each. 



2d ' .75 " 



3d " •' •' .30 " 



ACHYRANTHUS. 



(See page 90.) 



