PETEt^ HEflDERSOfl & CO. — pIlOWEI^ SEED flOVEIlTIES. 



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THE grand improvements in Petunias 

 for the past few years left tiie 

 impression that the acme of per- 

 fection had been reached, but such was 

 not the case. A specialist in California, 

 after crossing, hybridizing and selecting, 

 for three years, starting from the finest 

 soi'ts then obtainable in Europe and 

 America, aided by congenial culture and 

 climate, has produced a strain of incom- 

 parable beauty, size and luxuriance. 

 Most of the flowers are exquisitely 

 ruffled or fringed on the edges and are 

 of enormous dimensions, 4 to 5 inches 

 across, but their great merits lie in the 

 tremendous varieties of colors, mark- 

 ings, veinings, blotchings and stripings, 

 in the most grotesque and beautiful 

 combinations ; some with charming deep 

 throats of yellow, white, black, green or maroon, running off 

 mto intricate veins. Some of the colors are rich and gorgeous 

 and others of lovely delicate shades. Seed sown in the spring 

 will produce strong flowering plants unequaled for bedding 

 purposes which will bloom in bountiful abundance and continue until 

 killed by frost. For pot culture they are of equal value. Price, for 

 ||' New Petunias, " Giants of California," mixed varieties, per packet, 35c. 



Pritvtuum Siebol-di. 



A splendid hardy garden Primrose, throwing up flower stalks 8 to 12 inches high, 

 surmounted with large clusters of flowers 1 to 2 inches across ; color, soft, pretty 

 rose, with white eye. It is a very distinct, beautiful and free blooming plant ; will 

 require protection in the Northern States, or it can be grown in cold frames. 

 Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



^EW SliSEE piliLlEB Ig^pER,.: 



White, with a Blood-Red Centre. 



This is one of the finest quilled Asters ever raised. The flowers, which are produced very freely, are 

 very large, — 3 to 4 inches across and double— of globular form composed of round or quilled-shaped petals. 

 The color is remarkable and effective, being pure white with a centre or crown of blood-red, which makes 

 a striking contrast. The plants are of even habit, growing about two feet high, and for beds or groups 

 are most valuable. It is, moreover, of special importance for cutting purposes. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



N^'vV Z^^imia, "Mosaic." 



{Zinnia elegans pumilafl. pl.fol. aureis var.) 



A very unique novelty — a splendid dwarf-growing Zinnia of elegant, compact 

 habit, the foliage of which is grotesquely marbled and spotted with golden 

 yellow. To bring out the characteristic variegation strongly the plants should be 

 grown in rather poor soil. In addition to the odd foliage of the Mosaic Zinnia 

 the flowers are of high merit, being large, very double and of the usual variety 

 of colors — yellow, white, crimson, carmine, etc. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



^m Zinnia, "Gen'l Jaequeminot." 



(Zinnia elegans grandiflora fl. pi. " Rouge Noir Veloute.") 



We offer in this Zinnia something particularly fine; it belongs to the compact- 



(^ jg^_j^ ^. growing section, 



/-^/'^js^^^^^j^^^P ~^^ fefe' t^^ plants are of 



even branching 



habit, about 2 



.^^ feet high, and 



"H-^^i^^Sil^^ the flowers are 



,.'^^H^.i'^M^<^ large, very 



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'•MOSAic« 





NEW ZINNIA MOSAIC. 



perfect form. 



The color is rich, deep velvety crimson, exactly the shade of the 

 famous "Jack " rose. When we saw this exquisite Zinnia in full bloom 

 in Europe the past summer, the rich color so strikingly recalled the 

 famous rose that we secured the entire stock, and gave it this name, 

 of which it is fully worthy. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



Y^Vo Gi*ai^d N^W T^rget-ix^e-i^ots. 



"BLUE PERFECTION." 



(JMyosotis dissitiflora grandiflora.) 



This magnificent improvement in Forget-me-nots was raised by 

 specialist in Scotland, where it has received the highest enco- 

 miums from their critical gardeners as well as a certificate from the 



Eoyal Botanic Society, and is considered by authorities as the finest Forget-me-not 

 grown. The flowers are much larger than any other variety, borne in graceful sprays 

 which are very valuable for cutting, the buds opening in water for a fortnight; color an 

 exquisite shade of blue. In Scotland it is perfectly hardy. Price, 25 cts. per packet. 



"ROSE VICTORIA." 



{Myosotis alpestris Victoria rosea.) 



The flowers of this new variety are of 

 a lovely rose color, with the characteristic 

 central double bloom as well as in habit 

 and growth ol the well-known blue " Vic- 

 toria," offered and illustrated on page 68. 

 Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



