PETEH HEflDEt^SOH 8t CO.— Ofit^lVALiED piiOWEt^ SBB1DS. 



imiM Ysneties lHat Bloom He Fiist Season. 



SUNFI^Ol^ER. 



Stately growing annuals with immense 

 golden yellow flowers ; effective for garden 

 decoration. 



Singfle "Varieties. 



Macrophyllus Giganteus. A branching 

 pyramidal shaped plant; yellow; 6 ft.. 5 



Miniature Sunflower. Of dwarf branching 

 habit, bearing many little flowers ; orange 

 with black centre ; 3 f t 5 



Oscar "Wilde. Orange and black 5 



Silver Leaved. Silvery foliage; flowers 

 yellow and black, very beautiful 5 



Giant Russian. Flowers 18 to 20 inches 

 across ; grown principally for the seeds, 5 



Sulphur Gem. Very branched, each branch 

 bearing flowers of a delicate sulphur-yellow 

 with a black centre. The flowers are borne 

 from within two feet of the ground to the 

 summit, and come out in succession until 

 killed by frost 10 



Double "Varieties. 



Californicus fl. pi. Large double orange. .5 



Globosus Fistulosus. Perfectly round flow- 

 ers ; very double ; saffron ; 6 ft 5 



Oculatus Viridis. Double yellow flowers, 

 with green centre ; 4 ft 5 



Peruvianus. Double orange, striped black, 10 



VENIDIUM. 



Calendulaceum. It forms a round, compact 

 bush only six inches high ; leaves large and 

 woolly, covering the ground, and bringing 

 out in strong contrast the flowers of bright 

 yellow shaded with orange, which are from 

 four to five inches in circumference, and 

 are borne profusely, nearly covering the 

 ground, making veritable "mounds of 

 gold." (Seeeut.) Pkt. 10 



VERBENA. 



For garden beds or massing t-he Verbena is 

 unrivaled ; flowers of the most brilliant 

 colors, blooming continually from spring 

 until late in the autumn. Although peren- 

 nials, these form luxuriant plants and bloom 

 profusely the first season from seed. 

 Pure "White. .. .15. Striped "Varieties . . 1.5 



Bright Scarlet. 15. Blue "Varieties 15 



Fine Mixed 5 



Extra Choice Mixed "Varieties, from Peter 

 Henderson's celebrated named collection 15 

 New Golden-leaved "Verbenas. These 

 flower the same as the ordinai-y, colors 

 ranging through various shades. The 

 golden yellow foliage is very effective. 

 Mixed colors 25 



Henderson's Mammoth "Verbenas. 



This distinct and beautiful race oiig- 

 inated with, and was first introduced and 

 named by us "Mammoth." The average 

 trusses measure 9 to 12 inches in circum- 

 ference, and the individual florets on prop- 

 erly grown plants over 1 inch across— or 

 larger than a 25c. silver piece. They bloom 

 freely, are vigorous in growth, and contain 

 all of the beautiful new colors and shades. 

 (Seeeut.) Mixed colors 25 



VINCA. 



Handsome bushy plants producing freely 

 round single flowers IKj inches across, suit- 

 able for pot culture antl sunny flower beds ; 

 tender perennial, 13^ ft. Mixed colors .. . 10 



55INNIAS. 



For gorgeous summer and autumn display 

 there is nothing that can equal in effective- 

 ness the improved dwarf, compact growing, 

 large flowering Zinnias ; growing only 2 feet 

 high and bearing flowers of immense size, 

 perfectly double, showing no centre, and as 

 perfect in form as Dahlias. 



L,arg:e Flowering, Dwarf 

 Ciro-wing- Zinnias. 



Double "White . . 10. Orange Pkt 



Scarlet 10. Canary "Sfellow. . , 



Dwarf Mixed 



Double Mixed. Old type, tall 5 



Double Pompone. Long, cone-shaped flow- 

 ers ; pretty ; mixed colors 10 



Imported collection of& separutevarieiies, 50c. 

 Elegans Tom Thumb, Double Mixed. Com- 

 pact bushes, not over 12 inches high by 



about 1-1 inches in diameter. 15 



Henderson's Zebra. First named and intro- 

 duced by us. The flowers are perfect in 

 shape, of all colors such as orange, crimson, 

 pink, yellow, violet, rose, scarlet,white, etc., 

 three-fourths of which are striped, spotted 

 and blotched with different shades, hardly 

 any two plants producing flowei's alike. 



(See cut.) Mixed colors 10 



New Mammoth Flowering. (Zinnia grandi- 

 floraplenissimafl. pi.) The plant forms a 

 handsome bush 3 ft. in height, and the 

 mammoth, perfectly formed double flow- 

 ers, measuring 5 to 6 inches across, of 

 most intense and brilliant colors, comprise 



new and rich hues. Mixed colors 15 



Pigmy Mexican. (Zinnia Haageana pumila 

 fl. pi.) Of decided novelty and merit. The 

 plants are of candelabra form, close and 

 vigorous in habit, and are nearly covered 

 with pretty flowers of an intense orange 

 yellow 25 



Refer to the Index (2d page Cover) for Flower Seeds you cannot readily find. 



