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PETEf^ HEflDEf^SOrl Bt CO.— UfU^lVRIiED FLtOWEl^ SEEDS. 



DOUBLE PEIirolA. 



WHITE WINGS. 



raPDSE fli WPOW PLUKTS. 



PBIHULA, SINGLB FBISGED. 



VTWtTTTTH TIGKINUS, HmTDEBSON'B MAMMOTH. 



PALM, BRAHEA. 



{Monkey Flowers.) 

 Mimulus are admirable pot plants, and i 

 equally adapted for beds in the garden, in 

 semi-sunny positions. The coloring and 

 markings are rich in the extreme, ranging 

 through velvety crimson, maroon, yellow, 

 white and pink, spotted and blotched in a 

 beautiful manner. 



New Emperor. The flowers are of the 

 " Hose in Hose " style, of great size, and 

 of remarkably rich and varied colors ... 25 

 Henderson's Nevr Mammoth. A magnifi- 

 cent strain of enormous size. (Seeciit.) 25 



Fine Mixed Spotted Varieties. 10 



Moschatus. (Musk Plant.) Foliage emits 

 a strong musky perfume ; yellow 10 



PAI.M. 



For decorating the greenhouse, la-\vn, 



piazzas, parlors, dinner-tables, etc., nothing 



can rival their rich and tropical effect. 



Areca Lutescens. One of the loveliest A 



the Arecas ; of clean, quick and graceful 



growth; tall arching, divided leaves; 



stems yellow Pkt. 25 



Brahea Filamentosa, or Pritchardia. Large 

 fan-shaped leaves, with thread-like fila- 

 ments hanging from the segments. A 

 handsome decorative palm ; a rapid grower, 

 and for bedding out or as a vase palm it is 



scarcely equaled. {See ad.) 25 



Kentia Belmoreana. A splendid variety, 

 very graceful and for table decoration 

 scarcely has its equal. Excellent for room 

 culture, as neither variations in tempera- 

 ture nor gas affect it. Eapid grower. . . 25 

 Latania Borbonioa. "The Bourbon Palm." 

 A well-known and very handsome species. 

 Large, broad, shining green, fan-shaped 

 leaves. Unequaled *or either parlor, hall, 

 piazza, lawn or greenhouse decoration, of 

 medium quick growth 25 



PANDANUS. 



{Screw Pine.) 

 Utilis. One of our most valuable decorative 

 plants ; withstands gas, dust and ill usage ; 

 they make line specimens, 2 to 4 ft. high, 

 with long, arching leaves ; grand for centres 

 of vases, specimens in pots, etc. . . -Pkt. 25 



PELARGONIU:*!. 



{Lady Washington Geranium.) 

 Grand plants for pot culture; colors are 

 rich in the extreme, and beautifully marked ; 

 the flowers, an inch or more across, are borne 

 in immense clusters through spring and sum- 

 Finest Mixed 50 



CHINESE PRIMROSES. 



The "Chinese Primrose" is a great favor- 

 ite for the house and conservatory. The foli- 

 age is pretty and attractive, and the flowers 

 13^ to 2 inches across, borne in clusters of 

 from 25 to 50, of perfectly charming colors 

 and borne all through the winter and spring. 

 One of our best pot plants. (See cut.) 



Sing:le Fringed Varieties. 



White 50. Striped Pk-t. 50 



Carmine. Yellow Eye . . 50. Red 50 



Scarlet. Sulphur eye 60 



Spotted. White and crimson 50 



Alba Magnifica. The finest pure white ; 



Mixed Large Flowering Fringed 50 



Fern Leaved. Mixed, foliage long and Fern- 

 like 50 



Fine Single Mixed Colors {not fringed.).. 2& 



Double Fringed Varieties. 



Double Red 75. Double White 75 



Double Mixed Sorts 7& 



Cristata Nana. A dwarf, eemi-double va- 

 riety, snow white flowers ; very profuse, 50 

 Other Greenbouse Primula. 

 Obconica. Flowers pale lilac, borne in um- 

 bels on long stems ; delicately fragrant ; in 

 pots it will flower continuously for the 

 greater portion of the year; plant dwarf and 



compact, 6 to 12 inches high Pkt. 25 



Floribuuda. Foliage deep green, stems 

 of both leaves and flowers red, making & 

 charming contrast to the whorls of bright 

 yellow flowers, borne during the autumn 



and winter months 25 



For Hardy Primulas, seepage 81. 



STREPTOCARPUS. 



{Neio Hybrid Cape Primroses.) 

 A dwarf greenhouse perennial, growing nln© 

 inches high. The flowers are borne in re- 

 markable abundance for about four months 

 in summer and autumn. The colors range 

 through white, red, violet, blue, rose, and all 

 are blotched with purple and white. . . Pkt. 50 



TORENIA. 



beautiful plants for vases, baskets, etc.; 

 chey bloom continually during the summer 

 in tbe open ground, and also in the winter ia 

 the greenhouse. Height, 6 to 12 inches. 

 Fournieri. Porcelain blue and rich violet ; 



throat bright yellow; very free flowering. 15 



Bailloni. Deep' yellow and maroon 15 



White Wings. This variety is unusually 



attractive, being pure white, with flush of 



rose at the throat. (See cut.) 25 



mer. Height, 1 to 2 ft. 



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



