PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. — PLANTS. 



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NEW DWARF 

 EVER-FLOWERING 



ABUTILONS. 



GROUP OF NEW ABUTILONS. 



AZALEA INDICA. For Easter Forcing. 



We offer a very fine lot of Azaleas. They 

 are shapely specimens, well " headed," double 

 and single flowered, and will make splendid 

 plants for Easter decoration. It is imprac- 

 ticable to ship Azaleas when in bloom and 

 have them arrive in good condition. 



We offer the following varieties: Niobe, 

 Deutsche Perle, Mme. C. Van Langenhove, 

 Vervaeneana, Empress of India, Bernhard 

 Andrea Alba, Dr. Schreyeriana and Simon 

 Mardner. A fair proportion only of Mme. Van 

 der Cruyssen and white sorts supplied with 

 each other. 



10 to 12 inch heads, established plants, in 

 pots, $5.00 per doz., $40.00 per 100; 12 to 14 

 inch heads, established plants, in pots, $6.50 

 per doz., $50.00 per 100; 14 to 16 inch heads, 

 established plants, in pots, $10.00 per doz., 

 $75 per 100. Specimen plants, 18 inch, $1.50 

 each, $15.00 per doz.; 20 inch, $2.50 each, 

 24 inch, $4.00 each. 



HARDY AZALEAS— ASSORTED. 

 Azalea Mollis. Fine plants, full of buds, can be supplied in 



eight distinct colors Price, 50c. each ; set of eight for $3.50. 

 Azalea, Hardy Ghent. Fine plants about 12 inches across, 



full of buds, can be supplied in eight distinct colors. 



Price, 50c. each; set of eight for $3.50. 

 Hardy Double Azaleas. (Azalea rustica f, pi) A new race 



of Azaleas. Strong plants, 12 to 15 inches across, full 



of buds. Price, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. 

 A most desirable species, exceedingly useful as a pot plant or to droop from brackets. 

 Price, 3-inch pots. $1.25 per doz., $8.00 per 100; 2-inch pots, 75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 



SINGLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 

 We offer a fine grade of bulbs, 1 inch and over, from a celebrated strain in Europe. 

 Scarlet, yellow, crimson, white, pink and salmon. Price, 50c. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 



DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 

 Scarlet, yellow, pink, white, crimson and salmon. Price, $1.00 per doz., $7.00 per 100. 



LARGE FLOWERING CLEMATIS. 



Jackmanii. The best-known and most-valued variety of this popular family. A perfect 



mass of bloom when in full flower. Color, dark, rich, royal-purple. 

 Henryii. A pure white, large-flowering variety, of fine form, and recognized as by far 



the finest of the single white sorts. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh. This variety is perfectly double, like a rcsette. It is sweetly 



fragrant. Price, $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per 100. Large, imported plants. 

 Paniculata. Pure white flowers borne in panicles in the greatest profusion. Fragrance 



like the hawthorn. Price, one-year roots, 75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 



r * Below we offer a choice importation of new, ever-flowering 

 Dwarf Abutilons, containing new and novel shades, remarkably 

 distinct and effective. The plants rarely exceed two feet in 

 height, and are a mass of bloom the whole season. The flowers 

 are larger and more expanded than the old type. (See cut.) 

 Ambigu. Very light fawn, with veins of light rose. 

 Cloche d'Or. Clear, rich golden-yellow; fine large flowers. 

 Crepuscule. Salmon-pink, soft carmine shadings in the throat. 

 Dalon. Deep crimson-maroon throughout; large bells. 

 Eureka. Soft French white, overlaid with rosy-pink. 

 Explorateur Foreau. A unique shade of glossy rosy-pink, 



deep rose and rich carmine rose in the throat. 

 Fleur d'Ete. Delicate rosy-blush, with light claret veins. 

 Fra Diavolo. Intense carmine, strongly toned with violet. 

 Fremiet. Rich yellow; large flowers, well opened. 

 Gen. Gallieni. Rosy-red, carmine shadings; yellow centre. 

 Grenadier. Rich orange-scarlet; deep yellow in centre. 

 Gulliver. A unique shade of soft purplish-carmine. 

 Menelik. Deep purplish-crimson, with red shadings. 

 Mercie. A very brilliant shade of glossy rosy-carmine. 

 Sanglant. Dark crimson, with vivid red shadings. 



Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., set of 15 new sorts for $ 1 .75. 



ASSORTED ABUTILONS. 



We can also supply the older and better known sorts such as: 



Eclipse, Golden Bells, Megapotamicum var., Savjtzii, Snow Storm, 

 Souv, de Bonn, Tlwmpsonii Plena. Price, 50c. per doz., $4.00 

 per 100. 



flRtllTOI EXCELS0. 



(Norfolk Island Pine). 



Sometimes called 

 the " Christmas Tree 

 Palm " and " Star 

 Palm.'' It has a deep 

 green, feathery foliage 

 arranged in whorls, 

 rising one above the 

 other at regular dis- 

 tances. It is easily 

 grown in the house 

 and is highly orna- 

 mental. (See cut.) 

 Extra fine pi ants from 

 cuttings, 20 to 24 

 inches high, $1.75 

 each, $15.00 per doz.; 

 12 to 15 inches bigh, 

 $125 each, $12.00 

 per doz. 



AZALIA MME. VAN DBR CRUYSSEN 



ARAUCARIA BXCBLSA 



