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



MERITORIOUS DOUBLE GERANIUMS. 



The Double Geraniums offered are very carefully selected from the 

 hundreds which are grown. They are all first-class in every respect. 

 See retail catalogue for detailed list of sorts. Price, plants from 2-inch 

 pots, $4.00 per 100; 3-inch pots, $5.00 per 100. 



MERITORIOUS SINGLE GERANIUMS. 



A choice assortment for bedding out or for growing in pots. See retail 

 catalogue for detailed list of sorts. Price, plants from 2-inch pots, $4.00 

 per 100; 3-inch pots, $5.00 per 100. 



HYDRANGEA. 



Ji New Hardy 

 Snow-white Shrub, 



HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA ALBA. A variety of 

 the native H. arborescens, recently discovered. The heads of flowers are 

 in shape like H. hortensis; they are snowy white. It is a true shrub, 

 begins to bloom in early summer and continues into the fall, so that it is 

 practicallv ever-blooming. After H: paniculata grandifiora has lost its 

 color this" variety is still fresh, eventually turning to a light green and 

 then brown. It is a graceful shrub and is destined to achieve the widest 

 popularitv. It attains a height of 6 feet and the same width, and is liter- 

 ally loaded with its grand panicles of large snowy white flowers, one of 

 the grandest sights imaginable. Price, 50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 



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Hydrangea Jeanne d'Arc. Large heads of flowers, pure white, red stems. A very 

 valuable new variety for pots and tubs, as well as for garden. 



H. Mariesi. Trusses a foot across; color, a light pink, shaded mauve, and the finest 

 of the " Stellata type." 



H. Hortensis. Pink, changing to blue, very large. 



H. Thos. Hogg. Pure white, very large trusses. 



Prices for the above four sorts, 5 and 6 inch pots, $3.00 per doz., $20.00 per 100. 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA. This is the finest and most popular 

 hardy shrub in cultivation. It attains a height of 4 to 6 feet; perfectly hardy in all 

 parts of the country. The flowers are white when first open, but change to pink; 

 they are borne in immense pyramidal panicles nearly a foot in length. It commences 

 flowering in August and continues in bloom the rest of the season, the flowers drying 

 on the bushes. It should be cut back every spring at least one-half of the last sea- 

 son's growth. The grandest flowering shrub for lawn or cemetery planting in ex-, 

 istence. (See cut.) Price, 'large plants. 2J to 3 feet high, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 

 per 100. 



Tree Hydrangea. Grown as "standards; " fine specimens about 5 feet high, 

 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. 



HENDERSON'S DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



This grand strain of Hollyhocks we have secured only after years of careful se- 

 lection. We grow annually thousands of these, and have for years selected those 

 that show the most perfect form, largest size and purest color. We offer the- fol- 

 lowing colors: Lavender, Purple, Crimson, White, Salmon, Yellow, Rose, Pink, Black, 

 Apricot, Blush, Maroon, White with Violet Centre. Frame-grown plants, $1.00 per 

 doz., $6.00 per 100. 



HENDERSON'S NEW EVER-BLOOMING HOLLYHOCKS. 



An entirely new strain of this popular plant. One of the most daring and suc- 

 cessful feats of hybridization yet attempted. Double and single flowers and new 

 and novel shades of color are found in them. Flowers large and well formed. For 

 fuller details see seed portion of catalogue. Price, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 



LEMOINE'S GIANT HELIOTROPES. 



A greatly improved form. The size of the foliage and its quality are doubled: 

 the habit of the plant is made compact and bushy instead of being scraggy and sprawl- 

 ing; the size of the flowers is magnified beyond belief, specimen heads measuring 

 ten to fifteen inches across. Price, 75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. Ordinary Heliotropes, 

 $4.00 per 100. 



HYBRID GERANIUM, ALLIANCE. 



An exquisitely beautiful novelty, a cross between an Ivy and a Zonal Geranium > 

 and containing all the best points of both parents. The flowers are large, semi- 

 dotlble, and produced in fine trusses. The color is an exquisite shade of pale lilac- 

 pink, the upper petals feathered and blotched rich crimson maroon; distinct and 

 pleasing foliage light green with heavy zone of darker green; certainly a magnificent 

 and striking variety. Price, $3.50 per doz. 



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