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



BEGONIAS* FLOWERING SORTS. 



Exceedingly useful plants for the garden or for pot culture in the house. 

 They are never out of bloom 



Mba Picta. Dark green leaves, silvery spots. White flowers. 

 Argentea Guttata. Bronzy-green leaves. White flowers, 

 liertha de C. Rocher. Bright reddish pink flowers in drooping panicles, 

 ■ very graceful, bright green foliage. 



Margaritac. Rich salmon pink flowers, foliage deep bronze and dark green. 



Marjorie Daw. Flowers salmon-pink, a tall-growing variety. 



Metallica. Velvety foliage, rosy white flowers. 



Nitida. Pinkish-white flowers, large " elephant's ear " leaves. 



Otto Hacker. Bright red. large pendant clusters. 



Ifink Erfordia. A very pretty variety bearing a profusion of satiny pink 

 flowers 



Purity. Dwarf, compart habit, shining green leaves and a wealth of waxy- 

 white flowers, both summer and winter. 

 Rubra (Corallina^. Dark coral color. Large clusters. 



Red Erfordia. A beautiful variety for pot plants. It makes a compact 



symmetrical bush and is fairly loaded with glossy blood-red flowers. 

 Saundersonnii. Bright waxy-red. Very free flowering. 

 Thurstonii. Flowers, rosy-white, foliage bronzy-green, reverse purplish 

 j red. A grand variety in every way. 



Vernon. Brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers produced abundantly; dark green 

 glossy foliage. 



Zulu King. In the sun the foliage turns blood red when planted outdoors. 

 Flowers deep crimson red. 



Price, plants, from 3-inch pots, 60c. per doz., $4.00 per 100. 

 BEGONIA REX. Valuable for the grand and varied markings of the leaves. 

 Price, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



We offer fine bushy plants. They are about I V ft. high, double white, 

 double pink, double red and double variegated. Price, $7.50 per doz., 

 $60.00 per 100. 



NEW CARNATIONS. 



We offer herewith for the first time three new seedling Carnations of which 

 we control the entire stock. They are fine, free flowering varieties, with long 

 stems, large flowers and unique in their coloring. 



Royalty. A beautiful shade of deep, bright purple; a shade not usual in 



the Carnation and very attractive. 

 Oriole. Deep golden yellow with pencillings of carmine red around margin, 



extending also in a lesser degree into the center of the flower. A very 



pretty and interesting sort. 

 Artistic. Silvery white beautifully pencilled with soft lavender pink around 



the margin, occasionally extending half way down the center of the petals 



An unusually pretty variety. 



Price, strong field grown plants, $4.50 per doz. 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA. 



Probably the most popular flowering vine now in commerce, covered during 

 the late summer with clusters of pure white, fragrant, star-like flowers; 

 these are succeeded by the silky seed vessels which festoon the vine. Wz 

 offer pot-grown plants from 3-inch pots. Price, 2 vr. plants from field, 

 $1 oiljper doz., $8.00 per 100. Plants from 3-inch pots, $5.00 per 100. 



WINTER FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 



CARNATIONS ENCHANTRESS AND WHITE ENCHANTRESS. 



Standard Named Carnations* 



Aristocrat. Deep pink, extra long stem and large flowers. A strikingly hand- 

 some and very valuable new sort. 



Beacon. Brilliant scarlet with crimson tones; a free flowering sort now largely 

 grown by the leading florists for cut flowers. 



Crimson Redder. Deep crimson flowers large and full and borne in gTeat pro- 

 fusion. One of the most valuable sorts in its color. 



El Dorado. Rich yellow, striped and penciled bright red. 



Enchantress. A superb shade of rosy-blush pink, very rich towards the center; 

 extra fine, unrivalled in its color. This is still regarded as being the best 

 Carnation ever introduced. It is ideal in flower, stem and foliage. (See cut.) 



Harry Fenn. A deep crimson variety with large perfect flowers and long strong 

 stems. A gem in its color. 



J. H. Manley. Brilliant orange-scarlet, blooms average 3 to 3J inches in diame - 

 ter. Very fragrant and beautifully fringed. 



Kingston Pet. A " sport " from " Enchantress " bearing deep rose pink 

 flowers; a very valuable variety. 



Mrs. M. A. Patten. The flowers are a glistening white, striped and penciled 

 with bright red. 



Queen Louise. Clear, snowy-white, large, flowers. 



White Perfection. Large flowers of the purest white, long stem the best offered 

 in its color, and sure to please. 



White Enchantress. A " sport " from the pink Enchantress offered above and 

 which is considered the best all around Carnation ever introduced. This va- 

 riety is identical with it in every way but the flowers are pure white. (See cut). 

 Price, plants from open ground, $N.O0 per 100. 



