4 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK — WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



Giant-Flowering Heliotrope. 



The heads of blossoms of this new type often measure a foot across; the individual florets 

 are also very large, and their delicious perfume is just as enchanting as in the old, small-flower- 

 ing types. The plants, 18 inches high, are healthy, bushy and compact; the leaves are large 

 and luxuriant. Seed sown in the spring produces full-grown, profuse-flowering plants by July, 

 w'.iich flower in the garden until cut down by frost or are grown in pots for winter flowers 

 (See cut.) 



Lemoine's Giant Blue. Deep blue. Pkt. 15c; per 1000 seeds ~>0c; per oz. $2. .">0. 

 Lemoine's Giant White. Pearly-white. Pkt. 15c; per 1000 seeds "iOc; per oz. $-.">0. 

 Lemoine's Giant Hybrid Heliotrope, Mixed Colors. Purple, blue, lavender white, etc. Pkt 

 10c; per 1000 seeds 50c; per oz. $2 25. 



Lobelia Erinus Compacta. 



Bushy compact plants about 6 inches high, flowering continuously throughout the sum- 

 mer. Splendid for bedding, edgings, etc. 



Lobelia Erinus Compacta Blue King. Dark blue with white eye. 



Snowball. Pure white 



Crystal Palace Compacta. Blue 



Victoria. Rose color, white eye 



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LOBELIA ERINUS COMPACT*. 



Giant Flowering 



Climbing Nasturtiums 



A new section obtained by a French specialist 

 by hybridizing, and distinguished by flowers of a 

 large size and a richness and variety of coloring 

 not to be found in Nasturtiums heretofore grown . 



MIGNONETTE 



machet perfection Giant-Flowering Climbing 



Nasturtiums, Mixed Colors 



California. A new, giant 



flowered variety, bearing 



enormous flowers; rich crimson-maroon 



Twilight. Chamois-yellow, shaded with salmon-rose and splashed 



scarlet 



Sunlight. Pure rich, butter-yellow flowers, often 3 inches across 



Moonlight. Immense creamy- white flowers 



Jupiter. Magnificent flowers of a brilliant golden-yellow 



Salmon Queen. Grand flowers of glowing salmon color 



pkt. 



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$.10 



$.15 



$.30 



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.40 



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Mignonette* 



Allen's Defiance. A favorite variety for forcing, making long, full spikes 



The seed has been saved from superior stock grown under glass. Pkt. 



15c; 1000 seeds 50c; per oz. $2.:>0. 

 Red Goliath. A splendid large flowering variety of luxuriant, stocky growth , 



making compactly filled spikes 6 to 8 inches long. Pkt. 15c; 1000 



seeds 30c; per oz. $1.50. 

 Machet Perfection. An improved variety of the popular Machet, of healthy ; 



stocky growth, making large cone-shaped heads of bloom. Pkt. 10c; 



1000 seeds 20c; per oz. 75c. 



Myosotis or Forget-me-not* 



Triumph. A robust-growing, large flowering Forget-me-not. It commences 

 to bloom in from 6 to 8 weeks from seed-sowing and continues to bloom 

 until checked by frost. The individual flowers are large and are borne 

 in clusters on long, graceful stems, rendering them very useful for 

 cutting. Color, bright turquoise-blue with yellow eye. Pkt. 10c; 

 1000 seeds 25c; per oz. 75c 



Palustris. Clusters of dark blue flowers on long stems. Pkt. 10c; 1000 seed« 

 2.5c; per oz. $l.">o 



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Giant FWring j om Thumb Nasturtiums- 



These Grand Bedding Nasturtiums have flowers often measuring three inches across, in a great variety 

 of new and charming combinations of colors. 



Giant-Flowering Tom Thumb Nasturtiums, Mixed Colors. This mixture contains 

 seed saved from the largest-flowering, most beautiful and varied collection 

 ever sent out 



Mariposa. Light yellow with terra-cotta red blotches and bright red veins. . . ■ 



Golden Gate. Immense flowers of rich golden-orange 



Kaleidoscope. The flowers vary in color on a single plant, some being all yellow, 

 others all red, while many are spotted and marked in diversified styles - ■ ■ 



King of Hie Reds. Giant flowers of brilliant crimson-scarlet 



Rainbow. Canary-yellow, splashed, marbled and shaded with carmine and rose 



Gorgeous. Grand flowers of glowing salmony-apricot 



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We furnish Florists and Market Gardeners for their own planting our RETAIL packets of Vegetable and Flower Seeds at 25 per cent, off the retail 



prices. (Under no circumstances do we supply our steds to be sold again ) 



