From PETEE HEMDEKSOM CO. s HEW 
159 
New Carnations 
Alice. Flowers of medium size on long stiff stems. The color is a beauti¬ 
ful flesh pink. Blooms very freely and the flowers keep well when cut. 
Belle Washburn. Color a clear brilliant red; of strong, robust growth, 
making well formed bushy plants. 
Gorgeous. A giant in growth and size of flower. The color may be 
described as rich glowing crimson, suffused with vermilion. 
Matchless. The flowers are large, fringed and very fragrant. They 
are borne on long stiff stems. Color pure white. 
Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., set of 4 for 75c. 
STANDARD NAMED CARNATIONS 
Beacon. Brilliant scarlet with crimson tones; a free-flowering sort. 
Benora* \\ hite penciled with bright red, large flowers produced freely, 
long stems. (See engraving.) 
Dorothy Gordon. Light rose-pink, bright and attractive. Large flowers, 
free blooming. 
Enchantress. A superb shade of rosy-blush pink, very rich towards the 
center. (See engraving.) 
Harlequin. Bright orange splashed with red, a very unique sort and 
quite attractive. 
J. H. Manley. Brilliant orange-scarlet, blooms average 3 to 3p£ inches 
in diameter. 
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Perfect form, full center, color deep lustrous pink. 
A magnificent variety of the largest size, free blooming and keeps 
splendidly. 
Orpheus. Bright yellow striped with pink and white. The best Car¬ 
nation in its color. 
Rosette. A beautiful shade of rose-pink. Very large flowers. 
Royalty. A beautiful shade of deep, bright purple; a shade not usual in 
the Carnation. 
Salmon Beauty. A beautiful shade of pink, somewhat deeper than 
Enchantress. The calyx is long and narrow and does not split. 
White Enchantress. A pure white “sport” from the pink Enchantress 
offered above, large beautiful flowers. 
Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., SG.00 per 100, set of 12 for S1.00. 
Marguerite Monthly Carnations.” A new race of Monthly Carnations 
which is of the greatest value for summer blooming. They bloom 
freely all summer; the flowers are mostly double. Price, 10c. each, 
SI.00 per doz., $0.00 per 100. 
Hardy Garden Carnations. These produce only one crop, flowering 
heavily in June. A fair proportion will be double. Price, 10c. each, 
SI.00 per doz.. SC.00 per 100. 
CALLA LILLIES 
Calia Aethiopica, or Lily of the Nile. This old favorite White Calla Lily 
is too well known to require any description. Price, 20c. each, S2.00 
per doz. 
Little Gem Calia. This rarely exceeds 12 inches in height. The flowers 
are about half the size of the common variety and can be used with 
telling effect in bouquets. Price, loc. each, SI.50 per doz. 
Yellow Calla, Elliottiana. Large, rich, deep golden flowers often 4 to 5 
inches across at the mouth, the leaves are spotted with white. Price, 
60c. each, $6.00 per doz. 
Spotted Leaf Calla. (Richardia Alba Maculata.) Dark green leaves 
spotted with white; otherwise the plant resembles the old favorite 
white Calla, excepting being of smaller habit. Price, loc. each, SI.50 
per doz. 
GYPSOPIIILA PANICULATA FLORE PLENO 
Double Flowering “Baby’s Breath.” A new double flowering variety 
of the popular “Baby’s Breath” (Gypsophila Paniculata), doubly 
valuable because of its double flowers, which cause it to remain longer 
in bloom. It grows to about 3 feet high, makes a fine bushy plant and 
is covered with panicles of soft white flowers like a fine mist. The 
blooms are indispensable for festooning bouquets of flowers, so attractive 
that they may be used with the finest or with the ordinary garden 
flowers, lending a unique charm to both. It may be cut and dried and 
will retain its beauty for months 
after cutting. It is em¬ 
inently fitted for 
planting in cemetery 
plots, being 
entirely 
hardy and 
thriving 
with little 
care. Price, 
30c. each 
S3.00 per 
doz. 
DRACAENA INDIVISA 
A splendid house or garden plant with 
slender drooping leaves. It is used ex¬ 
tensively as a center plant for vases and 
for porch and window boxes. A useful 
plant for large specimens on the lawn or 
for jardinieres, as it will thrive where many 
other plants would perish. It will stand 
full exposure to the sun and its long, 
graceful narrow leaves give a beautiful 
effect with other plants. It is unsurpassed 
for hardiness in the house and eminently 
fitted to contrast with Palms and other 
Decorative plants. (Sec etigraving.) Price, 
large plants. SI. 00 each; 2d size, 50c. each, 
S5.00 per doz. __ 
w^fSby Peter Henderson in 1818 “““b^hu^ 1 Charles Henderson Peter and Howard M. Henderson 
CAMELLIA JAPONIC A 
Favorite flowering plants for cool green¬ 
houses and the South. The varieties we 
supply are the best extant, the pick of a 
Continental collection, and embrace double 
white, double pink, double red and double 
variegated. Price, SI.00 each. $9.00 per doz. 
NEW HYBRID GLOXINIAS 
The handsomest of our summer-blooming plants, 
the rich and varied coloring of the flowers is beau¬ 
tiful in the extreme, many being beautifully 
speckled. Price, assorted colors, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
SPECIAL. White, red, violet, red with white edge and violet 
with white edge. Price. 30c. each; set of 5 for $1.25. 
