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PETER HENDERSON a CO., NEW YORK- 
DELPHINIUM GRANDIFI.ORUM FL. PL. 
DO NOT FORGET yourself of OUR GOLDEN JUBILEE PREPPIS page 7. 
COSMOS, JlEW CflWFORHlAS HVB^IDS. — 
DlGITALiIS, QH foxceove. 
Hardy perennial plants of tlie easiest culture ; long spikes of largo showy flowers, ranging 
through shades of purple, white, rose, yellow ; some beautifully spotted. 3 to 6 feet high. 
Mixed Colors . Pkt. 5 Spotted Varieties, Mixed . .Pkt. 10 
Monstrosa, Mixed. Long spike of many flowers surmounted with one enormous flower; 
novel and beautiful. (See cut.) .•••••• • •;.: * *; • " V * * * }? 
Tr*-lJnc The Egyptian or Hyacinth Bean; annual climbing plants of rapid 
UUOlOflvJO. growth, bearing large clusters of showy flowers. 1 u feet. 
Mixed Colors . 
.Pkt. 5 
cyclamen (as grown for seeds). 
lDAf-lEIA. D0UBLlE VARIETIES. 
Although perennials, these will flower freely 
the same season from seed. 4 to 6 feet. 
Choice Double Mixed, Many colors..PAL 10 
Pom pone, Double Mixed. Small floweriDg.10 
Cactus Dahlia, Mixed Colors. Double 
flowers, the petals being quilled and curved 
loosely and gracefully arranged in largo double 
oval heads of bloom.10 
SlflCLtE DAHLIAS. 
From their grace and beauty are much used 
for cut flowers ; handsome bedding plants, flow- 
ering in great profusion in a large variety of 
colors. Seed sown in spring will produce plants 
that bloom from August until frost. 2 to 4 feet. 
Single Large Flowering, Mixed Selfs and 
Striped. Many colors ; many striped and 
spotted. Pkt. 5 
New Tom Thumb Dahlias. Little compact 
bushy plants, only about 12 inches high by 24 inches 
across. They produce, in great abundance, flowers 
in the most unique and exquisite colors and combina¬ 
tions.10 
dh u PH i rlaJ 
- op “J-lardy Larkspurs.” 
Handsome and well-known hardy perennials, with splendid 
flowers and curiously cut leaves ; for permanent beds and borders 
they are indispensable. (See cut.) 
Grandiflorum flore pleno. Flowers in long spikes, very double, 
and of rare beauty for cutting. Charming colors, ranging through shades 
of blue from porcelain and white to violet. (See cut.) . Pkt. 15 
Zalil (“Hardy Yellow Larkspur”). Sulphur yellow, plant of branching habit, bearing spikes 
of 40 to 50 blossoms, each one inch in diameter, flowering from June until August. 3 to 4 ft. 10 
Le Mastodonte (“Giant Bee Larkspur”). Large blue flowers. 3 to G feet.10 
Porinosum. Blue, white centre. 2 to 3 feet. . . 5 
Pillar of Beauty (D. formosum ccelestinum). An unusually pretty color—a delicate azure or 
sky blue, so bright and pretty a shade that it has to be seen to be appreciated.10 
Nudicauie. Large scarlet flowers. 1>£ feet. 
Finest mixed single hybrids.... * 
( For annual varieties, see Larkspurs, page 93.) 
Some of the flowers in this new strain measure five inches across ; some flowers are as round as 
a cart-wheel, with broadly overlapping petals. Some have petals as smooth and flat and waxy as 
a Camellia ; others are pleated and frilled at the edges, others toothed and fringed. Some have 
only five petals, forming a perfect Star. But the great charm af these new Cosmos is the wonderful 
diversity of colors, shades and markings entirely unique in Cosmos. (See cut onpage 87.) Price, 
per packet, 15c. 
■CYClifl)VIEH.= 
These are among the most beautiful winter and spring flowering plants for the window and 
greenhouse. Not only are the flowers of striking beauty, but the foliage is also highly ornamental. 
The colors range through shades of pink, crimson, white, spotted, etc. Most of them are, more¬ 
over, delicately fragrant. (See cut.) 
Persicum, Finest Mixed Colors. . 10 
=GIANT PERSIAN CYCLtAJVIEN- 
Flowers of extraordinary size, and of great substance, 
and beautifully marked. 
White . Pkt. 35 Rose 
White, with Red Eye . 35 White, Spotted Red 
Crimson .35 Dark blood-red 
Mixed Color’s .. 25 
The collection of G named varieties, $1.5U. 
; " CREPIS, OR “HAWK’S BEARD 
The leaves are proportionately large 
Pkt. 35 
Mixed Colors. Pretty dwarf annuals, deserving a place in 
every garden, of easy culture, blooming in profusion; 
excellent for cutting. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 
= CYPRESS VlfJE.- 
Summer climbing annuals, with feathery foliago and 
star-shaped flowers, borne in clusters. 15 to 20 feet. 
White. ..Pkt. 5 Rose . Pkt. 5 
Scarlet. 0 Mixed. 5 
— DATURA. — 
Strong-growing ornamental annuals, with very largo 
and showy llowors, making handsome plants, 2 to 3 
feet high, for flower beds or borders. 
••Cornucopia.” A magnificent variety; stems 
dark purplish maroon. The llowors average 8 
Inches long by 5 inches across the month, the inte¬ 
riors. being glistening French white, with purple 
exteriors. Delightfully fragrant. Pkt. 10 
••Ebony and Gold.” Dark purplish stems. The 
flowers average 8 inches long by 5 inches across 
the mouth, and aro formed of two to three flowers 
growing one within the other, the interiors being 
rich golden yellow, contrasting with the shiny 
purplish black exterior. 10 
Double Golden. (ChloranlhaJl.pl.) Largo double 
golden yellow flowers; very f rug rant. 5 
Wrighti. Largo single flowers, white and lilac.. 5 
Fastuosafl.pl. Double mixed colors. 5 
