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PETER HENDERSON & CO., ISEW YORK- 
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NEW AMARANTHUS. 
Garden annuals of robust growth, with highly ornamental foliage of splendid sub¬ 
tropical effect. * 
Tricolor MarmoratUS. Foliage bronzy-red and green, each of the numerous branches 
having (ip-tufts of bright yellow leaves splashed rose and crimson. Showy, 3 to 4 
feet high.... Pkt. 10c. 
Unicolor Sanguineus. Bushy plant about 2 feet high, with rich, glossy maroon-red 
leaves; effect very fine. Pkt. 10c. 
ANTI RRHINUM, giant flowering 
These form brilliant garden beds, flowering prodigiously and continuously the first 
season from seed. Unusually effective bedding displays are made from these noble 
plants; they grow about 2 feet high, are healthy and stocky, and completely enveloped 
with large snap-dragon flowers of splendid texture and substance, rendering them very 
durable under all conditions of weather; their continuous-blooming qualities, ease of 
culture and independence of heat and drought, and pure, bright colors, should entitle 
them to a permanent place in gardens. Although perennials, they do splendidly when 
grown as annuals; spring-sown seed produces flowering plants by July, which continue 
to bloom in increasing profusion until frost. The flowers are nearly double the size 
of the older sorts. 
Giant-flowering. MixedColors./^L 10c. Giant Rose. Delicate rosy-pink. Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Yellow Queen. Pure yellow. . 10c. Giant Striped. Yellow, striped red. . 10c. 
Giant Scarlet. Brightest scarlet... 10c. Giant White. Pure snow-white... 10c. 
Giant Niobe. Garnet, with white 7 , .. . 7 ^ . , rr . 
throat. 10c. The collection of above 6 separate colors, 50c. 
HARDY ASTERS. 
New Large ° Flo we ring. 
These “ Michadmas Dai¬ 
sies” are splendid subjects 
for permanent positions in 
t he herbaceous border, where 
they form large bushy 
clumps, 1£ to 2 feet high, 
and are covered with clusters 
of large single flowers during 
the late summer months, 
forming one of the charms 
of the autumn garden. 
White Queen. Pure white 
single flowers of immense 
size . Pkt. 15c. 
Amellus Grandiflorus. 
Single blue and pink flowers 
of great size. . . .Pkt. loc. 
Townshendi. Superb lilac- 
pink flowers about 2h inches 
across; very free. .Pkt. 15c. 
Otto Mann. Magnificent 
semi-double variety of deli¬ 
cate lilac color (illustrated 
at right) . Pkt. 25c. 
Hardy Asters. Mixed. 
Large-flowering hybriels. 
Pkt. 10c. 
VARIETIES OF SWEET ALYSSUH 
“Carpet of Snow.” The old-fashioned Sweet Alyssum has been 
too long a favorite to need any introduction here. This new 
variety emits the same honey-like perfume, is of purer white, 
and grows only 2 to 3 inches high and flowers even more 
profusely; in fact, it is a perfect carpet of snow through¬ 
out the season. We have counted as many as 300 heads 
of pure white flowers open on one plant at one time. 
For edgings and bedding this is a very satisfactory 
little annual. Per ounce, 50c. Pkt. 10c. 
Tom Thumb or Little Gem Sweet Alyssum. This 
is one of the finest plants for edgings and low beds, 
flowering in unparalleled profusion for months. 
£ foot. (.See cut.) Per ounce, 30c. Pkt. 5c. 
AGE RAT U M Tom Thumb Varieties 
Dwarf, compact-growing plants, 6 to 8 inches high, 
flowering freely throughout the season from spring- 
sown seed; splendid for bedding, edgings or pot 
culture. 
Snowball. Large clusters of pure white flowers. 
. Pkt. 10c. 
Etoile Blue. A new variety from France; the finest 
blue sort in our trial grounds the past season ; habit 
round and compact and even; 8 inches high by 12 
inches diameter; perfectly sheeted with heads of large 
pure blue flowers. Very effective. Pkt. 15c. 
Blue Star. A new variety, tiny and compact, only 4 to 5 
inches high, densely covered with light blue flowers; splendid 
for edgings and ribbon bedding. Pkt. 10c. 
Princess Pauline. A very pretty and unique Tom Thumb vari¬ 
ety, growing bushy and compact, about 8 inches high, freely bear¬ 
ing heads ot blue flowers with white centers. Pkt. 10c. 
“ST. BLRIGID” 
ANEMONES. 
These beautiful Irish Poppy- 
flowered varieties produce in 
abundance large single semi¬ 
double and double flowers 3 to 
5 inches across, of an endless 
variety of colors, from maroon 
and brightest scarlet to flesh- 
pink, and from lilac to purple. 
Some are mottled, striped, ringed, 
etc. For cutting they are unsur¬ 
passed, and in the garden they flow¬ 
er until after frost* hardy perennials, 
flowering from seed the second year 
and thereafter. Pkt. 10c. 
Anemone Japonica, Queen Charlotte. 
A grand hardy variety; immense semi-double 
flowers of pink in the autumn; height, 3 to 4 
feet. Pkt. 25c. 
FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS for the various Flower Seeds are PRINTED ON EVERY PACKET. 
