FLOWER SEED SPECIALT 
HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 
Chinese Fringed Primroses. 
Chinese Primroses are among our finest winter and spring blooming pot 
plants, of healthy, sturdy growth, 8 to 12 inches high, and free from insects; 
while they produce for weeks large trusses of flowers, which, in our new Giant 
varieties, average from 4 Va to 6 inches in circumference. 
Giant, Single Crimson. .. Pkt. .25 
“ “ Blush-White. . . .25 
“ “ Blue . 25 
Giant, Single White. Pkt. .25 
“ “ Pink. 25 | 
“ “ Rose-Red.25 ! “ “ 
“ «« Mixed Colors. 
“ “ Fern-Leaved Fringed, Mixed Colors. 25 
“ ** Yellow. Bright yellow merging to creamy-white at edge. . .35 
“ Double White. Pkt. .50 Giant, Double Deep Rose. 50 
** “ Striped .50 “ “ Red. 50 
“ “ Blush-Pink.50 j “ ** Mixed Colors.. .50 
"Our Primulas from you last year were SUPERB- -the best / ever had.” 
LEVI A. LOVELAND, Florist, Neivark, N. Y. 
Primula Obconica, Hybrids. 
These new, large-flowering hybrid ever-flowering Primroses are great im¬ 
provements, producing trusses of large fringed-edge flowers nearly double the 
size of the older type and containing several colors, including lavender, blush- 
pink, white, rose, etc.; favorite pot. plants for house and conservatory culture 
on account of the wonderful blooming qualities, flowering nearly the year through. 
Obconica, Large Fringed, Mixed Colors . Pkt. .15 
** “ “ Oculata. New dark-eyed sorts.25 
Primula Stellata Gigantea. 
Greatly improved strains of these graceful "Star Primroses." 
Giant White Star, pure white, massive flowers. Pkt. .25 
** Red Star, carmine-red, beautiful.25 
** Star, mixed colors..25 
Riclnus , or Castor Oil Plant. 
Noble foliage plants of luxuriant and rapid growth, attaining a height of 
from 5 to 10 feet, producing large palm-like leaves about 3 feet across, of majes¬ 
tic sub-tropical effect; grown either as specimens or in groups. (.See cut.) 
Bismarkiana. A new hybrid, and one of the most decorative of orna¬ 
mental foliage plants; vigorous grower; large dark green leaves tinged 
with metallic bronze and ribbed purple; stalk ana leaf stems almost 
black, ribbed silvery-white. Pkt. .20 
Bronze Beauty. Of dwarf, compact growth, 4 feet high, with purplish 
stems and glistening bronzy-maroon foliage.10 
Zanzibarensis Enormis. Grows 10 feet high, producing enormous 
metallic green leaves.. ..10 
(For our complete list of Ricinus, see page 78.) 
New Cross=bred French Roses. 
FROM SEED. 
These new hybrids—the originator claims—germinate easily from seed, the 
plants growing vigorously, and commence flowering in 6 months' time; the fol¬ 
lowing year, the plants, being larger, yield a greater quantity of flowers; but 
their prime is not reached until the third season, when they bloom in 
astonishing prodigality all summer long and continue to do so thereafter for 
years. The plants form robust bushes, and are hardy, with slight protection, 
in cold climates; about 80 percent, of them produce large double flowers 
of all colors and shades known in Roses, excepting yellow; they are, moreover, 
delightfully fragrant. Suitable either for garden or pot culture. Pkt. .25 
