•PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW #YORK- 
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(Japanese Winter Cherry.) 
fliYHAMB. OR JAPANESE 
PtlYSALlS FRANCHETI 
Von Volexmi (Tacsonia). 
Large scarlet flowers.. Pkt. 15 
Pelargoniums , 
or Lady Washington Geraniums are grand plants forpot culture; the flowers, 
an Inch or more across, are borne in immense clusters through spring and summer; 
colors are rich in theextreme, and beautifully marked. Height, 1 to 2 feet. Finest _ 
Mixed. ( See cut .). Pkt. 15 
PAnicfpmmi Beautiful garden perennials, growing from 2 to 8 feet high, with 
I ClIlslLlllUU* white, pink, scarlet or blue flowers, beautifully spotted and marked 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 
“Sensation.” A new Gloxinia-flowered annual Pen tstemon, blooms the first season from 
spring-sown seed; the flowers measure 2 inches across, in shape similar to Gloxinia flowers 
and brilliantly colored, and are crowded on tall graceful spikes about 2 feet high; grows well_ 
In almost any garden soil. Pkt. 15 
DrkfHlo Manl/inoticlc Ornamental foliage plants of compact habit; leaves dark mulberry 
i Cllllu. 1 idllKIIlCIIolo* color ; useful for ribbon effects. 1V6 feet. Pkt. 5 
(Rhodochiton Volubile.) A charming climber. The heart-shaped 
l U l pi C DCf/o* leaves are very pretty, the upper surface bright green, with large, dark 
veins, and the under side as well as the stems purplish red. The flowers 
are about two inches long, curiously formed and of a rich claret red, and hang on long graceful stems. 
It flowers freely from seed the first season. 10 feet. ( See cut.) . Pkt. 10 
Pniftilain fit-acc (Pennisetum Ruppelianum.) The leaves are narrow, long, and arch gracefully 
I 111 |JIC ruuilUUIl vJl ctod* from the centre of plant to circumference, forming a perfect-fountain. From July until 
frost Its attractiveness is enhanced by feathery purple heads which bend over on their long slender stalks. Eventually they 
expand until the whole plant is veiled with nodding clouds of purple. Pkt. 10 
Cushion Portulaca. 
<F. Grandiflora Compact a.) A short-stemmed class, 
forming compact, oval bushes 6 inches high by 24 inches 
in circumference; perfect cushions of dense foliage 
studded with large single flowers of scarlet, lemon, 
roso.orange.etc. (See cut.) Mixed Colors.. Pkt. lO 
Double Portulaca. 
Oenothera. “5^ 
Mixed. Large showy flowers of 
various colors; hardy annual. 
1 to 2 feet . Pkt. 
(Enothera Drummondi 
Nana. Afinedwarfcompact¬ 
growing annual “Evening 
Primrose,” only 1 foot 
high, with immense bright 
yellow flowers in pro¬ 
fusion. Pkt. 15 
a vo |J c Pretty little 
UXdlls. half-trailing 
annuals, for hanging bas¬ 
kets, vases,rock work and 
edgings, flowering in profu¬ 
sion. C>to9inches. Mixed. 
Annual sorts. Pkt. 10 
Pasony. herbaceous plants, 
well-known ornaments of our 
gardens, with large double 
flowers of various colors. 2 feet 
high. Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 
Palava Flexuosa. S»lor 
beds or pots; large pink flowers with black 
throats; plants bushy. About IVa 
feet high. Pkt. 5 
Passion Flower 
Handsome, rapid-grow¬ 
ing perennial climber, for 
greenhouse decoration or 
sunny positions in the 
open ground in summer. 
Incarnata (”May Pops”). 
Blooms the first season 
from seed. Flowers 2 or 
8 inches across. Flesh 
color, with purple rays, 
followed by yellow edible 
fruits. Pkt. 5 
Ccerulea. Large flowers of 
violet and blue. Pkt. 10 
A remarkably showy annual of sturdy, erect branching habit, growing about 
18 inches high. The branches are well covered with luxuriant, green foliage and 
studded with large bright red cherry-like fruits, each enclosed in an enormous 
balloon-like semi-transparent calyx, about 8 inches long by 7 to 8 inches in 
circumference, at first of light green color, gradually changing, as they mature, 
to yellow, then orange, and finally to crimson. It is a bold, handsome plant 
and gorgeously effective in the autumn garden, and equally as valuable when 
grown in pots for winter decoration in the house, or the colored balloon-like 
vessels can be used to great advantage with winter bouquets of dried grasses. 
The fruit is edible for those who like it. (See cut.) . Pkt. ID 
Platycodon Grandiflora. 
broad, bell-shaped white or blue flowers; very handsome forgarden decoration. 
1 feet. The Sana Compact & or “ Muriesii” type form sturdy little bushes 
only about 12 inches high and are profuse bloomers. 
Grandiflora, White. Pit MO Blue. Pit MO Mixed. Pkt. ID 
Nana Compacta, Blue (Mariesii) . Pkt. 10 White. Pkt. ID 
Pnrtlllflrfl Brilliant dwarf annuals, only G inches high, luxuriating in warm 
i "I IU let vet • situations, and blooming profusely from early summer to 
autumn. For low beds and masses of color, from spring until frost, they are 
indispensable; colors range through innumerable shades of red, yellow, 
pink, striped, white, etc. Single Mixed.Per oz., 40; Pkt. 5 
These make perfectly gorgeous masses of color; 
the flowers of the double sorts remain open all 
day. Seeds from double Portulacas will not all 
produce double-tlowering plan ts. To ha ve a fine 
bed of all doubles, rogue out all singlesand stick 
in cuttings of the doubles in vacancies. They 
quickly take root and flourish. (See cut.) 
Double White. Pkt. ID 
-Rose Striped Carmine.10 
-Yellow Striped Crimson.ID 
Scarlet. Pkt. 10 Double Sulphur....!D 
Salmon. Beaut if id rosy salmon.ID 
Double Rose Color.ID 
Orange.ID 
Purple. ID 
Double Mixed. Per 1,000 
seeds, 25 cts. Pkt. ID 
Customer’s selection of any 8 
packets of the above for 25 
cts.; any 6 for 45 cts. 
Imported collection of lg 
separate double sorts, 75c. 
purple 
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