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Cepyright. 1906. by Peter Hen lerson & Co.
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“EVERYTHING x: GARDEN
IS THE TITLE OF
HENDERSON'S CATALOGUE CF SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS, TCCLS, BOOKS, ETC.,
For the Garden, Greenhouse, Lawn and Farm.
CEAUT-ZFUL—INSTRUCTIVE—ELABORATE. 188 lerge peces, rickly illustrated with phctograrhs frem nature
8 colored and 6 ductone plates, andart cover. it weighs1 pound
This acknowlecged Peer of Catalogucs is too expensive to send to other than Customers, to whom it has been mailed. We shall be pleased to send you a copy On receipt of 10 Cents to prepay postage, which amount may be deducted from your first order.
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It is not enough to know that seeds grow, for weed seeds grow! The vital point is, What will they produce?
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GROWERS, IMPORTERS and SUPPLIERS aS Op ass
HENDERSON'S surerior SEEDS
Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds, Farm Seeds, Flowering Bulbs, Ornamental and Fruit Plants
also dealers in
Implements, Tools, Requisites, Fertilizers, Insecticides, Books, Etc., for the
Garden, Greenhouse, Lawn and Farm
YIELD SUPERIOR PRODUCTS
We issue these
& & SPECIMEN PAGES «
Hoping they may be the means of introducing our seeds and ourselves to many people throughout our broad country, having gardens, lawns or farms, whom we have not had the privilege of furnishing with such requirements as we can supply ; while we have enrolled upon our registers many thousands of customers, yet we are equipped to care for the needs of many more.
Our establishment—founded in 1847 and now established 60 years—is perhaps the most extensive of its kind in America if not in the world. It is thoroughly departmentised, thus giving to each branch the advantage of specialized knowledge which insures a greater perfection in output than is possible with smaller concerns where a few are sup-
posed to ‘‘ know it all.”
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CUSTOMERS VERIFY
If you had the time and we had the space thousands of testimonials similar to the following could be quoted :
‘We can get seeds nearer home, but qual-
J 2eds more tportance.
tionably your seeds are the surest
and sajest.",-—QuUARRY GARDENS, Leesville Cross Roads, Ohio
“TI get more prises on vegetables raised jrom your seeds than from those of any other seedsnien.""—Miss M. J. SWEET, West Broome, Prov. Quebec.
‘TI have dealt with you for over 30 vears,
d various other see dsmen dur-
at perio d, but always returned to Peter
erson & Co., as the most re liable.’ = P. WIELANDY Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“At the close of a prosperous gardening season I cannot refrain from expressing Vv appreciati 1 oF the s1 1Pe: 710r qualit y oF ur seeds and the products of the same. Tj a single seed jailed to germinate I do not know it, and the jruits proved quate 1 I deem it a duty, in consideraito " the quali; Vv of your goods and the gent uy manner in ach. you always tet me ‘to make this known and secure f as many new customers as poss am m1 oral, sure that your old customers need 20 solicitation. —HENRY L. GRANT, Grafton W. Va.
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PETER HENDERSON & 60. sive no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productivonoes, or any other matter of avy Seeds, Buibs or Plants they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop, If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to "be returned.
PETER HENDERSON & CO., Cra canta, New York.
SEND BY... 2 Date Hh Pies ie 906 State if wanted by Mail; Express (and Company); YS Fry ight (and Route); Steamer (and. Line), |
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(if goods are wanted by express, C.O.D., 2 per
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: RECORDED COEF eet 3 State : and entered for following Catalogues: Station or Exp. Office x ee : R and
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WE DELIVER EREE in the U.S., Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Lawn Grass Mixtures, Bulbs and Books,
toany P. O., R. R. Express Office or Freight Station, excepting where otherwise noted in Catalogue.
PURGHASER PAYS TRANSIT GHARGES on/y on pints, quarts, pecks, bushels & barrels, & on Farm Seeds, Tools, Implements, Insecticides. etc Plants are shipped at Purchaser's Expense, though some small plants we mail free.
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This Coupon will be accepted by us for [2 5 * toward payment on any order from our Catalogues for Seeds, ¢ Plants or Bulbs amounting to not less than” $1.00,” 5 the & difference between the value of this Coupon (25c.) and the total amount of the order to be remitted in Cash, Post Office or’ | Order, Express piney Order or Check.
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THE
Henderson
Catalogues
issued each year
aggregate 699,000 copies and contain 69,670,000 pages, requiring 540,000 pounds of paper or 38 car loads of 15 tons each.
The postage on our yearly output of Cata- logues aggregates $43,200.00.
The pages (the size of this one, J04 in. long), if laid end to end, would make a white path (the width of this page 8+ in.) extending 11,542 miles, or nearly half way ar- ound the globe.
The above is an ac- curate illustration of the volume of our business and the extent of our patronage.
The Various Catalogues Issued Annually by PETER HENDERSON & CO.
HENDERSON’S “ EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN. ({ssued in Tanuary.)
This is our complete catalogue of Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds, Lawn Grass Seeds, Farm Seeds, Ornamental and Flowering Plants, Fruit and Vegetable Plants, Summer Flowering Bulbs, Aquatics, Books, Tools, Implements, Fertiliz- ers, Insecticides and Requisites for the Garden, Lawn, Greenhouse and Farm.
It is an elaborate book, the acknowledged peer of all catalogues, containing 188 large pages richly illustrated with photo-reproductions from nature, 8 colored and 6 duotone plates all bound in an elegant art cover. It weighs one pound.
e mail Henderson's ‘‘ Everything for the Garden '’ without application to all customers of the previous season, but it is too expensive a book for_pro- miscuous distribution, though we are pleased to mail a copy to any applicant remitting 10 cents (stamps or coin) to cover postage, which amount may be deducted from the first order sent us.
HEN DERSON’S FARMER’S MANUAL. CUssued in February.)
This is our complete catalogue of Farm Seeds. It contains 48 large pages photographically iiustrated and replete with up-to-date farming information, with full descriptions of all that is best in Grasses, Clovers, Grains, Root Crops, Forage, Ensilage and Cover Crops, Cottons, Grass Mixtures for Permanent Pasture and Hay and other agricultural crops. We mail Henderson's Farmers’ Manual without application to our agricultural and stock farm customers, and will be pleased to send it free to any one interested in farming, on application.
HENDERSON’S IMPLEMENT CATALOGUE. CUssued in February.)
The most complete catalogue published of Garden and Farm Implements, Tools and Requisites; 72 large pages illustrating and fully describing all up-to- date high quality horse and hand power labor-saving appliances for the garden, lawn, orchard, farm, barn, dairy and poultry yard. Many unique and valu- able inventions are offered in it that unhorse drudgery and introduce pleasure, success and profit in gardening and farming operations. In it we also offer high grade Fertilizers for all crops, as well as Insecticides, Fungicides and Spraying Apparatus. Henderson's Implement Catalogue is mailed without ap- plication to those who purchased goods offered in it the past season. We shall also be pleased to send it free to any others interested, on application.
HENDERSON’S MIDSUMMER SAT ALOGUE: (Issued in June.)
In this catalogue of 32 pages we offer, describe and illustrate pot-grown Strawberry Plants of the standard and new varieties, which if set out before Sept. 1st will bear a full crop the next season. Also Celery and other Vegetable Plants for Summer Planting. Seasonable Seeds for Summer Sowing, Insecticides, Fungicides and apparatus for applying, etc. We mail Henderson's} Midsummer Catalogue without application to customers, also to others who apply.
HEN DERSON’S ‘EVERYTHING FOR THE LAWN,”’
(Issued in March.)
This catalogue of Lawn Essentials contains 32 large pages beautifully illus- trated from photographs with descriptions of various Lawn Grass Seeds adapted to all soils, situations and climates, besides a complete line of Lawn Tools and Requisites, including hand, horse and motor Lawn Mowers, Rollers, Graders, Sweepers, Turf Edgers, Walk Cleaners, Weeders, Sprinklers, Hose, Rakes, Edging Shears, Sun Dials, Vases, Settees, Trellis, Lawn En- richers, Weed Destroyers, Mole Catchers, etc., and besides very excellent direc- tions are given for the Formation, Renovation and Care of lawns. We mail Henderson's ‘‘ Everything for the Lawn’ without application to those who purchased any articles offered in it the past season, and we will mail it free on application to any one interested in lawns.
HENDERSON’S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE.
(Issued in September.)
Admittedly the most beautiful and complete bulb catalogue published; 64 large pages, photographically illustrated and describing all that is best both in standard and new varieties of bulbs for autumn planting, both for winter flowering in the house or spring flowering in the garden. Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Crocus, Amaryllis, Lilies, Paonias and a host of miscellaneous bulbs, tubers, roots, etc. Besides we offer in it Flowering and Ornamental Plants for the house in winter; Hardy Shrubs, Small Fruits, Seeds for Fall Sowing, Plant Stands and other requisites, books, etc. We mail Henderson's Autumn Cata- logue to customers without application and will be pleased to send it free to any interested applicant.
HENDERSON’S BOOK CATALOGUE,
CUssued in January.)
A concise descriptive list of more than 300 different books on Horticulture, Agriculture, and kindred subiects, including the following: Ornamental Plants and Flowers; Cultures of Special Plants; Hardy Gardening and Landscaping; Botanies, Wild Flowers, Ferns, etc. ; : Vegetable and Market Gardening; Cultures of Special Vegetables; Fruit and Nut Culture ; Cultures of Special Fruits; Shrubs, Trees and Forestry; Plant Breeding, Propagation and Pruning; Insects and Plant Diseases; Agriculture and Farming; Cultures of Special Farm Crops Dairy Farming and Dairying; Soils and Manures; Drainage and Irrigation; Farm Animals; Poultry, Bees, Birds; Cooking, Canning, Preserving, ec. We mail this catalogue free, but only on application.
HENDERSON’S MARKET GARDENERS’ AND FLORISTS’ CATALOGUES. (Issued January and August.) In these we offer the specialties in vegetables and flowers usually grown for market. We mail these catalogues only to commercial gardeners and florists.
The Superiority of Henderson’s Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, etc., 35,70" 65 Highest Awards p,3¢ the Columbian ang
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MACRO. ‘THE TWO BEST SWEET CORNS ¢ ON EARTH. “Siu.
HENDERSON’S
Country
Gentleman
Sweet Corn ||| For Main Crop.
The Most Delicious
Sweet Corn Grown.
Plump, Pearly-White, Milky Kernels, fairly melting in the mouth.
Retaining its
Delicate Tenderness even when a little old. Very Productive,
Each stalk yielding 3 and often 4 ears; even 6 ears to a stalk occasionally.
HENDERSON'S Country Gentleman.
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CG) S the finest of all Sweet 4. Corns for the private and) table. The arrange- ment of the kernels on the cob indicates high quality. The moment the teeth sink into this luscious, milky, tender Corn, you will become a complete convert to it, for it will delight the most fastidious epicur> It retains its delicate tenderness and flavor even when a little old, as the ears are enclosed in a heav y husk . which tends to keep the ear ‘“‘in the milk”’ for several davs longer than other corns. The ears average eight to nine inches in length, cob small and plump; pearly-white kernels of great depth fill the ear from end to end. It produces three, many times four, and occasionally five and six, ears to a stalk. But the great merit of the “‘Country Gentleman’’ Corn is its delicious quality; it is, without doubt, the sweetest and most tender of any Sweet Corn. (Sce cut.) Price, 15c. 3 pt., 25c. pt., 40c. qt., $1.75 pk., $5.50 bush.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT IT:
“T wish to speak of the Country entleman Sweet Corn as being better than the best that we have ever tried. It’s fine. G EORGE ROGERS, Jackson, Mich. “The Cou ntry Gentleman Sweet Bui i is the best and sweetest we have ever raised or eaten. Mrs. N BONNELL, Springfield, N. J. “IT wish to speak in praise of your Chea Gentleman Sweet Corn. We thought it the best, sweetest corn we ever tasted, and it lasted so long ‘in the
milk’ condition we will never be without it. Mrs. C. M. CHAPMAN, Deer Creek, Ill. “We are now feasting on the Country Gentleman. Having used at for
years can truly say there 1s no other sweet corn anywhere equal to it.’
ROBERT P. ORR, Haitland, N.C
HENDERSON’S
METROPOLITAN..... __ SWEET CORN
FOR WERY EARLY.
The Best, The Largest, The Sweetest, and the Biggest Yielder of all
EARLY SWEET CORNS.
Pit is safe to say that ) there has never been on
> the markct any one va- tiety of Corn that combined the essential features of earliness and good flavor in a satisfactory degree. In these important charac- teristics, ‘‘Mciropolitan”’ certainly outclasses any other variety. It is only two days later than Cory, which has been the most popular early sort.
The plant is distinct, be- ing very strong in stalk, growing 53 feet in height. The leaves are numerous, narrow and very dark green in color. The ears, two to three to the plant, are all set low. They are uniformly 9 inches long, 10 to 12 rowed, well filled to the tip with large deep grains, which are very tender. It is not merely swect, but possesses that exquisite richness so well known in the larger and later sorts. An ample husk insures its remaining in the ‘‘milk”’ longer than is usual with early varieties. (See cut.) Price, 15c. 4 pt., 25c. pt., 40c. qt., $1.75 pk., $5.50 bu.
“Your Metropolitan Swect Corn was certainly the sweetcst and most succulent corn I ever ate.” ? E.H. PLATT, Watervliet, N..Y.
“Having enjoved our last mess of your Metropolitan Swect Corn,
sucgest that you are warranted wn adding lo your cectalogue de- scriplion its ‘evergreen’ Cualitics. Last year I planicd it in the seme garden and at same dates with Stowel’s Evercrecn and jound wt outdid the laiter in lengih of time it remained in talle condition. This year four plantings of AMctro- poliian kept our table supplied from Aug. 14ih to Oct. Q7ih. It remains a len time ‘in ihe milk.” —L.D.COLLINS,Sec’y The Jchn- son Harvestcr Co., Batavia, N. Y.
“I panted a smail guentity oF your Metropolitan Sweet Corn last season beside Kendei’s Larly Giant, Cory and Perry’s Hybrid. All-re- ceived equal attention and Metro- politan was earlier than any, had larger ears, filled better at tip, and was vastly superior in tenderness and flavor. It is, indeed, an ac- quisition.’—C. J. ROBINSON, Paterson, N. J.
CORN, BEANS and PEAS we do NOT deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pint or 10c. per quart is added to prices.
ppendesens PULEF MEASURE e = A New, Round, Green-Podded Bush Bean. ==
We have had this splendid bean under observation for three years but until this season have not had sufficient seed to enable us to catalogue it.
Full Measure has been developed from a cross between a wax and a green-podded variety and combines the excellent qualities of both. It is early, healthy, a vigorous grower, and an exceptionally heavy yielder of long, round, meaty, green pods, which are succulent and tender, absolutely without string or tough skin. We predict that Henderson’s Full Measure Bean will become exceedingly popular
and win its place as a standard variety both with private and market gardeners. (See cut.) Price, 15c. } pt., 30c. pt., 50c. qt., $3.00 pk.
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A PROLIFIC AND CONTINUOUS BEARER. THE FIRST IN SPRING—THE LAST IN FALL. ABSOLUTELY STRING- LESS—VERY TENDER AND OF DELICIOUS FLAVOR.
HIS superior variety, introduced into cultivation by us, is a distinct improvement in green bush beans, and has become exceedingly popular wherever
known. Ourcustomers who have grown it are enthusiastic in its praise; some of them say, ‘‘you do not praise it half enough.”
The plant is of remarkably handsome and _ thrifty growth, being practically rust and mildew proof. It is very hardy, extremely early, very prolific and bears con- tinuously for several weeks; it is the first to give pods fit to pick in the spring, and the last to yield edible pods in the fall; in fact, frost usually finds midsummer-sown plants still in pod and blossom.
But the crowning merit of this grand Bush Bean is in the rich green pods, which are of immense size, thick, broad, extra long, very uniform in shape, solid, meaty, and of high quality, meltingly tender and having a deli- cious flavor exclusively their own; moreover, the pods are absolutely stringless and entirely free from any tough, membraneous lining, not only when young but this tender “snap brittle” quality is retained even into maturity.
In addition to the many merits of Henderson’s Bountiful as a “‘snap’”’ bean, one lady draws our attention to the fact that she ‘‘finds it is most excellent shelled after it is ripe for winter use.”
This variety, while unrivalled in its class for the home garden, is also coming into great demand among the truckers, who find that its handsome appearance and luscious quality ‘‘hold their customers.’’ (See cut.)
, Price, 15c. } pt., 20c. pt., 35c. qt., $1.80 pk., $6.00 “bush.
WHAT THE USERS OF BOUNTIFUL BEAN THINK OF IT.
“T never saw such fine Beans as Henderson’s Bountiful. I had the first and the last of the season from the same row and plenty to use all summer. The quality is excellent. The vigor of the plant and the beauty of the beans are subjects of comment amona my neighbors.”
G.A.GAMENTHALER, Barnesville, Ohio.
“Your Bountiful has given the best satisfaction of any bean ever grown by me. Planted 7 days later than Valentine it produced first; the plants are very healthy, the crop heavy and the quality fine. A very few hills will supply an ordinary family through the season.’
J. iL. VAIL, Garden Grove, Iowa.
“T am not going to have a garden this season, but I must have a few rows of your Bountiful Beans; they cre the best beans I ever saw.” Mrs. LOUIS DAVIS, E. Nashville, Tenn
“Thad a few Bountiful Beans from you in the spring. It is, indeed, a wonderful bean, so prolific and of such fine quality.”
O. F. NEWHALL, Market Gardener, Peabody, Mass.
“Your NEW BUSH BEAN BOUNTIFUL is, in my opinion, far ahead of all others, both in earliness and yield. I picked 52 large pods off one plant, and the small ones on same were too numerous to count. It is the only bean I ever saw that was stringless.”’
G. A. SMITH, Gayville, S. D.
“Your Bountiful Bush Beans beat anything down here tor fine, healthy
foliage and mammoth yield, quality grand.” W. M. THOMAS, Selma, Ala.
“Last year we tried your Bountiful Bush Beans, and aside from
the fine yield and beautiful foliage, we find them of splendid quality.” H.E.WARE, Armstrong Mill Road, Lexington, Ky.
“The Bountiful Bush Beans were bearing and in blossom when frost
killed the vines. They are all you claim.”
JOHN HARING, Mt. Ivy, N.Y.
BEANS, PEAS and GORN we do NOT deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pint or 10c. per quart is added to pricess
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“We know there but yours; tomatoes raised jrom others so-called do not begin to compare with yours.”
J.B. MEACHAM, Rockville, Ind.
“Your Ponderosa Tomato is just all we could ask: large and meaty with few seeds.”’
A.J. MATTH EWS, New Florence, Pa.
“We have grown Ponderosa for several years
with amazing satisfaction. Our neighbors
are astonished at their immense size, weight and
flavor.’ H.N. K. GOFF, Washington, D.C.
“The Ponderosa Tomato cannot be beaten for quality, quantity and size; it seems as if they grow better every year.’
Mrs. M. J. DEXT ER, Mountain View, Cal.
“Your Ponderosa is undoubtedly the finest Tomato ever raised; I had some weighing 23 and 3 pounds each.’’
CHARLES B. PEARRE, Waco, Tezas.
“Ponderosa is the finest Tomato I ever raised; the flavor is delicious. want nothing better.’ Mrs. L. M.GREELEY, Plymouth, N.H.
“We had one plant of Ponderosa that bore 30 tomatoes, most of them weighing 13 to 23 lbs. each. What do you think of that?”
R. REY NOLDS, Ionia, Mich.
“Your Ponderosa Tomatoes were the wonder of my neighbors. It was not unusual for me to pick a dozen for a friend and have them weigh 15 to 18 pounds to the dozen.”
J.G. BRITTAIN, Hagerstown, Md.
“Dear old Ponderosa! I have only room for one dozen plants, but they supply my table every day with delicious fruit; we think there is no tomato like Ponderosa.”
Mrs. J. B. THOMPSON, Waverly, N.Y.
“TI never liked the taste of tomatoes until we
raised Ponderosa, and now I never get tired of them.” MissG. BATES, Minneapolis, Minn.
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cenuINE PONDEROSA TOMATO.
THE GRANDEST TOMATO ON EARTH.
It has received more enthusiastic praise and has taken more first premiums than any other six vegetables combined.
QUALITY BEYOND PRAISE. SOLID AS BEEFSTEAR. SHAPE PERFECT. SIZE MASSIVE. EARLY AND LATE. LUXURIANT GROWER. PRODIGIOUSLY PROLIFIC. SUCCEEDS EVERYWHERE.
HENDERSON’S PONDEROSA TOMATO is in every way splendid. It excels in magnificent size, often attaining a circumference of 18 inches and weighing 2, 3 and 4 pounds each; perfect in form; free from wrinkles and fissures; as smooth as glass and as solid and meaty as beefsteak, free from watery cavities and almost seedless. It ripens thoroughly, its glowing crimson color permeating the flesh to the heart: it is free from rot, but, above all, the delicious quality and flavor are its crowning merits—toothsome and rich when sliced, savory and delicious when canned.
HENDERSON’S PONDEROSA TOMATO is a luxuriant, healthy grower, independent of droughts, free from blight, and a prodigious, early and continuous bearer. First ripe fruits are often picked in 10 weeks from seed sowing, while late fruits may be gathered until frost.
HENDERSON’S PONDEROSA TOMATO is now grown in every State in the Union and every civilized country on the globe, and from everywhere it receives nothing but enthu- siastic praise. Eulogistic letters regarding it are received by us in annually-increasing thousands, and our sales of Ponderosa seed last season were double those of any previous year, thus convincingly proving that the marvelous success and popularity it has already achieved has not yet reached its zenith.
HENDERSON’S PONDEROSA TOMATO is better and better every year. It is now so highly bred, so free from seeds, that we only get ten pounds of seed from an acre, where formerly we harvested twenty to thirty pounds, while ordinary tomatoes yield one hundred pounds or more of seed per acre: this fact alone shows that Henderson’s Ponderosa is almost all solid meat. and as nearlv seedless as is possible to perpetuate it.
HENDFRSON’S PONDEROSA TOMATO SEED, purchased direct from us, insures the best grade, saved from selected fruits. It seeds too sparingly to be profitable for most sellers of seeds, so many inferior stocks of Tomato are being offered under the name ot
, Ponderosa.” Price, 10c. pkt., 60c. oz., $2.00 } Ib.
to customers if asked for.
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Henderson’s Succession Collection
OF eurerior Mead Lettuces.
This set comprises the four varieties named below, with which may be produced a continuous supply of the most delicious lettuce that can be raised from early spring until late fall.
Mignonette for Extra Early........ Salamander for Second Early.......
PROTECTING BIG BOSTON LETTUCE WITH SALT HAY—FOR THANKSGIVING.
HENDERSON’S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE
Wins praise from all users:
“The Big Boston was a splendid success. Hardly a head weighed less than 2 lbs., while I had many that weighed 3 lbs.”
Maj. W. H. NASH, Vancouver, Wash.
“T must say your Big Boston Lettuce is a good one, for they grow like cabbages and are crisp and good flavored, and I intend planting a lot this year.”
GEORGE SPREADBOROUGH,
Sardenfield, Camberley, Surrey, England.
““T don’t think there is a lettuce to beat your Big Boston. They look like cabbages. All of my lettuce will be Big Boston next year.” R.L. RICE, Sunrise, La.
‘‘Your Big Boston Lettuce was a great
success — the finest lettuce ever seen around ) ,
here.’ H.W.M. DRAKE, Port Gibson, Mich.
“T have never seen finer lettuce in the States than I grew here from your Big Boston seed.”
Capt. ORVAL P. TOWNSHEND,
Cayey, Porto Rico.
“The lettuce I have raised from your Big Boston seed created quite a_ sen- sation here. Every one asked me where I got the seed. You will get several orders from here.”
H.HUEBSCH, Austin, Teras.
“IT made an extra fine crop from the.
Big Boston Lettuce seed you sent me; 25 heads would often fill a half bushel basket.” ALFRED AYER, McIntosh, Fla.
“When my neighbors come into my garden they think your Big Boston Lettuce are cabbages—they are beauties.”’
M.A.GARRETT, Patterson, La.
“Your Big Boston Lettuce is fine.”
CHAS. RIESS, St. Bernard, Ohio. “We were much pleased with your Big
Bosion Lettuce — they produced fine large heads.’ W.L. TAYLOR, Lawton, Mich.
seshsiisse ” ”
Price, 1 pkt. each of the above four Lettuces for goc.
Described on page 28. | Big Boston to follow.................... Described on page 27. 28. | New York for Main Summer Crop....... mn BS 2¢
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HENDERSON'S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE.
A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE.
For either Midsummer or Fall use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp White Heads.
HIS grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has proved to be most valuable, steadily gaining in popularity until it is now more extensively grown than any other kind of lettuce, either for the private table or for sale,
North, South, East or West; whether grown in the open ground for summer and fall use, or in frames for spring, or forced cool in greenhouses for winter use, it invariably gives both grower and. user the utmost satisfaction, producing as it does during all seasons, under conditions mentioned, splendid large buttery-yellow heads, packed with thoroughly blanched leaves, crisp, tender, sweet and white, delighting both the palate and the eye. This grand variety makes a handsome plant, with but few outside leaves, and stands long before bolting to seed. Although Big Boston is one of our best large-heading midsummer lettuces, it is also peculiarly adapted for cool open-ground culture; large areas of it may be seen in the vicinity of New York as late as Nov. 15th; a slight covering of salt hay amply protects the plants from hard frosts, and when cut for market the leaves are as fresh, bright and untinged as if in midsummer. Thousands of acres of it are grown during the winter in Florida and other Southern States for shipping to Northern markets; as far north as Maine it is a wonderfully popular summer lettuce; in fact, we know of no other variety that gives such general satisfaction under so many varied conditions.
(See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. 0z., 65c. 4 1b., $2.00 lb.
Our SUCCESSION COLLECTION of Lettuces, offered above, is worthy of your attention.
HENDERSON’S
INVINCIBLE ASTERS.
A superior type, of healthy, robust growth, producing long- stemmed flowers of immense size and perfect form.
They are of surpassing beauty when cut for vases, and of incomparable effect for garden beds.
E introduce to our customers as one of the latest and highest achievements in China Asters, a Superior race in every way. The plants are of very healthy, robust, branching growth, about two feet high, producing,on long stems, massive, peony- formed flowers of perfect form and fault- less outline, and exceedingly double to the very centre. The flowers are the most beautifully formed of all large Asters. The petals are of thick and durable sub- stance, and, in consequence, the flowers last long in perfection, These Asters are wonderfully prolific and continuous bloomers from summer until checked by frost. When grown in masses 1n garden borders, or grouped in beds, their decorative effect is unapproachably gay and enlivening. When well grown the flowers of Henderson’s Invincible Asters average 34 inches across; 4-inch flowers are quite common, and if grown especially for cut flowers, the side branches pruned, allowing a plant to carry not over 8 or 10 flowers, one flower to a stem, their size will then be enormous, measuring 44 and- 5 inches across. These magnificent blossoms being gracefully poised on strong, well-leaved stems 15 to 18 inches long, resemble good-sized Chrysanthemums, and are unsurpassed as cut flowers for vases and home decoration.
HENDERSON’S INVINCIBLE ASTERS
We offer in the following colors, viz.:
ROSE-PINK .. Pkt., 15c. WHITE ..... Pkt, lic. LAVENDER .. Pkt., I5c. BLUE ...... Pkt., 15c. CRIMSON .... Pkt., 15c. Mixed Colors, Pkt., 15c.
The COLLECTION of 5 separate colors for 60c.
HENDERSON’S INVINCIBLE ASTERS.
“My ‘Henderson’s Invincible Asters’ were awarded 1st prize at the Port Huron. Flower Show—three flowers each of three varieties. There were thirty entries, so you may imagine how pleased I am with my first year’s experience in growing prize A sters.” : i M. H. WESTBROOK, Port Huron, Mich. “7 grew your white Invincible Asters with stems 28 inches long, flowers 43 inches across—all double and perfect flowers.” — SaaS = J. A. BALLON, Springville, N. Y. “T took first premium last September with Invincible Asters; they were beautiful.” GERTRUDE L. TRIPP, Yankton, S. D. “T never saw any Asters equal to your Invincibles—they are superb; such large, long-stemmed flowers, and such beautiful delicate colors!’ Miss E. K. TOMPKINS, Floyd, Va. “The Invincible Asters from you last year could not have been. more perfect.” Mrs. THOS. M. ASHE, Raleigh, N. C. “Last year we had the grandest Asters ever seen. They were your Invincible; we had one white flower fully 6 inches across, and the pink ones were a dream.” IDA A. HAUPT, Milton, Pa. “My Asters from your {Invincible strain were the best at our flower show; five blooms of the lavender were the best I ever saw, and I have
sm Asters for 6O years.” ae I CHAS. JAS. FOX, South London, Canada.
To every purchaser of above Aster seed we will send free our new leaflet, “LATEST AND BEST METHODS OF GROWING ASTERS,’’ which tells how to grow them to perfection, both in the garden beds and for cut flowers.
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SENSATIONAL FLOWER SEED NOVELTY
Henderson’s Ever-Blooming Annual Hollyhocks
EVERY GARDEN MAY NOW BE GLORIFIED WITH QUEENLY HOLLYHOCKS GROWN AS EASILY AND FLOWERING AS QUICKLY FROM SEED AS ANY GARDEN ANNUAL FOR
HENDERSON’S
EVER-BLOOMING
ANNUAL HOLLYHOCKS COMMENCE FLOWERING IN TWELVE WEEKS
FROM SEED, AND CONTINUE TO BLOOM UNTIL FROZEN
The old favorite Hollyhock can seldom be flowered from seed before the second year, and as the young plants frequently winter-kill, it has limited the cultivation of the Hollyhock to those willing to give the young plants special winter care. All of this bother is obviated in grow- ing our new hybrid Hollyhocks, for they flower the first season from seed, which may be started in the house or hotbed from February to April, or be sown in the open ground in May.
The plants from early-sown seed set out in May commence blooming in July, the May-sown in August, and in either event they ower profusely until frost.
The flower buds, borne in clusters, vary in maturity from the de- veloping bud to the expanding flower; this characteristic accounts for the remarkably long flowering period, and, besides, the plants continu- ously push out side branches as well as new spikes from the base, all of which also develop their quota of flowers almost ad infinitum. Open flowers sometimes encircle the spikes compactly—veritable columns of bloom, but usually the flowers expand in irregular groups, wherever the buds are strongest, in a charmingly informal fashion.
The diversity of forms and colorsamong the flowers affords many delightful surprises. Some plants produce densely double flowers without guards, others with guard petals; there are semi-doubles, then single sorts with small double or anemone-flowered centers, and single saucer-shaped flowers; some with smooth-edged petals, others flounced, fringed, etc., ete., and all flowers are usually very large, some measuring five inches across. In colors there is also great variety, some richlv brilliant, others dainty and exquisite, then there are colors and tints blended in charming combinations. There are maroon, black, pink. chamois-rose, apricot with garnet throat, crimson, canary-vellow, pink with claret throat and veins, blush with earmine lacings, cerise, white. geranium-scarlet, blush with white throat, magenta, apricot with buff margin, wine-red with white edge, etc., ete.
The plants are of vigorous and healthy growth and naturally branch- ing in habit. The centre spike, if not pinched, attains a height of from 8 to 10 feet, after which, if permitted, the side shoots from the base commence to lengthen, growing candelabra-like 3 to 5 feet long. The plants are amenable to training, that is, the main stem may be kept at any desired height by pinching out the tip, or it may be kept low and induce earlier development in the side branches, thus forming a bush.
Of course, these Hollvhocks, making such luxuriant growth in such a short time and blooming so abundantly, should be sustained for best
and continuous results by planting them in deeply dug, thoroughly enriched soil; water liberally in dry weather.
PRICE OF SEED
Ever-Bl i Annual” Hollyhocks
ic Grand Combination Mixture, doubles, semi-doubles and singles, including all colors, shades and variegations
Henderson’s
Per pkt. (about 50 seeds), 15c.; Per 500 Seeds, $1.00.
IN PRAISE OF HENDERSON’S EVER-BLOOMING ANNUAL HOLLYHOCKS :
(We have received hundreds of other letters of similar purport.)
“The Ever-blooming Hollyhocks flowered practically all summer. You have in this new race one of the most desirable novelties sent out in years. We have not had any blight on your ever-blooming type, although our perennial varieties in the same garden were almost destroyed by it.” WM. N. CRAIG, Supt. Gardener.
F.L. AMES' ESTATE, “Long Water Gardens,’ North Easton, Mass
‘I have never known such fine Hollyhocks as came from uour Ever-blooming kind, the seeds of which were planted in the open ground last April. They beaan to flower the last of July and I had six, eight or ten spikes on nearly every plant. One CANNOT praise them enough.” HELEN J. RIPLEY, Brookline, Mass.
“ Last year I got a package of your Ever-blooming Hollyhock seed from which the plants commenced blooming the 4th of July and are blooming wet (January 13th, 1905)- in fact, look as fresh and beautiful as when they first commenced.
R. CHARLTON, Los Angeles, Cal.
SMS~ We Furnish Complete Cultural Instructions for these Hollyhocks with Every Packet of Seed. mag
ENDERSON’S .. . CREAM OF THE
NAMED SWEET PEAS.
A select list of giant-flowering varieties, including every color among Sweet Peas. We have discarded all small-flowering varieties, unhealthy sorts and duplicates under different names.
Customers may find the name of some old favorite missing, but you can rely on a better variety of same color being offered in the list below.
To aid in selecting certain colors, we submit the following key:
White, 14, 16, 36, 54.—Yellow, 24, 53—Cream, tinted, 20, 52.—Pink or Rose and White, 6. 10, 15, 25. Blush, 11, 35 _—Buff-pink, 2, 23, 32.—Pink, 9, 18, 30, 37, 42.— Rose, 29, 44, 47 —Orange, 34.—Scarlet, 49 Crimson, 19, 27, 43, 48 —Magenta, 7 _—Maroon, 5.—Purple, 12, 51.—Indigo, 39.—Blue, 8, 33.
Blue and white, 31, 40 —Mauve, 1, 38.—Lavender, 17, 28. —Striped blue and white, 21, 22, 45, 50: Striped red or pink and white, 3, 4, 13, 26, 41, 46.
Pkt. Oz. Pkt =
1. Admiration. Pinkish-heliotrope, wings a shade lighter....... 5c. 10c. | 26. Jessie Cuthbertson. Cream-white, striped carmine-red...... 10c. Be.
2. Agnes Johnson. Buff-pink; large flower of best form......... 5e. 15ce. | 27. King Edward VII. Rich crimson-scarlet; grand large flower.. Se. 15c-
3. America. Striped blood-scarlet on white; large and striking... 5c. 10c. | 28. Lady Grisel Hamilton. Beautiful silvery-lavender.......... de. 10c-.
4. Aurora. Striped rosy-orange on white; most attractive........ 5c. 10c. | 29. Lord Roseberry. Deep magenta-rose, wings of lighter shade.. 5c. 10c-
5. Black Knight. Deep maroon, veined black; large and open form 5c. 10e. | 30. Lovely. Warm rose-pink, large and extra fine............... Des, 0cs
6. Blanche Ferry. Extra Early. Rose-red, wings blush-white 5c. 10c. | 31. Maid of Honor. Lavender and white, edged blue............ 5e. 10c-
7. Captivation. Claret-magenta, wings heliotrope, a distinct shade 5c. 10c. | 32. Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Buff-pink, shaded cream.. 5c. 15c.
8. Countess Cadogan. Bright purplish-blue, wings light blue... 5c. 10c. 3. Memento. Exquisite shade of soft ‘‘ baby-blue,” large flower..10c. 25c-
9. Countess Spencer. Flowers of gigantic size and grand open 34. Miss Willmott. Orange-rose, extra large and fine........... 5c. 10c.
form, borne 3 and often 4 on long stiff stems; the coloring 35. Modesty. White with pink tint deepening at edge........... 5e. 10c. should be a lovely shell-pink shading to rose-pink at the edges, e é a : m
but, unfortunately, this variety sports so that various shades 36. Mont Blane. An extra early Emily Henderson, fine for forcing 5c. 10c.
of pink, rose, blush and occasionally orange and carmine will 37. Mrs. Knights Smith. Rose-pink, deepening towards the edge. .10c. 25c.
be found—all, however, of true Countess shape and all ex- 38. Mrs. Walter Wright. Rosy-mauve with bluish-mauve wings.. 5e. 15c.
ceedingly beautiful. BRS weLOChwecocs 10. Crown Jewel. Rose- pink, wings rosy-cream, vane latee flowe eT soc lOc. 11. Dainty. Crystal-white with pink flush deepening to a pink Sat de. 10ce.
39. Navy-Blue. Dark indigo-blue and violet, the best deep blue... 5c. 10c. 40. Phenomenal. White, tinged rosy-lavender, deepening towards
i saa = the edges; standards produced in pairs are full and wavy...-..10e. 25c. 12. David R. Williamson. Indigo-purple; grand open flower....10c. f eae 2 2 : 41. Pink Friar. Flaked and flushed pink on white............... de. 10c. 13. Domino. Pearl-blush peppered with carmine dots, and a : = shaded zone of carmine-pink...............-.+0-+ eseeeee 10c. 25ce. | 42- Prima Donna. Exquisite rose-pink, large and ORES. DoSS'e.0.04 OC aLOcs 14, Dorothy Eckford. A grand open-formed white, superseding 43. Prince Edward of York. Carmine-scarlet, wings crimson.... 5c. 10c. all’ other‘whites'for'size‘and shapes... +. eee 5e. 15c. | 44. Prince of Wales. Rich carmine-rose; grand flower............ Sc 10cs 15. Earliest of All. The earliest strain of Blanche Ferry ........ 5e. 10c. | 45. Princess of Wales. Striped blue and purple on white........ de. 10c. 16. Emily Henderson. Large, pure white, early and profuse...... 5c. 10c. | 46. Ramona. Striped and penciled light pink on white........... 5e,,_ 10c: 17. GladysDeal. Pure lavender-blue of silvery effect............ 5¢e. 15e. | 47. Royal Rose. Deep carmine-rose, wings rose-pink, extra fine.. 5c. 10c. 18. Gladys Unwin. A giant, open-flowered, soft rose-pink........ 10c. 48. Salopian. Rich deep crimson-red, very large and of fine form.. 5c. 10c. 192 George:Gordon. = Garnet=red ea ctercretere ciel ere tes teteteieere 5c. 10c. | 49. Scarlet Gem. Bright geranium-scarlet, medium-sized flowers. “10¢. 25c. 20. Golden Rose. Primrose-yellow, flushed with rosy-pink ....... 5e. 10c. | 50. Senator. Striped maroon and violet on white................ 5c) 10c: 21. Gray Friar. Flaked and speckled blue and mauve on white.. 5c. 10c. | 51. Shazada. Dark purple-maroon; plum-purple wings.......... 5c Oc? 22. Helen Pierce. White ground, marbled and mottled with Beet % 52. Stella Morse. Buff-pink with cream tintings................ 5c. 10c. : blue in the way of a Gloxinia; large shell-formed flowers...... -15e. 53. Sunbeam. Large cream-yellow flowers; extra early flowering, a 23. Hon. F. Bouverie. Salmony buff-pink, wings creamy- sant ssyoiOCe LOC: companion to Mont Blane and Earliest of All for forcing..... 5e5 5c: 24. Hon. Mrs. Kenyon. A grand primrose-yellow.........-....- 5e. 10c. | 54. White Wonder. Largest pure white flowers, often borne 6 ona or: 3 20
. Jeannie Gordon. Rosy-pink, wings pink, tinged primrose..... 5e. 10c. long stiff stem; many of the flowers come double............. Sch loe.
Henderson’s Collections of Sweet Peas.
Popular Collection—t pkt. each, 12 varieties (our selection) 59c. | Resplendent Collection of 12 new giant-flowered varieties, shown Matchless Collection—1 “ “ 25 & € oe $1.00 on colored plate opposite, and described above under For 75c Complete Collection—1 “ “ 54 ss offered above . 2.50 numbers 9, 12, 13, 14, 22, 24, 26, 27, 33, 34, 38 and 40, 2
Our Leaflet, «« BEST METHODS OF GROWING SWEET PEAS,” free to Customers when asked for.
HENDERSON’S
Giant Double Poppies.
This “Brilliant Mixture’’ of double annual Poppies has been made from exclusively improved giant double-flowering sorts, and none but the richest, most brilliant, as well as the daintiest and loveliest, shades and colors are included. Tne plants are sturdy, luxuriant growers about 2% feet high, bearing immense double flowers 4 to 5 inches in diameter, or as large as Pieonies. Some of the flowers have broad, round, smooth-edged petals, and are of imposing effect; others have laciniated and fringed edges which add a charming grace, but the climaxing merit of all is the wonderful variety of coloring, ranging from the most gorgeous down through innumer- able shades to purest white; many are also striped, blended and edged with other colors. When grown in masses the floral panorama is of almost unimagined beauty. They are of the easiest possidle culture; the seed only needs to be sown thinly in May where the plants are to remain. (See cut.)
Henderson’s Giant Double Poppies, Brilliant Mixture. Per 1,000 Seage nao. kt. 10c.
“We were greatly pleased with your Giant Double Poppies; the beauty of coloring and size was remarkable.” HENRY C.COTTLE, Rozbury, Mass.
Double “Featherball” Poppies.
These double-fringed annual Poppies are very beautiful; they belong to the car- nation-flowered type, the large flowers having the same glove-shaped formation, with gracefully fringed-edged petals like big balls of slashed tissue paper or feathers; plants of branching, stocky, dwarf growth, only 15 to 18 inches high, each plant carry- ing several of these large exquisite flowers.
White Featherball Poppy. Double white flowers..............---+-++++ Pkt. 10c. Pink Featherball Poppy. Double rose-pink flowers. .........-.--++5+5+0005 10e. Orange-Rose Featherball. Double orange-rose, tinged chamois.............-- 10c. Scarlet Featherball Poppy. Double brilliant red flowers. ...............+..-. 10e. Featherball Poppies. Double Mixed Colors. Containing several colors... .. 10c.
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@ e Henderson’s Majestic ct’! Pp OPPIES | SHIRLEY ° A great advance in single-flowering annual Poppies. The flowers are imm i i p 1s C Ss. S ense, often measur @} 4 s Acros) the petals are fluted and crinkled and in the sunlight appear like rumpled SRE Ths slants Sea ranched, about 12 inches high, and they bloom in continuous succession for weeks. There is white, white-
eiled pink, hite-s plashed erimsor , rose banded wi 1 s i Ss. ty , U s C whit Sé h, searlet, and man splashed Vv : Ww (s ) re h ite, almon, carmuine, blu , 1y y
Majestic. Fiery-Scarlet. Brilliant oran rl i vhi i 7 5 ; orange-scarlet with white edge and white base... ........ tO: s White and Salmon. Crinkled white with salmon-pink zone ....... CREAT a a ane mR : : 100 es Deep Pink. Beautiful pink, toned deep rose-pink............. 00 ee eee eeeeees 10e. va PREC o tes IM Catalldaal GaN Gable jaca ddeuou doa akeocoub oun uecd Acknoocdecnnee cca ile xed Colors....... ....... Per 1,000 seeds, 25c., Pkt. 10c.
Mrs. Frew’s garden of ‘ Majestic’ Poppies, seed purchased from you, is a perfect beauty.” J.H. FKEW, Frewsburg, N. Y.
““PEATHERBALL’’ POPPIES.
STORRIE'S NEW ICELAND POPPIES.
This new strain contains many new colors and shades, including blush, salmon, coral- pink, orange-rose, white, lemon, orange striped, flecked, edged, blended, etc.
Although hardy perennials, these Poppies bloom the first season from spring-sown seed. The fragrant, elegant, crushed satin-like flowers are produced in never-ceasing suc- cession from the beginning of June to October.
Mixed'sColors)avssc cone toe Pkt. 25¢:
New Giant Oriental Poppies.
Among hardy perennials these hold an unrivaled position for gorgeous effective- ness in gardens and hardy borcers; height, 2 to 3 feet; flowers immense, often 6 inches across. Colors, salmon, fiery-scarlet, rose, lilac and copper color, pink-blotched purple, blood-red blotched black, orange, ete.
New Oriental Hybrids, Mixed orets, At. 25c.
For our Complete List of Poppies (over 50 varieties) see Page le
FRINGED
PETUNIAS
PINK BEAUTY. Pink is a rare color in Double Petunias, but we have it in this variety; a pretty shade of lavender- pink. (See cut.) Price, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz.
Glacier. Pure, glistening white, with just a faint trace of color- ing towards the centre; this may spread through the flower.
SELECTED FROM TEN THOUSAND.
Halo. <A shade of soft pink, shaded crushed strawberry.
Ilion. A rich shade of crimson, without markings.
Jupiter. A rare shade of carmine-crimson; marked white.
Lurline. Rich, intense purplish-crimson; vivid, unique and effective. Maniarin. Intense crimson, edges deeply marked with white. Nettie. A ground of soft pearly-white, marked with soft lilac-pink. Phebus. A charming combination of blush-white and crimson. Rustic. Pure white, the centre a beautiful carmine-rose.
Sonona. Rich claret, accentuated with pearly-white.
Titania. A combination of carmine-rose, white and silvery-lilac.
Price, except where noted, 15c. each, set of 12 superb sorts for $1.50.
THE BABY PRIMROSE.
(Primula Forbesit.) A very attractive variety,
window garden.
useful for bouquets. Price, 25c. each, $2.25 per doz.
A New Yellow Primrose, ‘‘BUTTERCUP.”’
is almost the exact color of the ‘‘buttercup”’ of our fields, and has proved itself to be a variety of A plant in a 6-inch pot carries hundreds of blossoms, These are borne The foliage is something like Primula obconica, but with the whole of the bloom distributed better up and down It blooms with marvelous prodigality, being a mass of brillant The flower buds should be pinched out in summer to allow the plants to make foliage. It
ows readily and is very easy to manage, requiring no special culture.
This beautiful yellow Primrose, ‘‘ Buttercup,’ sterling merit. ranging in size from three-quarters to an inch in diameter. on spikes which stand well alone. the stem. yellow throughout the season from October to June.
See cut.) Price, blooming plants, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz.
blooming continuously from September to June jn the greenhouse, conservatory or It bears a profusion of sprays of rosy-lilac flowers, very
NDERSON & CO., NEW YORK-
DOUBLE SEEDLING PETUNIAS.
Plants grown from the same strain of seed which produced the named varieties, but not all of them are certain to be double. Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100.
SINGLE SEEDLING PETUNIAS.
hese are grown from seed of our own saving, and are the same strain as those we use in our hybridizing to obtain double flowers. Many of them will be finely fringed and highly colored. Price, 10c. each, 75c. per doz., $4.00 per 100.
DOUBLE NASTURTIUMS.
Double Yellow. A strong, climbing variety; continues to bloom the entire summer. The flowers are 3 inches or more in diameter, and are perfectly double, of a bright yellow, with a rich crimson, feathered blotch at the base of each petal.
Double Crimson. Similar to the above in growth; flowers very double; rich fiery-crimson. Price for both the above, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz.
PRIMULA OBCONICA, “4895, 5RINGED
These new, large-flowering hybrid ever-flowering Primroses are great improvements, producing trusses of large fringed- edge flowers nearly double the size of the older type and con- taining several colors, including lavender, blush-pink, white, etc.; favorite pot plants for house and conservatory on account of their wonderful blooming qualities, flowering nearly the year through. Price, blooming plants, 25c. each, $2.25 per doz.
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(Madame Norbert Levavasseur )
HARDY AND PERPETUAL-FLOWERING. (Also called the “BABY RAMBLER.’’)
HE descriptive name of this extremely valuable new Rose, ‘‘ Dwarf Crimson Rambler,’”’ seems a misnomer, yet nothing is more appropriate, for
the fame of the ‘‘Crimson Rambler’”’ properly be- longs to it. It forms compact bushes about 2 feet high when fully grown, and is fully covered with clusters of its rich, crimson-red flowers throughout the season. It begins to bloom when in small pots and is practically never out of bloom for the balance of the year. Per- fectly hardy, it requires no winter care, and should improve each year with good culture. The coloring is brighter and more persistent than in its parent, the ‘‘Crimson Rambler,” of which it is a seedling. The size of the clusters and the number of flowers in each are the marvel of all beholders. Its use is varied so as to render it invaluable. As a bedding variety, to make a low, attractive hedge, to border a walk, for planting in cem- eteries, or for growing in pots in the house, it stands alone and must find its way everywhere. Remember it is hardy and perpetual-flowering.
Price, Ist size, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz.; 2d size, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz.; 3d size, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. (all plants that will bloom).
MAD. JEAN DUPUY.
A lovely high-class Rose recently introduced from ~ Truss of Europe; color, fine creamy-rose, with golden-yellow centre; * the Dwarf outer petals edged with red, large, fully double and very sweet; Gri constant and abundant bloomer, almost thornless. ie es
Price, 1st size, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz.; 2d size, 40c. each, Rambler.
$4.00 per doz.; 3d size, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz.
ROSEMA WR.
A very effective bedding Rose, perfectly hardy and very vigorous. It is abnormally healthy and free- blooming, never sick under ordinary conditions, and never out of bloom. The color is rich reddish-carmine, changing to a brilliant pink as the flowers age.
Price, Ist size, 50c. each. $4.50 per doz.; 2d size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. ; 3d size, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz.
Cc. P. STRASHEIM.
A very valuable summer-blooming Tea Rose. It is distinguished among the many meritorious Roses we offer for its healthy, vigorous habit and its great freedom of bloom. From the time the little plants were first in bloom in the open ground in May it was never out of flower and not a sick plant appeared. The color isa very delicate shade of primrose- yellow with a tint of fawn, the latter shade being quite pronounced in the centre of the flowers. As the flower ages the color lightens toward the ends of the petals to a light sulphur- yellow, almost white, making a charming contrast with the darker portions of the flowers, giving a very finished and unique appearance to it. Like all of the ever-blooming monthly Roses, it is at its best during the cool days of spring and fall. (See cut.)
Price, Ist size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz. ; 2d size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz.; 3d size, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. .
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PETER HENDERS ON ‘& CO., NEW _ YORK . 3 **DECORATIVE” DAHLIAS.
The ‘Decorative’ Dahlias have broad and heavy petals; they are strong in growth and have large, superb flowers. They are invaluable for cut-flower decoration and the garden.
Baron Schroeder. This is a rich, glowing purple.
Bronze Beauty. Golden-yellow overlaid with bronze.
Clifford W. Bruton. A clear, rich yellow, perfectly double. The grandest of all the yellow ‘‘decora- tive’’ Dahlias.
Claribel. Very large, splendid flowers; color, bright royal-purple, with long stems, fine for cut flowers. Celestine. <A beautiful variety, fine large flowers freely
produced; color, intense yellow suffused with orange.
Eloise. Blush-pink, shading to white, each petal margined with deep, glowing crimson.
Frank L. Bassett. Bright royal-purple with blue shadings. Large, finely-formed flowers; a profuse bloomer, continuing from first to last in the season.
Jumbo. Double flowers; color, rich glowing crimson.
Lucille. Old gold and orange, amber reverse.
Lyndhurst. Dark, dazzling crimson-scarlet.
Mrs. Basham. A pleasing shade of soft pink.
Mrs. John Arnold. Deep rose-pink; a profuse bloomer.
Nymphaea. Beautiful pink, blush at the centre.
Oban. Rich rosy-lavender, overlaid silvery-fawn.
Orange King. Rich, glowing orange; a profuse bloomer.
Rayon d@’Or. Bright orange, occasionally banded white.
Wm. Agnew. The grandest red Cactus Dahlia, large and fine. Invaluable for its magnificent flowers.
Zulu. Intense velvety-maroon, almost black,
Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz.; set of 18 ‘‘Decora- tive’? Dahlias above for $3.25. Field-grown roots.
WHITE CACTUS DAHLIA, WINSOME.
‘ Undoubtedly the finest pure white Cactus Dahlia to sf = S@ date. The flowers are large, of beautiful Cactus form, wes: —— with twisted incurved petals giving great - Je FLELD-GROWN We poe coe Howe erie e a is fi : é ery strong, heavy, vigorous grower,
A NEW, GIANT, «FANCY ¥ esi Sie) _—z of branching habit, producing the flowers DECORATIVE” DAHLIA DAHLIA. ROOTS — in great quantities on long, stiff, erect
stems, holding the flower face upward. PROFESSOR MANSFIELD
(See cut.) Price, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz A grand ‘‘fancy decorative”’ Dahlia; flowers on
the crown bud run from seven to eight inches across, asturdy grower, with long, stout stems. The color is rich yellow,clear white tipsand rosy-red towards the centre. Early in the season and in light soils the red will also ap- pear on the margin of the petals; occasionally the white is absent from some flowers on a plant, but in whatever stage, it is a unique and handsome variety. The petals are 1} to 2inches expanded. (See cut.) Price, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz.
TRUE “CACTUS” DAHLIAS.
Blanche Keith. Petals long, full, uniform rich yellow.
Bridesmaid. Delicate shade of rose, passing toward the centre to pale primrose; beautifully formed.
Capt. Broad. Brilliant vermilion-scarlet, very full.
Delicata. A lovely hade of pink, shading to pale yellow.
Earl of Pembroke. Bright plum, deep and velvety.
Geisshler. A pleasing shade of rosy-crimson, occasionally striped white. A charming variety.
Hunold. Intense orange-scarlet, large size, full centre.
Konigin Wilhelmina. Deep crimson, richly shaded.
Mary Service. Light orange-scarlet, gradually shading to deep rose on the tips of the petals.
Matchless. Rich, deep velvety-maroon.
Miss Annie Jones. Bright crimson-scarlet, a large, bold flower, of true Cactus type; early and very free.
Mrs. Barnes. Long, twisted, narrow petals, of a lovely clear primrose, shading to palest rosy-pink.
Purity. Pure white, without a flaw or blemish. :
Strahlein Krone. Intense cardinal-red, rich and glowing; long, twisted petals; profuse bloomer.
Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., except where noted; set of 14 for $2.50. Fveld-grown roots.
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use 1 quart.
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