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riORTICULTUEE 



January 25, 1913 



HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES 



Those Who Have Grown Them Write: 



"Your Butterfly is tbe best 

 strain of Pansy that I have ever 

 seen and I have been growing 

 pansies (or marliet for many 

 years." W. F. HEATH. 



Jatfry, N. H. 



"I li.ave tried your mammoth 

 Buttertly Pansies for three years 

 and tind them superior to any I 

 have ever grown." 



H. G. THURSTON, 

 Fall River, Mass. 



"I have grown large pansies before, but never saw 

 the equal of your Giant Butterfly. The plants are 20 

 inches high, and the stems of the blossoms 9 inches 

 long, while the blossoms themselves are simply mon- 

 strous, each one a broad expanse of beauty." 



THOMAS C. STARH, Newton, Mass. 



Henderson's MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY Pansies 



We are very proud of. We have sold them for a num- 

 ber of years and receive hundreds of letters praising 

 their superior beauty, size and other merits. When 

 our trial collections of all the world's best types of 

 pansies are in bloom \^■e go over them daily and any 

 plant producing flowers of superlative merit is removed 

 to our "Mammoth Butterfly" plot. Consequently the 

 seed is saved from the greatest variety of types, in- 

 cluding only the best of Giant Cassiers, Bugnots, Tri- 

 nnirdeau. o-blotched Odier, Giant English, French and 

 ilerman hybrids, etc., resulting in the greatest variety 

 of coloring, marking, blotching, veining, etc., which 

 we offer in mixed colors. Price 25c per pkt. ; 50c per 

 1000 seeds; $5.00 per oz. 



For all other types of pansies and in colors, see 



Henderson's Wholesale Catalogue 



For 1913 



Mailed to Florists and Market^Gardeners 



On applicatioD 



AVgretable, Flower and Farm Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, 

 Tools, Implements, Requisites, Fertilizers, Insecti- 

 cides, etc. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35-37 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Chas. N. Page, 

 Dee Moines. la. ; 1st vice-president, 

 Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.; 

 2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark, 

 Milford, Conn.; secretary and treas- 

 urer, C E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.; as- 

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna, 

 O. Next convention June, 1913. 



A Corn Contest. 



It may be of interest to the seed 

 trade, especially those with an agricul- 

 tural clientage to learn that the town 

 of Billerica, Mass., has undertaken to 

 foster the raising of corn in New Eng- 

 land in an energetic and practical 

 manner by instituting a "Corn Con- 

 test." The Board of Trade and the 

 Grange, of Billerica stand behind the 

 project and have offered a prize of 

 $1000 in cash for the man who is able 

 to raise the most corn for one acre 

 in excess of what has been produced 

 per acre up to the present time in New 

 England. The record figure of the 

 Bowker contest of 1911 will be ta';en 

 as the official basis. This record crop 

 was IGO bushels of shelled corn, har- 

 vest weight, or 112.68 bushels crib dry 

 per acre, etc. G. Thommen of Billerica 

 is the prime mover in bringing about 

 this interesting competition, and is 

 chairman of the special joint commit- 

 tee. 



The Seed Dealer and Parcel Post. 

 One of the best digests of the Zone 

 parcel post as it affects the seed trade 



is contained in the sixty-seventh edi- at present as they have had for many 

 tion of the Henderson catalogue. We years the eight-cent rate against gen- 

 quote: eral merchandise at sixteen cents. 



REGARDING UNITED STATES PABCEI, POST. 

 (Effective on and after .January 1st, 1913.) 



The rate of postaae on seeds, plants, bulbs and roots mailed within the United 

 States and possessions T Alaska. Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Porto Eico and the Philip- 

 pines remains the same as heretofore; viz: one cent (Ic.) for each two ounces or fraction, 

 though the maximum weight of a mailable package may now be eleven (11) pounds, 

 and the size seventy-two (72) iuches for combined length aud girth. 



OLTR FREE DELIVERY OFFER — as above— also the extra amounts to be added for 

 postage on certain bulk cjuantity seeds, plants, roots and bulbs, as specified under such 

 articles in this catalogue, therefore remains unchanged. 



THE r. S. P.ARCEL. POST M.\Y ONLY UK OF .ADVANTAGE to some of our Cus- 

 tomers in the United States and possessions -those distant and those living away from 

 Express OtHces on Rural Delivery routes will perhaps be the must benefited — who order 

 from us to go by "Parcel Post" the undernoted merchandise when mailable and within 

 the packed weight and size limit as above; viz; tools, and accessories, ordorless fertil- 

 izers, insecticides and fungicides (fluids and poisons excluded i. All such merchandise 

 mailable by Parcel Post offered in this catalogue we have marked "P.P." and given the 

 packed weight so that extra for postage may be allowed according to Zone distances 

 as follows: 



Each 

 U. S. PARCEL POST RATES First additional 



Within the U. S. and Possessions. pound pound 



(Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Roots, and Books Excluded. or fraction or fraction 



Local Rate, Manhattan and the Bronx only 5c. Ic. 



First Zone, within 50 miles of New York City 5c. 3c. 



Second " " 50 to 150 " 6c. 4c. 



Third " " 150 to 300 " " " " 7c. 5c. 



Fourth " " 300 to 600 " ' 8c. 6c. 



Fifth " " 600 to 1000 " 9c. 7c. 



Sixth " " 1000 to 1400 " " " " 10c. 9c. 



Seventh •' " 1400 to ISOO " " " " lie. 10c. 



Eighth ■• all over 1800 " ' 12c. 12c. 



For small packages, weighing 4 ounces or less, a special rate of Ic. per ounce or 

 fraction, is provided covering all zones. A package weighing over 4 ounces and less 

 than 16 ounces is charged at the "First Pound" rate. 



Of course we have not got a real There will be a big howl from the pub- 

 parcel post, but it is well to know the lie about the lemon they have been 

 use to which we can put such a make- handed, of course, but it is not up to 

 believe as we have been allowed to put the seed trade to get busy. The public 

 through by the express companies' per- will soon see that the Zone system 

 mission, and Henderson has it well ex- isn't parcel post at all. When in the 

 plained from the seedsman's point of natural course of events that happens 

 view as is possible. In this connec- it will be time enough tor us seedsmen 

 tion it should not be forgotten that to take an interest. At present our 

 the seedsmen ought to keep very quiet cue is^forget it. G. C. W. 



