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-HENDERSON’S NEW STRAIN OF 
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MARGUERITE 
These Gorgeous and Fragrant Garden Carnations 
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From Seeds Sowin in the Spring. 
Shown in colors on the opposite page. 
All Joyers of Carnations have reason to be grateful for the introduction of this wonderfully improved strain. The flowers often measure three inches 
across, and are usually as double as double can be; most of them have beautifully fringed petals, and are delightfully fragrant. One great merit of these 
Carnations is that they commence to flower in about twelve weeks’ time from seed. Seed sown in the spring will produce luxuriant plants that will be continually 
full of bloom from August until killed by severe frosts. If desired, the plants can be potted in the autumn, and they will continue to bloom profusely 
in the house through the winter, or seeds may be sown during the summer for the best winter-flowering plants. 
These Giant Marguerite Carnations are the best garden types grown, the plants are sturdy, branching and erect; the flowers are well supported on 
strong long stems, and although the flowers are immense, yet they seldom burst the calyx. 
Too much cannot be said in praise of these magnificent Carnations. They were originally produced by crossing the large-flowering annual garden Pinks 
with the Carnation proper, retaining the characteristic flowers, clove fragrance and foliage of the latter with the desirable merits of blooming quickly and 
profusely from seed and the bushy, luxuriant growth of the former. We have tried to propagate some of the exceptionally fine-flowering varieties and special 
colors of these Carnations from cuttings and layers, so that we could offer plants of them, but they bloom so freely that young-rooted plants commence 
to form buds before first forming a good plant, and, in consequence, plants from cuttings grow but little; therefore, we shall always have to depend upon 
seeds, culling out all that come single, or not up to type, as soon as they show bloom, for these Carnations, like many other plants from seed, are inclined to 
sport, though we often get something new and wonderfully beautiful. 
PRICES OF HENDERSON’S NEW GIANT MARGUERITE CARNATION SEED. 
GIANT WHITE C (Figure I on plate) 5 Per pkt. of 25 seeds, 20c. | GIANT STRIPED . (Figure 5 on plate) 5 Per pkt. of 50 seeds, 20c. 
GIANT SCARLET . (Figure 2 on plate) ° Per pkt. of 50 seeds, 20c. | GIANT PINK : (Figure 6 on plate) . Per pkt. of 50 seeds, 20c. 
GIANT YELLOW . (Figure 3 on plate) 6 Per pkt. of 25 seeds, 20c. | GIANT GARNET . (Figure 7 on plate) ° Per pkt. of 50 seeds, 20c. 
GIANT ROSE s (Figure 4 on plate) 5 Per pkt. of 50 seeds, 20c. | GIANT MIXED : . . ° 0 . - Per pkt. of 100 seeds, 20c. 
CUSTOMER’S SELECTION.—Any three packets of above for 50c., or the ENTIRE COLLECTION of 
SIX SEPARATE VARIETIES, shown on plate opposite, for $1.00. 
DWARF JAPANESE HOLLYHOCKS. 
PYRAMIDAL LITTLE PLANTS, ONLY 15 TO 18 INCHES HIGH. 
Producing Large Semi-double Flowers, from Base to Summit. 
These very unique and beautiful Hollyhocks, from the ‘t Flowery Kingdom,”’ 
are great acquisitions. The plants grow in pyramidal form to a height of only 
15 to 18 inches, and are covered from bottom to top with semi-double flowers 
about three inches across, the petals of which are crinkled and fringed like 
crumpled and slashed satin; the colors are crimson, white, pink, pink-shaded 
with deep pink toward centre of flower, and pink with a white edge. We 
expected to offer these colors separately this season, but our Japanese suppliers 
notify us of the small yield of seed, so we will combine all into one mixture to 
give us seed enough to offer to our customers this year. Mixed Colors. 
Packet, 25c. 
TALL DOUBLE BLACK HOLLYHOCK. 
Of American origin. Very odd and rich, large double black 
flowers. Packet, 25c. 
ARGE-FLOWERING... i 
..f ALL YELLOW COSMOS 
(Cosmos Grandiflora Sulphurea.) 
Entirely distinct from the Dwarf Yellow Cosmos on the market, which is really a ‘Bidens.’ This 
large-flowering tall yellow Cosmos grows from 6 to 8 feet high, forming beautiful upright sturdy plants, 
with large fern-like leaves, and even when not in bloom presents a wonderfully pretty appearance. The 
flowers are of rich golden-yellow, and measure from 5 to 8 inches in circumference. In the North, to get 
them in bloom before frost, seed should be sown early in the house, and the plants grown on in small pots 
until time for planting outin May. Price, 25c. per packet. 
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