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HENDERSON'S GIANT SAUGER” GOSMOS * 
THE GLORY OF THE AUTUMN GARDEN. 
E offer here the most magnificent varieties of Cosmosin the world. They 
are the latest developments in this favorite autumn-flowering garden 
annual; the flowers are giants, as large as saucers, often 4 to 5 inches 
across, double the size of the old large-flowering Cosmos. The petals 
are broader and overlapping, forming a perfectly round flower, deeply ribbed 
and of splendid substance. For cutting for bouquets and vases this is one of 
the finest flowers grown, lasting in water two weeks; the long stems and feath- 
ery foliage lend themselves to graceful arrangements. The plants, 5 to 6 feet 
high, of symmetrical, pyramidal form, are one mass of feathery, emerald-green 
foliage, studded with giant flowers of white, pink or crimson, enlivening the 
garden long after more tender flowers have succumbed to early frost. 
Giant ‘‘Saucer’’ Cosmos, Mixed Colors .............::..::ccc0:sseeceeseeesceeee Pkt.10 
Giant White ‘‘Saucer’’ Cosmos. Immense flowers of immaculate 
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Giant Pink ‘‘Saucer’’ Cosmos. Pure pink flowers with a ring of maroon 
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Giant Rainbow Cosmos. A beautiful new departure in Cosmos. Pink, 
eream, blush, white, crimson, ete., which are again striped, dotted, suffused, 
zoned, ete., with other exquisite shades and colors. The flowers are very 
large and often with frilled and fringed edges. (See cut.) ...........2....... Pkt..25 
EARLY stovenve COSMOS 
HE Cosmos has developed into one of our mest 
beautiful garden annuals, and has been appro- 
priately.called ‘‘The Glory of Autumn.” Jn- 
fortunately they do-not bloom until quite late, and 
sometimes incolder Northern Statesearly frostcatches 
them beforethey arefullyin flower. This newstrain of 
early- flowering Cosmos, which we have been working 
up for several years, begins to bloom scatteringly in 
June, the quantity increasing gradually until August, 
and from that time until frost the plants are a mass 
of flowers. The flowers are smaller and the plants are 
dwarfer than the late-flowering Cosmos offered above, 
forming compact bushes only 4 feet high. The colors 
are white, crimson and pink, which we offer only in 
mixture. Mixed Colors...........ccccccccceeeeseeees Pkt.10 
““T purchased some 
GIANT COSMOS seed 
of you last spring, 
and in the fall had 
somethat had grown 
nine feet tall and 
some of the flowers 
measured four inches 
across. They were 
the finest I eversaw.”’ 
Mrs. HORACE 
GILBERT, 
Winchester, Ky. 
‘““My GIANT COS- 
MOS last year was a 
grand success. Had 
all the flowers I could 
wish for. The plants 
were overthree yards 
high. Please send me 
some more of your 
good seed.”’ 
Mrs. E. C.K. 
MENGES, 
Allentown, Pa. 
GIANT RAINBOW COSMOS. 
. senunru._: FERSIAN GYOGLAMEN... 
YCLAMENS are among the most beautiful winter and spring flowering plants 
for the window and greenhouse. Not only are the flowers of striking beauty, 
but the foliage is also highly ornamental. These new strains are even more 
beautiful. 
CRESTED WHITE CYCLAMEN. Large white flowers, with a striking crest 
or feather upon the face of each petal; very beautiful..................:eeceeeeeeeees Pkt. 50 
BUTTERFLY CYCLAMEN. The flowers are of noble size, with spreading, 
crimped and undulated petals, the margins of which are daintily fimbriated. 
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DOUBLE, LARGE-FLOWERING CYCLAMEN. The flowers have usually 
8 to 10 petals, often 12 to15, which are more spreading than in single varieties. 
Thereis the same range of colors, crimson, pink, white, spotted, ete., and like 
all double flowers they remain much longer in perfection than singles, the season 
of blooming lasting fully 3 months. Double Mixed Colors. (See cut.)..Pkt. 85 
HENDERSON’S 
GIANT PERSIAN 
CYCLAMEN. A su- 
perior strain with flow- 
ers of largest size and 
perfect form, displayed 
well above the hand- 
some foliage ; thecolors 
are all brilliant, irclud- 
ing crimson, rose-pink, 
white, dark blood-red, 
spotted, eyed, ete. 
Giant Mixed Colors 
.. Pkt. 20 
“The Giant Cyclamens 
I raised from your seed 
were thelargest and finest 
I ever grew.” 
T. L. HOWES, 
North Adams, Mass. 
COPYRIGHT /90/ BY PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
GOREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA EL DORADO” 
F all thevaried forms of Coreopsis Grandiflora this new variety, “El Dorado,” is by far the best. The 
O flowers are of extraordinary size—larger than the flowers of any other Coreopsis grown—meas- 
uring 8 inches and over in diameter, and they are borne on stout, erect stalks, 15 to 18 inches in 
length, rendering them most ornamental when arranged loosely in tall vases. In form the flowers are 
simply perfect, of much substance and long-lasting, and of the most intense and brilliant golden-yellow. 
This variety, although a hardy biennial, is better when treated as an annual; seed sown earlyin the spring 
will produce compact, bushy plants—about 2 feet high—that will produce their noble flowers in such 
continuous abundance that the plants are literally smothered in golden blossoms during the entire 
summer and fall months; it should certainly be grown by everyone, being of easy culture, succeeding even ? 
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