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Henderson's Qiant Chinese 



primroses 



Were awarded the 

 highest premium, a 

 gold medal, at the 

 "WORLDS FAIR," 

 1893 



Chinese Primroses 

 are among our finest 

 winter and spring 

 blooming pot plants for 

 the window garden .con- 

 servatory and green- 

 house. The plants are 

 attractive, 8 to 12 

 inches high, of healthy, 

 sturdy growth, and free 

 from insects; while they 

 produce for weeks large 

 trusses of flowers, which, in 

 our new Giant varieties, 

 average from 4V& to 6 inches 

 in circumference. Seed sown in 

 the spring produces fine plants for 

 the next winter's blooming. The 

 varieties offered below we have selected 

 from the best Giant strains procured by us 

 from specialists in England, France and Ger- 

 many, and were grown to perfection in our. own 

 greenhouses for comparison. What we catalogue 



is strictly the cream, and fanciers will find them all of surpassing excellence. 

 Henderson's Giant Crystal White. The finest pure white Primrose grown ; flowers are 



Immense, perfectly round and flat, with broadly overlapping petals havlngteathered cilices; 



targe, star-like yellow eye ; foliage li ght g reen on yellowish Rtems n.i 35 



Henderson's Giant (Bed Stemmed) White. Magnificent large and perfect snow-white flowers with 



wavy, fluted edges; foliage dark green with reddish stems ; Strong, healthy grower Pkt. '■)'> 



Henderson's Giant Pink. A most beautiful, bright flesh pink, with fine yellow eve; flowers ol grand 



size; foliage light green with yellowish stems , •. Pkt . 85 



Henderson's Giant Rosy Red. Rosy, coppery red, with large yellow eye — a vcrv attractive color; 



very large, round flowers with broadly overlapping fringed 



petals; foliage dark with reddish stems." /'At. :)."> 



Henderson's Giant Brilliant Crimson. The finest red 



Primula we ever .saw — a rich crimson scarlet, deep but bright, 



and free from the magenta effect ; the flowers are very large ami 



perfect, luxuriant dark green foliage on reddish stenis.../'ir. :'.r> 

 Henderson's Giant Striped and Speckled. Large white 



flowers, striped, flaked and specked with carmine; dark green 



foliage and reddish stems Pit. :'.."> 



Henderson's Giant Silver-edged. Veryunlque; largeflowers 



of carmine pink, distinctly bordered with silvery white: large. 



yellow star-shaped eye; green foliage and green stems. Pkt. 35 

 Henderson's Giant Rosy White. Grand! The umbels. 



foliage, plant and flowers are all superior, and the coloring of 



the flowers exquisite — white veiled with a dainty, warm blush ; 



foliage and stems green Pkt. 50 



Henderson's Giant Bine. The 



"bluest" variety grown. Desirable 



for variety Pkt. 35 



Henderson's Giant Fringed, Mixed 



Colors. Many beautiful shades 35 



Iiarge-flowering Fringed, Mixed 



Colors Pkt. 20 



Henderson's Giant Fern-leaved 



Primroses. Fern-leaved Primroses 



should be more largely grown. The 



flowers are equal to the crimp-leaved 



varieties with the added attractive- 

 ness of beautiful, long feathered leaves 



which resemble some species of ferns. 



rendering the plants highly ornamental 



even when not in flower. Single 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 35 



QIANT "CRYSTAL 

 WHITE." 



Henderson's Giant 

 Double Chinese Primroses. 



Henderson's Giant Double Blush Pink. 

 Very large and very double fringed flowers, 

 almost like carnations; the color is an ex- 

 quisite-shade Ot rosy flesh pink;crested green 

 foliage on yellowish stems. A grand variety ; 

 one of the finest doubles weever saw. Pkt. 50 



Henderson's Giant Double Deep Rose. 

 Deep rose pink, double flowers, surrounded 

 by large guard petals; good trusses of 

 bloom Pkt. 50 



Henderson's Giant Double Red. Deep 

 carmine red. the best deep red among the 

 doubles; large flowers Pkt. 50 



Henderson's Giant Double White. Large 

 heads of double white flowers Pit. 50 



Henderson's Giant Double Carnation 

 Striped. Semi-double, but very large flow- 

 ers white-flaked carmine Pit. 50 



Henderson's Giant Double Fringed 

 Primroses, Mixed Colors Pit. 50 



Large -flowering Double Fringed. Mixed 

 Colors Pkt. 35 



«*»*»* OTHER PRIMROSES, zzz&ee* 



AURICULA, COWSLIP, POLYANTHUS, ETC. 



Obconica grandiflora hybrids. Mixed. Large beautiful fringed 

 flowers of shades of rose, blue, white. etc. ; valuable pot plants, flower- 

 ing in 3 to 4 months from seed. (See cut.) Pkt. 10 



Sieboldii. Splendid for either garden or pot culture; flower stalks 8 to 

 12 inches high, with large clusters of flowers] to 2 inches across; color, 



soft rose, with white eye; free-blooming. (Seecat.) 20 



Japanese Primrose (Primula Japonica). One of the most beautiful. 

 Flowers, 1 inch across, of shades of crimson, maroon, lilac, pink, white, 



etc., on stems 1 to 3 feet high. Mixed Colors 10 



English Primrose {Primula vulgaris.) The old favorite common yellow 



Primrose, now so popular and fashionable in England Pit. r> 



Alpine Rose-colored Primrose ( Primula rosea). Numerous spikes 4 to G inches high, with blos- 

 soms. 1 inch across ; rosy carmine, with yellow eye 20 



Cowslip, Mixed Colors [Primula rem). The well-known favorite English Cowslip, flowering 



early in Spring. '■' i foot. (See cut.) 5 



Auricula, Fine Mixed (Primula auricula). Umbels of fragrant flowers, of many rich colors. 



V 2 foot. (.See cut.) 10 



Polyanthus, Mixed (Primula ela.tior). Early blooming for spring flower beds or pot culture; 



the large umbels of flowers are borne on stalks 8 inches tall —....5 



Polyanthus, Blue-flowered. Large umbels of lavender blue and violet flowers 15 



