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Henderson's Mixed New Giant Hybrid Sweet Peas, 2K&& 



tifu! in their modest loveliness, perfection in form, graceful in arrangement, delightful in perfume. 



in coloring, lavish in bloom, unequaied for cutting, bright and showy in the garden, of the easiest 

 culture, succeeding with everybody, in short, irresistible in theiij wealth of charms. If the 

 primitive varieties were Buch fragrant favorites in the old-fashioned garden, is it to be wondered 

 at, with the wonderfully improved sorts of the present time, with increased size, better shape, 

 greater quantity of bloom, with three or four flowers borne on a stem, and with lovely new 

 colors, that Sweet Peas are now enjoying unprecedented popularitv? Bushv climbers. 4 to 6 

 feet high, flowering through summer and autumn from seed sown in the spring 



ourselves, ex- 

 . — y from the recent 

 novelties of both Eckford's and American varieties, including mnnv unnamed new hybrids of 

 remarkable beauty, size, form and sweetness, among which will be found new shades of rosy 

 orange, chamois, pearly pink, straw, silvery lilac, blood-red. cerise, 

 blush ; others edged, blended, mottled, speckled. flaked, striped, etc. This 

 is absolutely the tinest mixture that can be made.and is sure to give our 

 Sweet Pea loving customers many delightful surprises as the new colors 

 and shades unfold. Price of Henderson's Mixed New Giant Hy- 

 brid Sweet Peas: 10c. per large packet {about looseeds); 15c. per ox. 

 {S00 to 400 seeds); 35c. per % lb. ; 75c. lb., delivered free in U. S. 



" The pound of .your New Mixed Sweet Pens, sent me in the 

 spring, ha vegrown to be a double rov/40 feet long and 5 feet high, 

 and are simply gorgeous. We and all our neighbors pronounce 

 them the handsomest varieties ever seen." 



JOHN HINSDALE, West Winsted, Conn. 



An miner of Sweet Pens contains from 

 800 to 400 seeds, enough 1.. now a single 

 row 25 feet lung. Our packets of all 

 (excepting the Novelties) are liberal, con- 

 taining about 75 seeds, enough to now a 

 single row feet long. 



DOUBLE SWEET PEAS. 



The Sowers of these do not all come 



double, but usually produce from 20 to 40 

 per cent, of double blossoms. In some uncon- 

 genial localities orsituatlonsthey haveproved 

 very Inconstant, producing no double flowers 

 at all, but in such cases they make up for the 

 deficiency in doubles by producing in greatest 

 prolusion large single flowers of beautiful col- 

 ors. Only with this understanding with pur- 

 chasers do we supply the seeds. Such flowers 

 as do comedoubleareof incomparable beauty. 

 Sometimes they will all come double on one 

 stem, sometimes all single, but generally dou- 

 bles and singles are borne about half-and-half 

 on each 6tem. Pkt. Oz. 



Double Apple Blossom. Rose and 



blush 5 10 



Double Boreatton. Deep maroon.. 5 10 

 Double Butterfly. White, lavender 



and blue 5 10 



Double Captain of the Blues. 



Blue and purple 5 10 



Double Duke of Clarence. Plum 



claret 5 10 



Double Lottie Eckford. White 



and mauve 5 10 



Double Splendor. Rosy crimson... 5 10 

 Double Senator. Striped blue, white 



and chocolate 5 10 



Double White. Pure white 5 10 



Double Bride of Niagara 5 10 



Double Mixed Colors 5 10 



Collection of Double Sweet Peas. 



1 packet each of the above 10 varieties, 40c. 



Henderson's Standard Mixed Sweet Peas. 



All bright colors, in proper proportions mixed from 30 standard varieties selected from our "Cream of the 

 Named Sweet Peas " offered on next page, including both American and Eckford's varieties. A row of our Mixed 

 Sweet Teas in bloom is bright and varied in coloring and particularly pleasing, and vastly superior to many mix- 

 tures sent out, which are too often made up from the surplus of varieties that have accumulated on accountof their 

 undeslrabillty. Some of the Mixed Sweet Peas, as sent out. in our competitive trials, prove to be 90 per cent, doll 

 blue and purples. Price of Henderson's Standard Mixed Sweet Peas: 5c. per large packet {about 100 

 seeds); 10c. per ox. {300 to 400 seeds); 20c. per Vi lb. ; 50c. lb.. 5 lbs. for S2.00, delivered free in U. S. 



HENDERSON'S 

 SWEET PEAS, 



Customers say, - - - 



Are Superior 



In germinating power I 



in healthy, vigorous growth.. | 

 in abundance of bright bloom • 



Our system of discarding all weakly growing sorts and all inferior small and dull colored varieties, and offering 

 only the "cream," Is now beginning to be appreciated. Read the following encomiums — we have hundreds of more 

 letters of same purport : 



From M. E. CALHOUN. Wolfrille. Nova Scotia: 



"I thought you would be interested in knowing how 

 entirely successful J have been with the Sweet Peas 

 raised from your seed. I had fifty packages {two $1.00 

 collections) planted in two rows, 111 feet long and 4 feet 

 apart. I followed your directions, and the result has been 

 most satisfactory. Every variety came up and 1 have 

 had literally millions of blooms, the coloring perfect 

 They are still blooming in great profusion and will until 

 frost kills the plants." 



From A. J. McCAUGHMN, Newberry, S. C: 



"I planted your Sweet Peas by your printed direc- 

 tions and have beat the town. They are li to 7 feet 

 high; have been in bloom two months. No " firing" as 

 yet notwithstanding hot weather and no rain for 30 days. 

 Some of them had stems 12 inches long and flowers 1M> 

 inches in diameter." 



From CHARLES T. SPEAIt. Rockland, Maine: 



" The Sweet Pea Seeds that I had from you are doing 

 finely. 1 have 1.200 feet of row, average height 7 to 9 feet. 

 There are 57 different varieties, all a solid mass of bloom 

 and color; could pick from 10,000 to 20,000 easily. The 

 flowers are large and of good colors. We have a great 

 many summer people here from all parts of the States, 

 and they come to see our Sweet Peas, and all say they 

 never saw anything like them before." 



From Mrs. WILL SPIER, Melbourne, Can.: 



" We have grown your Sweet Peas with success for the 

 last 5 years, taking first prize at the Richmond County 

 Exhibition and the third at the Provincial Exhibition 

 held in Montreal, the latter in a class open to Sonets and 

 gardeners." 



From L. W. BURDECK, Williamstown, Mass.: 



■ ' Lust spring I grew your Sweet Pea Seeds and mast 

 say that in an experience of 40 years I never before had 

 such strong growth of vines united with such persistent 

 blooming. Several times our Sweet Peas were the subject 

 of quite an item in the local papers. I can recommend your 

 Sweet Peas for their strong growth and free blooming." 



From D. E. HOW ATT (Supt. of grounds). Hotel Fronte- 

 nac, Clayton, N. Y. : 

 "I send you to-day, Sept. 1.1, 1899, a basket of Sweet 

 Peas Horn vines that have been in continuous bloom since 

 the 15th of June — they beat the nation; the grandest sight 

 ever seen in this country, they are fine! We have used 

 great quantities for decoration and sent about 750 thou- 

 sand to the hotel. All varieties have bloomed from '-start 

 to finish." We picked this lot in the first decent rainstorm 

 we have had since last April. I think over one hundred' 

 ladies and gentlemen have made memoranda of your 

 firm's address to get seed in future from you. You can 

 see what your seed has done here." 



