34 PETER HENDERSON" & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— FLOWER SEEDS. 



PED SWEET PE^S. 



HENDERSON'S STANDARD HIXED SWEET 

 PEAS, all bright colors, in proper proportions, 

 mixed from 30 standard varieties selected from our 

 " Cream of the Named Sweet Peas " offered below, 

 including both American and Eckford's varieties. 

 A row of our Mixed Sweet Peas in bloom is bright 

 and varied in coloring and particularly pleasing, 

 and vastly superior to many mixtures sent out. 

 which are' too often made up from the surplus of 

 varieties that have accumulated on account of their 

 undesirability. Some of the Mixed Sweet Peas, as 

 sent out, in our competitive trials, proved to be 90 

 per cent, dull blue and purples Price, 5c. per oz. 

 (soo to 400 seeds) ; 10c. per 14.1b ; 25c. per lb. 



HENDERSONS MIXED NEW GIANT HYBRID 

 SWEET EA S, mixed by ourselves exclusively 

 from the recent introductions of both Eckford's and 

 American novelties, including many 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 finest 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, 10c. per oz. (300 

 to 400 seeds) ; 20c per J4 lb ; 50c. per lb. 



To 0id in Selecting any Desired Color, 

 ▼ We Classify Named SVeet Teas in 

 * General Color Effects, Viz.: 



IF YOU WANTS 



^SELECT 



Light Yellow 63 



White 7,55, 



Pearl Blush 86 



Pink 33,68,71,79.97.99,113, 



Orange and Pink 26. 35, 72, 75 



Carmine Rose 28, 67, 84, 



Crimson Scarlet 59 



Pink with White Wings 1,29, 39, 105, 118, 



Rose or Red with Blush Wings 9, 11, 13,41 



Claret 



Maroon . 6. 96, 



Purple with Maroon 49,50 



Blue 21, 34 



Heliotrope 45, 53 



Lavender 35, 37 



Edged Blue on White and Lilac 15 



Striped Red and White 3 



Striped Red, White and Blue 



Striped Straw and Pink 



Striped Pink and White 



Striped Orange and White , 



Striped Heliotrope and White 69, 



Striped Maroon, Purple and White 103, 



Speckled Chestnut on White 



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12^ 

 95 



100 



,8! 

 122 



23 



121 



85 



124 



,76 



,73 



,77 



43 



27 



89, 107 



130 

 117 

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TJENDERSON'S CREAM OF THE 



n NAMED S WEET P EAS, 



All inferior varieties and renamed dupli 

 cates are culled from this list. If you do not 

 see the variety you are looking for below, re= 

 fer to the list of " discarded Sweet Peas " on 

 page 33, which tells what better variey of 

 same color to select in place. 



*[. 



Alice Eckford, white, apricot and pink 



America ( Toreador), white, striped red 



Aurora, striped white, orange and salmon 



Black Knight, (novelty) maroon 



Blanche Burpee, large white 



Blanche Ferry, rosy red, wings Husk 



" " extra early rosy red, blush wings 



Bronze King, copper rose, wings white 



Butterfly, Improved, [Maid of Honor], white and lavender 



Capt. of the Blues, the best blue 



Captivation, purple, claret and lake 



Celestial, lavender 



Chancellor, {novelty) rosy orange 



Columbia, striped, red, white and blue 



Colonist, (novelty) rosy car-mine 



Coquette, primrose and 'fawn 



Countess of Aberdeen, blush and dark pink 



Countess of Cadogan, Eckford's advance novelty 



Countess of Powis, orange salmon, suffused purple. ... 

 Countess of Radnor, Imp'd, [New Countess] lavender.. 



Countess of Shrewsbury, purple and blush 



Crown Jewel, cream. a?id rose 



Cupid White. Tom Thumb, white 



Pink 



" Beauty 



" Alice Eckford 



" Primrose 



Daybreak, white, watered crimson 



Dorothy Tennant, rosy heliotrope 



Duchess of York, white, striped pink 



Duchess of Sutherland, (novelty) white, flushed rosy . . 

 Duke of Sutherland, (novelty), claret maroon, purple wings.. 



Duke of Westminster, Eckfords advance novelty 



Emily Eckford, rosy heliotrope, wings bluish 



Emily Henderson, the best white 



Firefly, the best scarlet 



Golden Gleam, primrose yellow, the best yellow 



Gray Friar, while clouded and dotted lilac 



Her riajesty , rosy carmine, wings lake 



Hon. F. Bouverie, Eckford's advance novelty 



Juanita, white, striped lavender 



Katherine Tracy, large, solid, fine pink 



Lady Mary Currie, (novelty) orange pink 



Lady Geisel Hamilton, Eckford's advance novelty.... 

 Lady Penzance, orange rose 



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Lady Skelmersdale, Eckford's advance novelty... 



Lottie Eckford . white and lilac, edged blue 



Lottie Hutchins, (novelty) straw, clouded p>ink. . . 



Lovely, pink and rose 



Maid of Honor, see Butterfly Improved 



Mars.flery crimson 



Mikado, flrey rose red 



Monarch, purple and maroon 



Modesty, (novelty) pearl pink 



Jlrs. Eckford, yellow 



Mrs. Dugdale, Eckford's advance novelty 



Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, white, striped rose 



New Countess, {See Countess of Radnor Improved]. 



Oriental, (novelty) deep orange rose 



Othello, Eckford' s advance novelty 



Peach Blossom salmon pink 



Prima Donna, soft pink 



Prince of Wales, (novelty) deep rose carmine 



Princess of Wales, striped blue and white 



Queen Victoria, cream primrose, tinted pink 



Ramona, creamy striped carmine blush 



Red Riding Hood, while, blush and rose 



Royal Rose, rosy pink 



Sadie Burpee, (novelty) white: pkts., 12 seeds 



Senator, white, striped mahogany 



Sensation, (novelty) rosy creatn 



Stanley, mahogany, wings maroon 



Stella Morse, (novelty) creamy and apricot 



True Blue or Navy Blue, (novelty) dark blue 



Venus, rosy buff. 



Wawona, (novelty') striped heliotrope and white... 



TROUBLE pLOWERIWG gWEET p ESS 



double, mixed colors 



" Apple Blossom, pink and blush.. 



1 * Boreatton, maroon 



' ' Butterfly, white and lavender 



'• Captain of Blues, blue and purple. 



. " Duke of Clarence, plum claret 



" Lottie Eckford, white atid mauve . 



1 ' Senator, striped blue, while, etc. . . 



" Splendor, rosy crimson 



' ' white 



" Bride of Niagara 



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COLLECTIONS \\ 



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SWEET PEAS ll 



Henderson's selection, 1 packet each of 6 standard varieties, 25c. ; 12 varieties 



Henderson's " Prize Winner " collection, 1 packet each 25 varieties (shown in colors in iSqq Retail '{Catalogue). 

 Collection 1 packet each, 7 American novelties in Sweet Peas for 1899 



" " " SEnglish " " " " 



" 7 Eckford's Advance novelties for 1900 



" " " 5 Cupid Sweet Peas 



$0.40 



1.00 



.75 



.85 



4.50 



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