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I IOME of the Countess Spencer 



* ■ Sweet Peas and their originator, 

 Mr. SILAS COLE. •-■ ••■ ••• 



Henderson's Novelty Collection 

 of 12 Spencer SWEET PEAS. 



(The names of varieties alike or " too near alike " are given in parentheses.) 



Blush Spencer (Beauty. Lorna Doon, Lady Althorp, etc.). Exquisite flushed 



white, tinted soft pink. Pkt. 25 seeds, 10c. 



Cream and Apricot Spencer (Nell Gwynn, Miss Bostick, Paradise Ivory, 



etc.). Cream flushed with apricot-pink. Pkt. 25 seeds, 15c. 



R °fy-Buff Spencer (Mrs. Routzhan, Constance Oliver, Lucy Hemus, etc ) 



rinkish buff, suffused and edged rosy-pink. Pkt. 25 seeds, 15c. 



Coral-Rose Spencer (Miss E. F. Drayson, Robert Fellows, etc.). Coral-rose. 



Pkt. 15 seeds, 15c. 

 Heliotrope Spencer (The Marquis, Mrs. Chas. Manders, Tennant Spencer, 



etc.). Rosy-mauve. pkt. 15 seeds, 15c. 



Maroon Spencer (Dudley Lees, Hannah Dale, Prince of Asturias, Othello 



Spencer, etc.). Rich chestnut-maroon. Pkt. 25 seeds, 15c. 



Blue Spencer (Flora Norton Spencer, Anglian Blue, etc.). Bright blue. 



Pkt. 15 seeds, 15c. 

 BiCOlor Spencer (Apple Blossom Spencer, Mrs. Andrew Ireland, Kitty Crier, 



etc.). Rose-pink standard, blush wings. Pkt, 15 seeds, 15c. 



Pink-striped Spencer (Ramona Spencer, Mrs. Chamberlain Spencer, Silver 



Wmgs). Striped and suffused pink on white. Pkt. 25 seeds, 15c. 



Orange-striped Spencer (Elegance, Aurora Spencer, etc.). Striped and 



flushed orange-rose on white. Pkt. 1.5 seeds, 15c. 



Red-striped Spencer (Paradise Red-flake, Winnie Jones, America Spencer, 



etc.). Striped carmine-red on white. Pkt. 15 seeds, 15c. 



The Spencer Hybrid 



8al.l s e°d giant orchid^flowered 



Sweet Peas. 



SWEET PEA evolution has resulted in the creation of a glorified, giant 

 race known as "The Spencers," the characteristics of which are plants 

 of healthy, vigorous growth, attaining under congenial conditions a 

 he ' eht of from 6 t0 1° feet and requiring to be grown a foot apart in the row. 

 ihe flowers, freely and continuously produced throughout the season, are 

 also correspondingly large, measuring 2 to 24 inches across. The wings 

 are large and gracefully poised in open formation, while the gigantic stan- 

 dards, round and upright, are frilled, the undulations diminishing fanlike 

 into dainty waves at the margin, the effect of which is high lights and shad- 

 ^ g ^-fT ng a , harmon y of varied color tones suggesting the title— Giant 

 Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas. Three and often four of these queenly blos- 

 soms are borne on a strong stem nearly a foot in length, rendering them 

 unsurpassable when cut and vased, as well as for corsage bouquets The 

 Spencer Sweet Peas are destined to supersede all older types as rapidly as 

 corresponding colors can be trued up and sufficient seed produced. We 

 are now able to offer nearly two dozen Spencer varieties that come fairly 

 true, but there are hundreds of other sports and selections in existence- 

 duplicating every color, shade and combination in the older sweet peas, 

 and including some shades and combinations heretofore undreamed of 



At the National Sweet Pea Societies Show held in London the past season 

 several hundred exhibits of Spencer Sweet Peas were staged— placarded 

 with about 250 variety names; but not over 50 of these were really dis- 

 tinctive. For instance, there were 11 names for White Spencers, 12 names 

 for Primrose Spencers, 10 for Blush Spencers, 21 for Pink Spencers, 29 for 

 Rose Spencers, 18 for Crimson Spencers, 17 for Lavenders, etc This 

 multiplication of names for alike or " too-near-alike" varieties results from 

 enthusiastic discoverers and selectors of Spencer Sports naming their own 

 babies, believing them the only of their color in existence. American 

 sweet pea experts have also in hand several hundred "Spencer Selections," 

 some of which we know are duplicates of foreign varieties under other names, 

 and many of the balance we strongly suspect will prove duplicates. The 

 fact is, Silas Cole, the hybridizer and originator of the Spencer Sweet Peas, has 

 "broken the blood," and the same "new" varieties are liable to breakout in 

 various parts of the world at about the same time. For this reason, and in 

 deference to the ethics of horticultural nomenclature — "priority to the first 

 named" — we will offer Spencer Sweet Peas only under color until the proper 

 name for a variety is authoritatively decided upon. 



Henderson's Rainbow Collection 

 of 8 Spencer SWEET PEAS. 



(Shown in colors on the opposite page.) 

 (The names of varieties alike or "too near alike" are given in parentheses.) 



Countess Spencer, No. H. The grand original from which this new race has 



sprung. Bright pink, deepening towards edges. 



Pkt. of 40 seeds, 10c; oz., 25c. 

 Orange Spencer, No. A (Helen Lewis, Herbert Smith. Maggie Stark etc )• 



Fiery-orange standard, rosy-orange wings. Pkt. of 40 seeds, 10c; oz 25c- 

 Rose-Pink Spencer, No. B (Enchantress, Lovely Spencer, Paradise etc 1 



Warm rose-pink shaded. pkt. of 25 seeds, 10c 



Pink-edged Spencer, No. C (Florence Morse Spencer, Bobby K Elsie Her- 

 bert, etc.). Blush-white, edged pink. pkt. 25 seeds, 10c 

 Wnite Spencer, No. D (Etta Dyke, Paradise White, Ladv Leonard etc 1 



Large waved white. p kt 2 5 seeds 10c 



Lavender Spencer, No. E (Asta Ohn, Princess Alice, Lady Cooper Mrs Chas' 



Foster, etc.). Lavender-blue, tinged rosy-mauve. Pkt. 25 seeds, 10c 



Primrose Spencer, No. F (Clara Curtis, Devonshire Cream, Paradise Cream' 



etc.). Primrose-yellow. pk t 95 seeds 10c' 



Blue-striped Spencer (Hester, Princess of Wales Spencer, etc.).' Striped deep E ° e ^f * RichSon^osI ^^ lngman ' V * a *%&TS bu> ' A M '& Wm ' Kin «- 

 blue on white. Pkt. 25 seeds, 15c. men crimson-rose. Pkt. 40 seeds, 10c ; oz. , 25c. 



Price of Henderson's Novelty Collection of Spencer Sweet Peas, Price of Henderson ' s Rainbow Collection of 8 Spencer Sweet Peas 



1 pkt. each of the 12 varieties described above for S1.50. Spencers'-fo?"^ ° PP ° Sife ^ ^ ^"^ ab ° v ^ th * !**■ of Mixed 



The Complete Collection of 20 Spencer Sweet Peas, ££"*£ l n d f$£ B ? ( *& 1 V£g^^?^ «?&% 



Mixed Spencer Hybrid or "Giant Orchid- Flowered" Sweet Peas. 



Composed exclusively of Countess Spencer hybrids, including several new exquisite colors and shades, many of which, when sufficiently trued ur> mil k= 

 introduced as new named varieties. Pkt. of 50 seeds, 10c; per oz., 25c; per i lb., 75c; per lb., S2.50. 



Our leaflet, "Best Methods of Growing Sweet Peas," free to customers when asked for. 



