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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



DOUBLE DAHLIAS S 



These flower the first season if sown early. 



CHOICE, Large-flowering, Double, Decorative and Show Varieties, 

 Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



CACTUS DAHLIA, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the choicest show 

 varieties 10c 



OSTRICH PLUME. A unique new type producing attractive double and 

 semi-double flowers composed of long petals, gracefully curled and 

 twisted. Colors, white, rose, cream, etc. — usually spotted and striped 

 with purple and red 25c. 



SINGLE DAHLIAS 



FROM SEED. / 1 



Although perennials these will flower the first season from seed if / EJK??ap i 

 sown early. I f ,<liM £ j 



20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 to 6 inches across, * Jt 



white, marked carmine and pink; very handsome . . . .Pkt. 15c. 

 GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense single flowers of various 



colors, including many beautifully striped and spotted sorts. 15c. i i 

 A'COLLERETTE, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, \ fjCjjijqj 

 adorned with a collar of smail petals around the centre, novel and \ .J^ 



beautiful 20c. \ Kg 



COLOSSAL. A new French race producing flowers that attain the 

 extraordinary dimensions of 8 to 9 inches in diameter or over two 

 feet in circumference. The flowers are composed of three or more 

 whorls of wide overlapping petals — placed one above the other — in 

 the manner of certain Japanese Pseonias. The stems are long and 

 rigid, bearing the flowers well above the foliage; the colors are rich 



and varied. A novelty of great merit 20c 



LUCIFER. A new black -leaved variety forming compact bushes 2$ feet 

 high, bearing large single dark scarlet flowers. This variety is valuable not 

 only for its brilliant flowers, but the rich, maroon-black foliage render it a very 

 effective garden plant, especially when bedded out, in ; contrast with Cann 

 or other green-leaved plants 1 



:: DELPHINIUM, :: 



OR HARDY LARKSPUR. '^" 



A splendid race of these popular hardy garden plants. The seed 

 has been saved from one of the choicest named collections in Eng- 

 land, all carefully hybridized, so that plants, spikes and flowers 

 of magnificent proportions will be produced. The individual blossoms 

 are of immense size, semi-double and perfectly double, dressing 

 the graceful, towering spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of their length. The 

 colors and shades are wonderfully lovely and varied, ranging from 

 pure white and most chaste lavender up through every conceivable 

 shade of blue to deep indigo and purple, several shades being 

 blended in some of the varieties. The plants are tall growers, from 

 6 to 10 feet in height; there are but few plants that contribute so 

 much to the beauty of garden or herbaceous border. By cutting off 

 the spikes immediately after flowering, these Delphiniums may be 

 had in bloom for several months. (See cut.) 



DELPHINIUM, GIANT DOUBLE -FLOWERING HYBRIDS, 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



DELPHINrUMHYBRIDUM NANUM. A new semi-dwarf type 

 of single - flowering hardy perennial Larkspurs, each plant pro- 

 ducing several well-furnished flower spikes seldom exceeding 3 to 

 3^ feet in height. The flowers are very large and continue long 

 in bloom ; colors vary from light celestial to deepest indigo. If sown 

 early they will flower the first season 15c. 



GLOXINIA- 

 FLOWERED 



Henderson's Choice Collection of Flower Seeds, offered on page 72, will furnish a 

 Complete Garden Supply at a saving of one-third. 



DIGITALIS, 



:: :: OR FOXGLOVE. :: :: 



These improved Foxgloves are very showy, hardy perennial plants 

 for the garden and herbaceous border; they are easy to grow and 

 produce freely long spikes, standing 4 to 5 feet high, well furnished 

 with large Gloxinia-like flowers of various colors, including white, 

 cream, rose, red and other shades, all of which have beautiful 

 throat markings, spots and blotches of purple, maroon, etc. They 

 are more robust than the ordinary garden Digitalis, have stouter 

 stems and larger flowers. (See cut.) 



Digitalis gloxinoides, Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Digitalis Montrosa, Mixed Colors. A very unique and beauti- 

 ful type, producing long spikes of large flowers of various colors, 

 many of which are beautifullyspctted, etc., but the striking feature 

 of this strain is the enormous bell-shaped blossom that tops 

 each spike of flowers 15c 



FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS. 



