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STOCKS OR GILLIFLOWERS 



Dwarf Large Flowering: 

 Double Ten "Weeks. 



These well-known favorites require no descrip- 

 tion ; they are indispensable to all lovers of flowers ; 

 the " Stocks of to-day " are greatly superior to the 

 old types, the flowers being much larger and extra 

 double. 



Pure White rid. 10 



Canary Yellow 10 



Sky Blue 10 



Blood Red 1° 



Lavender : 10 



Violet 10 



Buff Pink, yellow centre 1" 



Chamois, lovely color 10 



mahogany (red chestnut) 10 



Bright Rose 10 



Copper Red JO 



Carmine Rose 1° 



Double Mixed, Large Flowering 10 



Wall Flower Leaved, Mixed. Double 10 



Double Ordinary, mixed. 10 Weeks Stock. 5 



Dwarf Pyramidal, Mixed. Beautiful sort. .10 



Snowflake. A beautiful dwarf -growing variety; 



very large double snow-white flowers ; very 



early, 1 > 



Cut and Come Again. About 2 feet high ; it 

 produces from spring to late in the fall pure 

 white, beautifully shaped double flowers. It 

 throws out numbers of side branches, each of 

 which bears a cluster of bl ssoms, and the oftener 

 they are cut the better they seem to like it. (See 

 cut.) 10 



HENDERSON'S COLOSSAL TEN WEEKS STOCKS. 



Henderson's New Colossal Ten "Weeks Stocks. 



This magnificent strain is without a rival for open ground planting, attaining a height of 1% feet. The 

 Spikes of bloom are very long and the individual flowers are enormous in size and very double. 



Bl Dorado. Bright sulphur yellow ...Pit 15 Aurora. Shining copper red Pkt. 15 



Rosy Morn. Delicate rosy flesh . 15 Blue Bells. Pretty shade of blue 16 



Mount Blanc. Purest white 15 Collection of above 6 varieties 75 



Grand Rouge. Brilliant crimson 15 Colossal Stocks, Mixed Colors. (See cut.). 15 



STOCK, HENDERSON S " CUT AND COME AOATN, 



New "Victoria Bouquet" Stocks. A new 



strain of Ten Weeks Stocks of great beauty, which 

 are entirely distinct from all other Stocks. Each 

 plantformsa perfectpyramidal bouquet, the main 

 flower stem rising a few inches above the side 

 branches, all of which bear large spikes of very 

 double flowers. We offer the following separate 

 colors : 



Grand White. Snow-white Pkt. 15 



Red Dome. Dark blood- red 15 



Pink of Perfection. A beautiful rose pink. .. 15 

 Mammoth White Column Stock. The plant is 

 of luxuriant growth, attaining in the open ground 

 a height of 3 feet and producing only a single long 

 and sturdy spike of bloom, closely furnished with 

 enormous, faultlessly formed double flowers of 



the purest possible white 15 



Pigmy Queen Ten Week Stocks. A valuable 

 new introduction. The plants grow not over 9 

 inches high, of compact branching habit, produc- 

 ing numerous umbels of large, double, rich dark 

 blood-red flowers 15 



SUNFLOWER. 



Stately growing annuals with immense golden 

 yellow flowers ; effective for garden decoration. 

 (See cut. ) 



Single "Varieties. 



Macrophyllus Giganteus. A branching pyra- 

 midal shaped plant ; yellow ; 6 feet Pkt. 5 



Miniature Sunflower. Of dwarf branching 

 habit, bearing many little flowers; orange 

 with black centre ; 3 ft 5 



Oscar Wilde. Orange and black 6 



Silver Leaved. Silvery foliage; flowers 

 yellow and black, very beautiful 5 



Giant Russian. Flowers 18 to 20 inches 

 across ; grown principally for the seeds 5 



Sulphur Gem. Very branched, each branch 

 bearing flowers of a delicate sulphur-yellow with 

 a black centre. The flowers are borne from 

 within two feet of the ground to the summit, and 

 come out in succession until killed by frost 10 



Double "Varieties. 



Californicus fl. pi. Large double orange. Pkt. 5 

 Globosus Fistulosus. Perfectly round flowers; 



very doubl e ; saffron ; 6 ft. (See cut.) 5 



Oculatus Viridis. Double yellow flowers, with 



green centre ; 4 ft 5 



Feruvianus. Double orange, striped black... 10 



Tree or Giant Ten Weeks Stocks. Strong 

 growers, bearing very large and very double flow- 

 ers on tall stems, way above the foliage, splendid 

 for cutting purposes. Mixed colors Pkt. 10 



Intermediate Stock. 



(Autumn Flowering.) 

 Double Mixed. Including many sorts... Pkt. 10 



' Biennial Stock. 



Brompton, Finest Mixed. Large flowering 

 double Pkt. 10 



Emperor, or Perpetual, Mixed. Large flower- 

 ing double, frequently lasts for several years if 

 protected 10 



Imported 

 Collections of Stocks. 



German Ten Weeks, Large Flowering Dwarf. In 

 12 separate colors, 75 cts.; in 6 separate colors. 50 



Dwarf Pyramidal. In 6 separate colors 60 



Emperor. In 6 separate colors 60 



Intermediate. In 6 separate colors 50 



Brompton or Winter Flowering. In 12 separate 

 colors Per collection 75 



SUNFLOWER, GLOBOSUS FISTULOSUS. 



FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS, SEE PACES 90 TO 97. 



