(Plan Your Garden Early this 

 Year and (Please Order Early 



*To Avoid Delays at Planting, Season 



It is Easy to Shop by Mail. We are as 

 Near 10 you as your nearest Mail Box. 



Avoid later disappointment by planning your garden during your 

 leisure moments this winter and by placing your order for your garden 

 requirements as early as possible. 



Our principal thought in the compilation of this edition of "Every- 

 thing for the Garden" was to assist you in every possible way to make 

 it easy for you to plan your garden within the comfort of your own 

 home, where selections can be made carefully and unhurriedly. 



If you are a beginner in gardening we recommend that you obtain 

 a copy of Henderson's Garden Guide & Record described below. It 

 gives detailed information that will be found very helpful either for 

 planning the layout of a new property or for designing a flower or 

 vegetable garden. It also tells how to start seedlings indoors or in a 

 frame as well as complete cultural instructions for all the popular 

 lowers and vegetables. 



See index pages 151-152. 



Before ordering, please read instructions on page 152. 



Use order blanks inserted under back cover. 



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Complete Information for 



Planning, Building and 



Maintaining a Garden 



c Ghis 104-page Book Tells 



How, What, 



When and 



Where to Plant 



HENDERSON'S GARDEN GUIDE &. RECORD 



Sent without charge on orders amounting to $4.00 

 or over if requested. Published price 50c. 



This new edition contains a wealth of information on Garden Making 

 and Maintenance. Explicit instructions for the cultivation of all the 

 popular vegetables from sowing the seed to harvesting the matured 

 crops. Garden plans show how to obtain maximum results by keeping 

 the garden busy producing crops through scientific crop rotation meth- 

 ods. It also contains specific information on the storing of food crops 

 over winter, modern canning methods, etc. 



The aesthetic or ornamental side of gardening has iwt been neglected, 

 for the book contains concise information concerning the planning of 

 the home grounds together with progressive plans, so that it will be 

 possible for any garden lover to take an undeveloped piece of property 



and make a garden. 

 The preparation of 

 the soil, lawn mak- 

 ing, the planting of 

 hedges, flowering 

 shrubs and vines, the 

 building of perennial 

 and rock gardens, 

 rose gardens, the an- 

 nual flower garden, 

 the culture of spring 

 and summer flower- 

 ing bulbs, tree sur- 

 gery, etc., are but a 

 few of the topics cov- 



A Tribute 

 To The Twenty Million 



Last year the Gardeners of America — located in 

 every town, village and hamlet, and on every farm 

 in every State in the Union — performed a prodigious 

 and patriotic service for their Country. The millions 

 of tons of food which they produced, have helped 

 immeasurably in hastening the day of ultimate 

 Victory and Peace. 



Of the Twenty Million, none enjoyed better or more 

 productive crops than those whose seeds and sup- 

 plies were obtained from Peter Henderson & Co. 

 Among the Twenty Million were found not only the 

 thousands of experienced gardeners, who in many 

 instances have been loyal and valued Henderson 

 customers through three or more generations, but 

 also many thousands of first-time gardeners, who 

 through their patriotic zeal have come to know the 

 value and joys of producing delicious vegetables in 

 their own garden. 



Due to an unprecedented demand for seeds, coupled 

 _^^_^^____ with a severe manpower shortage 

 last spring, our facilities were 

 taxed beyond their limits, with the 

 result that some of our customers 

 were subjected to exasperating 

 delays. To them we wish to ex- 

 press our profound gratitude for 

 their understanding forbearance, 

 and kind consideration. To them 

 and all others, we also express 

 our sincere thanks for their valued 

 patronage. 



As the need for even larger 

 guantities of food is much greater 

 this year, our Government is again 

 asking the Gardeners of America 

 to make more and larger gardens. 

 We are sure that the American 

 people can be counted upon to 

 do their share, so that we may 

 lit 1944 Enjoy the Fruits 

 of Victory 

 During the past fall and winter, 

 every effort was made to antici- 

 pate the increased demand, in order to handle the 

 greater volume of business as expeditiously as pos- 

 sible. May we ask your kind cooperation by mailing 

 your order early? 



In our eagerness to help the war effort with the 

 production of large crops of food, we must not Jose 

 sight of the recreational side of gardening. Nothing 

 can bolster up morale more than a beautiful display 

 of flowers. Undaunted by the strife and turmoil of a 

 war torn world, America's plant hybridizers are 

 working incessantly to produce finer plants and flow- 

 ers for the beautification of our gardens. A number 

 of new varieties of flower seeds are offered this year, 

 as well as new Roses and other plants which are listed 

 in the plant section of this catalog. 



It is our sincere wish that you will enjoy bumper 

 crops of delicious health-giving vegetables and fruits, 

 and guantities of beautiful flowers from your garden. 



Very truly yours, 

 PETER HENDERSON & CO. 



Registered 

 Trade Mark 



ered. 

 All of this is boiled down to fit into a 

 5x8 inch book of 88 text pages and 16 

 record pages, 104 pages in all. 



1847 — Ninety-Seven Years of Successful Seed Service to the Gardeners of America 



(Copyright, 1944, Peter Henderson & Co., New York) 



January 1st, 1944 



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