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•PETER HENDERSON a CO., NEW YORK 



r:!iTu^..o« GIANT PflNSIES. 



Years of scientific culture, hybriiiization and selection in raising pansies have 

 gradually evolved a superior race of luxuriant, robust growth and deep rooting, 

 drought-withstanding qualities; the flowers have also correspondingly improved in 

 size, substance, form and colors. At first there were onl.v one or two varieties in this 

 class of pansies, but annually one or more varieties would reach the goal of the 

 Giants, until now we have such a complete variet.v of colors that we, this season, 

 discard all ordinary-sized pansies, excepting those used in our cheapest mixture. 

 OZAITT TBIMASDEATT PAITSIES. Mixed Colors. (Includes all varieties, 



colors ami shades extfiiTins novelties.) Per 1.000 seeds, 25c Pkt. 10 



6IAITT YULIiOW, EDGED BIiUE. Mahogany blotches 10 



GIANT STBIPED. White, blue, violet and chocolate 10 



GIAKT PBIITCE CHABUIITG. Rose-pink, veined rosy lilac 10 



GIANT PIEE KING. Crims..n -purp le and golden-yeUow 10 



GIANT VIOLET, MABBIJEU} YELLOW 10 



" " WHITE 10 



GIANT ATBOPTTBPITBEA (Bexi. Velvety royal purple 10 



GIANT KING OP THE BLACKS. Lustrous jet black 10 



GIANT LOBD BEACONSFIELD. Lavender, heliotrope and purple 10 



GIANT EMPEBOB WILLI A TW. Indigo blue, blotched black 10 



GIANT PTTBE WHITE iSnotr Qaeen). Spotless, enow-white 10 



GIANT WHITE TBEASUBE. White with three violet blotches 10 



GIANT PUBE YiaJiOW [Canary Bird). Spotless yellow 10 



GIANT YELLOW. (Tolden-vellow, three maroon blotches 10 



GIANT PBINCE BISUABCK. Golden-bronze 10 



GIANT VICTOBIA. Ox-blood red 10 



GIANT PEACOCK [Gloriosa Spectabilis). Garnet-cream, garnet and blue 10 



GIANT PBESIDENT CABNOT. White with large violet blotches 10 



GIANT EMPBESS AUGUSTA VICTOBIA. Porcelain-white, edged violet, 



purple blotches 10 



GIANT BEAUTY. Claret, edged white, violet blotches 10 



HENDERSON'S COLLECTION OF 12 GIANT PANSIES. 



This collection contains 1 packet each, of 12 of the largest and nio.>>t beautiful 

 Pansies in cultivation. Price, §1.00. 

 We nill send &ee with ererr collection of 12 Giant Pansies our beautiful picture in 

 natural colors, "A Yard of Pansies." described on page S2. 



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"I have grown large pansies before, 

 hut never saw the equal of the Giant 

 Butterfly, the seed of which I got from 

 you last fall. I have a large bed 

 oftbem; the plants are 20 inches high 

 and the stems of the blossoms 9 inches 

 long, while the blossoms themselves 

 are simijly monstrous, each one a broad 

 expanse of beaut v." 



THOMAS C. STARR, Nenton, Mass. 



HENDERSON 8 

 GIANT PANSY. 



'£'.^ 





GimiT PPSIES, BEST PlIXED STRBIS. 



Cassier's Giant Pive-Blotched Odier. Mixed, all 

 Colors. Immense, round flowers, of many beautiful colors, 

 with large, clearly defined blotch on each petal. Per 1,000 

 seeds, 75c Pkt. 20 



Bngnot's Giant Stained Parisian. Mixed Colors. 

 Extra large, choicest colors, broad blotches and delicate 

 pencilings. Per 1,000 seeds. .§1.25 Pkt. 25 



Giant Fancy Belg'ian Pansies. Mixed Colors. Fancy 

 blendlngs and markings. Per 1,000 seeds, T.'c Pkt. 15 



Giant Bnffled Pansies. (See page 82. ) Mixed Colors. 

 Pkt. 25 



Giant Mottled Pansies. {See page 82.) Mixed Colors. 

 .PA'f. 25 



Mammoth Butterfly Pansies. (See page 82.) Mixed 



Colors ....Pkt. 25 



Mammotb Parisian Pansies. (.See page 82.) Mixed 



Colors Pkt. 25 



( For our cheapest strains of Pansies, see page 112. ) 

 "/ think I have tried everybody's best pansies and none of 

 them can bold a candle to Henderson's bis ones." 



GRACE POPE, Soijrbweit PuiTit. Can. 



PENTSTEM 



PENTSTEMON ** SENSftTlON." 



A new Giant Gloxinia-flowered type, blooming early the first season from spring-sown 

 seed. The graceful spikes, about 2 feet high, are bedecked with flowers, two inches across, 

 from July until frost. The colors and markings are gorgeously varied from pink to scarlet 

 and maroon, all beautifully blotched and veined with other colors; a large white throat 

 further enlivens and intensifies the surrounding colors. The plants are healthy, vigorous 

 growers of bushy habit, are ncjt troubled with insects, thriveeverywhere and deserve a prom- 

 inent place in every garden. (.See cut.) Pkt. 10 



''^^ '^"^'^^ L^ROB-FLowBRiNG GRASS OR BORDER PINKS. 



These are great improvements over the charming time-honored inhabitant of old-fash- 

 ioned gardens. The flowers of this new type are much larger, are borne more profusely on 

 shorter, stiff stems; this erect habit and the dense mat of "grass" or foliage shields the 

 flowers from mud-splashing, which so disfigured the long-stemmed nodding flowers of the 

 old pinks in wet weather. In these new pinks we have a large variety of colorsand markings; 

 the color of course refers to the centre of the flower, the remainder being white or blush, with 

 a band of color near the margin ; the colors include blood-red, rose, maroon, purple, pink, 

 blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc. 



They are excellent perennial garden plants, about one foot high when in bloom ; 

 they are vigorous, very hardy, and flower profusely during spring and earlj- summer; the 

 flowers are very large, very double, beautifully fringed, and emit a gratefuf clove-like' per- 

 fume; for bouquets they are a boon. {See cut.) Mixed Colors Pkt. 25 



mVAltF i-AUGE-FLOWERING BORDER PINKS. 



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