PETER HENDERSON d; GO., I\EW YORK- 



Henderson's 



'DOLLY VARDEN" 



or DOUBLE SHIRLEY 



POPPIES. 



A new strain cif double and semidouhle anDiial Poppies of remarkable beauty; they create a beautiful 

 bed when grown in quantity. The plants are sturdy, branohins bushes about 13 inches hish. producing for 

 months myriads of exquisite crushed satin-like flowers, about 3 inches across, of the most charming 

 combinations of coloring, ranging from flesh-pink to rose, crimson, maroon, white, etc., margined, 

 netted, striped, flaked and mottled ; exceedingly effective for garden beds. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10 



" I am rerr much pleased with xour Dew Poppies (Dolly Varclen), and intend to sliow the flowers 

 &t the Ottawa. HortUult ir il Sorietie':' Fxhihition a<ra noreltv The re are some very Sae colors in 

 tbem. Tbeir delicacy of coloring is betttr than that of the' shirle\> ' and they bear a wonderful 



quantity of timers ' — J. A. Ellis, Carleton 

 Chambers. Ottawa Can. 



New Single Giant- 



. Flowering Poddu, 



Pliss Stisrwood. 



.\n extremely beautiful 



large annual Popp.v — 



probably the finest single 



annual variety in culti- 

 vation; the flowers 

 measure 4 to 5 

 inches across, 

 are pure satiny 

 white, shading 

 towards the mar- 

 gin into an exqui- 

 site salmon rose, 

 deepening at the edge. 

 The sturdy plants grow 2% feet 

 high, and flower in extravagant 

 abundance for a long period the 

 first season from seed. AVe saw a 

 large block of these grand Poppies 

 ; in bloom in Germany the past sum- 

 mer, and they were a perfect 

 picture, commanding admiration 

 from all. (See cut.) Pkt. 20 



Henderson^s ♦ . 



LARGE-FLOWERING 



ft 



BEXDEBSOS'S 



GIAN'T norBLE POPPT. 



jl EHDEiSOK'S SnPEBIOt^^ 



fiiant Doiitile Popples 



This "Brilliant Mixture" of newdouble 

 ennual Poppies is the finest that can he made; 

 the seeds have been selected with greatest care 

 from exclusively improved giant double-flower- i: 

 ing sorts, and none but the richest, most brilliant, '-; 

 as well as the daintiest and loveliest shades and 

 colors are included. The plants are sturdy, 

 luxuriant growers, about 2V4 feet high, bearing 

 immense double flowers 4 to5inchesin diameter, •:: 

 or aslarge aspaponies. Someoftheflowershave > 

 briiad.round, smooth-edged petals, and areof Impos- 

 ing effect; others have laciniated and fringed edges, 

 ■which addacharmlnggrace, but theclimaxing merit ^ ' 

 of all is the wonderful variety of coloring. rangingfrom ■ ' j 

 the most gorgeous crimson-purpletointensedazzling 

 crimson-scarlet down through innumerable shades 

 of carmine, rose, pink, blush, salmon, flesh to purest satin 

 white; many of the flowers are also striped, blended and 

 edged with other colors. Almost every tint one can con- 

 ceive may be found in Henderson's Giant Double Poppies, 



and when grown in large masses the floral panorama is of almost unimagined 

 beauty. They are of the easiest possible culture; the seed onlj' needs to besowu 

 thinly in May in the garden or border where the plants are to remain. Hen- 

 derson's Giant Double Poppies, Brilliant Mixture. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 30c. 



"MAJESTIC 



or Giant Shirley 



POPPIES. 



A great advance in single- 

 flowering annual Poppies. The 

 flowers are immense, often 

 measuring 6 inches across, and 

 appear like rumpled satin. The 

 plants are well branched, bushy 

 and dwarf, averaging about 

 12 inches high, and they bloom 

 in continuotis succession for 

 weeks. The colors, shades, 

 tints and markings are pro- 

 duced in limitless variety and 

 are most exquisite. There are 

 glistening pure white, white 

 veiled with pink, white veined 

 and splashed with crimson, 

 rose banded with white, sal- 

 mon, carmine, blush, glowing 

 scarlet and many other colors, 

 splashed, striped, dotted and 

 edged in the most charming 



confusion Pkt. 10 



A» "Mrs. Frew's garden of ' Majestic' 



Vy^ J' Poppies, seed purchased 6-om yoa, 



.J=7 7S a perfect beauty." — J. H. Fkew, 



'^ Frewsburg, N. Y. 



POPPIES S^arf SHIRLEY. 



Cliarming dwarf varieties of the univer- 

 sally esteemed Shirley Poppy, which is 

 admittedly one of our best annuals. The 

 seedlings grow into bushy little plants 

 about 8 inches high only, with bright 

 green laciniated foliage and all abla«e 

 with innumerable single round-petaled 

 flowers, 3 to S'/j inches across, showing 

 the most pleasing colors, shades and 

 variegations of rose, chamois, scarlet and 

 salmon, some having a distinct light bor- 

 dering to the petals, all with yellow sta- 

 mens and thrown wellupabovethef.'liagp. 

 A beautiful novelt.v for garden biils and 

 borders. (Seecut.) Mixed Colors, /'if. ■-*0 



NEW I)W.\RF SHIRLEY POPPtES. 



ROR OUR COIS/IRLE-TE: L-ISX of ROPRIES, see rage 113. 



