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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—VEGETABLE SEED COLLECTION 
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HENDERSON’ S COLLECTIONS = VEGETABLE SEEDS 
For the City Garden, Suburban Garden and Country Gentleman’s Home. 
The frequent request from customers for an assortment of garden seeds for a garden of small, medium, or large dimensions, tha’ 
will save them the trouble of selecting, has induced us to offer the collections detailed below. Our long experience in selecting fo 
thousands of customers enables us to make up these collections so accurately of the best standard sorts as to be suited to the majorit 
of people who do not wish novelties. 
The seeds we put in are of our very best standard sorts, and the quantities are proportioned to meet the requirements of suc 
gardens as the titles indicate. As we make up these collections in quantity before the busy season opens we are thereby enabled to se 
THE (Il y CARDEN 3 COLLECTION, them for fully 25 per cent. less than they would cost if the arti 
cles were selected separately ; so if two or three varieties in 
cluded should be of no use to you, you will still be getting th 
Price, $1.00, or Free by Mail for $1.25. remainder for less than catalogue rates. We can allow n 
Contains 20 Distinct Varieties in All, viz.: 
Beet, round red, 1pkt. Beans (none of which require staking}, Dwarf, string, green 
alterations. ' 
With each collection we enclose a pamphlet on the cultivation of 
pod, 14 pt.; Dwarf, string, yellow waxpod, 14 pt.; Bush Limas,1 pkt. Cabbage, Larly 
Wakefield, 1 pkt. Carrot, Early Half-long scarlet, 1 pkt. Corn, Early Sugar, \4 pt. 
vegetables. 
Cucumber, jor slicing, etc., 1 pkt. Egg Plant, 1 pkt. Lettuce, Best Summer 
Heading, 1 pkt. Onion, Early White for slicing, 1 pkt.; Large Red for boiling, 1 pkt. its 099 4 
Parsley, double curled, 1 pkt. Peas (none of which require staking), Earliest Dwarf, \.a 
1, pt.; Dwarf, Medium Early, for succession, 4 pt.; Dwarf Late, 4 pt. Radish, Zarly i! : | 
Round Red, i pkt. Squash, White Scalloped Bush, 1 pkt. Tomato, Early Smooth Price, $5.00. Weight Packed for Shipment, 28 Ibs. 
Scarlet, 1 pkt. Turnip, Round White Table, 1 pkt. Carriage to be paid by Customer. Contains 60 Distinct Varieties in All, viz: 
THE ty SUBURB \N CARDEN ” COLLECTION Beans, Dwarf, Snap, green pod, 2 qts.; Dwarf, Snap, wax or yellow pod, 1 qt 
I l it e Dwarf Limas, +4 pt.; eee Limas, 1 pt.; Hole Snap,1 pt. Beets, Early and Late 
. . . round red, each 1 oz. abbage, Extra Early, Medium and Late, each 1 pkt 
Price, $2.50. Weight Packed for Shipment, 12 Ibs, Cauliflower, Snowball: pki: | Carrots Early scarier lar adnate 
Carriage to be paid by Customer. Contains 37 Distinct Varieties in All, viz: | Celery, +4 oz. Com Sugars =e early, 1 tes ee dee early, 1 gt; Sugam 
Beans, Dwarf, string green pod, 1 qt.; Dwarf, string yellow or waxpod, 1 qt.; Dwar, main crop, 1 qt. ucumber, for slicing, 1 oz.; for pickles, oz. Egs lant, 
Limas, +4 pt.; Fee 1 pt. Beet, Round Red Table, 1 pkt. Gabbaen put 1 pkt. Endive, or White Chicory, jor salads, 1 pkt. Kohl Rabi, white, i 
and Late, each1 pkt. Carrot, Early long scarlet,1 pkt. Celery, Self-blanching, 1 | Pt. Kale, Dwarf curled, 1 pkt. Laettuce, Early head, 1 pkt.; Best Summer Head, 
pkt. Cucumber, for slicing, 1 pkt.; for pickles, 1 pkt. Corn, Sugar, Early and | 1 pit. Leek, for soups, 1 pkt. Melons, Musk, Early, 1 pkt.; Main Crop, 1 oz5 
Late, each % pt. Egg Plant, 1 pkt. Endive, or White Chicory, for salads, 1 pkt. | Water, Early, 1 pkt. Nasturtium, for pickles, 1 pkt. Okra, for soups, 1 pkt 
Leek, for soups, 1 pkt. Lettuce, Early heading, 1 pkt.; Best for Summer, 1 pkt. | Onions, small white for slicing, 1 pkt.; Large White, for boiling, 1 oz; Large Red, 
Melons, Musk, Sweet green-fleshed, 1 pkt.; Water, Early, 1 pkt. Onions, Early for Winter, loz. Parsnip, Long White,loz. Parsley, double curled, for garnishing, 
White for Soup, 1 pkt.; Large Red for boiling, 1 pkt. Parsley, doublecurled for garnishing, | 1 p#t. Pepper, Large for Mangoes, 1 pkt. Peas, Extra Early, Medium an 
1 pkt.. Parsnip, long White,1 pkt. Peas, extra early, Medium and Late, each1 qt. | Late, each 2 gis. Pumpkin, for pies, 1 pkt. Radish, Early round red, 1 oz.; Early 
Pepper, large for Mangoes, 1 pkt. Pumpkin, best for pies, 1pkt. Radish, Round | 70und white, 1 oz. Spinach, 1 oz. Salsify, white, 1 pkt. Squash, Summer, 1 
oe a i . : i * Poof z.; for Winter Ze sta" rly scarlet, 1 pkt.; Large scarlet, 1 pkt. 
Red, 1 pkt.; Round White, 1 pkt. Salsify, White, 1 pkt. Spinach, Best Summer, 1 0z.; fi r W inter, lo Tomato, Extra RY Lea!) Pkt; g 5 prt 
pkt. Squash, for Summer and Fall, each1 pkt. Tomato, Large smooth scarlet, 1 Turnip, Extra early, white flesh, 1 0z.; Yellow flesh, 1 oz. Sage, 1 pkt. Thyme, 
pkt. Turnip, Round White Table, 1 pkt. 1 pkt. : 
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GIVE YOUR BOY A GARDEN. 
Provide a means of healthy exercise and delightful recreation, and plant in their young minds 
the love for nature. What health and what lessons in care, order and patience in their play- 
work, what enthusiasm, is aroused by the wondrous revelations from the sowing of a seed to 
the plucking of the fruit. 
To encourage Gardening for the young, we offer at reduced rates the collections detailed 
below, composed of varieties sure to please and at the same time most likely to succeed 
with indifferent care. With each collection we give full cultural instructions. : 
Boy's Bijou Vegetable Garden Collection, contains 12 distinct varieties of vegetables and © 
some fancy pop-corn. Price, 50 cents. Free by mail. 
Boy's Complete Vegetable Garden Collection, contains 25 distinct varieties of veg- 
etables, including some not generally known, rendering this a very instructive and inter- 
esting collection. Some fancy pop-corn is also added. Price,$1.00. Free by mail. 
Boy’s Gardening Tools. 
‘— . BOY'S SET. Cast-steel, durable, and of real use. ConTaIns— 
“4 E, = a Spade (30 in. long, blade 5 in. wide). Hoe (48 in. long, blaue 513 
Q\ INI Yj? vy 4 a in. wide). Rake (48 in. long, 6's in. wide). Trowel (5-in. blade.) 
TINY 0 Thema ; Excelsior Hand Weeder (10 inches long). (See cut.) Carriage to” 
Vv “ek be paid by customer. Price, for the entire Boy’s Set of 5 pieces, 
ee GARDENING-TOOLS- $1.00. Weight for shipping, 51 1b. 
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