(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 to 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 gar- 

 den requirements as early as possible. , . 



This catalog wall 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 on page 4. 

 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 

 flowers and vegetables. 



See index page 144. All orders filled promptly. 



Please use order blanks inserted under back cover. 



Henderson's Seeds Are Delivered 

 Transportation Paid in the U. S. A* 



AH Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds, Grass Seeds, and Bulbs offered in 

 this catalog will be delivered — at the prices listed, transportation paid 

 in the U. S. and Possessions. In making this Free Delivery offer we re- 

 serve the right to ship goods either by Parcel Post, Express or Freight. 



NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS— Ceiling Price. 



"No price for any article listed or described herein exceeds the ceiling price 

 for the article as determined under the applicable Maximum Price Regulation 

 issued by the Office of Price Administration. As required by that office, we 

 will, upon request, furnish you with a statement of our maximum prices on 

 any of the commodities about which you inquire." 



Regarding the shipment of plants see page 100, Implements page 126 



We Do Not Supply Dealers, therefore our seeds can only be secured by 

 sending orders direct to us. 



The Prices Quoted in This Catalog Are Net — We reserve the right to 

 advance prices without notice should current conditions require it. 



We Make No Charges for Shipping and Carting of goods to any rail- 

 road station, steamship line or express office in New York City proper. Also we 

 make no charge for packing, except special for foreign shipments, as tin-lined 

 cases, double sacks, etc.; then we charge cost. Cloth bags we charge for, ■viz.: 

 I peck 15c; H bushel 20c; 1 bushel 25c; 2 bushels 40c. Burlap bags, 1 peck 

 15c; 34 bushel 20c; 1 bushel 25c; 2 bushels 30c; 4 bushels 35c; 6 bushels 40c; 

 8 bushels 45c. No charge for bags with lawn grass mixtures. 



Remittances may be made by Money Order, Check, Cash or Postage 

 Stamps. (3c stamps only.) 



Note—If Cash or Stamps Are Sent By Mail, Be Sure and 



Register The Letter. We Recommend sending Postal Notes 



for amounts not exceeding $10.00 



C. O. D. Orders — By Parcel Post or Express. If you wish goods sent C. O. D- 

 send 25 per cent of the amount due with the order. The Post Office Department 

 does not allow a prior examination of C. O. D. parcels. We do not ship Plants 



Accounts — We will be pleased to open charge accounts for the convenience 

 of our customers. Kindly furnish trade references. 



Orders — We guarantee the safe arrival of all shipments in the U. S. A. and 

 Possessions. We use the greatest care in filling, checking and packing. Yet should 

 anything be omitted we will promptly forward when advised. Please sign your 

 orders. 



Advisory Service — We are glad to answer letters in detail, regarding your 

 garden problems, but all requests for information should be written on a 

 separate sheet of paper, and not on orders. 



Gardeners' and Greenskeepers' Situations — We have at all times the 

 names of practical gardeners, farm managers and greenskeepers in want of 

 situations. If anyone desiring such will write us, we shall be glad to put them 

 in communication with men we deem suitable. We make no charge for this 

 service. 



All Gardeners of Experience know that success with seeds depends largely 

 on weather conditions and proper cultivation, so in accordance with the uni- 

 versal custom of the trade Peter Henderson & Co. gives no warranty, ex- 

 press or implied, as to the productiveness of any seeds, bulbs or plants it sells 

 and will not be in any way responsible for the crop. Our liability, in all in- 

 stances, is limited to the purchase price of the seeds, bulbs or plants. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. 

 35 Cortlandt Street, New York 7, N. Y. 



Telephone Cortlandt 7-7S30 



1847 — Ninety-nine Years of Successful Seed Service to the 



Gardeners of America — 1946 



(Lske Jjawn of 

 Of utappter J)ai] 



As true happiness is the reward lor a task well done, 

 there is no group oi people who should be happier or de- 

 serve greater happiness than the Twenty Million or more 

 Gardeners oi America who contributed so magnificently 

 in adding their quota to the nation's food supply during the 

 war years. Although the individual crops produced may 

 not have seemed particularly impressive, the aggregate was 

 enormous, and it did much in hastening Victory and Peace. 

 We are certain that the knowledge gained by America's 

 Victory Gardeners will continue to be employed in pro- 

 ducing finer and more deliriously flavored vegetables in 

 the home gardens throughout the land. In a recent radio 

 address given by Mr. H. W. Hochbaum, U. S. Government 

 Victory Garden Chairman, he said, "I hope all ol you who 

 have suitable space, soil and sunshine will continue to 

 raise vegetables and fruits next year and the years to 

 come to assure good health and good nutrition. The Gardens 

 oi Tomorrow can be a perennial tonic to your spiritual, 

 mental and physical life". 



Today America stands upon the threshold of a new era 

 of gardening interest. Thousands oi heroic American boys 

 are eagerly looking forward to the Dawn of a Happier 

 Day in their own homes surrounded with beautiful and 

 fruitful gardens. It is axiomatic that a home which is sur- 

 rounded with flowers is invariably a happy home, and Peter 

 Henderson & Co. is glad to be privileged to share in the 

 dissemination oi the materials which help to bring happi- 

 ness to so many people. 



To our old friends and customers we express our sincere 

 appreciation and thanks for their loyal patronage, and to 

 our new customers we are grateful to have the opportunity 

 of proving that ninety-nine years of successful seed service 

 is not an empty slogan. 



Sincerely yours 

 January 1st, 1946 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. 



6Lstsl,y 



President 





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Our 1946 Catalog 

 Everything for the Qarden 



Has taken for its theme this year the serenity, peace and hap- 

 piness that is symbolized by thousands of American Homes and 

 Gardens throughout the Nation. The little cottage illustrated on 



our front cover is one 

 that we love and admire; 

 it is nestled on a slope of 

 a majestic New England 

 hill. The clump of 

 brilliant red flowers in 

 the lower left hand corn- 

 er is the new Dianthus 

 Heddensis Westwood 

 Beauty described on 

 page 54. 



Many other new and 

 improved varieties of 

 flower and vegetable 

 seeds will be found in 

 the following pages. 

 Lovely new Roses and 

 other plants are in- 

 cluded to glorify your 

 garden. Some of the 

 items that were missing 

 from the Implement 

 Section during the war 

 years have returned 

 and others are likely to 

 return. 



KTtR HENDERSON .«- CO. ftSrSSMBS. 



