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THE 



H enderson 

 Catalogues 



issued each year 



aggregate 699,000 copies 

 and contain 69,670,000 

 pages, requiring 540,000 

 pounds of paper or 18 

 car loads of J 5 tons each. 

 The postage on our 

 yearly output of Cata- 

 logues aggregates 

 $43,200.00. 



The pages (the size of 

 this one, JOHn. long), if 

 laid end to end, would 

 make a white path (the 

 width of this page 8i in.) 

 extending 11,542 miles, 

 or nearly half way ar- 

 ound the globe. 



The above is an ac- 

 curate illustration of the 

 volume of our business 

 and the extent of our 

 patronage. 



The Various Catalogues Issued Annually by PETER HENDERSON & CO. 



HENDERSON'S "EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN. 



{Issued in January.) 



This is our complete catalogue of Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds, Lawn Grass 

 Seeds, Farm Seeds, Ornamental and Flowering Plants, Fruit and Vegetable 

 Plants, Summer Flowering Bulbs, Aquatics, Books, Tools, Implements, Fertiliz- 

 ers, Insecticides and Requisites for the Garden, Lawn, Greenhouse and Farm. 



It is an elaborate, book, the acknowledged peer of all catalogues, containing 

 188 large pages richly illustrated with photo-reproductions from nature, 8 

 colored and 6 duotone plates all bound in an elegant art cover. It weighs 

 one pound. 



We mail Henderson's " Everything for the Garden " without application to 

 all customers of the previous season, but it is too expensive a book for_ pro- 

 miscuous distribution, though we are pleased to mail a copy to any applicant 

 remitting 10 cents (stamps or coin) to cover postage, which amount may be 

 deducted from the first order sent us. 



HENDERSON'S FARMER'S MANUAL. 



(Issued in February.) 

 This is our complete catalogue of Farm Seeds. It contains 48 large pages 

 photographically illustrated and replete with up-to-date farming information, 

 with full descriptions of all that is best in Grasses, Clovers, Grains, Root Crops, 

 Forage, Ensilage and Cover Crops, Cottons, Grass Mixtures for Permanent 

 Pasture and Hay and other agricultural crops. We mail Henderson's Farmers' 

 Manual without application to our agricultural and stock farm customers, and 

 will be pleased to send it free to any one interested in farming, on application. 



HENDERSON'S IMPLEMENT CATALOGUE. 



(Issued in February.) 

 The most complete catalogue published of Garden and Farm Implements, 

 Tools and Requisites; 72 large pages illustrating and fully describing all up-to- 

 date high quality horse and hand power labor-saving appliances for the garden, 

 lawn, orchard, farm, barn, dairy and poultry yard. Many unique and valu- 

 able inventions are offered in it that unhorse drudgery and introduce pleasure, 

 success and profit in gardening and farming operations. In it we also offer 

 high grade Fertilizers for all crops, as well as Insecticides, Fungicides and 

 Spraying Apparatus. Henderson's Implement Catalogue is mailed without ap- 

 plication to those who purchased goods offered in it the past season. We shall 

 also be pleased to send it free to any others interested, on application. 



HENDERSON'S MIDSUMMER CATALOGUE. 



(Issued in June.) 

 In this catalogue of 32 pages we offer, describe and illustrate pot-grown 

 Strawberry Plants of the standard and new varieties, which if set out before 

 Sept. 1st will bear a full crop the next season. Also Celery and other Vegetable 

 Plants for Summer Planting Seasonable Seeds for Summer Sowing, Insecticides, 

 Fungicides and apparatus for applying, etc. We mail Henderson's Midsummer 

 Catalogue without application to customers, also to others who apply. 



HENDERSON'S "EVERYTHING FOR THE LAWN." 



(Issued in March.) 

 This catalogue of Lawn Essentials contains 32 large pages beautifully illus- 

 trated from photographs with descriptions of various Lawn Grass Seeds 

 adapted to all soils, situations and climates, besides a complete line 

 of Lawn Tools and Requisites, including hand, horse and motor Lawn Mowers, 

 Rollers, Graders, Sweepers, Turf Edgers, Walk Cleaners, Weeders, Sprinklers. 

 Hose, Rakes, Edging Shears, Sun Dials, Vases, Settees, Trellis, Lawn En- 

 richers, Weed Destroyers, Mole Catchers, etc., and besides very excellent direc- 

 tions are given for the Formation, Renovation and Care of lawns. We mail 

 Henderson's " Everything for the Lawn " without application to those who 

 purchased any articles offered in it the past season, and we will mail it free on 

 application to any one interested in lawns. 



HENDERSON'S AUTUMN BULB CATALOGUE. 



(Issued in September.) 

 Admittedly the most beautiful and complete bulb catalogue published; 64 

 large pags s, photographically illustrated and describing all that is best both 

 in standard and new varieties of bulbs for autumn planting, both for winter 

 flowering in the house or spring flowering in the garden. Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Narcissus, Crocus, Amaryllis, Lilies, Paeonias and a host of miscellaneous bulbs, 

 tubers, roots, etc. Besides we offer in it Flowering and Ornamental Plants 

 for the house in winter; Hardy Shrubs, Small Fruits, Seeds for Fall Sowing, Plant 

 Stands and other requisites, books, etc. We mail Henderson's Autumn Cata- 

 logue to customers without application and will be pleased to send it free to 

 any interested applicant. 



HENDERSON'S BOOK CATALOGUE. 



(Issued in January.) 

 A concise descriptive list of more than 300 different books on Horticulture, 

 Agriculture, and kindred subjects, including the following: Ornamental Plants 

 and Flowers; Cultures of Special Plants; Hardy Gardening and Landscaping; 

 Botanies, Wild Flowers, Ferns, etc.; Vegetable and Market Gardening; Cultures 

 of Special Vegetables; Fruit and Nut Culture ; Cultures of Special Fruits; Shrubs, 

 Trees and Forestry; Plant Breeding, Propagation and Pruning; Insects and 

 Plant Diseases; Agriculture and Farming; Cultures of Special Farm Crops 

 Dairy Farming and Dairying ; Soils and Manures ; Drainage and Irrigation ; 

 Farm Animals; Poultry, Bees, Birds; Cooking, Canning, Preserving, ec. We 

 mail this catalogue free, but only on application. 



HENDERSON'S MARKET GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CATALOGUES. 



(Issued January and August.) 

 In these we offer the specialties in vegetables and flowers usually grown for 

 market. We mail these catalogues only to commercial gardeners and florists. 



The Superiority of Henderson's Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, etc., £?(££ 65 Highest Awards 



at the Columbian and 

 Pan-American Expositions. 



