48 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE— FLOWER SEEDS. 



THE GIANT WAVED SPENCER or -qkchid flowered- SWEET PEAS— Continued. 



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Henderson's Packet of Named Sweet Peas 

 contain 40 to 50 seeds (except those specially noted) 



Edrom Beauty (Helen Grosvenors Orange Perfec- 

 tion), rose-orange or salmon colored 



Elfrida Pearson. Blush pink deepening towards 

 the edges , • • 



Empress Eugenie (Improved Juanila Spencer). 

 Light blue and lavender stripes on white .... 



Ethel Roosevelt. Creamy-buff flushed and flaked 

 rose-pink 



Etta Dyke (White Spencer; Purity; Freda; Para- 

 dise White; Moneymaker, etc.). A superior 

 strain of "White Spencer" larger, and whiter 



Fiery Cross. Fiery orange-scarlet. Pkts. of 10 

 seeds 



Flora Norton Spencer (Kathleen MacGowan; 

 Anglian Blue; Zephyr). Azure blue flowers.. 



Florence Morse (Bobby K.; Princess Victoria). 

 Soft blush-pink edged deeper pink 



Florence Nightingale (Lavender Queen; Lavender 

 George Herbert). Lavender with pinkish sheen 



George Herbert. Bright carmine-rose.... 



Gladys Burt. Warm cream-pink; throat yellow- 

 ish-pink 



Helen Lewis (Anglian Orange; Maggie Stark 

 etc.). Orange-rose; wings orange-salmon..., 



Helen Pierce Spencer (Lady Ursula; Mrs. T. W. 

 Warren). White rippled and penciled blue.. 



Hercules. Immense flowers of clear rose-pink. . 



Illuminator. Warm orange-rose or light orange 

 scarlet 



Irish Belle (Dream; Dorothy; Annabel Lee; Mrs 

 Reginald Hill). Soft lilac on cream, flushed 

 pale rosy mauve 



Jean Ireland. A primrose-buff, edged and suf 

 fused carmine-rose. Pkts. of 20 seeds 



John Ingman (Mrs. Wm. King; Paradise Car 

 mine). Rich carmine-rose 



King Edward Spencer (Crimson Giant; Mrs. Dun- 

 can; The King). Rich crimson-scarlet.. 



King Manoel (Black Knight Spencer). Deep 

 maroon, with purplish-maroon wings 



King White. Immense flowers of perfect finish 

 form, size, waviness and glistening white 



Lady Evelyn Eyre (Mrs. Hardcaslle Sykes). Ex- 

 quisite rosy-blush 



Leslie Imber (Princess Mary). Pinkish lilac 

 with electric blue wings 



Lord Nelson Spencer (Blue Jacket; Blue King 

 May Farquhar; Mrs. G. Charles). Indigo 

 purple; wings violet-blue 



Loyalty (April; Bertie Usher; George Curzon 

 Prince Olof; Suffragette). White flaked and 

 marbled bright blue 



Margaret Atlee. Rich salmon-pink over cream 



Margaret Madison (Guy Hemus; Walter P- 

 Wright; Winifred Unwin). Large clear pale 

 azure-blue 



Marie Corelli (Marjorie Willis; Prince of Wales 

 Spencer). Brilliant rose-red 



Martha Washington (Erie Harvey; Marchioness 

 of Tweeddale). Blush-white flushed and edged 

 tyrian-rose 



Maud Holmes (Sunproof Crimson; Crimson 

 King). An unsurpassed "Sunproof" crimson 



Mauve Queen (Winsome; Bertha Massey; Mrs 

 R. II. Carrad). Pale mauve-rose 



May Campbell. Cream-colored flowers flecked 

 and blotched with purplish-carmine 



Miriam Beaver. Soft salmon-shell pink, shaded 

 hydrangea-pink 



Mrs. A. E. Tanquery. A new lustrous "orange 

 scarlet." (Pkt. of 12 seeds.) 



Mrs. Andrew Ireland. Yellowish-rose with 

 blush-pink wings 



Mrs. Chamberlain Spencer (Gaiety Spencer) 

 Striped, bright rose-pink on white 



Mrs. Cuthbertson. Carmine-rose with blush- 

 white wings 



Mrs. C. W. Breadmore (Evelyn Hemus). Prim- 

 rose edged rose 



Mrs. Hugh Dickson. A fine cream-pink.. 

 Mrs. Routzahn (Juliet; Mrs. Henry Bell; Queen 



Alary). Straw blush and apricot 



Mrs. Townsend (Blue Picotee). picotee edged 



blue on white 



Mrs. W. J. Unwin. Striped, orange scarlet on 



white 





PRICE 





Pkt.* 



Oz. 



!Lb. 



Lb. 



10c. 



25c. 



.75 



2.50 



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20c. 



.60 



2.00 



10c. 



25c. 



.85 





10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.25 



10c. 



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.85 



3.00 



25c. 









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.60 



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2.00 



10c. 



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.85 





10c. 



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.60 



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.75 



2.50 



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1.50 



5.00 



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60c. 







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.85 



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.75 



2.50 



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1.00 



3.50 



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.85 



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.60 



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.75 



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.75 



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.60 



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Henderson's Packet of Named Sweet Peas 

 contain 40 to 50 seeds (except those specially noted) 



Nubian. Rich purplish-mahogany 



Othello (Anna Lumley; Prince of, Austurias; Tom 



Bolton). Rich deep maroon 



Paradise Ivory (Lady Knox; Queenie; Queen 



Victoria Spencer), ivory suffused rosy- buff. 

 Primrose Spencer. A large primrose-yellow. 

 Prince George. Warm lilac-rose, wings violet 



rose 



Queen of Norway (The Marquis). Soft violet- 

 mauve 



Red Chief (Brunette; Victor Unwin). A rich 



rose-wood red 



Robert Sydenham. Bright salmon-orange.... 



Rosabelle. Brilliant carmine-rose 



Royal Purple. A rich royal-purple throughout. 

 Scarlet Emperor (George Stark; Scarlet Monarch 



Scarlet Empress). A brilliant scarlet self. . . 

 Senator Spencer (President II'. R. Beaver). A 



striped seal-brown and claret on white 



Sterling Stent (Captain H. Travers). Rich sal 



mon suffused with fiery-orange 



Thomas Stevenson. Fiery red-orange 



Vermilion Brilliant. Brilliant scarlet, large 



waved flowers 



Wedgewood Blue. Light silvery-blue with 



suggestion of mauve in the banner 



White Spencer. The popular large white waved 



variety 



Mixed Giant Spencer Sweet Peas. 



Henderson's Superior Blend composed exclusively 

 of Giant Waved Spencer varieties, blended in proper 

 proportions of bright colors and including several new 

 hybrids of exquistie colors and shades 



Mixed Grandiflora Sweet Peas. 



Henderson's splendid mixture of Eckford's Grandi- 

 flora and the Unwin types is a studied formula contain- 

 ing correct proportions of various bright colors and 

 shades, supplying a harmony of brilliancy 



Grandiflora and Unwin Sweet Peas. 



The overshadowing size and beauty of the Giant 

 Waved Spencer Sweet Peas has gradually reduced the 

 demand for most varieties of the Grandiflora and 

 Unwin types so that we now offer only a list of these 

 limited to the popular sorts for sowing in quantity for 



cut flowers or garden decoration 



Blanche Ferry. The popular old "pink and white;" 



rose-pink with blush- white wings 



Dorothy Eckford. For years the best white "Eckford" 

 Emily Henderson. A pure white "sport" from Blanche 



Ferry bearing the same profuse-flowering qualities. . 



Frank Dolby (Unwin). Large light lavender 



King Edward. The splendid old rich crimson-scarlet. 

 Lady Grisel Hamilton. Beautiful silvery-lavender. . . 



Lord Nelson. Rich indigo-blue 



Lovely. Warm rose-pink, deeper than Prima Donna. 



Miss Willmott. Orange-rose 



Nora Unwin. Pure white large waved flowers 



Phenomenal. The standards, borne in pairs, are frilled, 



giving a doubled effect. Coloring, pearl white, 



tinted rosy-lavender 



Prima Donna. Exquisite clear light pink 



Early and Winter Flowering Sweet Peas. 



A distinct class that has become popular for green- 

 house forcing. The flowers are of fine size on long stems. 

 Grown in the garden they flower very early, but are 

 smaller. 

 Earliest White, a black seeded while of hooded form . . . . 



Mont Blanc, pure white with open flowers 



Earliest of All, rose standard with blush wings 



Earliest Sunbeams, open primrose yellow flowers 



Christmas Pink, pink with blush white wings 



Florence Denzer, pure while 



Mrs. E. Wild, carmine-rose 



Mrs. Alexander Wallace, lavender 



Mrs. William Sim, salmon-pink 



Mrs. F. J. Dolansky, rosy-pink 



Mrs. Hannan, deep pink self 



Le Marquis, velvet-blue 



Mixed 



PRICES, 



Pkt.* 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 15c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 



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10c. 

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10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



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 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 

 5c. 



Oz. 



25c. 



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 20c. 



40c. 



25c. 



25c. 

 65c. 

 25c. 

 40c. 



50c. 



20c. 



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 25c. 



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.25 



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"Yarrawa" The New Early Orchid Flowering Sweet Pea from Australia. 

 The flowers are large of round waved Spencer form and colored bright rose- 

 pink with lighter pink wings. Yarrawa is unfortunately a very shy 

 seeder. Pkt. of 12 to 15 seeds, 15c. 



Henderson's H nn , f n fjfrkw; Cnmaf Doac ir% Darfortinn P»v»a to customers I Includes growing Sweet Peas for garden decoration, cut 



New Booklet UUVY LU UlUYV OWCCl rCdi) IU reriCWlUH riCC when asked fori flowers, exhibition and staging. 



Fall sowing for warm climates, winter forcing, etc., also cultural methods of prize winners at the American Sweet Pea Societies' shows. 



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