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



New Giant Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas, 



BLOOM 4 WEEKS EARLIER THAN THE LATE SPENCERS 



and under congenial conditions 



FLOWER CONTINUOUSLY FOR 4 MONTHS PRODUCING PROFUSELY, IMMENSE, WAVED FLOWEKS 



"FOURS" PREDOMINATING, ON LONG STEMS. 



WILL SUPERSEDE ALL OTHER TYPES OF SWEET PEAS FOR WINTER FLOWERING UNDER GLASS AND FOR OPEN GROUND CULTURE— 



—FALL OR WINTER SOWN— IN WARM CLIMATES. 

 The plants of this new race are of strong constitution, vigorous growth, profuse and bloom continuous for about four months, grown under congenial conditions* 

 Grown in the open ground they begin flowering in about 106 days from seed sowing or fully four weeks sooner than late flowering Sweet Peas sown at the 

 same time, and they continue to flower in profusion for fully 4 months. It is predicted by Sweet Pea authorities that this race will supplant all other early 

 and late flowering Sweet Peas for winter flowering under glass, and also for open grouna culture in our Southern States — sown preferably in fall or winter. 

 Condensed cultural instructions for both garden culture under northern and southern conditions and for winter flowering under glass are given in Henderson's 

 leaflet "How to Grow Sweet Peas to Perfection" free to customers. 



NEW GIANT EARLY FLOWERING 

 SPENCER SWEET PEAS. 



Early Morning Star. Deep orange-scarlet or flame color with 

 rich orange-pink wings 



Early Song Bird. A soft shade of pale pink similar to the late 

 varieties "Florence Morse" and "Lady Evelyn Eyre." 



Early Melody. A deep shade of rose pink. Closely resembling 

 the late flowering "Countess Spencer." 



Early Spring Maid. An exquisite light cream-pink that is a soft 

 pink over a cream ground color 



Early Snowflake. Pure white and the best white early flower- 

 ing white seeded Spencer 



Early Heather Bell. A rich raauve-lavender 



Early Red Spencer. A rich bright crimson, similar in coloring, 

 form, and size of flower to King Edward Spencer 



.15 



Per 

 pkt. 



Per 

 oz. 



.25 



1.00 



.25 



1.00 



.25 



1.00 



.25 



1.00 



.25 

 .25 



1.00 

 1.00 



.75 



NEW GIANT EARLY FLOWERING 

 SPENCER SWEET PEAS. 



Early Shell Pink Spencer. Charming shell-pink of a little warmer 

 tone than Countess Spencer; very large waved flowers 



Early Apricot Pink Spencer. A rich apricot pink or salmon 

 colored flower; large, long stemmed flowers 



Early Rose Spencer. Bright carmine-rose, similar in coloring, 

 size and form of flower to John Ingman 



Early White Spencer. White seeded, large waved, pure white 

 flowers 



Early Duplex White Spencer. Black seeded, pure white waved 

 flowers, many of which come double 



Early Lavender Pink Spencer. Large waved flowers of ex- 

 quisite pinkish lavender 



Mixed Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas 



Per 



pkt. 



Per 



oz. 



.15 



.75 



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.75 



.15 



.75 



.15 



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.75 

 .75 



The Giant Waved Spencer or orchid Flowered Sweet Peas. 



STANDARD VARIETIES AND NOVELTIES. 



The characteristics of the Spencer Sweet Peas, grown under congenial conditions are: robust growth, the plants attaining a height of from 6 to 10 feet, re- 

 quiring for full development to be not less than 6 inches apart; a foot apart is better. The flowers are giants among Sweet Peas, measuring 2 to 2yi inches across. 

 They are beautifully formed and daintily waved. Three and often four or five of these queenly blossoms are borne on long, strong stems. 



The world-wide popularity of the new race of Giant Waved Spencer Sweet Peas, their sportive tendency and the ease with which they are hybridized, has 

 resulted in the production of a legion of varieties by enthusiasts and growers both in Europe and America. In consequence numbers of varieties under different 

 names have proven to be identical and many others are closely similar. Therefore in our effort to simplify this confusion of names we made a thorough study and 

 comparison of hundreds of varieties grown at our trial grounds the past summer and after the name of such variety we offer is bracketed in italics the synonyms 

 and those "too near alike." 



To aid in selecting certain colors, we submit the following key: 

 Should the name of some old favorite be missing, by referring to its color class a similar and better variety may be selected. 



White 12-25-42-84 



Primrose and ivory 11-18-65-67 



Pale cream-pink 31-59-60 



Deep cream-pink 13-19-47-55 



Lilac-blush 10-37 



Blush-pink 28-43 



Pink 14-22-35 



Rose 49-73 



Rose with blush wings 4-57 



Carmine 30-39 



Cerise 17-20-36 



Salmon 26-72-78 



Orange 16-21-33-66-81 



Scarlet 76-82 



Crimson. 40-52-79 



Red maroon 70-75 



Maroon 41-63-64 



Purple and Dark mauve .... 69-74-80 

 Light mauve and heliotrope. .. .7-53 



Lavender and lilac 2-5-29-44-71 



Light blue 27-48-83 



Dark blue 8-45 



Fancy or pastel 1-9-32-68 



Picotee edged rose on white. . . .15-51 



Picotee edged blue on white 61 



« * rose on yellow . . . 38-58 



Striped, etc., red on white 3-S6 



* " orange on white.. 6-62 



* * maroon on white ... 77 

 " * lavender on white. 23 



* * blue on white 34-46 



" * rose on yellow . . . 24—54 



No. 



Henderson's Packets of Named Sweet Peas 

 contain 40 to 50 seeds (except those specially noted) 



Afterglow. Rosy-amethyst tinted violet; wings 

 peacock blue 



Alfred Watkins. Pale lavender 



America Spencer (.Mrs. Wilcox; Yankee). Striped 

 carmine-red over white 



Apple Blossom Spencer (Arthur Unwin; Colleen). 

 Bright rose color; wings creamy-blush 



Asta Ohn (Masterpiece; Mrs. Charles Foster; 

 Nettie Jenkins). Rosy-lavender 



Aurora Spencer (Peter Blair). Flaked orange- 

 rose on white 



Bertrand Deal. Pinkish-lilac suffused rosy- 

 mauve 



Captain of the Blues Spencer (Waverly Spencer; 

 Mrs. Walter Wright Spencer). Maroon-purple; 

 wings magenta-purple 



Charles Foster. Apricot-pink flushed lilac-blush 

 and mauve 



Charm (Agricola). Blush-white flushed with 

 rosy-lilac 





PRICE 





No. 



Pkt.* 



Oz. 



JLb. 



Lb. 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



20c. 

 40c. 



20c. 



20c. 



.60 



.60 

 .60 



2.00 



2.00 

 2.00 



11 



12 

 13 



14 



10c, 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



16 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



16 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



17 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



18 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



19 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



20 



Henderson's Packets of Named Sweet Peas 

 contain 40 to 50 seeds (except those specially noted) 



Clara Curtis (Isabel Malcolm; Paradise Cream, 



etc.) The best primrose-yellow 



Constance Hinton. White, dark seeded 



Constance Oliver (Holdjast Beauty; Nell Gwynne). 



Rich "cream-pink" 



Countess Spencer (Enchantress; Paradise; Pink 



Pearl). A re-selected, improved strain of this 



grand original "pink Spencer" 



Dainty Spencer (Elsie Herbert; E J. Deal; Picotee. 



Blush- white; picotee edged with carmine-rose. 

 Dazzler (Edna Unwin; Prince of Orange; Kitty 



Clive). Cerise-orange; wings rose-orange.. 

 Decorator (Rose Diamond). Coral-rose sufliused 



cerise and orange 



Dobbies Cream. Cream yellow 



Duplex Spencer (Mary Garden). Deep pinkish 



salmon suffused rosy-apricot 



Edith Taylor (Mrs. Jessopp). Rich salmon-rose 



or cerise 



PRICE 



Pkt.* 



Oz. 



iLb. 



Lb. 



10c. 

 10c. 



20c. 

 40c. 



.60 

 1.25 



2.00 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



10c. 



20c 



.60 



2.00 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



10c. 

 10c. 



20c. 

 20c. 



.60 

 .60 



2.00 

 2.00 



10c. 



20c. 



.60 



2.00 



10c. 



25c. 



.75 



2.50 



We furnish Florists and Market Gardeners for their own planting our RETAIL packets of Vegetable and Flower Seeds at 



26 per cent off the retail prices. See column*. (Under no circumstances do we supply our seeds to be sold again.) 



