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HENDERSON'S 



Mammoth Butterfly Pansies 



Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansies — in mixture — have been 

 famous many years for their superior size, perfection of form, marvelous 

 diversity of colorings, superb markings as well as for robust plant 

 growth — -deep rooting frost and heat resisting qualities and freedom of 

 bloom. This "Butterfly" race originated with Mr. Peter Henderson 

 T-who was particularly fond of pansies and could be seen almost any 

 morning during "pansy season" walking around the beds — and through 

 his pansy trials from the best American, English, Scotch, French and 

 German pansy specialists. A boy with trowel and "flat" followed and 

 lifted any plant indicated by Mr. Henderson — which meant that it 

 fulfilled all of his expert and critical requirements and was to be trans- 

 ferred to the "Butterfly" bed and associate with the "quality" pansies— 

 the best from all over the world. This process of selection and elimina- 

 tion has been persisted in by us ever since and from the legion of "most 

 beautiful" pansies amongst Henderson's Butterflies we have chosen for 

 this offering those shown in colors — though it does not do them justice 

 — no brush can. We offer seeds of the twelve separately or .• collec- 

 tively as below. 



Customer's Selection. Any one packet (about 75 seeds,, 15c; any 

 two packets, 25c; any five packets, 50c 



Aureola. The under or "ground-color" of the three lower petals varies 

 from rose to carmine red, ornamented with a purplish blotch and 

 radiating veins on each; the upper petals are cream-yellow with pink 

 or rose border. 



Bridesmaid. Blush white underlies the central suffusion of wine-pink. 

 Lower petals embellished with violet blotches and radiations. 



Fireface. Lower petals rich yellow with scarlet blotches overlaid with 

 purplish veins. Upper petals bright red, bordered golden-yellow. 



Gold-Orange. Deep rich golden-orange — with a few small darker 

 veins radiating from the eye — practically a self-colored variety. 



Madame Perret. The under colorings are light or white, marbled, 

 spotted, flamed or blotched, with carmine, purple, etc., in a variety 

 of effects. 



Mercury. Superb deep velvety-purple, with violet black blotch on 

 each of the three lower petals, golden eye, very rich. 



Orchid. ^ A charming merging of delicate colorings typifies these new 

 "Orchid or Cattleya-flowered" pansies, such as cream, pale mauve, 

 blush-pink, canary, apricot, rose, etc; 



Pretiosa. Rich crimson purple shading to light wine with a defined 

 white margin — rich violet blotches on the lower petals and a peacock 

 blue lustre on the upper petals further beautifies this giant waved 

 variety. 



Psyche. A Giant waved form of President Carnot. The coloring is 

 white with a large violet-blue center overlaid with radiations of purple. 



Super-5-Blotched. A blend of the best giant Gassier, Odier and Bug- 

 nots five-blotched pansies. The ground or under-colors are shades of 

 white, yellow or red and each of the five petals is overlaid with a large 

 blotch of violet, purple, maroon, claret, orange, etc. 



Triumph. The acme of perfection in waved, undulated or fluted 

 pansies. The flowers are of immense size, the petals so broad, fulled 

 and overlapping, the flower appears almost double. The colorings 

 and combinations are very rich, brilliant and varied, including new 

 tones of red, yellow, terra cotta, seal brown, etc., and nearly all 

 flowers are five-blotched. 



.Vulcan. A new giant frilled variety of very rich blood-red with a deep 

 purple central blotch on each petal. 



HENDERSON'S 



Collection of Mammoth Butterfly Pansies 



One packet each of the above twelve varieties, S1.00. 



HENDERSON'S MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES 

 MIXED COLORS 



Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansies in Mixed Colors, 15c per pkt. 

 of 150 seeds; 2 pkts. for 25c; 60c per 1,000 seeds. Are best de- 

 scribed by those who have grown them. 



" Your Butterfly Pansies planted beside the finest mixed pansies of two 

 other leading seedsmen, were pronounced by all the finest, though one of the 

 other packets cost me 50c Your "Butterflies" bore the largest variety of 

 rich and rare colors and markings I have ever had in my 20 years' experience 

 in pansy culture. 1 most heartily recommend Henderson's Butterfly to 

 pansy lovers." Rev. ENOCH PICKERING, Dodgeville, Wis. 



"Words are inadequate to give a fitting description of the wonderful 

 brilliancy and beauty of your Butterfly Pansies. We have never seen such 

 a rich diversity of colors — such perfect form and large size. Many of the 

 blooms were 3 inches across, some more than thai, cm stems over 6 inches. 

 long." EDGAR VAIL, Yorktown Heights, N. Y. 



"My Pansies raised from your "Butterfly" seed are the admiration of all 

 who see them. I never had anything like "them for size, beauty and variety 

 of coloring, also profusion of bloom, and I have cultivated pansies for many 

 years." LILL Y A. TREAT, Bridgewaler, Conn. 



"I think I have tried everybody' s best pansies and none of them. can hold 

 a candle to your big 'Butterflies'." 



GRACE POPE, South West Point, Colo. 



Special Cultural Instructions for pansies in Henderson's Garden 

 Guide free with orders of $2.00 or over. See page 2. 



