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HENDERSON'S "GLORIOUS" COLLECTION OF 



Giant Spencer SL* Sweet Peas 



Eighteen of the Best New Varieties Shown in Colors on Opposite Page and Described Below 



PRICE: One pkt. each of the 18 varieties and a complimentary packet of mixed Early Flowering Spencers for trial for $1.00, or one ounce (400 to 500 

 seeds) each of the 18 varieties and a complimentary packet of mixed Early Flowering Spencers for trial for $5.00 postpaid. 



Customer's Collections — -Your own selection of any three 10c. pkts. for 25c; or any seven 10c. pkts. for 50c. 



Plate 



No. 



B 

 C 



D 

 E 

 F 



H 

 I 



Henderson's Packets of Named Sweet Peas 

 contain 40 to 50 seeds (except those specially noted) 



Decorator. Bright coral rose suffused cerise and 

 orange. Large beautifully waved flowers 



Dobbie's Cream. The largest and best strain of 

 "Primrose-Spencer"; flowers large, of splendid 

 substance and well waved; color cream-yellow 



Elfrida Pearson. Magnificent large flowers of exquisite 

 blush pink deepening in tone towards the edges.. . 



Florence Nightingale. Beautiful, clear lavender with a 

 faint pinkish sheen; the largest and best of its color. 



Hercules. A giant even among the Spencers; immense 

 long-stemmed flowers of rich clear rose-pink; vines 

 vigorous and free blooming 



King Manoel. Rich glossy deep maroon, with purplish 

 maroon wings, splendid big wide-open waved flowers 



King White. Hailed as the King of Whites, because of 

 the perfect finish of the flower in every detail — form, 

 size, waviness and glistening, immaculate whiteness 



Margaret Atlee. Perhaps the finest of the new Spen- 

 cers; immense flowers of the loveliest coloring; a rich 

 warm salmon-pink over a body color of cream which 

 lights up the whole flower into exquisite beauty 



Martha Washington. Most beautiful; blush-white 

 veiled with rosy-pink deepening into a contrasting 

 marginal zone of tyrian-rose 



Per 



Pkt. 



Per 

 Oz. 



Plate 

 No. 



10c. 



35c. 



A 



M 



10c. 



35c. 



L 



10c. 



25c. 





10c. 



30c. 



N 

 P 



10c. 



35c. 





10c. 



35c. 



Q 



10c. 



40c. 



G 

 O 



10c. 



30c. 



R 



10c. 



25c. 





Henderson's Packets of Named Sweet Peas 

 contain 40 to 50 seeds (except those specially noted) 



Mauve Queen. Large waved flowers of pale mauve- 

 rose 



Mrs. Cuthbertson. A "bicolor" of the largest and 

 finest form; color carmine-rose with blush-white 

 wings, strong grower and prolific bloomer 



Mrs. Breadmore. Cream-buff flushed rose and dis- 

 tinctly edged with deep rose color; the best of the 

 "Yellow Picotees" 



Mrs. Townsend (Blue Picolee), The best picotee edged 

 blue on white 



Rosabelle. Brilliant carmine-rose Colored flowers of 

 the largest size and finest waved form. The best of 

 the "Herbert and Ingman" color class 



Royal Purple. A rich royal-purple throughout both 

 banner and wings; the flowers are of splendid size 

 and form 



Sunproof Crimson. A re-selected improved strain 

 and the best of all the crimsons; color rich crimson- 

 scarlet, etc.; open waved flowers 



Thomas Stevenson. Large and brilliantly effective 

 flowers of fiery red-orange and it is practically sun- 

 proof. The finest variety in its class 



Wedgewood Blue. A clear light silvery-blue with just 

 a suggestion of mauve in the banner; an improved 

 large flowering strain and the best variety of its color 



Per 

 Pkt. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



10c. 



Per 

 Oz. 



30c. 



30c. 



25c. 

 30c. 



30c. 



50c. 



30c. 



30c. 



40c. 



New Giant §5™* Spencer Sweet Peas 



BLOOM 4 WEEKS EARLIEB THAN THE LATE SPENCERS, AND UNDER CONGENIAL 

 CONDITIONS FLOWER CONTINUOUSLY FOR 4 MONTHS, i PRODUCING PROFUSELY, 

 IMMENSE, WAVED FLOWERS. "FOURS" PREDOMINATING ON LONG STEMS. 



May Supersede All Other Types of Sweet Peas for Open Ground Culture in Warm Climates 



We Can Offer the Seeds Only in Limited Quantities to Enable Our Customers to Try Them 

 GST* And Shall Be Glad to Receive Reports of Results cr ^^ 



We are glad at last to be able to offer a limited quantity of seeds of this 

 revolutionary race of "Giant Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas" which 

 has been developing for several years from "Spencer" crosses with the early 

 flowering grandifloras which were evolved from the old Blanche Ferry and 

 Emily Henderson types whose blood is responsible for all of the best Early 

 Flowering Sweet Peas. The plants of this new race are of strong constitu- 

 tion, vigorous growers, profuse and continuous bloomers for about four 

 months, grown under congenial conditions and they begin flowering, grown 

 in the open ground, in about 106 days from seed sowing or fully four weeks 

 sooner than late flowering Sweet Peas sown at the same time, and they con- 

 tinue to flower in profusion for fully four months and in favored localities 

 even longer. 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, which has now become so popular — and also for open ground 

 culture in our Southern States. Their adaptability to warm climates— 

 where cool-weather-loving sweet peas do not thrive — has been proven and 

 it is possible that they will eventually supplant the latter in American 

 gardens where climatic conditions are not always favorable to the best 

 developments of the older types of Sweet Peas. Practically all Sweet Pea 

 Colors are now in existence in this new race. 



New Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Pea 

 "YARRAWA" 



This new comer from Australia has proven its adaptability to American 

 conditions, growing as luxuriantly and producing its long stemmed, giant 

 waved flowers as quickly and in the same continuous profusion as if growing 

 in the warm climate of the Antipodes. In our trials, it commenced flowering 

 freely two weeks before other large waved Sweet Peas and three to four weeks 

 earlier than some varieties, all given the same cultural treatment and 

 "Yarrawa" continued in flower, holding its large size and phenomenal 

 floriferousness for weeks after all other Sweet Peas had passed their best. 

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

 pink with lighter pink wings. The exquisite coloring is most effective either 

 by daylight or artificial light and, moreover, the flowers are deliciously fra- 

 grant. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c; per 100 seeds 50c; per oz., $1.25. 



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

 pink wings. Per packet of 15 seeds 25c. 



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

 varieties "Florence Morse" and "Lady Evelyn Eyre." Per packet of 25 

 seeds 25c 



Early Melody. A deeper shade of rose pink than the preceding. Closely 

 resembling the late flowering "Countess Spencer." Per packet of 25 

 seeds 25c 



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

 cream ground color. Per packet of 25 seeds 25c 



Early Snowflake. Pure white and the best white early flowering white 

 seeded Spencer in existence. Per packet of 15 seeds 25c 



Early Heather Bell. 



seeds 25c. 



A rich pleasing mauve-lavender. Per packet of 25 



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

 size of flower to King Edward Spencer. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c. 



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

 Countess Spencer; very large waved flowers. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c. 



Early Apricot Pink Spencer. A rich apricot pink or salmon colored flower; 

 large, long stemmed flowers. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c. 



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

 of flower to John Ingman. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c 



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

 packet of 25 seeds 15c. 



Early Duplex White Spencer. Black seeded, pure white waved flowers, 

 many of which come doubled. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c 



Early Lavender Pink Spencer. Large waved flowers of exquisite pinkish 

 lavender. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c 



Mixed Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas. Per packet of 25 seeds 15c; 

 per oz. SI. 00. 



TS B How to Grow Sweet Peas to Perfection- 



■Frpp *° cus '° mers 



Includes growing Sweet Peas for garden decoration, 

 when asked for. | cut flowers, exhibition and staging. 

 Fall sowing for warm climates, winter forcing, etc., also cultural methods of prize winners at Sweet Peas shows. 



