PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 and 37 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK 



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HENDERSONS 



SPECIAL 

 LIST OF 



Hardy Perennial Plants, Hardy Shrubs, 

 HardyClimbing Plants and Small Fruits 



SELECTED FOR FALL PLANTING 



In again offering plants we desire to express our appreciation of the liberal share of patronage which we have 

 received from the flower-loving public in years past. We would state that we are now offering only the very finest 

 new and standard sorts that have been thoroughly tested. This will not only be a convenience but a protection to 

 our customers; who may rest assured that they will receive no worthless varieties when ordering from our list. 



PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING PL.\NTS 



Tiie plants listed in this catalogue, pages 16 to 21 inclusive, will be ready for shipment October 20th. 



We will guarantee the safe arrival of all plants sent by Express or Parcel Post to all points in the United States. 

 Should anything be injured in transit we urge our customers to notify us at once on recipt of the goods, and in every 

 case send us a Est of what has been damaged so that we can replace them without delay. But when they arrive 

 in good condition our responsibility ceases, and if from inattention or other causes they fail and complaint is then 

 made we cannot replace them. 



We do not pay transportation charges on plants. For those of our customers who prefer to receive their plants 

 by Parcel Post we will be pleased to ship that way if money for postage is included with the order, otherwise we will 

 ship by Express, buyer to pay express charge on delivery. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street : : : NEW YORK 



A Garden AT Your Door 



HENDERSON'S 



Hardy Perennial Plants 



Selected for Fall Planting 



ANCHUSA ITALICA 



"Dropmore" Variety. A fine, large, hardy, herbaceous plant; 4 to 5 feet high. This new "Dropmore" 

 variety is a great improvement on the type, the beautiful Forget-Me-Not-like fiowers being much 

 larger than others and of a lovely Gentian blue, produced in long, loose sprays. Invaluable for the 

 hardy border, as fiowers are produced during the entire season and until late in the fall. Price, 35c. 

 each, S3. 50 per doz. 



CAMPANULA OR CANTERBURY BELLS 



Favorite hardy garden plants, growing 2 to 214 feet high, in dense clumps, blooming profusely in 

 early summer, large bell-shaped flowers. Price, 35c. each, S3. 50 per doz. 



DELPHINIUM FORMOSUM 



Hardy Blue Larkspur. This beautiful hardy larkspur grows about 3 H feet high — bearing in June 

 and July long spikes of showj', velvety, indigo-blue flowers. Makes a grand border plant and the 

 spikes are fine for cutting. Price, 35c. each, S3. 50 per doz. 



FUNKIA UNDULATA MEDIA 



The variegated "Plantation Lily." Foliage striped white on green ground. Very useful for borders. 

 Does well in partial shade. Price, 35c. each, S3. 50 per doz. 



GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA 



Amongst the e ir-blooming hardy plants there is none more sho\\'y or ornamental than this Flowers 

 borne in prodigal profusion from June to frost, useful for cut flowers. They are of gorgeous coloring, 

 dark red-brown in center with bands of crimson-orange and vermillion, meriting the popular title of 

 "Aurora Flower." Height, 2 feet. Price, 35c. each, S3. 50 per doz. 



RUDBECKIA, "GOLDEN GLOW" 



The most popular ever-blooming hardy plant grown. Covered during the Season with masses of rich 

 golden-yellow, double flowers, resembUng Chrysanthemums very closely. It attains a height of from 6 

 to 8 feet, and a small plant set out in the spring will produce hundreds of blossoms. Price, 35c. each, 

 S3.50 per doz. 



VINCA 



Vinca Minor or Creeping Myrtle. Well known trailing plants. They are used extensively for covering 

 the ground under shurbs or trees and in cemeteries for covering graves. They will grow where it is too 

 shady for grass or other plants to thrive. Dehcate blue flowers. Price, 35c. each, S3. 50 per doz. 



HARDY PHLOX 



These grand hardy plants are very popular and deservedly so. They are of the easiest culture, and 

 during the late summer and fall months make the garden bright with their wealth of bloom. 

 Albion. White with faint aniline red eye. Medium height. 

 Beacon. A lively shade of bright cherry-red. Medium height. 

 Coquelicot. .\ fine pin'e scarlet with crimson-red eye. Dwarf habit. 

 Elizabeth Campbell. Salmon-pink flowers and trusses of large size. The color is intensified by a very 



decided dark crimson eye. Medium height. 

 F. G. Von Lassburg. A free blooming pure white variety. Medium height. 

 Pantheon. Bright carmine-rose; fine for massing. Tall. 



R. P. Struthers. Color bright cherry-red delicately suffused orange-salmon. Tall. 

 Rynstrom. Lively rose-pink. Flowers large and attractive. Tall. 

 Sieboid. Bright vermillion-red overlaid %vith orange-scarlet, crimson-red eye. Tall. 



Price, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. Set of 9 for S2.25. 



