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DAHLIAS FROM SEED 



It is not generally realized that most beautiful Dahlias may be 

 grown and flowered in late summer and autumn from spring-sown 

 seed. Many of them, differing from any of the named varieties on the 

 market, and some from seed are equally beautiful, the production of 

 novel forms and combinations of colorings being most interesting. 

 One of our customers, Mr. A. P. Updike, Reno, Nev., writes us thus: 

 "By planting a packet of your choice Dahlia seed this spring, I was 

 successful in raising such beauties that I secured the First Premium — 

 a gold medal — at the Nevada State Fair." 



CHOICE, Large-flowering, Double Mixed Pkl. 10c. 



CACTUS-FLOWERED, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the 



choicest Cactus-flowered varieties Pkl. 10c. 



NEW DOUBLE GIANT-FLOWERING DECORATIVE DAHLIAS. 

 This grand new race produces flowers, often 7 to 8 inches in diameter, 

 very double and in form intermediate between the formal show 

 Dahlias and the narrow curled-petaled Cactus Dahlias — the grace 

 and beauty of these Giant Decorative Dahlias being unapproachable. 

 The flowers are borne on long, strong stems, and are in a variety of 



colors Pkt. 15c. 



20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 to 6 inches across, 



white, marked carmine and pink; very handsome Pkt. 10c. 



SINGLE GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense single flowers 

 of various colors, including many beautifully striped and spotted 



sorts Pkl. 10c 



COLLARETTE, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorned 

 with a collar of small petals around the center, novel and beautiful. 



Pkt. 15c. 

 COLOSSAL. A French race producing flowers that attain the extra- 

 ordinary dimensions of 8 to 9 inches in diameter. The flowers are 



DAHLIAS FROM SEED— Continued 



composed of" three or more whorls of wide overlapping petals — placed one above 

 the other. The stems are long and rigid, bearing the flowers well above the foliage; 



the colors are rich and varied Pkt. 15c. 



Customer's Collection of Dahlia Seeds. Any three 10c. pkts. selected for 25c., 

 or any two 15c. pkts. for 25c. 



DELPHINIUM 



OR HARDY 

 LARKSPUR 



For Annual Larkspur, see page 110. 



.Giant Single and Double Superb Hybrids. A splendid race of these popular hardy 

 garden plants. The blossoms are of immense size, single, semi-double and double, 

 dressing the graceful, towering spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of their length. The 

 colors range from white and lavender through every shade of blue from azure to 

 indigo and purple, several shades being blended in some of the varieties. The 

 plants grow from 6 to 10 feet in height and are very desirable and valuable in the 

 garden during the spring and early summer. These improved hybrids should, to 

 get the best effect, be planted in groups dotted here and there at intervals in the 

 herbaceous border. The lighter colors look particularly well when planted in 

 front of shrubbery where they will be thrown into strong relief. Delphiniums are 

 also very beautiful for house decoration shown in vases. By cutting off the spikes 

 immediately after flowering, these Delphiniums may be had in bloom for several 

 months. Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, $1.00; Pkt. 25c. 



Hybridum Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. A Greatly improved variety of the "Bella- 

 donna" Larkspur; it retains the early and continuous blooming habit and the 

 light azure-blue color, but the flowers are much larger, of better substance, and the 

 stems are from 5 to 7 feet high; the upper 2 to 3 feet form a huge branching raceme 

 of fine, well-placed flowers. There is nothing like it amongst all the hundreds 

 of new hybrids Pkt. 15c. 



Formosum. Deep blue, white center; 2 to 3 feet. .. Per 1,000 seeds, 35c; Pkl. 5c. 



Single, Fine Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 35c; Pkt. 5c. 



Henderson's New Garden Guide and Record for 1917 is pronounced an indispensable 

 "Gardening Companion"; it answers the 101 questions that "crop up" about 

 gardening. We give it free with orders of $2.00 or over. See page 3. 



HENDERSON'S GARDEN PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS. 



Tells how to make Flower Gardens entirely from seeds. Also much about cultiv; 

 tion, time of planting, etc., etc. Sent free if asked for when ordering. 



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