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HENDERSON'S SELECTED 



SGABIOSA 



i Scabiosa Maxima plena) 



"SAYeet Scabious" or "Mourning Bride" 



SHOWN IN COLORS ON THIS PAGE 



A new double, large-flowered annual type descended from the 

 "Sweet Scabious" or "Mourning Bride" of old gardens, but are much 

 improved in size, colors and doubleness. Many of the flowers measure 

 6 to 9 inches in^circumference. are double clear to the center, and have 

 long stems. They are very free bloomers; very effective for garden 

 decoration and valuable for bouquets, vases, etc.; very fragrant. 

 Annuals, l}-> to 2 feet high. 



Royal Purple Pk:. 10c. 



Snowball. Pure white 10c. 



Golden-yellow 10c. 



Fiery-scarlet 10c. 



Azure Fairy. Light blue 10c. 



Cerise. Lovely cerise-red 10c. 



Maxima Plena, Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 50c.; Pkl. 10c. 



Collection of above 6 separate varieties 50c. 



Customer's Selection of Scabiosa — any three 10c. pkts for 25c. 



SCABIOSA, Hardy Varieties 



Caucasica Perfecta. The old "Caucasian Scabious" is recognized as 

 one of our handsomest hardy perennials, forming dense, spreading 

 plants 2 to 3 feet high, thriving in any ordinary garden soil. In this 

 new variety, "Perfecta," we have attained the highest perfection of 

 this type; the semi-double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, are poised 

 on stalks 1 ' 2 to 2 feet long, making them of exceptional value cut 

 for vases, etc. The coloring of the flowers is a beautiful lilac-blue 

 shading to deep blue Pkt. 15c. 



Caucasica Alba. A large, pure white variety; counterpart of the 

 above; beautiful: the flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, on long stems, 

 are exquisite for vases, lasting a long time in water, and they are 

 borne freely like those of its blue-colored parent from early summer 

 to late fall Pkl. 25c. 



SCABIOSA JAPONICA 



A new hardy perennial Scabious from Japan, forming large bushes 

 2 \ ■• to 3 feet in height and breadth, with elegant light green foliage. 

 Flowers 2 to 23 2 inches across, on long wiry stems from 15 to 20 inches 

 in length, of a beautiful mauve or lavender-blue. The plants, ex- 

 tremely free-flowering, produce their lovely flowers continuously from 

 the end of June until late in the autumn Pkl. 10c. 



One packet each of the three hardy Scabiosas, Perfecta, Alba and 

 Japonica, for 40c. 



SCHIZANTHUS 



Wonderfully showy annuals; very decorative for garden beds and 

 unsurpassed in pots for the conservatory, where by successive sowing a 

 continuous display may be enjoyed almost the year round. The 

 plants are of compact, branchy growth \\o to 2 feet high and are 

 literally sheeted with exquisite, butterfly-fike flowers much larger 

 than those of the ordinary Schizanthus. and include beautiful new 

 color combinations. (See engraving, page 124.) 

 Wisetonensis Hybrids, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors. Beautiful 



colors and combinations in great variety Pkt. 10c. 



Dr. Badger's Giant-flowering Hybrids. A superb new strain growing 

 robust and bushy. 1> 2 to 2 feet in height, with handsome bright 

 green Fern-like foliage. The flowers borne in prodigal profusion 

 are unusually large, measuring from 1 to 1% inches across; they 

 are of much substance — very lasting — and show an endless variety 

 of bright colorings. The light varieties of white, pink, buff-rose or 

 yellow have beautifully marked centers, zoned by a deeper shade. 

 The darker sorts are of purple, mauve or red. with center lines of 

 yellow or white margined by a deep tone of the ground color. 



Pkt. 25c. 



SILENE 



Pendula Compacts, Double. An effective garden annual forming 

 compact, round bushes, 6 inches high, which, during the summer, 

 are covered densely with flowers of white, pink or red. For lo%v 

 beds or edgings it is very pretty. Mixed Colors Pkt. 5c. 



SMILAX 



Charming tender perennial climber for greenhouse or window 

 gardens. The foliage and stems are of a pleasing light green; very 

 graceful. Excellent for decoration Pkt. 10c. 



HENDERSON'S GARDEN PLANS AND SUG- 

 GESTIONS tell much about creating flower gardens from 

 seeds. Sent free if asked for when ordering. 



