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EVERYTHING FOR THE -GARDEN -Flower Seeds 



Giant Spencer Sweet Peas 



STANDARD VARIETIES AND NOVELTIES 



Sweet Peas, gay and fragrant, are the most universally popular annual 

 flowers cultivated. Inexpensive, easily and quickly grown from seed, thriv- 

 ing in town or country gardens, supplying an abundance of continuous bloom 

 for months — an adornment to garden, house or corsage. Is it any wonder 

 that they are "everybody's flowers," and have been for generations? A few 

 years ago, a paragon type appeared in the famous gardens of Earl Spencer, 

 Northamptonshire, England. This newcomer, extremely beautiful, the 

 fairest-formed and largest Sweet Pea ever grown, was named "Countess 

 Spencer" and from this has sprung the glorified modern race of Giant Waved 

 "Spencer" or "Orchid-flowered" Sweet Peas. 



The characteristics of the Spencer Sweet Peas, grown under congenial 

 conditions are: robust growth, the plants attaining a height of from 6 to 10 

 feet, requiring for full development to be not less than 6 inches apart; a foot 

 apart is better. The flowers are giants among Sweet Peas, measuring 2 to 

 2}^ inches across. They are beautifully formed and daintily waved. Three 

 and often four or five of these queenly blossoms are borne on long, strong 

 stems. 



The world-wide popularity of the new race of Giant Waved Spencer Sweet 

 Peas, their sportive tendency and the ease with which they are hybridized or 

 cross-bred, has resulted in the production of a legion of varieties by enthu- 

 siasts and growers both in Europe and America. In consequence numbers 

 of varieties under different names have proven to be identical and many 

 others are closely similar. Therefore in our effort to simplify this con- 

 fusion of names we made a thorough study and comparison of hundreds of 

 varieties grown at our trial grounds and after the name of the variety we 

 offer is bracketed in italics the synonyms and those alike or "too near alike." 



To aid in selecting certain colors, we submit the following key: 



Should the name of some old favorite be missing, by referring to its color 

 class a similar and better variety may be selected. 



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White 12-25-42-84 



Primrose and ivory 11-18-65-67 



Pale cream-pink 31-59-60 



Deep cream-pink 13-47-19-55 



Lilac-blush 10-37 



Blush-pink 28-43 



Pink 14-22-35 



Rose 49-73 



Rose with blush wings 4-57 



Carmine 30-39 



Cerise 17-20-36 



Salmon 26-72-78 



Orange 16-21-33-66-81 



Scarlet 76-82 



Crimson 40-52-79 



Red maroon 50-70-7 5 



Maroon 41-63-64 



Purple and dark mauve... .69-74-80 

 Light mauve and heliotrope.. . .7—53 



Lavender and lilac 2-5-29-44-71 



Light blue 27-48-83 



Dark blue 8-45 



Fancy or pastel 1-9-32-68 



Picotee edged rose on white. . . 15—51 



" blue on white.. . 61 



" rose on yellow. . 38-58 



Striped, etc., red on white... . 3-56 



" orange on white. 6—62 



" " maroon on white 77 



" " lavender on white 23 



" " blue on white.. . 34-46 



rose on yellow. .24-54 



HENDERSON'S NEW BOOKLET 



How to Grow Sweet Peas to Perfection — 



Free to customers when asked for. Includes growing Sweet Peas for 

 garden decoration, cut flowers, exhibition, etc. 



Fall sowing for warm climates, winter forcing, etc., also cultural methods 

 of prize winners at Sweet Pea shows. 



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Henderson's Packets of Named Sweet Peas 

 contain 40 to 50 seeds (.except those specially noted) 



Afterglow. Banner, rosy-amethyst tinted ultramarine- 

 violet at base; wings, peacock and electric blues. . 



Alfred Watkins. A pure, clear, pale lavender, distinct 

 from all others; largest waved flowers; strong grower 



America Spencer (Mrs. Wilcox; Yankee). Striped and 

 flaked brilliant carmine-red over white; very large... 



Apple Blossom Spencer (Arthur Unwin; Colleen). Ban 

 ner bright rose color; wings creamy-blush; a very 

 robust, profuse and large flowering "Bicolor" 



Asta Ohn (Masterpiece; Mrs. Charles Foster; Nettie Jen 

 kins). One of the best lavender Spencers; an exquisite 

 rosy-lavender; flowers large and well waved 



Aurora Spencer (Peter Blair). Strongly flaked and 

 striped bright orange-rose on white; large waved flowers 



Bertrand Deal. Large waved flowers of an exquisite 

 pinkish-lilac suffused with soft rosy-mauve 



Captain of the Blues Spencer (Waverly Spencer; Mrs 

 Waller Wright Spencer). Banner miroon-purple 

 wings magenta-purple; very large flowers 



Charles Foster. Of the "fancy" or "pastel" class 

 apricot-pink flushed with lilac-blush and mauve. . . . 



Charm (Agricola). Very daintily colored bhssh-white 

 flushed with rosy-lilac 



Clara Curtis (Isobel Malcolm; Paradise Cream, etc.). 

 The best primrose-yellow 



Constance Hinton. (See colored plate 6 and page 126) 



Constance Olivar (Holdfast Beauty; Nell Gwynne) 

 Rich, bright "cream-pink"; vigorous grower 



Countess Spencer (Enchantress; Paradise; Pink Pearl). 

 A re-selected, improved strain of this grand original 

 "pink Spencer" 



Dainty Spc .cer (Elsie Herbert; E. J. Deal; Picotee). 

 Very large, splendidly formed flowers of blush-white 

 distinctly picotee edged with carmine-rose 



Dazzler (Edna Unwin; Prince of Orange; Kilty Clive) 

 Extra fine large flowers of lively coloring; banner glow- 

 ing cerise-orange; wings rose-orange; very profuse. . .. 



Decorator (Rose Diamond) . Bright coral rose suffused 

 cerise and orange. Large beautifully waved flowers. . 



Dobbies Cream. (See colored plate 16 and page 126) .... 



Duplex Spencer (Mary Garden). A lovely deep "cream- 

 pink," pinkish-salmon suffused rosy-apricot; the flow- 

 ers are very large and many are doubled 



Edith Taylor (Mrs. Jessopp). (See colored plate 11 and 

 page 126) 



Edrom Beauty (Helen Grosvenor; Orange Perfection). 

 Lovely large rose-orange or salmon colored flowers; 

 considered a little richer in coloring than Helen Lewis 



Elfrida Pearson. Magnificent large flowers of exquisite 

 blush pink, deepening in tone towards the edges 



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