•PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK • $ 



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Henderson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansies. 



Competed with the best from all over the world at the Columbian Exposition and were AWAKDED THE MEDAL. 



HENDERSON'S Mammoth 

 Butterfly Pansies we are 

 very proud of. We have sold 

 them for a number of years and 

 receive hundreds of letters praising 

 their superior beauty, size and 

 other merits; they were awarded 

 a medal at the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion, Chicago, where they competed 

 with the best from all over the 

 world. When our unequalled col- 

 lections of all types of pansies are 

 in bloom we go over them daily 

 and any plant producing flowers 

 of superlative merit is removed to 

 our "Mammoth Butterfly" plot of 

 pansies, where nothing but the 

 largest, handsomest and most per- 

 fect are allowed to remain. Con- 

 sequently the seed is saved from 

 the greatest varieties of types, in- 

 cluding only the best of Giant 

 Cassiers, Bugnots, Trimardeau, 

 5-blotched Odier, Giant English, 

 French and German Hybrids, etc., 

 resulting in the greatest variety of 

 coloring, marking, blotching, vein- 

 ing, etc., for brilliant and attrac- 

 ivebeds. (See cut.) Mixed Colors. 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 75c Pkt. .25 



" Your Butterfly is the best strain 

 of Pansy that I have ever seen and 

 I have been growing pansies for 

 market for many years." 



W. F. HEA TH, 



Jaffery, N. H. 



" Your Butterfly, Ruffled and 

 Parisian Pansies bloomed pro- 

 fusely from June until December. 

 We covered the plants when winter 

 set in, and now at Easter they are 

 beginning * to bloom again. The 

 colors are much more brilliant than 

 any I have ever seen. " 



Mrs. E. W. SHEARBURN, 



Haddam, Kansas. 



"I have tried your mammoth 

 Butterfly Pansies for three years 

 and find them superior to any I 

 have ever grown." 



H. C. THURSTON, 



Fall River, Mass. 



Henderson's Giant Ruffled Pansies. 



A REMARKABLE strain of Giant Pansies, the flowers of which are so large 

 and full that the broad petals seem to be "gathered" to the stem, caus- 

 ing them to be undulated and fluted from centre to circumference, not 

 unlike "frilled" velvet. The unusual substance of the flowers, aided by these 

 corrugations, thus enables them to present bold, open and handsome faces, even 

 during windy or dry summer weather, when other pansy flowers flop or wilt. 

 The flowers are extraordinary large and are borne on strong stems well above 

 the foliage; they are nearly all five-blotched on the "Odier" pattern, and con- 

 tain rich combinations of coloring, including some new tints and blendings not 

 met with in other pansies. The plants are vigorous and large, and flower 

 abundantly. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1 ,000 seeds, 75c pkt - -25 



Henderson's Mammoth Parisian Pansies. 



THE Parisian Pansies are distinguished by their magnificent and varied col- 

 ors and strong markings. There is usually a large "blotch" on each 

 of the five petals, with a surrounding band of some strikingly contrasting 

 color, over all of which is thrown a cobweb-like netting of yet another hue. The 

 combinations prevailing are composed of shades of cinnamon, violet, canary and 

 orange-yellow, black, garnet, light blue, indigo, cream, etc. These pansies have 

 been brought up to a high standard of excellence, the flowers being of fine sub- 

 stance, perfect shape and of mammoth size, measuring, when properly cultivated 

 four inches across. A large number of these pansies are also very fragrant. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c Pkt. .25 



Henderson's Giant Mottled Pansies. 



A DISTINCT new type of Pansies of greatest merit. The flowers are ol 

 giant size and are borne in profusion — well-grown they measure 3 to 

 3 l > inches across — and of most gorgeous effects, blotched, spotted, mar- 

 bled, veined, strined and blended, colors 'passing through reds, rose, pink, white, 

 purple, in beautiful and indescribable variegation. 

 a prize at the Paris Expositon. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1 ,000 seeds, 75c Pkt. -25 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES. 



Years of scientific culture, hybridization and selection in raising Pansies 

 have gradually evolved a Superior race of luxuriant, robust growth and deep- 

 rooting, drought-withstanding qualities; the flowers have also correspondingly 

 improved in size, substance, form and colors. At first there were 'only one or 

 two varieties in this class of pansies, but annually one or more varieties would 

 reach the goal of the Giants, until now we have such a complete variety of colors, 

 that we, this season, discard all ordinary-sized pansies. 



"I am going to take the liberty of an old customer to give you ar. account 

 of our pansies raised from your seed — though I cannot do them justice — no one could 

 on paper. They are truly magnificent in size, colors, profusion and odor. We 

 gather for ourselves and friends every day and yet the garden is dazzling with 

 their beauty. " J. F. LESSURE, Orange, Mass. 



Per t,ow 

 seeds. 



Giant Trimardeau Pansies. Mixed Colors Pkt. . 10. 



" Atropurpurea. Velvety royal-purple 10. 



" Canary Bird. Pure, spotless yellow 10. 



" Emperor William. Indigo-blue, blotched black 10. 



" Fire King. Crimson-purple and golden-yellow 10. 



" King of the Blacks. Lustrous jet-black 10. 



" Lord Beaconsfield. Lavender, heliotrope and purple 10. 



" Peacock (Cloriosa). Garnet, cream and blue 10. 



" President Carnot. White with large violet blotches 10. 



" Prince Bismarck. Golden-bronze 10. 



" Prince Charming. Rose-pink, veined rosy-lilac 10. 



" Snow Queen. Spotless, snow- while 10. 



" Striped. White, blue, violet and chocolate 10. 



" Victoria. Ox-blood red 10. 



" White Treasure. White with three violet blotches 10. 



" Yellow. Golden-yellow, three maroon blotches 10. 



Henderson's Collection of 12 Giant Pansies. 



This collection contains one packet each of 12 of the largest and most beautiful 

 Pansies in cultivation. Price, 75c. 



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VARIOUS POPULAR STKAINS OF PANSIES. 



Cassier's 5 Blotched Odier. Mixed 



Bugnots' Large Stained French. Mixed . 

 English Choicest Show. Mixed 



Per 1,000 seeds. 



Pkt. 

 .25 



Scotch Prize. Mixed . . 

 Belgian Fancy. Mixed.. 

 German. Finest mixed 



Per 1,000 seeds. Pkt. 



. 60 

 .50 



.15 

 .10 



Garden Beautiful and Garden Bountiful 



Questions 

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