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Hendersons Perpetual "BEAUTY" STOCKS 



(SHOWN IN COLORS ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE.) 



A BEAUTIFUL NEW CLASS, 



Remarkably Free and Continuous Bloomers, Very 



Large, Double Fragrant Flowers of Charming 



and Refined Colorings. 



"Beauty" Stocks are also known as Large Early Dresden Stocks, Giant 

 Nice Stocks, Cut-and-Come-Again Stocks, Continuity Stocks, "Beauty" Stocks 

 etc. This confusion of titles has caused us to decide on the latter as appropriate 

 for this comparatively new and magnificent race which is bounding into popu- 

 larity wherever grown or exhibited in Europe and America. 



Every desirable quality seems to have been included in the evolution of 

 "Beauty" Stocks. The plants are of fine symmetrical habit, bushy and in 

 flower stand about 1 V2 to 2 feet in height. The numerous side branches each carry 

 a tall strong spike well furnished with unusually large and very double delici- 

 ously clove-scented flowers all composing into a wealth of beauty and fragrance 

 that wins unstinted admiration. Among the merits of "Beauty" Stocks 

 is their adaptability to many cultural conditions and their decorative effective- 

 ness whether grown in flower beds, garden borders or as potted specimens. 

 They do not flower as quickly from seed sowing as 10-weeks Stocks, the "Beau- 

 ties" requiring from 12 to 15 weeks, but after they commence blooming their 

 long continued profusion is phenomenal. Seeds started in the house or hot 

 bed in March, the seedlings transferred to small pots when about an inch high 

 and then transplanted in the garden in May will begin flowering in July and 

 continue to bloom in increasing abundance until frozen. Plants from seeds 

 sown later will of course flower correspondingly later but are doubly valued in 

 the fall when other flowers are becoming scarce. Late sown plants if carefully 

 lifted and potted in the fall will continue to flower beautifully in window garden 

 or conservatory during the winter if the atmosphere is not too hot and dry, 

 though when grown especially for winter flowering — for which "Beauty" Stocks 

 are peculiarly adaptable — it is better to sow the seeds in July or August. As cut 

 flowers "Beauty" Stocks are unsurpassable, their splendid trusses of bloom 

 lend themselves to table and other floral decorations. The fragrant flowers 

 are of lasting substance and their refined colorings light up well under artificial 

 light. 



Henderson's Collection of Beauty Stocks. 



One packet each of the 8 varieties shown in colors on the opposite page and 



described below for $1.00. 



No. A. Beauty of Nice. Exquisite flesh-pink Pkt. 15c. 



" B. Madam Rivoire. New, large double white flowers ISc. 



" C. Almond Blossom. White-suffused rosy-carmine ISc. 



" D. Queen Alexandra. Charming rosy-lavender 15c. 



" E. Crimson King. Brilliant velvety-crimson 15c. 



" F. Rose of Nice. Carmine-rose 15c. 



" G. Sunburst. Bright sulphur-yellow 15c. 



" H. Light Violet. Extra fine 15c. 



"Beauty" Stocks. Mixed Colors 60c. per 1.000 seeds, Pkt. 15c. 



"Beauty Bouquet" Stock Abundance. 



A Dwarf Compact Type Growing into a 

 Perfect Bouquet. 



A remarkable and valuable new type of the "Beauty" Giant Nice or Contin- 

 uity Stocks described above, possessing the same continous flowering qualities 

 and producing even a greater abundance of bloom which with its half-dwarf 

 branching style of growth renders it phenomenal. The plant does not make a 

 leader or central spike but forms 12 to 15 sturdy main stems which again 

 ramify into 15 to 20 side branches or from 180 to 300 stems and branches to 

 a plant all carrying a wealth of superb double fragrant flowers, colored carmine- 

 rose. Well grown specimens measure 2 feet across each way. Imagination can 

 scarcely picture the magnificent effect. 



"Abundance." Like its progenitors the "Beauty" Nice or Continuity 

 Stocks, may be grown as a summer garden plant by sowing the seed in spring, 

 or as a winter flowering plant by sowing the seed in summer. 50 to 60% will 

 come double. 



One of our customers writes as follows: "The sample you sent for trial is 

 without doubt the finest Stock I have ever seen for pots. Its freedom of bloom, 

 beautiful color and general appearance make it one of the best for bedding and 

 general outside culture Pkt. 20c. 









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