Peter Henderson & Co., New York.— Flower Seed Novelties. 



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A GRAND NEW POPPY, AMERICAN FLAG. 



Immense double Pseony-shaped flowers. A pure white ground, margined dark orange scarlet. 

 These magnificent Poppies grow from 1 ii to 2 feet high. They are exceedingly showy garden 

 annuals, making a gorgeous display, bloomingin lavish profusion. (See cut.) Pkt, 10c. 



HENDERSON'S LARGE 

 FLOWERING . . . 



"MAJESTIC" POPPIES. 



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AMERICAN FLAG POPPY. 



A great advance in single Poppies ; the flowers are immense, often measuring 6 inches 

 across ; the plants are dwarf and bushy, and bloom in long succession ; the colors and variety 

 of shadings and markings are limitless and most exquisite, appearing like crushed satin. The 

 colors range from purestwhite through all shades of pink, scarlet, carmine, rose, striped white, 

 blush, flesh salmon, etc. Some are red with white edges, and others veined and streaked 

 and flaked from the centre toward the edges in the most charming confusion. Mixed. 

 | Colors, pkt., 26c. 



SWEET SCABIOSA, "POMPADOUR." 



This is a remarkable novelty 

 among Scabiosas. The flower heads 

 are enormous in size, quite round 

 in shape, in the manner of Gail- 

 lardia Lorenziana ; the individual 

 florets are rich black purple at the 

 top, and pure white from the centre 

 to the bottom. The contrasting 

 colors produce a splendid and very 

 unique effect. It received a Silver 

 Medal in France last August from 

 the "Societe d'Horticulture du 

 Ehone," accompanied by the follow- 

 ing official statement: "This is 

 certainly the nicest Scabiosa of all 

 varieties known." 



The plant is thrifty, growing 

 about one metre high, of easy cul- 

 ture, blooming throughout the 

 summer from seed sown in the 

 open garden in spring. Pkt., 25c. 



HENDERSON'S COLOSSAL TEN WEEKS STOCKS. 



This magnificent strain is without a rival for garden planting, attaining a height of 2'£ feet. 

 The spikes of bloom are very long and the individual flowers are enormous in size and very 

 double and delightfully fragrant. The variety of color is large, including lovely new shades. 

 Mixed colors, pkt., i5c. 



Hew Dwarf Double Sunflower, " GioDe of Gold." 



This beautiful annual Sunflower grows rapidly from seed, forming a 

 dwarf, well-branched plant, not exceeding 40 inches in height. Each 

 of the numerous branches carries on its summit a large, densely double, 

 globe-shaped flower of deep, rich, golden yellow color. Grown as 

 single specimens, or grouped several plants together, the effect is very 

 fetching. (See cut.) Pkt., 15c. 



DODDLE SWEET PEjiS. 



Double Sweet Peas are of incom- 

 parable beauty. They have from 

 two to three standards and frequent- 

 ly three wings. All of these petals 

 composing theflower are beautifully 

 incurved and daintily frilled. The 

 effect of the extra number of petals 

 is to throw tinted and varying 

 shadows into the depths of the 

 flower, intensifying the coloring 

 and bringing the high lights into 

 strong relief. We do not claim that 

 we have as yet perfected this new 

 type of Double Sweet Peas, but un- 

 der good cultivation they should pro- 

 duce from 20 to 40per cent, of double 

 flowers. Sometimes they will all 

 come double on one stem, some- 

 times all single, but generally dou- 

 bles and singles are borne about 

 half-and-half on each stem. (Seecut.) 

 Mixed colors, pkt., 25c. 



WEET TEAS. 



" EMILY HENDERSON," the Queen of 

 WHITE SWEET PEAS. 



A gloriously beautiful acquisition 

 introduced by us. Absolutely 

 pure 'white, as clear as alabaster 

 and as lustrous as satin. The flow- 

 ers, of remarkable substance, are 

 borne on long stiff peduncles, are extra 

 large, with broad, round standards that 

 stand up boldly without reflex, curl or notch. 

 Tile plants are robust, compact and branch- 

 ing, producing such a prodigal abundance of 

 flowers that the plants appear as if covered 

 with snow. In earliness it outrivals all competitors by nearly 

 two weeks, and continues a veritable " cut-and-come-again " to the 

 end of autumn. The fragrance is most delicious and distinct. 

 Pkt, 10c; oz., 25c. 



DOUBLE SWEET PEA. 



NEW DWARF 



SWEET PEA, 



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This is a little wonder among Sweet Peas, and a decided novelty. By 

 some freak of nature it has lost the habit of vine, and makes a compact 

 dwarf plant, not over 6 inches high, covering a circumference of about 

 18 inches, studded with pure satiny white flowers of good form and 

 substance, very fragrant. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c 



Eckford's New Large Flowering - Sweet Peas. Beautiful in 

 their modest loveliness, perfection in form, graceful in arrangement, 

 delightful in perfume, exquisite in coloring, lavish in bloom, and present combinations in markings 

 and colors heretofore unknown in this exquisite flower, and nearly double the size of the ordinary 

 varieties. This grand mixture is composed of equal proportions of twenty-five of Eckford's best varieties. 

 (Seecut.) Mixed colors, pkt, 10c; oz., 15c 



Henderson's Mammoth Verbenas. The average trusses measure 9 to 12 inches in circumference, and 

 the individual florets on properly grown plants are larger than a 25c. silver piece. They bloom freely, 

 are vigorous in growth, and contain all of the beautiful new colors and shades. Mixed colors, pkt, 10c. 



Henderson's Zebra Zinnias. Dwarf, compact-growing Zinnias, only 2 feet high and bearing very 

 double flowers, and as perfect in form as dahlias. All colors, such as orange, crimson, pink, yellow, violet, 

 rose, scarlet, white, etc., three-fourths of which are striped, spotted and blotched with different shades, 

 hardly any two plants producing flowers alike. (See cut.) Mixed colors, pkt., 10c 



For a complete price list of Flower Seeds, see pages 40 to 46. 



