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FLOWER SEEDS 



POPPY Henderson's Extra Select Shirley 



We offer an extra selected stock of these charming annual poppies, in separate 

 colors. The flowers are fluted and crinkled, resembling crumpled satin. The plants 

 are about 12 inches high, are well branched, and continue in bloom for weeks. Seed 

 must be sown where the flowers are to grow as they do not bear transplanting. 



3491 Crimson King. Crimson, white edge. 



3492 Gaiety. White, pink edge. 



3493 Orange King. Bright orange red. 



3494 Rosy Morn. Lively rose-pink. 



3495 Rosy Scarlet. Scarlet with white base. 



3496 Salmon Gem. Various salmon shades. 



3497 Slate Blue. Greyish blue shades. 



3498 Snow White. Beautiful pure white. 

 3470 Mixed Colors. 



Price of any of the above. Per pkt. 10c; per 1000 seeds 25c. 



3499 Collection, one packet each of above eight varieties 60c 



PORTULACA (Annual) (See Color Plates, page 70.) 



Brilliant garden annuals, 6 inches high, luxuriating in warm, dry, sunny situa- 

 tions and blooming profusely from early -summer to autumn. For low beds and 

 masses of color, from spring until frost, they are indispensable; colors range through 

 innumerable shades of red, yellow, pink striped, white etc. (See illustration.) 



3500 Double. Mixed Colors. These make perfectly gorgeous masses of color; 



the flowers are like little roses Per 1,000 seeds, 30c; pkt. 10c 



3505 Parana. Immense single blossoms, averaging 2 inches; color bright ruby 



red pkt. 10c 



3510 Single. Mixed Colors: Per J£ oz. 50c; per 1,000 seeds, 25c; pkt. 10c 



3501 Imported Collection of Double Portulaca, 8 varieties 75c 



POTENTILLA ROXANA (Perennial) 



3514 This delightful herbaceous perennial produces compact plants that resembles 

 large rosets of Strawberry foliage. The flower stems which rise a foot or more 

 above the foliage carry graceful flowers somewhat resembling a double calliopsis 

 and is salmon pink in color Pkt. 25c 



PRIMULA (Primrose), (Perennial) 



Giant Fringed Chinese. (Primula Sinensis Grandiflora Fimbriata.) Chinese 

 Primroses are among our finest winter and spring blooming pot plants; of healthy, 

 sturdy growth, 8 to 12 inches high, and free from insects; while they produce fcr 

 weeks large trusses of flowers, which in our new Giant varieties average 4H to 6 

 inches in circumference. 



3520 Giant, Double, Mixed Colors Pkt. 50c 



3540 Giant, Single, Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3530 Giant Star. (Primula Stellata Hybrida Gigantea.) The dark foliage makes a 

 striking background for the star-shaped*flowers borne in clusters. The flowers 

 are much larger than the old type Stellata and of greater substance. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3525 Primula Obconica Gigantea. These "Ever-flowering Primroses" are 

 favorite pot plants for house and conservatory. This new giant Obconica 

 race produces flowers measuring 1 J4 inches across, equaling the flowers of the 

 Chinese Primrose with the added merit of being more esaily grown. Several 

 colors in mixture, white, crimson, rose, violet, lilac, pink-eyed sort, etc., 

 (See illustration.) Pkt. 25c 



3526 Glory of Aalsmeer. (Obconica Grandiflora.) Its most striking characteristic 

 is the much deeper shade of bright rose color which has been evolved, and also 

 a noticeable improvement in the size of the flowers, and in the shape of the 

 plants. In Europe, where this new selection was made, it is much in demand 

 by all growers, professional as well as amateurs Pkt. 50c 



3542 Primula Acaulis or Hardy Blue Primrose. A beautiful, blue-flowered 

 type, hardy, and splendid for naturalizing among shrubs in turf or the her- 

 baceous border Pkt. 25c 



3545 Primula Japonica Hybrids. These grand Japan Primroses are perfectly 

 hardy — forming stately robust plants that carry large trusses of bloom stand- 

 ing 3 to 3 }4 feet above the ground. The colors range from pure white through 

 shades of pink to deep crimson Pkt. 25c 



PYRETHRUM (Perennial) 



3552 Aureum or Yellow-Leafed Golden Feather. Dwarf plants about 8 inches high, 

 extensively used for ribbon and carpet bedding, foliage of bright yellow. 

 Usually grown as annuals, although perennials. Yellow foliage, % foot 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; pkt. 10c 



PYRETHRUM or Painted Daisy (Perennial) 



Valuable, hardy, herbaceous garden plants, with large single or double flowers, 3 

 to 4 inches across, of rose, flesh, pink, white, lavender, crimson, etc., with yellow 

 center; freely borne on stems about 2 feet high. They remain in bloom for a long 

 time. They are now very popular as cut flowers. (See colored Plate page 114.) 



3555 Hybridum, Double, Large-flowering. Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3560 Hybridum, Single, Large-flowering. Mixed Colors. »»■„ Pkt. 15c 



RHODANTHE or Straw-Flower (Annual) 



(Shown in colors page 103.) 



Elegant garden annuals, 9 to 12 inches in height. They flower early and continue 

 for a long time, and are also used as pot plants. As an "Everlasting" for dried winter 

 bouquets they are indispensable. 



3563 Rose Pkt. 10c 



3565 White Pkt. 10c 



'An encyclopedia of flower culture boiled down to vest-pocket size," is how one of our customers describes our booklet, "HENDERSON'S 



FLOWERS FOR AMERICAN GARDENS," sent free on request. 



