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EVEIRYTHIMQ WOB. THE GARDEH - Fl®wer Seeds 



ACHILLEA, THE PEARL' 



'1012"A greatly improved variety of the old hardy garden favorite A. Plarmica 

 fl. pi. The Pearl produces much larger and more fully double pure white 

 flowers which are borne in large clusters on long stems. It grows about 

 2 feet high and is literally covered with these snowy blossoms from sprmg 

 until frost. Splendid cut flower for vases. Although a perennial it will 

 flower freely the first season if the seed is sown early. Pkt. 10c. 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS (Monkshood) 



1016 Handsome, hardy herbaceous plant, throwing bold spikes of dark blue 

 flowers in summer. Effective in hardy flower borders, shrubberies, etc.;- 

 height, 3 to 4 feet Pkl. 10c. 



ACROCLINIUM, Double Mixed 



1020 Free summer-flowering annual plants for garden decoration; the flowers 

 dry as "Everlastings" for winter bouquets. Acrocliniums are also grown 

 as pot plants for market in European cities — in full bloom the plants are 

 showy and effective — and will stand a lot of abuse on account of the 

 lasting quality of the flowers. Grows to a height of 1 foot. Pkt. 10c. 

 (For other varities of Everlastings, see page 105.) 



AGERATUM 



Dwarf compact-growing plants, 6 to 12 inches high, flowering freely 

 throughout the season from spring-sown seed: splendid for bedding, edgings or 

 pots. 



1032 Little Dorrit Blue Pkt. 10c. 



1034 Little Dorrit White Pkt. 10c. 



1036 Blue Perfection. Large heads of deep amethyst-blue flowers; plant very even 

 in growth, about S inches high. (See engraving.) Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c. 



1038 Blue Star. A tiny and compact variety, only 4 to 5 inches high, densely 

 covered with light blue flowers Pkt. 15c. 



1039 Snowball. Large clusters of pure white flowers. Per 1,000 seeds, 25c.; Pkl. lOc, 



ALYSSUM, SWEET 



1052 "Carpet of Snow."' {A. Compacia P-rocumbens.) This new variety is pure white 

 and grows only 2 to 3 inches high and flowers profusely; in fact, it is a perfect carpet 

 of snow throughout the season. We have counted as many as 300 heads of pure white 

 flowers open on one plant at one time;- For edging and beddings this is a very satis- 

 factory little annual Per yi oz.. 50c., Pkt. 10c. 



1054 Maritimum. The well-known Sweet Alyssum ;' white flowers borne profusely; K foot. 



Per H oz., 25c.; Pkt. 10c. 

 1056 Tom Thumb or Little Gem Sweet Alyssum. (A. Benthami Compactitm Erectum.) One of 



the finest for edgings and low beds; }4 foot ". . . ..Per K oz.,. 40c.; Pkt. 10c. 



1067 Alyssum, Hardy Saxatile Compacta. A beautiful dwarf hardy perennial for spring beds 

 or edging a flower border. Popularly known as "The Basket of Gold." The flowers are 

 produced in large clusters and are of a deep pure yellow; ^ foot ................ Pkt. 10c. 



AMARANTHUS 



These robust annuals, including "Love-Lies- 

 Bleeding," "Joseph's Coat," etc., attain a height of 

 from 4 to 6 feet; are very showv and effective garden 

 plants. 



1072 Abyssinian. This giant "Love-Lies-Bleeding" 

 has light green foliage, veined and shaded rose, 

 and pendent chenille-like tassels of red, measur- 

 ing up to 2 feet in length and borne in clusters. 



(See engraving.) Pkt. 10c. 



Aurora. The plant is clothed from ground to 

 tip with long, arching leaves; colored rich green 

 and bronze at the base; the foliage brightening 

 toward the top into rose-yellow, red and green. 



Pkt. 10c. 

 Caudatus. (Love-Lies-Bleeding.) Rapid- 

 growing garden annual with long, drooping 

 crimson flower spikes; height 3 feet . . . Pkt. 10c. 

 Oriflamme. A strikingly showy new variety 

 of branching, pyramidal growth about 5 feet 

 high. It is well clothed with large leaves of 

 glossy maroon while the central and side 

 branches are all topped with bright scarlet 



leaves Pkl. 10c. 



HENDERSON'S SPECIAL MIXED FLOWER 

 SEEDS. A flower garden may be had in any 

 suitable out-of-the-way place — meadow, brook- 

 side, hedgerow, fence-corner, or back lot — 

 by broadcasting and raking in, at the rate of 

 1 oz. per 100 square feet, mixed with sand or 

 dry soil for ease and evenness of distribution. 

 Price, 2Sc. per oz., 75c. per M lb., $2.00 per lb., 

 postpaid. 



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1924 witnesses the dawn of our 78th year in business. Founded in 1847 by Peter Henderson, the business is 



still carried on by his son and grandsons.'' 



