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CARDINAL CLIMBER or Scarlet Queen Cypress Vine 



2052 There is no annual vine grown today more popular than the Cardinal Climber, While this 

 hybrid has only been in existence about ten years, it has won for itself the admiration of garden 

 lovers throughout the United States and rightly so for it is one of the most beautiful climbing 

 annuals that we know and deserves to be grown in every garden. The foliage, of rich, glossy 

 green is palm-leaf like, with laciniated or fringed edges against which the brilliant scarlet 

 tubular flowers, 1 to 1 3^ inches across, contrast most vi^ddly. In a warm, sunny location 

 in good soil, it grows about 20 feet in height, is of rapid growth, free froni insects and a beautiful 

 vine for trellis, piazza or pergola, being literally bespangled with flowers from July until late 

 fall. The seed is very hard-shelled and germinates quicker when started under glass, but if 

 sown in the open ground the seed should first be soaked for a few hours in warm water. If 

 the seed is planted while the ground is cold and wet, there is danger of the seed rotting. (See 

 engraving.) Pki. ISc. 



CYPRESS VINE 



Pretty vines, growing to a height of 10 to 15 feet with delicate fern-lite foliage and dainty star- 

 shaped flowers. 



2056 Scarlet PkU 10c. 



2058 White Pkt. 10c. 



2060 Mixed Colors PM. 10c. 



CINERARIA HYBRIDA, Henderson's Large-Flowering 



Magnificent and indispensable flowering plants for spring decoration in the conservatory or window 

 garden. The flowers measure 2 to 3 inches across, and cover the plant with a sheet of bloom. Colors : 

 white, blue, violet and crimson shades; usually two or more colors are shown in one flower. (See 

 engraving.) 



1920 Large-flowering. Choicest Mixed Pkt. 35c. 



1925 Matador. A large flower of brilliant scarlet red Pkt. 35c. 



1930 Miniature Hybrids. {Cineraria* Hyhrida Nana.) A pretty, tiny race. The plants rarely 



exceed 8 inches in height. The flowers are small, but many in number, and gay in colors, 



making large heads; particularly charming Pkt. 35e. 



1935 Star. {Cineraria Slellata Hybrids, Improved.) Tall, pyramidal plants, bearing quantities 



of medium-sized star-like flowers in immense umbels; an exceedingly decorative pot plant. 



Colors: white, rose, red, carmine and blue. Offered in mixed colors Pkt. 35c. 



COWSLIP Primula Veris 



2030 This beautiful spring-flowering dwarf hardy perennial bears clusters of fragrant flowers of 

 various colors; 6 inches high Pkt, lOo. 



CYCLAMEN, GIANT PERSIAN 



2034 Butterfly, Papilio or Victoria. Very large flowers with fringed and fluted petals, the edges 

 being colored differently from the body of the flower, as white with red or purple edge, rose 

 with scarlet edge, crimson with garnet or violet edge, etc. {See engraving.) Pkl. 50c. 



2036 Double, large-flowering. The flowers have usually 8 to 10 petals, often 12 to 15, which are 



" more spreading than in single varieties. There is the same range of colors, crimson, pink, 



white, spotted, etc. Mixed Colors ; Pkt. 50c. 



2039 "Mrs. Buckstone." This variety produces the largest flowers of all Cyclamens, averaging 

 2 J4 inches and, if well grown, 3 inches across. The petals are beautifully crimped, the coloring 

 is a lovely tint of salmon, and the flow.ers are very freely produced Pkt. 50c. 



2042 Pink Pearl. A new giant-flowering variety, the most prolific bloomer of all. Color an exquisite 

 "shade of soft salmon. Especially beautiful under artificial Ught Pkt. 50c. 



2043 Salmon King. Immense, perfectly formed flowers of a beautifiil clear pink with a lustre of 

 salmon, very. free bloomer Pkt. 50c. 



2044 Vulcan. A ^rand giant-flowering variety of deepest blood-red Pkt. 50c. 



2045 White Swan. A pure snow-white giant-flowering variety, very profuse. The blossoms are 

 borne on exceptionally long, stiff stems Pkt. 50c. 



2050 Henderson's Giant Persian. A superior strain with flowers of. largest size and perfect form, 

 displayed well above the handsome foliage; the colors include rose-crimson, pink, white, dark 

 blood red, spotted, eyed, etc. Mixed Colors , Pkl, 25c, 



COREOPSIS 



'}992 El Dorado. The long-lasting flowers are simply perfect, measuring 3 inches and over in 

 diameter, and are borne on stalks 15 to 18 inches in length. Color, brilliant golden- 

 yellow. This variety, although a hardy perennial, will flower the same season from seed 

 sown early; compact bushy plants, about 2 feet high, blooming abundantly during the 

 summer and fall ', Pkt. 10c. 



1994 Harvest Moon.- One of the finest hardy garden plants grown, forming large clumps 2 to 

 3 feet high. It flowers the first season from seed sown early. Harvest Moon is an improved 



variety of the lanceolala grandiflora 



type, producing immense, long- 

 stemmed rich yellow flowers, shaded 

 with orange, and flowering in pro- 

 fusion during the summer; un- 

 equalled for cutting; grows any 

 where. {See engraving.) 

 Per 100 seeds, 50c.; Pkt. 10c. 



HENDERSON'S 

 FLOWER SEEDS IN 



ALASKA 

 "As you know, the general 

 opinion regarding Alaska is 

 thai it is entirely a land of 

 snow and ice, but such is not 

 the case. I am sending you 

 a kodak of some flower beds 

 grown from your seeds, in the 

 grounds of the Government 

 Telegraph and Telephone 

 Building at Anchorage. 



The pictures were taken 



at noon on Nov. 1st, 1923." 



F. H. LOUNSBUR Y, 



Dept. of the Interior, 



Anchorage, 



Alaska 



The labor of cultivating a garden can be reduced to a minimum by the use of up-to-date tools and implements. See our list on pages 144 to 172. 



