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The Henderson Collection of Seventeen Perennial _Flowers 



SHOWN IN COLORS ON OPPOSITE PAGE 



4 4715 SPECIAL OFFER: ONE PACKET EACH OF THE SEVENTEEN VARIETIES, $1.00 



It is Easy to Make a Hardy Garden from Henderson's Perennial Flower Seeds 



There is perhaps no phase of gardening that is. more interesting than the 

 growing of hardy perennials from seeds. To (watch the plants develop from 

 little seedlings into sturdy plants which withstand the rigors of winter and 

 bloom year after year with increasing luxuriance, is certainly fascinating. . 



A hardy garden is a continual source of pleasure through the unfolding of 

 the different varieties of flowers from early spring till late in the fall. 



This group consists of 17 of the most popular and easily grown sorts; all 

 of which will bloom the year following the sowing of 'seed: ..A few including 

 Coreopsis, Gaillardia, etc., often flower the same yeari if the seed is sown 

 early in spring. 



Most of the varieties in this collection are not only valuable for producing 

 a beautiful display in the garden, but are also excellent for cut flowers. 



The great charm of Perennials lies in their permanence. Once established 

 they are a constant source of pleasure, and among the most interesting plants 

 in our gardens'; presenting a variety of form and color so great as to fit them 

 for almost every conceivable purpose in the garden. 



Many plants of this class have been greatly improved by hybridization 

 during recent years. Notwithstanding their individual charm, they are most 

 effective when planted in a mixed border, where by arranging them according 

 to height, color and season of flowering, an attractive display may be 

 had from the earliest 1 days of spring, all through the summer, and even after 

 the first frosts herald ithe approach of winter. 



Perennial Flower Seeds can be sown from early spring to about August 1st, 

 in the latitude of New York. - 



The letter prefixed before each variety is a key to the flowers shown on the opposite page. 



A. GAILLARDIA, Giant Hardy Hybrid 



The flowers are often 4 to 5 inches across, colored in great diversity of 

 variations and Mendings, including such" combinations as scarlet with gold 

 edge, blood-red with yellow edge,'' ;. 'V- " j 

 2250 Mixed Colors ;.'..... Per 500 seeds,. 50c; Pkt. 10c. 



B. COREOPSIS "HARVEST MOON'; 



This is an improved variety of the lanceolata graridiftora type, producing 

 immense, long-stemmed, rich yellow flowers, shaded with orange, and flower- 

 ing in profusion during the summer. 

 1994 Harvest Moon .Per 500 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c. 



C. CANTERBURY BELLS . 



Very ornamental garden plants of easiest culture, flowering the second sea- 

 Bon from seed; hardy biennial (requiring to be sown every, year for flowering 

 the next year), 2% feet high, producing large' bell-shaped flowers of exquisite 

 colors. 7. ' . ' v ? 

 1670 Single Mixed ..../....;. : Pkt. 10c. 



D. SCABIOSA" JAPONICA 



Flowers, 2 to 2J^ inches across on long wiry stems from 15 to 20 inches in 

 length, of a beautiful mauve or lavender-blue. The plants ' produce their 

 lovely flowers continuously from the end of June until late in the. "autumn. 



3658 Scabiosa Japonica Pkt. 10c 



E. PYRETHRUM HYBRIDUM, or Painted Daisy 



Valuable, hardy, herbaceous garden plants with large single flowers, 3 to 

 4 inches across, of rose, flesh, pink, white, crimson, etc., freely borne on stems 

 about 2 feet high; they remain in bloom for a long time. 

 3560 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



F. DELPHINIUM 



Henderson's Single and Double 

 Superb Hybrids 



The blossoms are of immense size, sin- 

 gle, semi-double and double, dressing the 

 graceful, towering spikes from 2 to 5 

 feet of their length. The colors range 

 from white and lavender through every 

 shade of blue from azure to indigo and 

 purple, several shades being blended in 

 some of the varieties. The plants grow 

 from 6 to 10 feet in height and are very 

 desirable and valuable in the garden dur- 

 ing the spring and early summer. By 

 cutting off the spikes immediately after 

 flowering, the Delphiniums may be had 

 in bloom for several months. 



.Note. — The seed should be soaked in 

 hike warm water for two hours before 

 sowing to hasten germination. 

 2090 Mixed Colors, 



Per 1,000 seeds, $1.00; Pkt. 25c. 



G. POPPY, Giant Oriental 



Among hardy perennials these hold an 

 unrivaled position for gorgeous effect- 

 iveness in gardens and hardy borders; 

 height, 2 to 3 feet; flowers immense, often 

 6 inches or more across. They are also 

 ' grand, cut in bud state, for vases. 

 3490 Mixed Colors, 



Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkg. 100. 



H. PLATYCODON 

 or Chinese Bell Flower 



Hardy perennials, bearing large, broad, 

 bell-shaped white or blue flowers; very 

 handsome for garden decoration; 13^ ft. 

 3420 Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



I. DIGITALS or Foxglove 



These improved Foxgloves are very 

 showy, hardy plants; they are easy to 

 grow and produce freely spikes 4 to 5 

 feet high, well furnished with large, 

 Gloxinia-like flowers of various colors, in- 

 cluding white, cream, rose, red and other 

 shades, all have beautiful throat markings. 

 2170 Mixed Colors 



Per 1,000 seeds, 35c; Pkt. 10c 



J. AQUILEGIA, or Columbine 



'■ The plants are extremely robust with large handsome foliage; the flower 

 stems, .of ten 40 inches in height; carrying magnificent clusters of immense 

 long-spurred single flowers which last a. long time in bloom. The colors are 

 superb, including rich shades as well as many new and delicate tints. 

 1150 Henderson's American Hybrid. Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



K. STOKESIA (The Hardy Cornflower) 



The plants grow from 18 to 24 inches high and begin flowering in July, 

 continuing without . interruption till late in October. The flowers, 4 to 5 

 inches across, on long 'stems, are valuable for cutting. 

 3765 Mixed Colors. . ; Pkt. 10c. 



L. CHRYSANTHEMUM (Shasta Daisy) 



This great white California Daisy — a creation of Mr. Luther Burbank — pro- 

 duces, when well grown, magnificent pure white flowers 4 inches or more across, 

 on stems 1J-^ to 2 feet in length. The plants, 2 to 2J-2 feet in height, are hardy, 

 and flower in profusion. 

 1896 Shasta Daisy. . .", Pkt. 15c 



M. ALYSSUM (SaxatilefCompacta) 



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. 

 1057 Alyssum Saxatile Compacta Pkt. lOo 



N. SWEET WILLIAM 



Henderson's Perfection 



Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus) is 

 esteemed as one of our finest hardy gar- 

 den plants, being of easy culture, thriving 

 in any good garden soil and lasting for 

 years. The plants grow about 1 foot high. 

 4455 Double Large-flowering, Mixed, 



Per 1,000 seeds, 60c; Pkt. 15c. 



O. CARNATION, Hardy Garden 



This is a very fine strain, particularly 

 adapted for garden planting. All shades 

 and markings are presented in the. mix- 

 ture, and most of them will ' come double 

 4760 Finest Double Mixed. 



Per 500 seeds. 50c- Pkt. 10c. 



P. HARDY ASTERS, 

 New Large Flowering 

 They form large", bushy clumps, 1J-J 

 to 2 feet high, and are covered with 

 clusters of large single flowers during the 

 . late. summer months, forming one of the 

 charms of the autumn garden. 

 1470 Mixed Colors. New large- 

 - - flowering hybrids Pkt. 10c. 



Q. HOLLYHOCK, Hardy 



They are old inhabitants of our gar- 

 dens, but are. now so improved in double- 

 ness and enlarged in size, under our 

 special culture and. hybridization as to 



. be revelations of gorgeous beauty to 

 those .who have not seen, these improved 

 sorts. Hardy biennials — or short-lived 

 perennials — 5 to" 8 ' feet high. 

 2440 Extra Choice Double Mixed, 



... . . Per 500 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c. 



•4743 Special Offer; . One packet of each 

 of the above $1.00 



Three Quarters of a Century of Seed Service — Started by Peter Henderson in 1847 and Continued by his Son and Grandsons in 1923 



