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SCHIZANTHUS 



Wonderful showy annuals; very decorative for garden beds and unsurpassed 

 in pots for the conservatory, where, by successive sowing, a continuous display 

 may be enjoyed almost the year round. The plants are of compact, branchy 

 growth, \y to 2 feet high, and are literally sheeted with exquisite, butterfly- 

 like flowers, much larger than those of the ordinary Schizanthus, and include 

 beautiful new color combinations. 



3670 Dr. Badger's Giant Flowering Hybrids. A superb new strain, growing 

 robust arid bushy, 1J4 to 2 feet in height, with handsome bright green. 

 Fern-like foliage. The flowers, borne in prodigal profusion, are unusually 

 large, measuring from 1 to 1 % inches across; they are of much substance — 7 

 very lasting — and show an endless variety of bright colorings. The light 

 varieties of white, pink, buff-rose or yellow have beautifully marked 

 centers, zoned by a deeper shade. The darker sorts are of purple, mauve 

 or red, with center lines of yellow or white, margined by a deep tone of 

 the ground color Pkt. 25c. 



3675 Wisetonensis Hybrids, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors. Beautiful colors 

 and combinations in great variety Pkt. 10c. 



SILENE 



3680 Pendula Compacta, Double. An effective garden annual, forming com- 

 pact, round bushes, 6 inches high, which, during the summer are covered 

 densely with flowers of white, pink or red. For low beds or edgings it is 

 very pretty. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



SMILAX 



3685 Charming tender perennial climber for greenhouse or window gardens, 

 the foliage and stems are of a pleasing light green; very grateful. Ex- 

 cellent for decoration Pkt. 10c. 



STOKESIA: The Hardy Cornflower; 



A beautiful, hardy perennial plant that no garden should be without. As 

 a single specimen or group in the border or for beds or masses it is very attrac- 

 tive. It is of the easiest culture, blooming the first year from seed, and suc- 

 ceeding in any open sunny position. 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. (See Figure K on page 110.) 



3762 Cyanea Blue. Lavender-blue Pkt. 10c. 



3765 Stokesia Hybrids. Include some charming shades of blue, lavender, 

 violet, white, etc. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



SUNFLOWER Dwarf-Branching 

 "Cut-and-Come-Again' ' 



These improved branching Sunflowers ( Helianthus Cu- 

 cumerifolius types) are popular, not only for garden display, 

 but for cut flowers. The plants form bushes 3 to 4 feet high, 

 bearing a continuous succession of flowers from June until 

 frost. The perfectly formed single or double flowers, 3 to 4 

 inches across, are poised on long, graceful stems, which, 

 "vase" beautifully. They are easily grown, commencing to 

 flower in a few weeks from seed. 



3794 Mars. Golden yellow, dark eye. . 



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

 3796 Sirius. Lemon, dark center. Per y oz., 25c; Pkt. 10c. 

 3798 White Star. White with black eye. 



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

 3800 Single "Cut-and-Come-Again," Mixed. 



Per y 2 oz., 25c; Pkt. lOo. 



Various Annual Sunflowers 



3777 Giant Russian. Immense single yellow flowers. 



Per oz., 15c; Pkt. 10c. 



3787 Silver-leaved. Silvery foliage; large single yellow 



flowers Per O0.,25c; Pkt. 10c. 



3816 Double Golden-yellow Per y oz., 50c; Pkt. 10c. 



3818 Double White. Creamy-white with yellow guard 

 petals Per y oz., 50c ; Pkt. 10c. 



3820 Double "Cut-and-Come-Again," Mixed. 



Per y 2 oz., 40c; Pkt. 10c. 



3806 Double Chrysanthemum-Flowered. Magnificent 



flowers, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, densely double, the 

 petal long and fringed; color, rich orange; the plants, 6 

 to 7 feet high, carry many of these noble flowers. 



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



3808 Double ' ' Globes of Gold." ( Helianthus Multiflorus, fl. 

 pi.) A dwarf, well-branched plant, 3 to 3y feet in 

 height. Each of the numerous branches carries large, 

 densely double, globe-shaped, rich golden flower of deep 

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



SUNFLOWER 



Henderson's New Hybrid 



These gorgeous floral creations have been bred by the raiser of our original 

 "Red Sunflower." When a horticultural break of this kind occurs among 

 plants that can only be propagated by seeds, it sometimes takes several years to 

 "true up" to any selected type by the only recourse, selection. Therefore varia- 

 tions may be expected even among the forms we now catalogue, while some of 

 these "off types" may come "too much" yellow. Yet all will be showy and 

 desirable — with the possibility of some unique and beautiful freak appearing, 

 thus adding to the pleasurable interest in watching Henderson's New Hybrid 

 Sunflowers grow. 



3775 "Albino." Our "Red Sunflower" expert has, by hybridization, created 

 this new type, a "Near White." The large single flowers — 4 to 6 inches 

 across — are of a light-cream or yellowish-white and have broad, over- 

 lapping petals and small dark centers. The plants grow about 6 feet tall, 



are of upright branching habit .Per y oz., 50c; Pkt. 10c. 



3779 "Lilliput Hybrids." An improved race of the "Gucumerifolius" or dwarf 

 bush Sunflowers, forming sturdy, branching plants 3 to 4 feet high, and 

 producing freely and continuously from early summer until frost, long- 

 - stemmed flowers of perfect form, 3 to 4 inches across. The colors vary 

 from cream-white through various shades of yellow from primrose to deep 

 golden, including a good percentage of plants bearing flowers zoned, 

 tipped or ringed with red, rose, purple, etc.. .Per 100 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c. 



3782 ' ' Old Rose and Primrose." This new type has been produced by crossing 

 a red Sunflower on the cream or primrose-colored garden variety. The 

 resultant hybrid plants are of distinctive branching growth — almost 

 candelabra-like — attaining a height of about 5 feet. The numerous side 

 branches each terminate with a Sunflower 5 to 6 inches across, of light 

 primrose-yellow, broadly zoned around the disc with a wine-rose. 



Per y oz., 50c; Pkt. 10c 



3783 "Red and Gold." The plants of Henderson's "Red and Gold" Sunflower 

 grow strong, sturdy and branching to a height of 7 to 9 feet, producing 

 several large flowers of refined form. The coloring varies from golden- 

 yellow splashed with red to nearly all red, but the great majority will be 

 Gaillardia colored— that is a wide zone of red surrounds the purplish- 

 black center, the ends or tips of the petals being of a rich golden-yellow 

 color; this combination is very rich and effective. (See engraving.) 



Per y oz., 50c; Pkt. 10c. 



3785 "Semi-Double and Collarette." The plants are of the same branching, 

 free-flowering habits and easy culture as our ''Red and Gold" Sunflower 

 and the large flowers 4 to 6 inches across, have the same colorings — reds 

 and garnets tipped with gold and yellow. The seeds we o^er have been 

 saved exclusively from densely double, semi-double and collarette flower- 

 ing plants Per 100 seeds, 25c ; Pkt. 10c. 



3791 Collection of Five New Hybrid Sunflowers, one packet each 40c 



For the "Garden Beautiful." Refer to pages 136 to 141 and read our list of Free Flowering Dahlia Roots. 



