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HOLLYHOCK, Henderson's 

 Ever-blooming (Annual) 



(.See Color Plate, page 59) 



These annual Hollyhocks flower the first season 

 from seed. 



The plants from early sown seed set out in May 

 commence blooming in July and August, and then 

 flower until frost. 



Some plants produce densely double flowers with- 

 out guards, others with guard petals; there are semi- 

 doubles with Anemone-flowered centers, etc., and 

 maroon pink, crimson, canary-yellow, cerise, white, 

 scarlet, apricot, wine-red, etc., etc. 

 2450 Henderson's Ever-Blooming Annual Hol- 

 lyhocks. Grand Combination Mixture of 

 doubles and semi-doubles. 

 Per 500 seeds, 50c; per Pkt. (about 50 seeds). 15c 



"HONESTY" (Lunaria Biennis) (Biennial) 



2468 Especially useful in shady, damp places; the 

 flowers of purple, crimson or white are followed 

 by silvery transparent seed pods; prized for 

 winter bouquets; height, 2 feet. Mixed Colors. 



Pkt. 10c 



HUMULUS (Japan Hop) (Annual) 



Rapid summer climber, attaining a height of 10 to 

 15 feet. The foliage is luxuriant, making a dense 

 covering for verandas, trellis, etc. Heat, drought anc 

 insects do not trouble it. 



2472 Japonicus. Green foliage Pkt. 10c 



2474 Japonicus Variegatus. (Silver Striped Japan 

 Hop.) A beautiful variety of the above. Green 

 foliage, blotched and striped white and gray. 



Pkt. 10c 



HUNNEMANNIA SUNLITE 



Award of Merit by the All-American Selections 

 Committee 



2478 Its extra band of petals is produced on the 

 outside, rather than the inside of the tulip- 

 shaped flowers. The flowers are a bright canary 

 yellow. They flower freely in late summer. 

 Height, 2 feet Pkt. 25c 



IMPATIENS HOLSTII HYBRIDS 



(Annual) 



2480 Also known as Sultan's Balsam, forming 

 bushes 12 to 18 inches high. The flowers, IK 

 to IK inches across, are of scarlet, orange-red, 

 pink and white, with a red eye. The plants 

 make unusually showy flower-beds. If grown 

 in pots they are equally effective. Mixed 

 Colors Pkt. 25c 



INCARVILLEA (Perennial) 



2488 Delavayi. Beautiful half-hardy perennial. 

 It forms large, fleshy roots the first year, and 

 thereafter they throw up strong flower stalks 

 3 feet high, bearing large tubular flowers of 

 rosy-carmine, spotted yellow; throat brown. 



Pkt. 25c 



Brief Cultural Instructions are Printed on thc 

 back of all Packets. When ordering ask for 

 booklet "Henderson's Flowers for American 

 Gardens 1 ' for full details. 



IPOMOEA (Annual) 



2496 BABY BLUE. This the most lovely blue we 

 have ever seen. The vines grow luxuriantly 

 about 15 feet high, from March-sown seeds — 

 the plants sheeted until frost with white- 

 throated light coerulean-blue flowers — 2J4 

 inches across, often remaining open all day. 

 (See illustration.') Per 100 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 15c 



2500 MOONFLOWER Giant White. Grown in 

 a warm, sunny location, the vine will be cov- 

 ered with large heart-shaped leaves, and stud- 

 ded from July until frost with immense saucer- 

 shaped fragrant flowers. Opening about sun- 

 set and closing the next morning, though on 

 cloudy days they remain open until noon. 30 

 to 40 feet high. (See illustration.) 



Per 100 needs, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



IPOMOEA— Continued 



2515 GIANT JAPANESE MORNING GLORY 

 Ruffled and Frilled. (Annual.) The vig- 

 orous vines attain a height of 20 to 30 feet. 

 Immense flowers all wavy, ruffled and fluted 

 from throat to margin, looking just like crum- 

 pled velvet. The colors include red, rose, 

 garnet, blue, purple, white, silver gray, etc. 

 (See illustration.) Mixed Colors. 



Peroz. 50c; Pkt. 10c 



2520 BRAZILIAN MORNING GLORY. (An- 

 nual.) Setosa is the botanical name of this 

 summer climbing annual. It is a luxuriant 

 grower. The flowers are of beautiful rose 

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



KALANCHOE Globulifera Coccinea 



2538 Valuable new and attractive winter-bloom- 

 ing pot plant from Madagascar. If sown in 

 March, plants start to flower the following 

 rebruary and last in full beauty about two 

 months. The blossoms resemble those of Bou- 

 vardia, color bright scarlet Pkt. 35c 



KENILWORTH IVY (Perennial) 



2532 Hardy little climber, clings to walls, etc., and 

 a valuable trailing plant for hanging baskets, 

 vases, etc. ; 3 to 6 feet Pkt. lOc 



KOCHIA Tricophylla (Annual) 



Mexican Fire Plant or Summer Cypress 



2542 It is easily grown from seed, forming oval 

 bushes 2 to 2K feet high, densely clothed with 

 small, feathery, light-green foliage, deepening 

 in color until the whole plant assumes a fiery 

 crimson hue. (See illustration.) 



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



KUDZU VINE (Perennial) 



2548 A twining vine of rapid growth, growing 40 

 to 50 feet in one season from established roots; 

 hardy, though the vine dies down every winter 

 in the North. Foliage large and lobed; purple, 

 pea-shaped flowers in clusters, borne late in the 

 season Pkt. 10c 



LANTANA (Perennial) 



2560 Rapid-growing, constant-blooming, tender per- 

 ennial plants for pot culture in the winter or 

 garden decorations in the summer; clusters of 

 flowers, orange, white, pink, etc.; 2 to 3 feet. 

 Mixed Colors T Pkt. 10c 



Rosea 



LAVATERA "Sunset" 

 Splendens (Annual) 



2618 These richly colored rose-pink flowers may be 

 cut on stems 2 feet or more in length. The 

 flowers are borne throughout the summer and 

 fall, making Lavatera "Sunset" very desirable 

 for beds on the lawn or as border plants. The 

 plants form branching, compact bushes 2 to 

 2K feet in height; well furnished with bronzy- 

 green foliage. (See illustration.) Pkt. 15c 



