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HENDERSON'S GARDEN OF ANNUALS WINS 1st PRIZE 



A PARTIAL VIEW OF OUR PRIZE EXHIBIT AT THE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER 

 SHOW, HELD AT GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, NEW YORK CITY, 1934 



This garden earned first prize^for Peter Henderson & Co. It was 

 planned in a formal style which might be called Italian, but the various 

 flower beds composing it were filled entirely by annual flowers, grown 

 from seed which by their varied forms and free-flowering habits, 

 charmingly disguised the severe geometrical lines of a formal garden. 

 It was this feature, we think, that attracted universal attention and 

 added much to the beauty of that portion of the exhibition hall. 



As may be seen in the photo, there was a fountain in the center, 

 surrounded by four squares, with one angle of each cut off by the 

 fountain circle. These four enclosures were filled with Stocks and 

 Snapdragons in pink and white and the edgings of each were of dwarf 

 boxwood. On each side of these were two enclosures of the same 

 shape as those next to the fountain, these being filled with plants of 

 Nemesia, rose and blue, and also edged with boxwood. 



The garden was enclosed with a balustrade in the classic style and 

 with this for a backgroimd a long stretch of double early Wallflowers 

 were displayed with a semi-circular plot in the center, filled with plants 

 of the new Calendula Sunshine. This was repeated on the opposite 

 side of the fountain, the whole ensemble thus presenting a completely 

 symmetrical appearance. In each angle of the garden wjis displayed 

 a clever piece of topiary work cut in the form of a peacock and sur- 

 rounded by Linaria, African Daisy, Marigold and Petunia. There 

 was also a brave showing at the sides of such annuals as Nicotiana, 

 Brachycome, Nemesia in various colors, Ursinia and Stocks. Box 

 edging was, of course, largely used and the entire creation was set 

 up on an emerald green lawn, grown with the Henderson Lawn Grass 

 Seed, as a base. 



The garden was considered by observers to be a fine exposition of 

 what can be accomplished by the use of annual flower seeds. 



We will be glad to furnish a plan, with quantities of seed 

 required, to anyone purchasing flower seeds to reproduce this 

 garden on their own properties. 



Address inquiries to our Advisory Department, ^written on 

 a separate sheet of paper, and not on order blanks. 



List of Varieties of Flower Seeds Used in 



HENDERSON'S PRIZE EXHIBITION 



GARDEN 



They are all Aristocrats of the Annual Flower Garden. 

 Acroclinium Pkt. 10c Nemesia, 



Brachycome, Swan River 



Daisy Mixed. Pkt. 10c 



Calendula, 



Chrysantha Sunshine. . Pkt. 10c 



Dimorphotheca, 



White Beauty Pkt. 15c 



Linaria, 



Maroccona Hybrids.. .Pkt. 25c 

 Marigold, 



Guinea Gold Pkt. 15c 



Nasturtium, 



Golden Gleam Pkt. 10c 



Slrumosa Mixed Pkt. 15c 



Nicotiana, 



Crimson Bedder Pkt. 25c 



Petunia, 



Setting Sun Pkt. 25c 



Snapdragon, 



Ml. Vernon Mixed.. . .Pkt. 15c 

 Stocks, 



Beauty Mixed Pkt. 15c 



Ursinia, 



Anethoides Pkt. 25c 



Wallflower, 



Early Wonder Mixed.. Pkt. 2Sc 



4791 Collection of 14 new and select varieties, 1 pkt. each. $2.00 



THE VALUE OF ANNUAL FLOWERS 



As all gardeners are aware, no plants flower so lavishly, or are so varied in 

 color and habit as are the annuals, and, if well grown, whether in outside beds 

 and borders or for greenhouse display, they-are the most satisfactory group of 

 plants in all creation. Of course, as all know, the Perennial Flower Border is 

 charming in spring and early summer, but it has its blank periods, and this 

 void can only be filled by sowing annual flower seeds here and there in such a 

 border. 



BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS WHICH SHOULD BE 

 GROWN AS ANNUALS 



There are also a limited number of Biennials and Perennials which 

 can and should be grown as Annuals. Antirrhinum or Snapdragon is 

 now sown early to bloom the same season. Dianthus does,even. better 

 treated as an annual, and the same may be said of Coreopsis, Esch- 

 scholtzia, Gaillardia, Lupinus, Pentstemon, Salvia, Scabiosa, Verbena, 

 and some others. 



Note that these varieties should be started in gentle heat very early 

 and the seedlings hardened off for transfer to outside beds. Esch- 

 scholtzia is an exception and should be sown where it is to grow. 



CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON THE BACK OF ALL PACKETS, BUT WHEN ORDERING ASK FOR 

 BOOKLET, "HENDERSON'S FLOWERS FOR AMERICAN GARDENS," FOR FULL DETAILS OF CULTURE 



