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PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK 



PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS FOR SUMMER SOWING— Conf't/. 



DIGITALIS or Foxglove 

 2170 Gloxinia. Flowered. 4 to 5 fi>ct lliBli. Oloxinia-liko flowers 

 of various colors. Mixed 



2180 Montrosa. Flowers 4 inches across, scarlet with gold edge, 

 blood-red with yellow edge. Mixed Colors 



GAiLLARDI4 

 2230 Giant Hardy Hybrid. Flowers 4 inches across, scarlet 

 gold edge, blood red yellow edge, orange and many others. 

 Mixed 



2364 GYPSOHPHILA Paniculata. 



and white flowers 



Graceful feathery foliage 



3362 Double-FloweriniJ (.G. paniculata fl. pi.). Double white 

 flowers: 50% will come double, the balance single 



HOLLYHOCK Hardy Double. Grand summer and 

 autumn flowering plants, bearing long spikes of double flowers 

 3 to 4 inches across. 5 to 8 feet liigli 



2423 Canary Yellow 



2424 Crimson 



2426 Lavender 



2427 Maroon 



2429 Pink 



2432 Purple 



2433 White 



2440 Extra Chofce Double Mixed. From named varieties. 

 500 .v(Y'(/4-. 50c 



Imported Collections of Double Hardy Hollyhocks. 



2441 C sejiarate colors, 30c. ; 2442 12 separate colors, $1.00. 



2435 Single Flowering Hollyhocks. mi.\ed colors, 500 seeds, 

 35c. 



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2460 Alleiiheny Hollyhocks. 



flowers. 500 scfds. 30c 



Mixed, semi-double fringed 

 G to 8 



LATHYRUS Latifolius. Ilardu Everlasting Peas 

 feet high, trained on a trellis; flowers in clusters. 



2607 Red 



2608 White Pearl 



2610 Mixed Colors 



2468 LUNARIA Biennis or " Ilimcstil." flowers followed by 

 silvery seed pods; height. 2 feet. Mixed 



LOBELIA 



2643 Cardinalis. 



flowers 



(Cardinal Flower.) Long spikes of scarlet 



£670 LUPINUS, New Hardy Hybrids. Showy, hardy peren- 

 nials 3 to 4 feet. Pea-like flowers in variety of colors 



2673 LYCHNIS Chalcedonia. An old-favorite bearing heads 



of scarlet flowers ; hardy ; 3 to 4 feet 



PENSTEMON 



3283 Sensation. 2 feet high. Colors vary from pink to scarlet 

 and maroon, all large white throats 



3283 Excelsior. A new variety, colors from white to deep scarlet 



PANSY Butterfly, Trimardeau, Ruffled, etc. etc. (See 

 page 27.) 



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3420 PLATYCODON Grandiflora. Chinese Bell Flower. Bell- 

 shaped flowers, handsome for garden decoration; IJ-^ feet. 

 Mixed colors. 



3423 Nana Compacta. Mixed colors. 12 inches high 



3430 POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatinr). An early blooming 

 Primrose for beds or pot culture. Mixed colors 



POPPY GIANT ORIENTAL. Height 2 to 3 feet; 

 flowers inches across. 



3482 Beauty ot Livertnore. Crimson with black blotch 



3483 Princess Victoria Louise. Salmon scarlet 



3487 Rembrandt — Orange-scarlet 



3490 Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds. 60c 



POPPY ICELAND. The fragrant flowers are produced 

 from Jime to October. 

 3480 Mixed Colors. Per 1.000 seeds. SOc 



3343 PRIMULA JAPONICA HYBRIDS. Colors white to 

 pink and crimson 



PYRETHRUM Hybridum. 



rose, flftsh, pink, white, crimson. 



Flowers 3 inches across of 

 etc. ; 2 feet high. . . 



3360 Single. Lar^e-flowerln^. Mixed 



3333 Double. Lar^e-flowerin^. Mixed 



SCABIOSA Hardy Varieties. 



3637 Causasica Perfecta. Lilac-blue flowers 3 inches across on 

 stalks 1 to 2 feet 



3638 Japonica. 2]4 feet. Flowers 2 inches across, beautiful 

 mauve blue 



4440 SWHET ROCKET or Dames Violet. Resembling Stocks. 

 Colors white, lilac, pink and purple 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthiis barbatus). 

 Henderson's Perfection. Large florets in a great variety 

 of rich colors. 1 foot high. 



4470 Extra choice Single varieties mixed 



4433 Double lar^e-flowerin^ mixed 



4439 Pink Beauty. Large single piU'e pink 



4462 Scarlet Beauty. Large single scarlet 



4437 Harlequin. Large flowers of several colors produced on 

 one plant 



4482 TRITOMA UVARIA, "Red Hot Poker Plant." Height, 

 three feet. Tall spikes of orange and crimson red flowers very 



effective 



4480 New Hybrid. Yellow, orange, salmon-piuk, coral red, 



crini.son 



4333 PANSY-VIOLETS. Tufted or Bedding. (Viola cornvta 

 grandiflora hybrida), blossoms, 2 inches across, of brilliant 

 colors. The plants form clinnps. Many are scented. Mixed 



colors 



WALL FLOWERS. Bush perennial plants, IVi feet high, 

 fragrant flowers. 



4330 Lar^e Double. Mixed colors 



4363 Lar^e Sin|{le. Mixed colors 



4367 WISTARIA, Chinese. Of rapid growth, bearing in the 

 spring immense panicles of flowers. Blue . . . . , 



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Henderson's "Forget-Me-Not" Seed Collection 



Seventeen Hardy 

 Perennial Flowers 



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Special Offer: 4715 One Packet Each of the Seventeen Varieties, $1.50 

 Pamphlet, "A Perennial Flower Garden From Seed," sent with every Collection 



The letter prefixed to each variety is a key to the flower as shown in pamphlet 



This collection consists of 17 of the most popular and easily grown sorts, all of which will bloom the year following the sowing of seed. 



including Coreopsis Gaillardia. etc., often flower the same year, if the seed is sown early in spring. 



Perennial Flower Seeds can. be sown from early spring to about August 1st, in the latitude of New York. (See illustration.) 



Hollyhock. Hardy Extra Choice Double Mixed. 



Foriet-Me-Not, Palustris. 



Delphinium. Henderson's Single and Double Superb Hybrids. 

 Mi.xed colors. 



Pyrethrum Hybridum, or Painted Daisy. Mixed colors. 

 Sweet William. Henderson's Perfection Double Large-flowering. 

 Mixed. 



Phlox Hardy. Large-flowering Hybrid Mixed 



Canterbury Bells. Single mixed. 



Di{£i talis, or Foxglove. Mixed colors. 



Scabiosa. Hardy 2 to 3 feet high. Flower semi-double, Ulac-blue. 



Alyssum (Saxatile Convpacta). 



Coreopsis "Harvest Moon." 



Poppy. Giant Oriental. Mixed Colors. 



M. Aquile^ia, or Columbine. Mixed colors. 



N. Gaillardia. Giant Hardy Hybrid. Mixed colors. 



O. Carnation. Hardy Garden, Finest Double, Mixed. 



P. Asters Hardy. New Large-flowering. Mixed colors. 



O. Chrysanthemum (Shasta Daisy). 



4713 Special Offer: One packet of each of the above for only SI. SO. 



Pot-Grown Plants of the "Forget-Me-Not" 

 Collection 



Special Offer — 1 plant each of the 17 varieties for $3.00: 3 plants 

 each of 17 varieties for $13.30; 6 plants each of 17 varieties for 

 $23.00. Ready April 15th. (See page 160 of our catalogue •'Every- 

 thing for the Garden.") 



