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EVMOrramG FOH. THE GARBEH -Vegetable Seeds 



Our Annual Catalogue of 



EVERYTHING 



for the GARDEN 



FAMOUS IN AMERICA SINCE 1847 



Henderson's Diamond Jubilee 



1921 ushers in the dawn of our seventy-fifth year 

 in the business of supplying seeds to the American 

 people. 



"Since Adam Dug and Eve Spun," the A 

 methods of gardening have indeed changed but >» 

 not the leading principles. \_) 



Henderson's Tested Seeds have stood 

 the test of time. Three-quarters of a cen 

 tury ago Henderson's was the standard 

 by which other seeds were judged, and 

 the same comparisons are made at the 

 present time. Our methods of seed 

 testing and trials, which were con- 

 sidered the best three generations 

 ago, are still the best, so that / j 

 the name of Henderson has 

 become i ndissolubly connected 

 with all that is best in seeds./ 



"SINCE 1847" 



It is proverbial that 

 "great oaks from little / 

 acorns grow, "and the 

 history of the house 

 of Henderson 

 proves the truth of the 

 axiom. From a small ij 

 beginning in 1847 by the 

 late Peter Henderson 

 the business has grown to 

 its present large proportions, 

 and it is still carried on by his 

 son and his grandsons. The 

 worth of a house whose business 

 has been carried on successfully by 

 three generations has inspired that 

 confidence essential to the success of a 

 seed business, because seeds are sold en- 

 tirely on reputation. The time-honored 

 Henderson policy of " Purity of Type " and ^^ 

 "Quality of Stocks" has always been strictly 

 adhered to, because it is on that foundation 

 that our business was built. 



The results of this policy are evident in the ever 

 increasing number of appreciative letters we 

 annually receive from our customers, which if 

 printed would take up the entire space in this 

 catalogue. 



Many of our friends have dealt with us continuously for 

 . more than fifty years, but such old friends are neces- 

 sarily limited in number; and we are glad to say 

 that there is every year a large accession to our 

 P^ . list of patrons. 

 L. LJ , This is owing to the circumstance that each 



Ep. I p. <-• customer becomes in his or her locality a 

 lljijllifCJm. standing advertisement and reference for us, 

 and gains for us an ever-widening circle 

 of friends. 

 If you are not already enrolled in our 

 ever-increasing army of customers we 

 invite you to purchase a supply now 

 of Henderson's Tested Seeds 

 and grow your own fresh vege- 

 tables on your own clot of 

 ground. 



SUMMER SOWN 

 VEGETABLES 



This year we want par- 

 ticularly to draw the 

 attention of our cus- 

 tomers to the ease 

 T with which the out- 

 , ^^^B ^r put of their gardens 



Bf. ^r may be doubled. 



After having gathered 



the first crops seeds should 



again be sown in June, July 



and August. 



The secret of success with late 



plantings lies in sowing only early 



maturing varieties designated in 



our catalogue as "early," and then 



thinning out' the plants as soon as 



they show above ground — instead of 



transplanting — so that they receive no 



check in growth. 



We print on this page a photo sent to us by 



one of our old friends, which is typical of the 



interest taken in our annual catalogue. 



Our Diamond Jubilee Edition of Everything 



for the Garden is presented herewith. It will 



be found replete with all that is desirable in Seeds, 



Bulbs and Roots, all grown and selected with the 



same painstaking care which has been our custom for 



the long period of seventy-five years. 



Sincerely yours, 

 PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK 



