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From PETER HENDERSON (B CO. 



HENDERSON'S 



SELECTED 18 ™* 8 PETUNIAS 



'See opposite page) 



PETUNIA, COMPACT BEDDING 



(P. Nana Compacta Multiflord) 

 Dense, bushv little plants, only about .8 inches high; the flowers, while 

 not large, in their profusion fairly hide the plants; beautiful for garden beds, 

 edgings and pots. 



3302 Inimitable. Cherry-red, with a white throat Pkt, 10c. 



3304 Norma. Velvety-blue, with white center Pkt. 10c. 



3306 Pink Mound. Rosy-pink, with white throat Pkl. 10c. 



3308 Snowball. White flowers Pkl. 10c. 



3310 Compacta, Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds. 50c; Pkl. 10c. 



PETUNIA, Henderson's GIANT DOUBLE 



•GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA" 



These are as large as Hollyhocks, and very double. The edges are fringed, 

 petals fluted and crinkled, intensifying and varying the colors with high 

 lights and dark shadows, bringing out a richness and effect unmatched by 

 crumpled velvet, which the flowers resemble. There is a variety of colors — 

 selfs, blotched, veined, margined, etc.; in short, these Double Petunias are 

 unsurpassed by any other strain in the world. (See engraving on opposite 

 page.) 

 3320 Mixed Colors Pkl. 50c 



NOTE. — This strain of Double-flowering Petunias do not produce seed. 

 The pollen from the doubles is transferred to the chosen singles which produce 

 the seed; in consequence only about one-third of the progeny will be double- 

 flowering plants, and these in the seedling stage are always the weaklings of the 

 batch and are the ones to be coddled. Even the best double-flowering plants of 

 these may only bear a single or semi-double flower at first. 



PETUNIA, DOUBLE SELF-SEEDING 



3330 This new strain is unique from the fact that the double flowers produce 

 seed insuring a larger percentage of double-flowering plants (about 60 

 per cent.) than can be raised from singles artificially pollenized from 

 double flowers, which is necessary in producing all other Double Petu- 

 nias from seed. The flowers of these Double Self -seeding Petunias are 

 large — double — and include a variety of different colors Pkl. 50c. 



PETUNIA, Henderson's GIANT SINGLE 



•GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA" 



A strain of incomparable beauty and size. Most of the flowers are ex- 

 quisitely ruffled or fringed on the edges, and all are of enormous dimensions, 

 4 to 5 inches across, but their great merits lie in the tremendous variety of 

 colors, shades and markings, in most beautiful combinations. Some colors 

 are rich and gorgeous and others of lovely delicate shades. (See engraving 

 on opposite page.) 



3332 Aurora. Rose-pink, veined crimson Pkt. 25c, 



3334 Fimbriata Alba. White, with yellow throat Pkt. 25c, 



3336 Empress. Lavender, toning off white, netted violet; throat black. 



Pkt. 25c. 



3338 Kermesina. Deep crimson Pkt. 25c, 



3342 Miranda. Rosy-red, with scarlet throat Pkt. 25c. 



3344 Quadricolor. Rose, netted carmine; throat blood-red with a 



starlike yellow center Pkt. 25c. 



3346 Royal Purple. Rich royal purple Pkt. 25c. 



3348 The Queen. A lovely large, fringed-flowered variety of rose- 

 pink, variously marked with white; throat yellow . Pkt. 25c. 



3352 Titania. Royal-purple, edged white Pkt. 25c. 



3360 Giant, Fringed, Single, Mixed Colors. 



Per 1,000 seeds, $1.00; Pkt. 25c, 



PETUNIA, BEDDING 



LARGE SINGLE BLOTCHED AND STRIPED 



Bedding Petunias are almost indispensable for garden 

 decoration. They flower in a few weeks' time from seed and 

 continue to grow, bud and bloom in luxuriance until frost. 

 The strain of seed we herewith offer is our very finest selection 

 from this type of Petunia, producing large, single flowers, 

 blotched, striped, netted, etc., including all the Petunia 

 colors; height, 1 foot. 



3370 Mixed Colors. . Per 1,000 seeds, 25c: Per \i oz.. 81.00; 



Pkt. 10c. 



"The Petunia seeds I bought from you last year produced flowers 

 that were a dream. I never saw anything like them before, although 

 they were not watered for eight solid weeks." 



Mrs. H. V. D. GILES, Highland Park, Mich 

 "The Petunias I had from you last year were the admiration of all 

 my ft tends. 1 also wish to thank you for your beautiful catalogue, and 

 to say that we had the best results from seeds we purchased from you." 



M. L. HA NF, R. F. D. No. 2, Rochester, N. Y. 

 "I wish you could see my double Petunias grown from your seed. My 

 windows are full of them. Everyone who goes bv admires them." 



Mrs. E. A. HAMLIN, Brownsville, Me. 

 "I have always better results from your Petunia seed than from any other." 



JOHN B. RUD Y, Florist. Elmira, 

 "The Petunias I grew from your seed last year were indeed very beautiful." 



Mrs. CHARLES H. CAGE, Fai 



NEW YOim 



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These should be grown as half-hardy annuals, they are then a valuable 

 addition to beds and borders in summer. The seedlings produce an abun- 

 dance of scarlet and pink shades with white markings which are very attrac- 

 tive. Pentstemons are best grown in beds, or in groups of not less than 

 twelve plants in borders, where they will give a brilliant color effect. If sown 

 indoors during February or March, and planted out in genial weather there 

 will be a profusion of richly colored flowers the following summer. Height, 

 2 feet. 

 3283 "Excelsior." A new variety having very large flowers, colors range 



from white to deep scarlet. Mixed Colors Pkl. 25c 



3285 "Sensation." A Giant Gloxina-fiowered type, though perennial, these 

 bloom early the first season from spring-sown seed. The graceful 

 spikes, about 2 feet high, are bedecked with flowers, two inches across, 

 from July until frost. The colors and markings are gorgeously varied 

 from pink to scarlet and maroon, all beautifully blotched and veined 

 wfth other colors; a large white throat further enlivens and intensified 

 the surrounding colors. They deserve a prominent place in every 

 garden Pkt. 10c. 



PHLOX DBUMMONDII GBANDIFLORA 



For beds and massing nothing can surpass these beautiful annuals. They 

 produce immense trusses of large brilliant flowers of numberless hues through- 

 out the summer; \ x /i feet high. Our large-flowering Phlox is an improved 

 strain, extra large, perfectly round flowers, with overlapping petals. They 

 are of easy culture, succeeding in all sunny positions, beginning to bloom in 

 early summer from spring-sown seed and continuing until close of autumn. 

 (See engraving.) 



3382 Alba. White Per 1,000 seeds, 40c; Pkt. 10c 



3383 Brilliant Rose. Pink and rose Per 1,000 seeds, 40c; Pkl. 10c 



3384 Chamois-rose. Salmon-pink, orange-eye. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 40c; Pkt. 10c 



3385 Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet Per 1,000 seeds, 40c; Pkt. 10c 



3387 Isabellina. Yellow, garnet eye Per 1,000 seeds, 40c; Pkt. 10c 



3389 Grandiflora Splendens. Dazzling scarlet with large white eye. 



Per 1.000 seeds. 40c; Pkt. 10c 



3390 Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 35c; Pkt. 10c 



3391 Imported Collection of Phlox Drummondii Grandiflora, 6 varieties, 40c. 

 3395 Star-eyed (Stellata), Mixed Colors. Grand large flowers, beautiful 



colors, each flower having a white, star-like eye Pkt. 10c. 



PHLOX, HENDERSON'S JUBILEE 



Grand acquisition, forming sturdy little bushes only 8 inches high, pro- 

 ducing masses of bloom from ground to summit. The flowers, borne in im- 

 mense trusses, are unusually large and of superior substance. For bedding 

 this is a most brilliantly effective annual type. 

 3400 Brilliant Mixture, of several shades and colors. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII 



(Nana Compacta) 

 A very desirable dwarf annual variety, growing 

 edgings and 

 borders. 



6 inches high, fine for 

 (See engraving.) 

 3405 Fireball. Per 1.000 

 seeds ottc., Pkl. 10c. 

 3406 Snowball. 

 Per 1.000 

 seeds, 50c 

 Pkl. 10c. 



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1921 witnesses the dawn of our 75th year in business, 

 son and grandsons. 



Founded in 18'i7 by Peter Henderson, the business is still carried on by his 



