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HENDERSON'S SELECTION OF 



" Everlasting" Flowers 



SHOWY GARDEN ANNUALS. INVALUABLE WHEN 

 DRIED FOR WINTER BOQUETS 



Helichrysum Monstrosum (or Straw-flower) the glorified type of the old- 

 fashioned strawflowers of grandmother's garden, and the dainty Rhodanthe are 

 shown in colors on the opposite page. There is a charm attached to these 

 Strawflowers or Everlastings which places them in a realm of their own. 



The Helichrysums, deriving their name from the golden sun (Helios — sun, and 

 chrysos — gold), have indeed been rightly named, for their brilliance and showiness 

 have won for them well-merited admiration wherever known. 



As garden flowers, the Helichrysums and Rhodanthes are most satisfactory, 

 producing a great wealth of bloom from early summer till heavy frost. The 

 former plants grow from 2 to 3 feet high, and the latter about 1 foot. The 

 Rhodanthes are also particularly adapted for growing in pots; their hardiness 

 and easy culture making them desirable house plants. 



Beside the aforesaid good qualities, their great value is only appreciated after 

 frost has made it impossible to gather fresh flowers from the garden. It is 

 then that these charming dried flowers, retaining all their natural colors and 

 attractiveness, give particular delight. They are invaluable for table adorn- 

 ment in the home or in hotels, for making up ornamental baskets for the holidays, 

 and, in fact, they may be used in almost any kind of floral decoration. 



The flowers are easily dried by cutting the stems just before the blooms have 

 fully developed and suspending them, flowers down, in a dry place. 



Both the Helichrysums and Rhodanthes are of easiest culture. They may 

 be sown out-of-doors after danger from frost; the seed covered to a depth of 

 not over four times their size and pressed in firmly with a board. When the 

 plants have developed two or three leaves they should be thinned out so that 

 the plants do not become crowded. If wanted to bloom early they should be 

 started in shallow boxes in a sunny window or hotbed with an average tempera- 

 ture of 70 degrees, and then transplanted into the garden when the ground is 

 warm. 



Helichrysum Monstrosum. These improved double "Strawflowers" produce 

 much larger and more double flowers than the old varieties. They are showy 

 garden annuals, of free growth, producing abundantly during the summer their 

 large flowers, full and double. A valuable "Everlasting" for winter bouquets; 2 

 to 3 feet high. (Shown on color plate opposite.) 



2382 Fireball. Scarlet See D Pkt. 10c. 



2383 Golden Ball. Rich yellow 



2384 Rose Queen. Carmine-rose. 



2385 Salmon Queen. Salmon-pink. 



2386 Silver Ball. White 



2388 Violet Queen. Violet 



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2390 Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 25c; Pkt. 10c. 



2391 Collection of above 6 varieties, 1 pkt. each 50c- 



HENDERSON'S SELECTION OF 



Eschscholtzias 



or 



California Poppies 



Eschscholtzias are among our most beautiful and popular annuals, being 

 of the easiest culture. From spring-sown seeds they flower profusely until 

 late in the autumn, making them invaluable for bedding. The plants are 

 of dwarf-branching habit, about 1 foot high. 



2232 Eschscholtzia, New Hybrid. These recently introduced novelties 

 represent a great advance in the evolution of these popular flowers. 

 The plant of new type is very erect and bears extra large flowers of 

 tints and shades never before seen in Eschscholtzias. They include 

 soft pink, scarlet, chrome yellow, coppery red, shades of claret, and 

 royal purple, and extra rich shades of crimson, pink and orange scar- 

 let. (Shown on color plate opposite) .Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 15c 

 r 2214 Crimson King. The best of the red-flowering varieties. Bright 

 crimson, interior satiny carmine . . . ....... Pkt. 10c 



2216 Dainty Queen. Flowers creamy blush tinted coral-pink, deepening 



in shade toward the edges Pkt. 10c 



2220 Californica, Double, Mixed. White, yellow and orange . . Pkt. 10c 

 2222 Golden West. Flowers of immense size. The colors are intense and 

 shining yellows, some with orange blotches. 



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



2224 Frecta Compacta Mandarin. The plants, of upright compact, bushy 



form, produce freely large flowers of rich, deep, orange color, shaded 



crimson Pkt. 10c 



2226 Mikado. Large flowers of lustrous orange-crimson Pkt. 10c 



2230 Californica, Single, Mixed. Orange, white, yellow, etc. 



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

 (For Bush Eschscholtzias, see page q8 .) 



RHODANTHE or Strawflower 



Elegant garden annuals, 9 to 12 inches in height. They flower early and 

 continue for a long time. They are also used as pot plants for apartments, on 

 account of the durability of the flowers. As an "Everlasting" for dried winter 

 bouquets they are indispensable. (See engraving.) 



3563 Rose. See H Pkt. 10c. 



3565 White. " G Pkt. 10c. 



HELICHRYSUM AND RHODANTHE 



When Ordering Flower Seeds, Please Order by the Number Prefixed to Each Variety 



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