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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



PERSIAN CYCLAMEN 



Most beautiful winter and spring flowering plants for the window and green- 

 house. Not only are the flowers of striking beauty, but the foliage is also highly 

 ornamental. 



Henderson's Giant Persian Cyclamen. A superior strain with flowers of largest 

 size and perfect form, displayed well above the handsome foliage; the colors 

 are all brilliant, including crimson, rose-pink, white, dark blood-red. spotted, 



eyed, etc. Giant Miied Colors Pkt . 25c. 



Victoria. Very large flowers with fringed and fluted edges, the edges being 

 further distinguished by coloring differing from that of the body of the 

 flower, as white with red or purple edge, rose with scarlet edge, crimson 

 with garnet or violet edge, etc. The color of the eye or base of the flower 



always corresponds with the marginal color Pkt. 30c. 



Double, Large-flowering Cyclamen. The flowers have usually 8 to 10 petals, 

 often 12 to 15, which are more spreading than in single varieties. There is 

 the same range of colors, crimson, pink, white, spotted, etc. Double Mixed 

 Colors Pkt. 3Sc. 



DOUBLE DAHLIAS from seed 



These flower the first season if sown early. 

 CHOICE, Large-flowering, Double, Decorative and Show Varieties, Mixed.'P^. 10c. 

 CACTUS DAHLIA, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the choicest Cactus- 

 Flowered varieties 10c. 



OSTRICH PLUME. A unique new type producing attractive double and semi- 

 double flowers composed of long petals, gracefully curled and twisted. Colors, 

 white, rose, cream, etc. — usually spotted and striped with purple and red. 



Pkt. 2Sc. 



"iSv?^^ DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



This grand new race, produced by a French Specialist, produces immense flowers, often 

 7 to 8 inches in diameter, very double and in form intermediate between the formal show 

 Dahlias and the' narrow curled petalled Cactus Dahlias. The grace and beauty of these 

 Giant Decorative Dahlias being unapproachable. The flowers are borne on long, strons 

 stems, and are in a variety of colors — the seed having been saved from a prize collection of 

 named varieties . .Pkt. 2Sc. 



SINGLE DAHLIAS fro^ seed 



Although perennials these will flower the first season from seed if sown early. 



20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 to 6 inches across, white, marked carmine 

 and pink; very handsome Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense single flowers of various colors, including many 

 beautifully striped and spotted sorts Pkt. 10c. 



COLLERETTE, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorned with a collar of small 

 petals around the centre, novel and beautiful Pkt. ISc. 



COLOSSAL. A French race producing flowers that attain the extraordinary dimensions, 

 of 8 to 9 inches in diameter. The flowers are composed of three or more whorls 

 of wide overlapping petals — placed one above the other. The stems are long and rigid, 

 bearing the flowers well above the foliage; the colors are rich and varied Pkt. ISc. 



LUCIFER. A new black-leaved variety forming compact bushes 2\'i feet high, bearing 

 large single dark scarlet flowers. This variety is valuable not only for its brilliant 

 flowers, but the rich, maroon-black foliage renders it a very effective garden plant, 

 especiallyiwhen bedded out, in contrast withCannasor other green-leaved plants. Pi(. 10c. 



DELPHINIUM, or HAPsDY LARKSPUK 



GIANT DOUBLE HYBRIDS. A splendid race of these popular hardy garden plants. The 

 individual blossoms are of immense size, semi-double and perfectly double, dressing the 

 graceful, towering spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of their length. The colors range from white 

 and lavender up through every conceivable shade of blue to deep indigo and purple, 

 several shades being blended in some of the varieties. The plants grow from 6 to 10 

 feet in height. By cutting off the spikes immediately after flowering, these Delphiniums 

 may be had in bloom for several months. Mixed Colors Pkt . 2Sc. 



HYBRIDUM NANUM. A new semi-dwarf type of single-flowering hardy perennial Lark- 

 spur, each plant producing several well-furnished flower spikes. 3 to 3H feet in height. 

 The flowers are very large and continue long in bloom; colors vary from light celestial 

 to deepest indigo. If sown early they will flower the first season Pkt. 15c. 



FORMOSA GIANT. This beautiful hardy Larkspur grows about 3'^ feet high — bearing from 

 June to October, long spikes of velvety, indigo-blue flowers of giant size, nearly 2 

 inches across Pkt. 1 5c. 



ZALIL. (Hardy Yellow Larkspur.) Produces freely long spikes of 40 to 50 sulphur 

 yellow blossoms, each 1 inch in diameter, flowering from June until August, plant thrifty 

 and bushy. 3 to 4 feet Pkt. 10c. 



HYBRIDUM BELLADONNA FANNY STORMONTH. A greatly improved variety of 

 the well-known Larkspur. "Belladonna." of which it only retains the early blooming 

 habit and the light azure-blue color. The flowers are much larger and of better sub- 

 stance, the stems from 5 to 7 feet high, the upper 2 to 3 feet form a huge branching ra- 

 ceme of fine, well-placed flowers. There is nothing like it amongst all the hundreds of 

 hybrids on the market. Sterling novelty , Pkt. 2Sc. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR SEEDS 



arc only 

 supplied by us 



direct to our customers; they are not sold in stores 



