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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



Hendekson's Mammoth Butterfly Pansies 



Competed with the best from all over the world at the Columbian Exposition and were AWAKDED THE MEDAL 



HENDERSON'S Mammoth 

 Butterfly Pansies we are 

 very proud of. We have sold 

 them for a number of years and 

 receive hundreds of letters praising 

 their superior beauty, size and 

 other merits; they were awarded 

 a medal at the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion, Chicago, where they competed 

 with the best from all over the 

 world. When our unequalled col- 

 lections of all types of Pansies are 

 in bloom we go over them daily 

 and any plant producing flowers 

 of superlative merit is removed to 

 our "Mammoth Butterfly" plot of 

 Pansies, where nothing but the 

 largest, handsomest and most per- 

 fect are allowed to remain. Con- 

 sequently the seed is saved from 

 the greatest varieties of types, in- 

 cluding only the best of Giant 

 Cassiers, Bugnots, Trimardeau, 

 5-blotched Odier, Giant English, 

 French and German Hybrids, etc., 

 resulting in the greatest variety of 

 coloring, marking, blotching, vein- 

 ing, etc., for brilliant and attract- 

 ive beds. (See cut.) Mixed Colois. 

 Per 1,000 seeds. 75c Pkt. 25c. 



"Was awarded First Prize for the 

 best Collection of Pansies at our 

 Provincial Exhibition. They were 

 grown from your Mammoth Butter- 

 fly Seed." J. E. SECOND, 



St. John. N. B. 

 "Your Butterfly, Ruffled and 

 Parisian Pansies bloomed pro- 

 fusely from June until December. 

 We covered the plants when winter 

 set in, and now at Easter they are 

 beginning to bloom again. The 

 colors are much more brilliant than 

 any I have ever seen. " 



Mrs. E. W. SHEARBURN, 



Haddam, Kansas, 



"I have tried your mammoth 



Butterfly Pansies for three years 



and find them superior to any I 



have ever grown." 



H. G. THURSTON. 



Fall River, Mass. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES 



YEARS of scientific culture, hybridization and selection in raising Pansies 

 have gradually evolved a superior race of luxuriant, robust growth and 

 deep-rooting, drought-withstanding qualities; the flowers have also cor- 

 respondingly improved in size, substance, form and colors. At first there were 

 only one or two varieties in this class of Pansies, but annually one or more va- 

 rieties would reach the goal of the Giants, until now we have such a complete 

 variety of colors, that we, this season, discard all ordinary-sized Pansies. 



"/ am going to take the liberty of an old customer to give you an account 

 of our pansies raised from your seed — though I cannot dothem justice — noone could 

 on paper. They are truly magnificent in size, colors, profusion and odor. We 

 gather for ourselves and friends every day and yet the garden is dazzling with 

 their beauty." J. F. LESSURE, Orange, Mass. 



Per 1.000 

 seeds. 

 . . 50c. 

 . .50c. 

 . .50c. 

 . . 50c. 

 ..SOc. 

 ..SOc. 

 . . SOc. 

 SOc. 



Giant Trimardeau Pansies. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c 



" Atropurpurea. Velvety royal-purple 10c 



" Canary Bird. Pure, spotless yellow 10c 



" Emperor William. Indigo-blue, blotched black 10c 



" Fire King. Crimson-purple and golden-yellow 10c 



" King of the Blacks. Lustrous jet-black 10c 



" Lord Beaconsfield. Lavender, heliotrope and purple 10c 



" Peacock (Gloriosa). Garnet, cream and blue 10c 



" President Carnot. White with large violet blotches 10c SOc. 



" Prince Bismarck. Golden-bronze 10c SOc. 



" Prince Charming. Rose-pink, veined rosy-lilac lOc SOc. 



" Snow Queen. Spotless, snow-white 10c SOc. 



" Striped. White, blue, violet and chocolate 10c SOc. 



" Victoria. Ox-blood red 10c 5Gc. 



" White Treasure. White with three violet blotches 10c SOc. 



" Yellow. Golden-yellow, three maroon blotches lOc SOc. 



Henderson's Collection of 12 Giant Pansies 



This collection contains one packet each of 12 of the largest and most beautiful 

 Pansies in cultivation. Price, 75c. 



Henderson's Giant Ruffled Pansies 



A REMARKABLE strain of Giant Pansies, the flowers of which are so large 

 and full that the broad petals seem to be "gathered" to the stem, caus- 

 ing them to be undulated and fluted from centre to circumference, not 

 unlike "frilled" velvet. The unusual substance of the flowers, aided by these 

 corrugations, thus enables them to present bold, open and handsome faces, even 

 during windy or dry summer weather, when other pansy flowers flop or wilt. 

 The flowers are extraordinary large and are borne on strong stems well above 

 the foliage; they are nearly all five-blotched on the "Odier" pattern, and con- 

 tain rich combinations of coloring, including some new tints and blendinps not 

 met with in other Pansies. The plants are vigorous and large, and flower 

 abundantly. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c Pkt. 2Sc. 



Henderson's Mammoth Parisian Pansies 



THE Parisian Pansies are distinguished by their magnificent and varied col- 

 ors and strong markings. There is usually a large "blotch" on each 

 of the five petals, with a surrounding band of some strikingly contrasting 

 color, over all of which is thrown a cobweb-like netting of yet another hue. The 

 combinations prevailing are composed of shades of cinnamon, violet, canary and 

 orange-yellow, black, garnet, Ught blue, indigo, cream, etc. These Pansies have 

 been brought up to a high standard of excellence, the flowers being of fine sub- 

 stance, perfect shape and of mammoth size, measuring, when properly cultivated 

 four inches across. A large number of these Pansies are also very fragrant. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c Pkt. 2Sc. 



Henderson's Giant Mottled Pansies 



A DISTINCT new type of Pansies of greatest merit. The flowers are of 

 giant size and are borne in profusion — well-grown they measure 3 to 

 3^2 inches across— and of most gorgeous eflfects, blotched, spotted, mar- 

 bled, veined, striped and blended, colors passing through reds, rose, pink, white, 

 purple; in beautiful and indescribable variegation. These Pansies were awarded 

 a prize at tlie Paris Exposition. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 7Sc Pkt. 25c. 



VARIOUS POPULAR STKAINS OF PANSIES 



Cassier's 5 Blotched Odier. Mixed 



Bugnots' Large Stained French. Mixed. 

 English Choicest Show. Mixed 



Per 1,000 seeds. 

 75c. 

 75c. 

 75c. ■ 



Pkt. 

 2Sc. 

 2Sc. 

 25c. 



Belgian Fancy. Mixed.. 

 German. Finest mixed 



Per 1,000 seeds. 

 60c. 

 SOc. 



Pkt. 

 ISc. 

 10c. 



Garden BeautifijI and Garden Bountiful ^Z^:2\. Henderson's Garden Guide, Free "'''^ see'mfu pi^eT. "" 



