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PETER HENDERSON &. CO. PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 



HENDERSON'S 



Perennial Flower Seeds for Summer Sowing 



Hardy gardening is becoming more popular in America every year. To meet the increasing demand for seeds of perennial 

 plants we append a list of the leading sorts, which if sown this summer will produce plants that will flower next season. Bien- 

 nials grow from seed one year, bloom and die the next. Perennials last for several years, blooming annually from seed after the 

 first season. For illustrations and complete descriptions see our Catalogue. Everything for the Garden. Sent free on request. 

 Cultural directions are printed on each packet. 



Pkt. 



.10 



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10 



15 



ACHILLEA, The Pearl. 



The Pearl produces large double pure white flowers in clusters on 

 long stems from spring until frost. Splendid cut flower; 2 feet . 

 ALYSSUM, Saxatile Compacts. A beautiful dwarf hardy perennial 

 for spring beds or edging a flower border. The flowers arc produced 



in large clusters and are of a deep pure yellow; ? 4 foot 



AMPELOPSIS, Veitchii. Boston or Japanese Ivy, valuable hardy 

 climber; clinging to wood, stone or brick wall;-; dense ivy-green 



foliage, changing to red in autumn; 30 feet 



ANCHUSA Italica (Dropmore). A fine, large, hardy herbaceous 



plant 4 to 5 feet high, with flowers of lovely Gentian blue 



ANEMONE (A. .St. Brigid > These beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered 



/ varieties produce in abundance large single, semi-double and double 



flowers :< to 5 inches across, in an endless variety of colors. For 



cutting they are unsurpassed, and in the garden they flower until 



after frost 15 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine). 



Very effective when grown in beds or the herbaceous border. 

 Height ) y< 2 toiMeet . 

 Henderson's American Hybrid Columbine. The plants are ro- 

 bust; the flower stems, often 40 inches in height, carry clusters of 



immense long-spurred single flowers. The colors are superb 25 



Single, Large- Flowering. Mixed colors 10 



Double-Flowering, Long Spurred Hybrids. Beautiful long-spur- 

 red, large, double Rowers. 25 



Bell-Flowered Columbine. [Agvilegia Cleniataquilla.) A beautiful 

 new spurless type producing large open bell-shaped flowers of 



many colors, in mixture 25 



Chrysantha. The beautiful long-spurred yellow 10 



Coerulea Hybrlda. Rocky Mountain variety, long-spurred flowers 



of white and blue 10 



ARISTOLOCHIA Sipho, Dutchman's Pipe Vim- 

 has large leaves, making dense shade; 30 feet . . . 



Hardy climber; 



10 



ASTER, Hardy, New Large Flowering. 



These "Michaelmas Daisies'' are splendid subjects for permanent 

 positions in the herbaceous border where they form large bushy 

 clumps, 134 to 2 feet high. 



White Queen. Pure white single flowers 15 



Alpinus Goliath. Lilac with yellow center .15 



Hardy Asters, Mixed Colors. New Hybrids 



BIGNONIA Grand iflora. The hardy trumpet Creeper, (lusters of 



large orange-red flowers 40 to 50 feet 



BOLTONIA Asteroides. Hardy perennial, growing <i feet in height) 

 producing single white Marguerite-like flowers during summer and 



autumn 



CAMPANULA Bell-Flower. 



Campanula Persicaefolia grandiflora. 'Peach leaved Bell- 

 Klowers), handsome, hardy perennials, throwing up spikes 2 or 3 

 feet high, bearing during summer large, bell -shaped blossoms of 

 blui or white White 10 Blue 



Campanula pyramidalis. Mixed Colors. The favorite "Chim- 

 ney Bell-Flower," h hardy biennial blue and white; height l to 5 



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10 



feet 

 Campanula pyramidalis compacts. 

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height of only 2 to.'< feet 



Mixed Colors. Dwarfer 



CANDYTUFT, Hardy. Admirably adapted for permanent front 

 rows of borders or for low* clumps or beds. 



Gibraltica. Showy, large-growing, rosy-white; 1 to 2 feet 



Sempervirens. Completely covered with white flowers in spring; 



1 foot 



CANTERBURY BELLS. The "Cup and Saucer" varieties, (Campa- 

 nula Calycanthema) produces beautiful single flowers 3 inches in 

 length, saucers 3 to 4 inches across. 



Media (Canterbury Bells) single mixed 



The following separate colors, single blue, rose or white, each. . . . 



Media double mixed 



The following separate colors, double white, double rose, or 

 double blue , each 



Calycanthema mixed "Cup and Saucer" varieties 



The following separate colors, calycanthema blue, striped, rose or 



white, each 



CERASTIUM Tomentosum (Snow in Summer). A white foliage and 

 a profusion of small white flowers. Very pretty as an edging plant 

 CARNATION, Hardy Garden. Double Mixed. Will produce large 

 clumps that will stand out over winter and bloom throughout the 

 following summer and fall. Extra fine strain. Per 500 seeds, 50c 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM Single Hardy. The large flowering single white 

 hardy Daisy — Chrysanthemum leucanthemum maximum — long con- 

 sidered one of our finest hardy perennials for garden decoration. 



King Edward forms a bushy plant 18 inehes high, magnificent large 

 white flowers, 3 to 4 inches across 



Little Gem. A new dwarf variety, only 15 to 18 inches high, bear- 

 ing large, white flowers on long stems 



Shasta Daisy. White flowers 4 inches or more across. Plants, 



2 to 2^2 feet in height 



CLEMATIS Paniculata. Covered from the ground to the summit 



with pure white fragrant flowers. 12 feet 



COREOPSIS Harvest Moon. Form clumps 2 to 3 feet high. It 

 produces rich yellow flowers, shaded with orange 



El Dorado. Color, brilliant golden yellow. Compact, bushy 



plants — about 2 feet high 



COWSLIP. (Primula veris). This beautiful spring-flowering dwarf 

 hardy perennial bears clusters of fragrant flowers of various colors, 



as yellow-brown, edged yellow, etc. Height, G inches 



DELPHINIUM, or Hardy Larkspur. 



Giant Single and Double Superb Hybrids. The blossoms are of 

 immense size, single, semi-double and double, dressing the spikes 

 from 2 to 5 feet of their length. The colors range from white and 

 lavender through every shade of blue from azure to indigo and 

 purple. The plants grow from 6 to 10 feet in height. Mixed 

 colors Per 1.000 seeds, S 1.00 



Hybridum Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. An improved va- 

 riety of the "Belladonna" Larkspur; early and continuous bloom- 

 ing, light asure-blue 5 to 7 feet high 



Formosum. Deep blue, white centre; 2 to 3 feet 



Single, Fine Mixed Colors 



DIANTHUS, Hardy, Grass or Spice Pinks. 



Dwarf Large Double-Flowering Grass or Spice Pinks. [Diunlhus 

 Plumariua Nanus, fl. pi.) Plants about 1 foot high, vigorous, 

 hardy and flower profusely during spring and early summer. The 

 Mowers are large, double, beautifully fringed and emit a clove-like 



perfume Mixed colors 



Plumarius, double mixed. The favorite Pheasant's Eye or Grass 

 Pinks 1 foot 



Pkt. 

 .10 



25 



