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1847 — Seventy Years of Continued Success 



THE YEAR 1916 marks the beginning of the seventieth year of our service as SEEDSMEN TO THE 

 AMERICAN PEOPLE. Our business was founded in 1847 by the late PETER HENDERSON and is now 

 carried on by his son CHARLES HENDERSON, the present head of the house, and by his grandsons 

 PETER HENDERSON and HOWARD M. HENDERSON. 



From a comparatively modest beginning the business of PETER HENDERSON & CO. has grown until 

 our patrons are numerous, not only in every state of the Union, but in foreign countries as well. 



we have, therefore, great pleasure in placing in the hands of our continually growing circle of 

 friends, our annual catalogue of 



"EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN" FOR 1916 



/t is replete with all that is best in Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Tools and Implements, for the home 

 grounds and garJeiQsof America. Our stocks are now complete, and we offer them at prices as low as 

 is consistent with the ii.gh standard of quality maintained by us. 



Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting your continued patronage. 



Sincerely yours, 



January 1st, 1916. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK. 



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President. 



OUR CATALOGUE 



THE PICTURE on our front cover is the fouvth in our 

 series of gardens of famous Americans. It is a pirture of 



the home and garden of JOHN HOWARD PAYNE and the 

 source of inspiration of that world-renowned and heart-itirring 

 American melody " HOME, SWEET HOME." '^ 



We have selected this picture for reproduction, as teing 

 peculiarly appropriate at this time, when a great portion of ihe 

 world is unhappily engaged in fratricidal strife. 



"Columbia, happy land ! " exempi from the evils of old-world 

 systems of land tenure, is now, as always, the land of opportu- 

 nity, and has probably more home-owners within its wide 

 domain than the entire continent of Europe. 



The love and affection felt for the old homestead and the 

 home, is an ever-recurring theme in American song and story, 

 but it is certain that no other composition so truly expresses 

 that fervent love of home and its surroundings — which char- 

 acterises aU Americans — as " HOME, SWEET HOME." 



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The garden is an integral part of a home, they are insepar- 

 able; one is not complete without the other, and the familiar 

 paths, flower beds^ shrubs and trees of the old home garden, 

 leave impressions on the memory which are never forgotten. 



HOME, SWEET HOME, as the house is now called, is situated 

 in East Hampton, Long Island, N. Y., and we reproduce 

 the pictures by permission of Mr. G. H. Bulk, its present 

 owner, through whose loving care and intelligent restorative 

 work, this historical land-mark has been preserved to posterity. 



On this page we also show some additional views of the 

 house and garden which will prove of interest to our friends, 

 one being an interior showing a portrait of John Howard Payne 

 over the mantel, and the other side a view of the cottage. 



On the back cover we present a reproduction in color of a 

 photograph of a hedge of Roses, sent by one of our appreciative 

 friends. The variety is the now well-known Rose, Dr. W. Van 

 Fleet, introduced by us in 1908. 





HOME, SWEET HOME— By John Howard Payne 



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J\ lid pleasures and palaces, Ihowjh we may roam^ 

 Be il ever so humble, there's no place like home; 

 A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there 

 Which, .seek through Ike worlds is ne'er met 



with elsewhere. 

 Home! Hume, sweet, sweet home! 

 There's no place like home! There's no place 



like home! 



An exile from home splendor dazzles in vain' 

 Oh! give nie my lowly thatch\l collage again. 

 The birds simfinq gaily, that came at my call. 

 Give me them with the peace of mind dearer than 



all. 

 Home! Home, sweet, stveet home! 

 There's no place like home! There''s no place 



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