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SCABIOSA »*»£*>**- 



"SWEET SCABIOUS" or 



Plena) 

 MOURNING BRIDE" 



A new double, large-flowered annual type descended from the "Sweet Scabious" 

 or "Mourning Bride" of old gardens, but are much improved in size, colors and 

 doubleness. Many of the flowers measure 6 to 8 inches in circumference, are 

 double clear to the center, and have long stems. They are very free bloomers; 

 very effective for garden decoration and valuable for bouquets, vases, etc. ; fragrant. 

 Annuals, 13a to 2 feet high. 



3642 Azure Fairy. Light blue Pkt. 10c. 



3643 Cerise. Lovely cerise-red 10c. 



3646 Golden-yellow 10c. 



3647 Royal Purple 10c. 



3648 Snowball. Pure white 10c. 



3650 Maxima Plena, Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c. 



3651 Collection of above 5 separate varieties 40c. 



SCABIOSA, Hardy Varieties 



3657 Caucasica Perfecta. The old "Caucasian Scabious" is recognized as one of 

 our handsomest hardy perennials, forming dense, spreading plants 2 to 3 feet high, 

 thriving in any ordinary garden soil. In this new variety, "Perfecta," we have 

 attained the highest perfection of this type; the semi-double flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 across, are poised on stalks l'/i to 2 feet long, making them of exceptional value 

 cut for vases, etc. The coloring of the flowers is a beautiful lilac-blue, shading to 



deep blue . . . Pkt. ij c . 



3656 Caucasica Alba. A large, pure white variety; counter- 

 part of the above; beautiful; the flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 across, on long stems, are exquisite for vases, last- 

 ing a long time in water, and they are borne 

 freely like those of its blue-colored parent from 

 early summer to late fall Pkt. 25c. 



SCABIOSA JAPONICA 



3658 A new hardy perennial from 

 Japan, forming large bushes 214 to 3 

 feet in height and breadth, with ele- 

 gant light green foliage. Flowers 

 2 to 2\4 inches across, on long win- 

 stems from 1.5 to 20 inches in 

 length, of a beautiful mauve or 

 lavender-blue. The plants, ex- 

 tremely free-flowering, produce 

 their lovely flowers continuously 

 from the end of June until late in 

 the autumn Pkt. 10c, 



One packet each of the three 

 hardy Scabiosa, Perfecta, Alba and 

 Japonica, for 40c. 



SMILAX 



3685 Charming tender perennial 

 climber for greenhouse or window gar- 

 dens. The foliage and stems are of a plea 

 ing light green; very graceful. Excellent 

 for decoration Pkt. 10c. STOKESIA or HARDY CORNFLOWER 



3762 Cyanea Blue. Lav 

 3765 Stokesia Hybrids, 

 etc. Mixed Colors .... 



STOKESIA (The Hardy Cornflower) 



A beautiful, hardy perennial plant that no garden 

 should be without. As a single specimen or group in 

 'the border or for beds or masses it is very attractive. 

 It is of the easiest culture, blooming the first year 

 from seed, and succeeding in any open sunny position. 

 The plants grow from 18 to 24 inches high and bej_'in 

 flowering in July, continuing without interruption till 

 late in October The flowers, 4 to 5 inches across, on 

 long stems, are valuable for cutting. 



ender-blue Pkt. 10c. 



Include some charming shades of blue, lavender, violet, white 

 1'kt. 15c. 



SCHZANTHUS 



Wonderfully showy annuals; very decorative for garden beds and unsurpassed in 

 pots for the conservatory, where by successive sowing a continuous display may be 

 enjoyed almost the year round. The plants are of compact, branchy growth, 114 to 2 

 feet high, and ape literally sheeted with exquisite, butterfly-like flowers much larger 

 than those of the ordinary Schzanthus, and include beautiful new color combinations. 

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3070 Dr. Badger's Giant-flowering Hybrids. A superb new strain growing robust and 

 bushy, \\< 2 to 2 feet in height, with handsome bright-green Fern-like foliage. The 

 flowers, borne in prodigal profusion, are unusually large, measuring from 1 to 1% inches 

 across; they are of much substanci — very lasting — and show an endless variety of 

 bright colorings. The light varieties of white, pink, buff-rose or yellow have beautifully 

 marked centers, zoned by a deeper shade. The darker sorts are of purple, mauve or 

 red, with center lines of yellow or white, margined by a deep tone of the grounc 



color Pkt. 25c 



3675 Wisetonensis Hybrids, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors. Beautiful colors and 

 combinations in great variety PH. 10c. 



SILENE 



3680 Pendula Compacta, Double. An effective garden annual, forming compact, 

 round bushes, 6 inches high, which, during the summer, are covered densely with 

 flowers of white, pink or red. For low beds or edgings it is very pretty. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 5c. 



WILD GABDEN FLOWEB SEEDS 



4740 A wild garden may be had in any suitable out-of-the-way place— meadow, brookside, 

 hedgerow, fence corner or back lot — by broadcasting and raking in Henderson's Special 

 Mixed Flower Seeds for Wild Gardens, at the rate of 1 oz. per 100 square feet, mixed 

 with sand or dry soil for ease and evenness of distribution. Price, 15c. per oz., 50c. 

 per \i lb., SI. 50 per lb., postpaid. 



Much about the "Garden Beautiful" in Henderson's Garden Guide and Record. 

 Sent free with orders of $2.00 or over if asked for. 



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