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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Flower Seeds 



Henderson's 1 927 "Novelty" Collection of 



Six New 



GIANT SPENCER 

 ORCHID-FLOWERED 



Sweet Peas 



4311 COLLECTION. One packet each of the 

 six new varieties described below, $1.25 



Carmelita 



4052 A |ovely delicate yet warm light rose pink. It has what Sweet Pea 

 experts call a white ground with both standard and wings beauti- 

 fully flushed with clear rose pink with just a suggestion of salmon 

 shading. Toward the edges of the petals the color lessens, giving 

 a lighter margin. 



CARMELITA received last summer an Award of Merit from 

 the National Sweet Pea Society of Great Britain Pkt. 2Sc. 



Del Monte 



•4079 A rich salmon cerise pink. Of perfect Spencer form, large and 

 bold and with wavy or fluted petals. Both standard and wings 

 are the same shade and the color is well fixed so that it does not 

 sunburn. Under artificial light a spray or bowl of Del Monte is a 

 delight. The vines are vigorous in habit of growth, the stems are 

 long and bear almost uniformly four blossoms Pkt. 25c. 



Gold Crest 



4110 Imagine the glow of a sun-ripened orange combined with a rich 

 tint of salmon, subtly and perfectly merged, and that will be a 

 passable conception of Gold Crest. Those who saw it at the shows 

 know the size and substance to which Gold Crest can be grown. 

 Growers know the susceptibility of these colors to bleaching and 

 scorching, but Gold Crest is as nearly sun-proof as we have yet 

 secured Pkt. 23c. 



Ivory Picture 



4153 Size, strength and texture have been the weak points in cream or 

 ivory Sweet Peas. Ivory Picture retains the magnificence in 

 form, build and substance of the original Picture, and it is of rich 

 cream or the tint of fine old ivory throughout, without the flush- 

 ing of pink which characterizes the older favorite Pkt. 23c. 



Royal Pink 



4273 Distinctive in its pure pink ground, this flower is illumined with 

 rich shrimp, and further enriched with a veining of deep rose. It 

 is a great flower, the breadth and elegant wave of the standard, the 

 wide-spread wings and deep bold keel make it a perfect model of 

 the 20th century Sweet Pea. It is a great grower, a gem for 

 decoration Pkt. 23c. 



Snowball 



4284 A new white Spencer Sweet Pea, which as its name implies, is so 

 heavily laden with substance that it stands out among others of 

 its class. 



A vigorous grower, with long sturdy stems supporting a group 

 of four beautifully frilled and well spaced flowers, making a dazzling 

 flash of whiteness. 



Its abjlity to retain, if not improve its whiteness in water and its 

 unusual abundance of perfume will always command attention 

 as a cut flower Pkt. 23c. 



HENDERSON'S 

 NEW GIANT 



Early Flowering sweet c peas 



Bloom 4 Weeks Earlier Than the Late Spencers, and Under Congenial Conditions Flower Con- 



tinuously for 4 Months, Producing Profusely Immense Waved Flowers, 



Predominating, on Long Stems 



'Four* 



The plants of this new race are of strong constitution, vigorous growth 

 and bloom continuously for about four months if grown under congenial 

 conditions. Grown in the open ground they begin flowering in about 

 106 days from seed sowing or fully four weeks sooner than late flowering 

 Sweet Peas sown at the same time. It is predicted by Sweet Pea 

 authorities that this race will supplant all other early and fate flowering 



Sweet Peas for winter flowering under glass, and also for open ground 

 culture in our Southern States — sown preferably in fall or winter. Con- 

 densed cultural instructions for garden culture under both northern and 

 southern conditions and for winter flowering under glass are given in 

 Henderson's leaflet, " How to Grow Sweet Peas to Perfection." 

 free to customers. 



VARIETIES OF NEW GIANT EARLY FLOWERING SPENCER SWEET PEAS 



Henderson's packets of Named Sweet Peas contain 40 to 50 seeds 



4312 Early Aviator. Dazzling crimson-scarlet. 



4316 Early Blue Btrd. A rich violet-blue. 



4322 Early Glitters. An. attractive orange scarlet. 



4328 Early Harmony. A beautiful clear lavender.. 



4332 Early Helen Lewis Spencer. A rich apricot pink or salmon; 



large, long-stemmed flowers. 

 4338 Early Hercules. Giant rose-pink flowers, fine form and color. 



4340 Early Mornind Star. Deep orange-scarlet or flame color with 

 ncU orange-pink wings. 



4354 



4388 

 4392 



Price of any mentioned below, 13c. per pkt.; 7Sc. per or. 

 Early Purity. Pure white and the best white early flowering 

 white seeded Spencer. 

 Early Warbler. Rich mauve purple. 



"Yarrawa." This variety from Australia has proven its adapt- 

 ability to American conditions. The flowers are large, of round 

 waved Spencer form and colored bright rose-pink with lighter 



gink wings. 

 arly Flowering Spencer, Mixed. This exquisite strain con- 

 tains the delightful, characteristic sweet pea colors in inlinitr 

 variety. The flowers are identical in size and heantv to (lie 

 named sorts. 



The netting and trellis shown in the Too' cV Implement section will furnish neat and efficient support for your Sweet l'ea» 



