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EVERYTHING FOIR THE GAJRDEM «=> Flow©*- Seeds 



DAHLIAS FROM SEED 



It is not generally realized that most beautiful Dahlias may be grown and 

 flowered in late summer and autumn from spring-sown seed. Many of them, 

 differing from any of the named varieties on the market, and some from seed 

 are equally beautiful, the production of novel forms and combinations of color- 

 ings being most interesting. One of our customers, Mr. A.P.Updike, Reno.Nev., 

 writes us thus: "By planting a packet of your choice Dahlia seed this spring, 

 I was successful in raising such beauties, that 1 secured the First Premium 

 — -a gold medal — 'at the Nevada State Fair, for the best display and greatest 

 variety of Dahlias." {See cut.) 



CHOICE, Large- flowering, Double, Decorative and Show Varieties, Mixed, Pkt. 10c. 

 CACTUS-FLOWERED, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the choicest Cactus- 

 flowered varieties Pkt. 10c. 



NEW GIANT-FLOWERING DECORATIVE DAHLIAS. This grand new race 

 produces flowers, often 7 to 8 inches in diameter, very double and in form inter- 

 mediate between the formal show Dahlias and thenarrowcurled-petalled Cactus 

 Dahlias — the grace and beauty of these Giant Decorative Dahlias being unap- 

 proachable. The flowers are borne on long, strong stems, and are in a variety 



of colors Pkt. 25c. 



20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 to 6 inches across, white, marked 



carmine and pink; very handsome Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense single flowers of various colors, includ- 

 ing many beautifully striped and spotted sorts Pkt. 10c. 



COLLERETTE, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various. colors, adorned with a collar 



of small petals around the center, novel and beautiful Pkt. 15c. 



COLOSSAL. A French race producing flowers that attain the extraordinary 

 dimensions of 8 to 9 inches in diameter. The flowers are composed of three 

 or more whorls of wide overlapping petals — placed one above the other. The 

 stems are long and rigid, bearing the flowers well above the foliage; the 

 colors are rich and varied Pkt. 15c. 



DELPHINIUM or HAKDY LAKKSPUK 



GIANT DOUBLE HYBRIDS. A splendid race of these popular hardy garden plants. The 

 blossoms are of immense size, semi-double and perfectly double, dressing the graceful, 

 towering spikes for 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, several shades 

 being blended in some of the varieties. The plants grow from 6 to 10 feet in height. 

 By cutting off the spikes immediately after flowering, these Delphiniums may be had in 

 bloom for several months. (See cut.) Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



HYBRIDUM NANUM. A semi-dwarf single-flowering type, each plant producing several 

 well-furnished spikes, 3 to 3)4 feet in height. The flowers are very large and continue 



. long in bloom; colors vary from light celestial to deepest indigo. If sown early they 

 will flower the first season , Pkt . 15c. 



ZALIL. (Hardy Yellow Larkspur.) Produces freely long spikes of 40 to 50 sulphur- 

 yellow blossoms, each 1 inch in diameter, flowering from June until August, plant thrifty 

 and bushy; 3 to 4 feet Pkt. 10c. 



HYBRIDUM BELLADONNA FANNY STORMONTH. (Sterling novelty.) A greatly 

 improved variety of. the "Belladonna" Larkspur; it retains the early and continuous 

 blooming habit and the light azure-blue color but the flowers are much larger, of better 

 substance and the stems are from 5 to 7 feet high, the upper 2 to 3 feet form a huge 

 branching raceme of fine, well-placed flowers. There is nothing like it amongst all the 

 hundreds of new hybrids Pkt. 25c. 



Formosum, Deep blue, white center; 2 to 3 feet 5c. 



Single, Fine Mixed Colors 5c. 



HARDY DIANTHUS grass or spice pinks 



{See illustrations on the next page.) 



DWARF LARGE DOUBLE-FLOWERING GRASS OR SPICE PINKS. {Dianthus 

 plumarius nanus, fl. pi.) These are great improvements over the charming time-honored 

 inhabitant of old fashioned gardens. The flowers are large and borne profusely on 

 short, stiff stems. In these new Pinks we have a large variety of colors and markings; 

 the color, of course, refers to the center of the flower, the remainder being white or 

 blush with a band of color near the margin; the colors include blood-red, rose, maroon, 

 purple, pink, blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc. They are excellent perennial garden 

 plants, about 1 foot high, vigorous, hardy, and flower profusely during spring and early 

 summer. The flowers are very large, double, beautifully fringed, and emit a clove-like 

 perfume. Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



PERFECTION PINKS. A superb strain of the hardy Grass Pink— Dianthus plumarius 

 — bearing enormous double flowers of perfect form. Smooth round petals of pure white, 

 edged with deep crimson, very fragrant Pkt. 15c. 



CROWN "GRASS" PINKS. A new race with branching 'flower stalks 10 to 12 inches 

 high, carrying large deliciously fragrant single, and semi-double flowers with fringed 

 petals; colors, white, carmine, rose, lilac, etc. Each flower marked in the center with a 

 crimson or purple crown. They flower from May to July Pkt. 15c. 



MAIDEN PINKS. This pretty type of hardy Pinks — -Dianthus deltoides — forms low mats 

 of Grass-like foliage about 3 inches high, above which is thrown during spring and early 

 summer a profusion of. small single flowers not over % of an inch in diameter on stems 

 6 to' 8 inches in length. Colors red, rose and white, all adorned with a central zone 

 of crimson Pkt. 10c. 



PLUMARIUS, Double Mixed. The favorite old Pheasant's-Eye or Grass Pinks; lfoot. . . .10c. 



Our business 

 founded by 



Peter Henderson in 1847 



is carried on 

 by his son 



Charles Henderson 



and his 

 grandsons 



Peter and Howard M. Henderson 



