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GIANT -HOLLYHOCK-FLOWERED" T"EN VA/FFK STOCKS 



This improved type of "Mammoth Column" Stock is very distinct in growth and 

 highly attractive both for garden decoration, and for cutting. Our trial-ground note 

 reads: "July 6th, Grand! Immense double flowers, averaging 1}4 inches across, filling 

 columnar spikes 18 inches high, suggesting miniature Hollyhocks. 80 per cent, come 

 double. Very fragrant." (See cut.) Collection of 3 colors, 25c. 



White Pkt. 10c. Light Blue Pkt. 10c. 



Crimson 10c. Mixed Colors 10c. 



BISMARCK STOCKS 



New annual Stocks of strong growth with luxuriant foliage. The plants in bloom 

 form a pyramid 2)4 feet high, the upper half being a mass of fragrant, double flowers 

 of extra large size. They bloom a little later than Ten-week Stocks, but flower 

 continuously until frost. Collection of 4 colors, 35c. 



White Pkt. 10c. Light Blue Pkt. 10c. Flesh-pink Pkt. 10c. 



Rose... Pkt. 10c. Mixed Colors . Pkt. 10c. 



QTHk'CQIA The Hardy ^"Z^om — ^ "^ STOKESIA 



O 1 \-/I\L-jlrA Cornflower 



A beautiful hardy perennial 

 plant that no garden should 

 be without. As a single speci- 

 men 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 suc- 

 ceeding in any open 

 sunny position. The 

 plants grow from 18 

 to 24 inches high and 

 begin flowering in 

 July, continuing 

 without interrup- 

 tion till late in 

 October. The flow- 

 ers, 4 to 5 inches 

 across, on long stems, 

 are valuable for cut- 

 ting. (See cut.) 

 Cyanea Blue. Lav- 

 ender-blue, Pkt. 10c. 

 Cyanea Alba. A pure 

 white Pkt. 10c. 



STREPTOCAR PUS °=l£ape 



PRIMROSE 



A new hybrid race paralleling in importance the Gloxinia, Achimenes, 

 etc. , for greenhouse and conservatory decoration. They are easily 

 grown, commencing to flower in about 8 months from seed and bloom 

 most profusely during summer, and continue all winter. The plants are of compact growth. 

 The flowers, 2J4 to 3 inches across, with long tube-like corollas, are borne in clusters of 

 6 to 8 on a stem and several stems to a plant. It is not unusual for a well-grown specimen 

 to show more than 100 open flowers at a time. The colors are varied from white through 

 shades of pink, rose, wine-red, light-blue, mauve, violet-purple, etc., many having white 

 throats, or marked in various ways Pkt. 35c. 



SUNFLOWERS 



Double "Cut'and'Come'Again 



Garden annuals of easy culture, thriving in any sunny location; robust growers and 



fine mixed border plants. 



"Globes of Gold." A dwarf, well-branched plant, 3 to 3]4 feet in height. Each of the 

 numerous branches carry a large, densely double globe-shaped flower of deep, rich, 

 golden-yellow color. (See cut.) Oz. 25c .- .-. . .Pkt. 10c. 



Macrophyllus Giganteus. 6 to 8 feet high, immense single yellow flowers 5c. 



Silver-leaved. Silvery foliage, large single yellow flowers, with black centers 5c. 



Giant Russian. Immense, single yellpw flowers, 18 to 20 inches across. Oz. 15c 5c. 



Uniflorus Giganteus. Tall robust variety surmounted with one immense yellow flower . 10c. 



DWARF-BRANCHING "CUT-AND-COME-AGAIN" 



SUNFLOWERS 



These dwarf branching Sunflowers (Helianthus 

 Cucumeri/olius types) are popular, not only for 

 garden display, but for cut flowers. The 

 plants form bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing 

 a continuous succession of flowers from 

 June until frost. The perfectly formed 

 single or double flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 across, are poised on long, graceful stems, 

 which "vase" beautifully. They are 

 easily grown, commencing to -flower in 

 a few weeks from seed. (See cut.) 

 Single "Cut-and-Come-Again," Sun- 

 flowers, Mixed Oz. 25c; Pkt. Sc. 



White Star. White with black eye. 

 Oz. 50c; Pkt. 5c. 

 Sirius. Lemon, dark center. 



Oz. 50c; Pkt. 5c. 

 Mars. Golden-yellow, dark eye. 



Oz. 50c; Pkt. 5c. 

 Double "Cut-and-Come-Again" Sun- 

 flowers, Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



Double Golden-yellow 10c. 



Double White. Creamy-white with yel- 

 low guard petals Pkt. 10c. 



A WILD FLOWER GARDEN 



may be had in any suitable out of the way 

 place — meadow, brook side, hedge row, fence 

 corner, or back lot — 'by broadcasting and rak- 

 ing 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 }4 lb., $1.50 

 per lb. postpaid. 



Our business 

 founded by 



Peter Henderson in 1847 



is now carried on 

 by his son 



Charles Henderson 



and his 

 grandsons 



Peter and Howard M. Henderson 



