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THE "HENDEKSON" COLLECTION 



OF CHOICEST NEW 



Giant Waved Spencer 



or "Orchid' 

 Flowered" 



Sweet Peas 



Sweet Peas, gay and fragrant, are the most universally popular annual 

 flowers cultivated. Inexpensive, easily and quickly grown from seed, thriving 

 in town or country gardens, supplying an abundance of contiguous bloom for 

 months — an adornment to garden, house or corsage. Is it any wonder that 

 they are "everybody's flowers," and have been for years and years, even though 

 for a century and a half their tardiness in developing improved varieties — without 

 parallel among cultivated flowers — was marvelled at by botanists? Eventually, 

 however, the physiological reason was understood, and artificial cross fertiliza- 

 tion was undertaken, then Sweet Pea "blood was broken." New colors and 

 forms began to appear in rapid succession, until finally, but a few years ago, a 

 paragon type appeared in the famous gardens of Earl Spencer, Northampton- 

 shire, England. This newcomer, extremely beautiful, the fairest-formed and 

 largest Sweet Pea ever grown, was named "Countess Spencer" and from this 

 has sprung the glorified modern race of Giant Waved "Spencer" or "Orchid- 

 flowered" Sweet Peas. 



The characteristics of the Spencer Sweet Peas, grown under congenial con- 

 ditions are: robust growth, the plants attaining a height of from 6 to 10 feet, 

 requiring for full development to be not less than 6 inches apart. The flowers 

 are giants among Sweet Peas, measuring 2 to 2H inches across. They are beau- 

 tifully formed with huge standards, open and upright and immense wings grace- 

 fully poised. Both standards and wings are daintily waved, the undulations! 

 reflecting high lights and casting shadows in the depths, thus showing a harmony 

 of tones which greatly enhances the coloring. Three and often four or more of 

 these queenly blossoms are borne on long, strong stems, rendering them unsur- 

 passable as cut flowers for vases, bouquets and other decorations. Their 

 long-continued profusion of bloom is phenomenal, but accounted for by the 

 fact that a majority of the flowers of true Spencers fall as they fade — before the 

 seed pod is formed — thus continuing the succession of bloom — for as all know 

 when Sweet Peas set pods, the flowering diminishes. (See cut.) 



THE EIGHTEEN VARIETIES SHOWN IN COLORS ON OPPOSITE PAGE AND DESCRIBED BELOW 



ARE THE LATEST AND BEST— EACH TYPIFYING A POPULAK COLOK CLASS 



Price for the collection, one packet each — 18 in all — for $1.00. Delivered free in the U. S. 





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Prices Delivered Free in the United States 



Charles Foster. The finest of the "fancy" or 

 "pastel" class; exquisite apricot-pink flushed 

 with lilac-blush and mauve 



Clara Curtis. The largest and best strain of 

 "Primrose-Spencer"; flowers large, of splendid 

 substance and well waved; color cream-yellow. 



Countess Spencer. A re-selected and improved 

 strain of the glorious original "Spencer" Sweet 

 Pea and still unbeaten in its color class; clear 

 pure pink 



Elfrida Pearson. Magnificent large flowers of 

 exquisite blush-pink deepening in tone towards 

 the edges 



Florence Nightingale. Beautiful, clear lavender 

 with a faint pinkish sheen; the largest and best 

 of its color 



Etta Dyke. A superior strain of "White Spencer" 

 larger, whiter, better filled and has more sub- 

 stance than even the "Vaunted Whites" intro- 

 duced last year 



Margaret Madison. An improved larger flower- 

 ing strain of this charming variety; color, clear 

 azure-blue when fully expanded 



Martha Washington. Most beautiful; blush 

 white veiled with rosy-pink deepening into a 

 contrasting marginal zone of tyrian-rose 



Maud Holmes. They very best strain of "Sun 

 proof Crimsons" or "King Edward Spencers,' 

 a brilliant crimson self — 'holding its color well 

 under all conditions 



Mrs. Cuthbertson. A "bicolor" of the largest 

 and finest form; color carmine-rose with blush- 

 white wings, strong grower and prolific bloomer 



Mrs. Breadmore. Cream-buff flushed rose and 

 distinctly edged with deep rose color; the best 

 of the "Yellow Picotees" 



Mrs. Hugh Dickson. Our favorite in the beauti- 

 ful new "cream-pink" section; warm salmony- 

 pink influenced by an under color of primrose . 



Mrs. Townsend. The best blue "Picotee"; color 

 white slightly flushed with pale lilac deepening 

 into a distinct blue edge 



Mrs. TJnwin. Immense flowers of perfect form, 

 striped and flaked with bright orange-scarlet 

 on a white ground color. The finest of its 

 coloring 



Nubian. The largest and best of the "Maroons" 

 immense flowers of rich glossy mahogany color 

 lightiy veiled with purple 



Queen of Norway. Splendid large flowers of 

 violet-mauve. It is shown a little too deep in 

 coloring on the plate opposite — it is distinct and 

 beautiful 



Rosabelle. Brilliant carmine-rose colored flowers 

 of the largest size and finest waved form. The 

 best of the "Herbert and Ingman" color class. . 



Thomas Stevenson. Large and brilliantly effect- 

 ive flowers of fiery red-orange and it is prac- 

 tically sunproof. The finest variety in its class 



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Henderson's Leaflet "How to Grow Sweet Peas" ^te n ^!t^V"^^^ Free to Customers 



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