HENDERSON' 



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SUPERIOR 

 STRAINS OF 







Trade Packet Per 

 of about oz. 



CYCLAMEN, Persicum, Gigonteum 

 2035 Pure White 



2037 White with Carmine eye 



2038 Glowing bright Red 



2046 Dark Red 



2047 Lilac 



2048 Fiery Salmon 

 2050 Mixed 



Price of above per 100 seeds, $2.50; 



per 





FLOWER SEEDS 



FOR 

 FLORISTS 



Trade Packet 

 of about 



Per 

 oz. 



500 seeds, $11.00; per 1000 seeds, $20.00. 



2051 CYNOGLOSSUM AMABILE (Chinese Forget- 

 me-not), blue 



2051 B Firmament. A welcome new dwarf type of 

 Chinese Forget-me-not. Trial reports show 

 it a true and uniform stock, 15 to 18 

 inches tall and bushy, of rich blue color, 

 always in great demand and should prove 

 the most popular of all Cynoglossums 



.50 



1.00 



CYPRESS VINE. Annual climber. 

 2052 Scarlet Queen or "Cardinal Climber" 2.50 



DAHLIA. 



2070 Coltness Hybrids, Mixed Colors 500 seeds .50 2.00 



2077 Unwins Ideal Dwarf Hybrids, semi-double 



and double types, mixed colors 500 seeds .75 3.00 



2080 Giant Perfection, Single Mixed 500 seeds .50 2.00 



DELPHINIUM. (Hardy Larkspur). 

 2084 Chinensis Blue Butterfly. Compact growth 1000 seeds .40 2.00 



2087A Bellamosum. Deep blue 500 seeds .60 3.00 



2090 Giant Hybrids, Single and Double, Mixed 



Colors 1000 seeds .60 3.00 



Delphinium Pacific Strain Hybrids 



(Vetterle & Reinelt). 



This strain has been acclaimed by experts 



as the most prominent one in America. 



They produce huge flowers and spikes 



and are comparatively mildew resistant. 

 2091A Cameliard Series. Colors range from clear 



to lilac lavender. 

 2092A Summer Skies Series. Colors range from 



light to medium blue. 

 2093A Blue Jay Series. Colors range from medi- 

 um to dark blue. 

 2094A Launcelot Series. Light pink lavender self, 



white bee. 

 2095A Galahad Series. Glistening white. , 



Prices of the above, 500 seeds, $1.25; 



'/ 4 oz., $4.00; oz., $14.00. 



2101 Mixed Colors. 500 seeds $1.00; Vi oz., 



$3.50; oz., $12.00. 



2102 Wrexham Strain, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .75 4.00 



DIANTHUS, Double Annual Pinks. 



2110 Crown of Perfection, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



2118 Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed, 



laciniatus fl. pi 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



Single Annual Pinks. 

 2134 Giant Ruffled and Frilled, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



Hardy Perennial Pinks. 



2139 Allwoodii Alpinus, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds 1 .00 4.00 



2141 Sweet Wivelsfield 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



2145 Double Dwarf Grass Pinks, Mixed Colors .... 1000 seeds .50 2.50 

 2150 Plumarius, Double Mixed, double pheasant's 



eye 1000 seeds .50 2.50 



2155 DIDISCUS COERULEUS, blue lace flower 500 seeds .35 1.50 



DIGITALIS (Fox Glove), gloxinoides. 



2170 Mixed Colors 500 seeds .35 1.00 



2180 Monstrosa Mixed 500 seeds .50 1.50 



DIMORPHOTHECA, (African Daisy). 



2185 Aurantiaca, golden orange 500 seeds .35 1.50 



2186 Aurantiaca, Hybrids, Mixed Colors 500 seeds .30 1.00 



2192 DOLICHOS Gigantea Atrosanguinea, giant 



crimson hyacinth bean 25 



2193 Gigantea Alba, giant white 25 



2198 DRACENA INDIVISA. Decorative center 



plant, etc 73 



ERIGERON Midsummer Daisy (Perennial). 

 2205 Speciosus. Color light lavender with yellow 



center 1000 seeds 1.00 



2214 

 2220 

 2222 

 2230 

 2232 

 2235 



2237 



2242 



2250 



2252 

 2254 



2255 

 2260 



2270 



2285 



2286 

 2287 

 2288 

 2390 

 2291 



2315 

 2320 



2333 

 2334 

 2335 

 2337 

 2342 

 2347 

 2350 



2362 



2364 

 2366 



2382 

 2383 

 2384 

 2390 



2400 



2410 



2423 

 2424 

 2427 

 2429 

 2440 

 2450 



2452 



2453 



2455 

 2462 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



Crimson King, red flowering 1000 seeds .20 .60 



Double, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .40 1.00 



Golden West, Yellow, mammoth flowering 60 



Single, Mixed Colors 60 



New Hybrids, Mixed 1.00 



EUPHORBIA Marginata. (Snow-on-th-moun- 



tain) foliage green, morginal white) 1.00 



Euphorbia Heterophylla or Annual Poin- 



settia. The leaves are glossy green turn. 



ing to scarlet in mid-summer 1.39 



FELICIA Bergerlana (King Fisher Daisy) Blue 



daisy-like flowers 500 seeds .75 



GAILLARDIA. 



Giant Hardy Hybrids, Mixed (Grandiflora 



Maxima) 1000 seeds .40 2.00 



Grandiflora Portola Hybrids 1000 seeds .40 2.00 



Burgundy. The shining wine red flowers 



about 2'/2 inches in diameter 1000 seeds .60 2.50 



Annual Varieties. 



Lorenziano "Gaiety" Double Mixed, annual 1.00 



Single Annual Varieties, Mixed 1.00 



GERBERA. 



Adnets New Hybrids, Mixed Colors 100 seeds .50 



1000 seeds 4.00 

 GERANIUM. 



Single Giant flowering hybrids, mixed colors 500 seeds .75 3.00 



GEUM. 



Lady Stratheden, Golden Yellow 1000 seeds .50 3.00 



Orange, Double Orange 1000 seeds. .50 3.00 



Mrs. Bradshaw, Orange Scarlet.- 1 ,000 seeds .40 3.00 



GLOBE AMARANTH, Mixed, fine everlasting 75 



Rubra, purplish red 73 



GODETIA. 



Sybil Sherwood. Salmon pink edged white.. 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Finest Mixed, garden annual 1.25 



GOURD. 



Giant Bottle 50 



Chinese Loofa 50 



Dipper-Shaped 50 



Hercules' Club 50 



Mock Orange 50 



Spoon 50 



Mixed Ornamental Varieties 50 



GYPSOPHILA. 



Paniculata, Double White, perennial, new 



(50% double) 1000 seeds .60 5.00 



Paniculata, white-flowers, perennial 50 



Elegans, Paris Market. Annual large snow 



white flowers. Per lb. $2.50 25 



HELICHRYSUM MONSTROSUM. 



Fireball 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Golden Ball 23o6 Silver Ball 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Rose Queen 2388 Violet Queen 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .25 1.25 



HELIOTROPE. 



Lemoine's Giant Hybrids, Mixed, grand 



flowers 1000 seeds .75 3.00 



HIBISCUS. 



Giant Flowered, Finest Mixed 1.50 



HOLLYHOCK. 



The following double varieties separately 500 seeds .50 3.00 



Double Canary Yellow 



Double Scarlet 2434 Double Salmon 



Double Maroon 2435 Double White 



Double Pink 



Extra Choice Double Mixed 500 seeds .40 2.50 



Henderson's Everblooming Annual Double 



and Semi-Double Mixed Colors 500 seeds .30 1.25 



Blooms the first season from spring sown 



seed. 

 HOLLYHOCK, Indian Spring (Annual) 



Actually blooming in five months from 



seed, with secondary blooms developing 



on side shoots, after main flowering stem 



is cut away. This species has semi-double 



to double fringed flowers in shades of 



pink, on four to five foot plants the first 



season 500 seeds .40 2.50 



HOLLYHOCK "INDIAN SUMMER" 



Annual Double Mixed (All America Prize 



Winner). This variety was obtained by 



crossing Hollyhock single flowering Indian 



Spring with Chafers double flowering and 



produces full double flowers in a good 



range of colors. Seeds should be sown 



indoors in February or March in order to 



have plants in bloom in August 500 seeds 3.00 



Single Flowering, Mixed Colors 500 seeds .25 1.00 



Double Imperator Mixed 500 seeds .40 2J0 



1950 CATALOG FOR MARKET GROWERS AND FLORISTS— PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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