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Many of our most beautiful garden flowers are raised from seeds. Considering their ease of 



culture, the quick results, gorgeous effect and low cost of flower seeds, they should be more 



extensively employed for garden decoration in this country. In the gardens of Europe immense 



quantitiesof flower seeds are utilized, with which an endless variety of happy effects are produced. 



To aid in popularizing flower seeds, we have collated collections for different purposes. These 



collections are composed of only tried and choice kinds studiously selected to furnish a varied, profuse 



and continuous display of flowers throughout the season, including some that are equally valuable as 



cut flowers for vases, etc. 



We offer these collections at lowest possible prices consistent with high quality 



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_•) THE HENDEKSON COLLECTION OF 



ANNUAL FLOWEK SEEDS 



FOR GARDENS, BEDS, BORDERS, ETC. 



(Sown in the spring these rapidly attain perfection and flower the same season.) 



25 Kinds, Enumerated Below, $1.00, Mailed Free. 



Ageratum, Blue Perfection, compact oval bushes, 8 in. high, deep blue flowers. 



Alyssum, Little Gem, an improved white Sweet Alyssum. 



Aster, Paeony-Perfection, Double, Mixed Colors, one of the best Asters. 



Calliopsis, Golden Wave, large golden flowers, freely produced. 



Candytuft, Empress, Hyacinth-like spikes of white flowers. 



Celosia, Crimson Ostrich-Plumed, brilliantly showy, free-flowering. 



Cosmos, Giant-Flowering, Mixed, fall-flowering, fine and showy. 



Dianthus, Double Diadem Pinks, various colors, edged and marbled. 



Eschscholtzia, Golden West, large -flowering California Poppies. 



Hollyhock, Henderson's Annual Ever-Blooming, Mixed Colors. 



Larkspur, Giant Hyacinth-Flowered, Mixed Colors, large, showy spikes. 



Marigold, Pride of the Garden, Mixed Colors, Improved African Marigolds. 



Mignonette, Bird's Mammoth, long, large spikes of fragrant flowers 



Nasturtium, Giant Flowering Tom Thumb, large flowers of various colors. 



Pansies, German, Finest Mixed, large flowers of many beautiful colors 



Petunia, Large-Flowering, Single, Mixed, various colors, blotched, striped. 



Phlox Drummondii, Large-Flowering, Mixed, improved varieties. 



Poppy, Giant Double, Brilliant Mixture, immense flowers, very showy. 



Portulaca, Double, Mixed, showy for edgings or low beds. 



Salvia Bonfire, Improved Scarlet Sage, compact and bushy, vivid scarlet. 



Scabiosa Maxima, Double, Mixed Colors, large-flowering Sweet Scabious 



Stocks, Large-Flowering Dwarf, Double, 10 Weeks, Mixed Colors. 



Sunflower, "Cut and Come Again," Single, Mixed, bushy plants. 3 to 4 ft. 



Verbena, Mammoth, Mixed, large flowers of scarlet, white, blue, pink, etc. 



Zinnia, Mammoth, Double, Mixed Colors, immense double flowers. 



THE HENDERSON COLLECTION OF SEEDS OF 



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(Sown in the spring these rapidly attain perfection and flower the same season.) 



12 Kinds, Enumerated Below, 50c, Mailed Free. 



Baloon Vine, white flowers, succeeded by balloon-like seed pods 10 ft 

 Canary-Bird Vine, yellow butterfly-like flowers. 15 ft 



Cobcea Scandens, beautiful climber, large bell-shaped, rich blue flowers 2Q ft 

 Cypress Vine, Mixed, feathery foliage, star-shaped flowers, red, white, etc, 15ft. 

 Dolichos, Giant Crimson, Wistaria-like clusters of crimson flowers 10 ft 

 Humulus, Japanese Variegated, foliage striped silver and green. 20 ft. 

 Mina Sanguinea, luxuriant climber, with clusters of blood-red flowers. 20 ft 

 Moon-Flower Vine, luxuriant vine, with immense white flowers. 50 to 75 ft. 

 Morning Glories, Imperial Japanese, Mixed, magnificent colors. 30 ft 

 Nasturtium, Giant-Flowering Climbing, Mixed Colors, new colors. 10 ft. 

 Sweet Peas, Giant Hybrids, Mixed, the finest strain; no dull colors. 

 Xhunbergia, Mixed Colors, charming, neat vine, flowering freely 6 ft 



THE HENDERSON COLLECTION OF 



HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 



FOFk GARDENS, BORDERS AND CROUPS. 



(They flower the second year and thereafter.) 



25 Kinds, Enumerated Below, $1.00. 



Achillea Ptarmica, fl. pi., double white flowers, borne profusely in summer. 

 Alyssum Saxatile Compacta, spring-blooming, hardy Alyssum, yellow. 

 Aquilegia or Columbine, Large-Flowering Hybrids, beautiful new colors. 

 Asters, Hardy, Large-Flowering Hybrids, Improved Michaelmas Daisies. 

 Canterbury Bells, Calycanthema, Mixed, the "Cup and Saucer" type. 

 Candytuft Gibraltica, rose and white hardy Candytuft. 

 Carnation, Hardy Garden, Mixed Colors, double fragrant flowers. 

 Coreopsis Lanceolata, Harvest Moon, large golden-yellow flowers. 

 Delphinium, Large Single Hybrids, Mixed Colors, perennial Larkspurs. 

 Dianthus Plumarius, Double Mixed, the Pheasant's Eye or Grass Pinks. 

 Digitalis Gloxinioides, Mixed, the finest strain of Foxglove, various colors. 

 Gaillardia Grandiflora Maxima, Mixed, flowers 3 in. across red, yellow, etc. 

 Hollyhock, Extra Choice Double, Mixed Colors, many beautiful colors. 

 Lobelia, Hardy Hybrids, Mixed, improved types of the Cardinal Flower. 

 Pentstemon, Finest Mixed, large. Foxglove-like flowers of brilliant colors. 

 Phlox, Hardy Large-Flowering Hybrids, Mixed, heads of large flowers 

 Platycodon Mariesi, Mixed Colors, compact bushes with bell-shaped flowers. 

 Poppy, Hardy Oriental Hybrids, Mixed, immense flowers, 4 to 6 in. across. 

 Pyrethrum, Large-Flowering Hybrids, Mixed, single Daisy-like flowers. 

 Scabiosa Caucasica, saucer-shaped flowers, 2Vi in. across, of lovely light blue. 

 Stokesia Cyanea, the hardy Cornflower Aster, blue flowers, 4 in. across. 

 Sweet Rocket, Mixed Colors, fragrant purple or white flowers, old favorites. 

 Sweet William, Large-Flowering, Single, Mixed, rich colors. 

 Tritoma Uvaria Grandiflora (Red-Hot Poker), spikes of fire-red flowers. 

 Wall-Flower, Double Large-Flowering, Mixed Colors, fragrant flowers. 



THE HENDERSON COLLECTION OF SEEDS OF 



HARDY CLIMBERS 



(For permanent positions; flowering after the first year.) 



12 Kinds, Enumerated Below, 50c 



Adlumia Cirrhosa, Mountain Fringe Vine, feathery foliage. 15 ft. 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii, the Japanese or Boston Ivy, clings to walls, etc. 30 ft. 

 Aristolochia Sipho, Dutchman's Pipe Vine, luxuriant climber. 30 ft. 

 Asparagus Verticillatus, feathery foliage, scarlet berries. 10 ft. 

 Bignonia Grandiflora, Trumpet Creeper, clusters or orange-red flowers. 10 E1 

 Celastrus Scandens, Climbing Bitter-Sweet, orange berries. 20 ft. 

 Centrosema Grandiflora, purple and white Pea-like flowers. 10 ft. 

 Clematis Paniculata, a mass of white star-like flowers in autumn. 30 ft. 

 English Ivy (Hedera Helix), well-known climber for shady situations 40 ft. 

 Kudzu Vine. Grows rapidly: pea-shaped, purple flowers. 40 to 50 feet. 

 Lathyrus Latifolius, Mixed, Everlasting Pea, Sweet Pea-like flowers, 6 to 8 ft. 

 Wistaria Sinensis, pendant clusters of blue flowers 25 to 40 feet. 



FULL CULTURE INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED on ALL PACKETS of HENDERSON'S FLOWER SEEDS. 



