PETER HENDERSO N frCO.,IMEW YORK- 



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DOUBLE DAHLIAS from seed 



These flower the first season if sown early. 

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

 CACTUS DAHLIA, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the choicest show varieties 

 OSTRICH PLUME. A unique new type producing attractive 



.Pkt. 10c. 

 10c 



double and semi-double flowers composed of 



long petals, gracefully curled and twisted. 



Colors, white, rose, cream, etc. — usually 



spotted and striped with purple and red. 



Pkt. 25c. 



Single Dahlias 



FROM SEED. 



Although perennials these will flower the 

 first season from seed if sown early. 



20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 

 to 6 inches across, white, marked carmine 

 and pink; very handsome Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense sin- 

 gle flowers of various colors, including 

 many beautifully striped and spotted sorts. 



Pkt. 10c. 



COLLERETTE, Mixed Colors. Flowers of vari- 

 ous colors, adorned with a collar of small 

 petals around the centre, novel and beauti- 

 ful Pkt. 15c. 



COLOSSAL. A new French race producing 

 flowers that attain the extraordinary dimen- 

 sions, 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 — in the manner of cer- 

 tain Japanese Paxmias. The stems are long 

 and rigid, bearing the flowers well above 

 the foliage; the colors are rich and varied. 

 A novelty of great merit Pkt. 15c. 



LUCIFER. A new black -leaved variety form- 

 ing compact bushes 2(4 feet high, bearing 

 large single dark scarlet flowers. This va- 

 riety is valuable not only for its brilliant 

 flowers, but the rich, maroon-black foliage 

 render it a very effective garden plant, 

 especially when bedded out, in contrast 

 with Cannas or other green-leaved plants. 



Pkt. 10c. 



DIGITALIS, 



OR FOXGLOVE. 



GLOXINIA FLOWERED. These im- 

 proved Foxgloves are very showy, 

 hardy plants; they are easy to grow 

 and produce freely spikes, 4 to 5 feet 

 high, well furnished with large Glox- 

 inia-like flowers of various colors, 

 including white, cream, rose, red and 

 other shades, all of which have beau- 

 tiful throat markings, spots and 

 blotches of purple, maroon, etc. 

 They are more robust than the ordi- 

 nary garden Digitalis, have stouter 

 stems and larger flowers. 

 Gloxinia Flowered, white, spotted 

 Pkt. 



lilac spotted " 



purple spotted" 



rose spotted 



Mixed Colors " 



Collection of 

 4 separate sorts Pkt 



DIGITALIS MONSTROSA, Mixed Colors. 

 A very unique and beautiful type, 

 producing long spikes of large flowers 

 of various colors, many of which are 

 beautifully spotted, etc., but the strik- 

 ing feature of this strain is the 

 enormous bell-shaped blossom that 

 tops each spike of flowers. . .Pkt. 15c 



FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS. 



DELPHINIUM, 



♦ ♦ OR HARDY .. 

 •• LARKSPUR. •• 



GIANT DOUBLE HYBRIDS. A splen- 

 did race of these popular hardy garden 

 plants. The individual blossoms are 

 of immense size, semi-double and per- 

 fectly double, dressing the graceful, 

 towering spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of 

 their length. The colors range from 

 white and lavender up through every 

 conceivable shade of blue to deep 

 indigo and purple, several shades 

 being blended in some of the varie- 

 ties. 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. Mixed 

 Colors Pkt. - . 



HYBRIDUM NANUM. A new semi- 

 dwarf type of single-flowering hardy 

 perennial Larkspurs, each plant pro- 

 ducing several well-furnished flower 

 spikes, 3 to 3'2 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 sea- 

 son Pkt . 15c. 



FORMOSA GIANT. This beautiful hardy 

 larkspur grows about 3 1 j feet high — 

 bearing from June to October long 

 spikes of velvety, indigo-blue flowers 

 of giant size, nearlv 2 inches across. 

 Pk: 



Zalil. (Hardy Yellow Larkspur.) Pro- 

 duces freely long spikes of 40 ' 

 sulphur yellow blossoms, each 1 inch 

 in diameter, flowering from June until 

 August, plant thriftv and bushy. 3 

 to 4 feet Pkt. 10c. 



