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PETER HENDERSON ft. CO., NEW YORK 



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SIBERIAN EDELWEISS. 



This beautiful "Everlasting" is a hardy perennial growing about one foot 



in height being larger than the famous Alpine Edelweiss. The star shaped 



wooly white flowers being fully as large again. It also thrives 



better under cultivation and in low latitudes than the alpine 



type Especially suited for rock gardens and hillsides. Pkt. 15c. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIAS. 



Eschscholtzias (California Poppies) are among our most 

 beautiful and popular annuals, being of the easiest cul- 

 ture. From spring-sown seeds they flower profusely until 



late in the autumn, making them invaluable for bedding. 



The plants are of dwarf branching habit about 1 



foot high. 



Golden West. Flowers of immense size, often 4 inches 

 in diameter. The colors are intense and shining yellows. 

 In some an orange blotch almost suffuses the whole 

 flower, in others it runs into the yellow in fine penciled 

 lines, others again have an orange centre with a margin 



of clear yellow Pkt. 10c. 



The Mikado. This new "California Poppy" produces 

 large saucer-shaped flowers of a lustrous orange-crim- 

 son. It received an award of merit from the English 



Royal Horticultural Society Pkt. 25c. 



Crimson King. The best of the red flowering varieties. 

 Flowers about 3 inches across; exterior bright crimson, 

 interior rich satiny carmine; plant bushy and compact, 

 about 1 foot high by 15 inches across. It flowers freely 



and continuously during the summer Pkt. 10c. 



Dainty Queen. Of compact-growth with flowers of creamy 

 blush tinted coral-pink, deepening in shade towards the 



;dges . Pkt. 10c. 



Erecta Compacta Mandarin. In this charming new va- 

 riety we have an entirely new habit in Eschscholtzias. The 

 plants are of upright, compact, bushy form, producing freely 

 large flowers of rich, deep orange color, shaded crimson. Pkt. 10c. 



BUSH ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



(Hunnemannia fumaricefolia.) 

 Grows into a bush 2 feet high, with the beautiful foliage of the 

 Eschscholtzia enlarged. Large cup-shaped flowers, 3 inches across, 

 on stems 12 inches long; the color is of clear bright yellow, con- 

 trasting vividly with the bunch of golden stamens in the centre; the 

 petals are broad, overlapping and crinkled like crushed yellow 

 satin. Plants, from seed sown early, commence to bloom in July 

 and continue to flower for months Pkt. 10c. 



GIANT 



^ B T D GAILLARDIAS. 



The flowers are extraordinarily large, often 4 to 5 inches across, and very' highly 

 colored in great diversity of variations and blendings, including such combinations as 

 scarlet with gold edge, blood-red with yellow edge, yellow with orange disk, golden 

 with scarlet border, pure yellow, fiery-crimson and many others. These magnificent 

 Gaillardias are hardy perennials, compact in growth and produce a constant succession 

 of flowers summer and fall; grown in large grouns they are gorgeously effective. 

 As cut flowers they are almost unrivaled; the brilliant flowers, on long stems, "vase" 

 handsomely, and last in water for days. 

 Giant Hardy Hybrid Gaillardia, Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



GERBERA 



ADNET'S 

 NEW 



HYBRIDS. 



Gerbera Jamesoni — The Scarlet "Transvaal Daisy" has for a decade been a popular 

 plant for greenhouse culture, producing in perpetual succession throughout the year 

 and for several years, large, gracefully petalled, marguerite-like flowers, 4 inches 

 across, of vivid orange-scarlet on stout stems 12 to 18 inches in length. 



These new hybrids created in France by Mon. Adnet were the sensation of the 

 European floral world the past season, receiving great distinction wherever exhibited, 

 including highest awards at the Paris, Berlin and London flower shows. 



These Gerbera hybrids possess the characteristics of the parents (C. Jamesoni x G. 

 Vividiflora) with added merits; they are hardier, make showy specimens in pots, 

 flowering profusely in any window or conservatory' where carnations or geraniums 

 thrive and they even luxuriate in the garden during summer in warm, sunny positions 

 where they will produce a wealth of bloom from June to September. 



The colors include a galaxy of incomparable delicacy and richness, in which an infinity 

 of tints, from pure white through yellow, orange, salmon, rose, cerise and ruby-red to 

 violet are represented. Sometimes the coloring of the disk differs from that of the 

 rays. These superbly beautiful, large, long-stemmed flowers are unsurpassed when 

 cut for bouquets and other artistic decorations, being of splendid substance, they main- 

 tain their freshness for days and if the stems are in water thev last for two weeks. 



They are easily grown from seed — and although half-hardy perennials, will commence 

 blooming the first season, the older plants will of course produce the greatest abun- 

 dance of bloom, therefore for garden culture the plants may be wintered over safely 

 in a coldframe with pansies, bellis, etc. 



Full instructions for growing from seed — and after cultivation with every packet Pkt. 50c. 



GERBERA NEW GIANT SCARLET. 



An American improvement of the Scarlet Transvaal Daisy-Gerbera Jamesoni, the 

 flowers half as large again, measuring 5 to R inches across and are borne in continuous 

 abundance on stems 2 to 3 feet in length: color intense scarlet, grand for cutting. 

 Cultural instructions with every packet Pkt. 30c. 



Henderson's Superior Seeds 



are only 

 supplied by us 



direct to our customers ; they are not sold in stores. 



