From PETER HENDERSON & CO, NEW YORK 



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HENDERSON'S Flower Seed Collections 



Choice Varieties — Profusion of Bloom — Easy Culture 



The varieties mentioned on this page may be readily found by turning to index on Page 204 



The collections offered on this and the opposite page contain many of 

 the choicest varieties of Henderson's Famous Flowers. For the beginner 

 in garden making, who is not familiar with varieties, no better means are 

 provided for the selection of a good representative assortment of garden 

 flowers than is furnished here. The experienced gardener knows that a 

 great saving both in time and money will be enjoyed by purchasing 

 these collections. 



Annual Flower Seeds complete the cycle of their existence in one year. 

 The seed is sown either directly in the open ground or indoors according to 

 the instructions printed on the packages. Therefore, if an immediate display 

 of flowers is desired, annuals should be grown. See collection on this page. 



Perennial Flower Seeds produce flowering plants one year after 

 the seed is sown. This class is perfectly hardy and is used where a perma- 

 nent effect is desired in borders, foreground planting for hardy shrubs and 

 the like, as they bloom year after year. See Forget-me-not Collection page 84. 



Henderson's "Garden Beautiful" Collection of Annual Flower Seeds 



FOR GARDEN, BEDS. 

 4701 Collection of 26 Kinds — Enumerated below, S1.2S 



Ageratum, Blue Perfection. Compact bushes. 8 inches, blue flowers. > 

 X Alyssum, Little Gem. An improved white Sweet Alyssum. 

 X Aster. Giant Comet. 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. Ostrich-Plumed, Mixed. Brilliantly showy, free-flowering. 

 X Cosmos, Giant-Flowering, Mixed. Fall-flowering, fine and showy. 

 X Dianthus, Double Diadem Pinks. Various colors. 



Eschscholtzia, Golden West. Large flowering, California Poppies. 



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



Larkspur, Giant Hyacinth-Flowered, Mixed Colors. Large, 



showy spikes. 

 X Marigold, Pride of the Garden, Mixed Colors. 



Improved African. 



FOR PORCHES, PERGOLAS. 

 FENCES. ETC. 



THE HENDERSON COLLECTION OF SEEDS OF 



Climbing Annuals 



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

 4731 Collection of 12 Kinds — Enumerated below, 75c. 



Balloon Vine. White flowers, succeeded by balloon pods. 10 feet. 

 Canary-Bird Vine. Yellow butterfly-like flowers. 15 feet. 

 Cobaea Scandens. Large bell-shaped, rich blue flowers. 20 feet. 

 Cypress Vine, Mixed. Feathery foliage, star-shap.ed flowers, 15 feet. 

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

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

 Mina Lobata. Luxuriant climber, with clusters of blood-red flowers. 20 ft. 

 Moon Flower Vine. Immense white flowers. 50 to 75 feet. 

 Morning Glories, Imperial Japanese. Magnificent colors. 30 feet. 

 Nasturtium. Giant-Flowering, Climbing, Mixed Colors. 10 feet. 

 Sweet Peas, Giant Spencer, Mixed. The finest strain. 10 feet. 

 Thunbergia, Mixed Colors. Charming, vine, flowering freely. 6 ft. 



BORDERS. ETC. 



4702 Collection of 12 Kinds, Prefixed X, for 75c. 



Mignonette, Bird's Mammoth. Long, large spikes of fragrant 



flowers. 

 Nasturtium, Giant-Flowering, Tom Thumb. Mixed Colors. 

 Pansy, Bedding, Finest Mixed. Large flowers of beautiful colors. 

 Petunia, Large-Flowering. Single. Mixed. Blotched, striped. 

 Phlox, Drummondii, Large Flowering Mixed. Improved varieties. 

 Poppy, Giant Double, Brilliant Mixture. Immense flowers showy. 

 Portulaca, Double Mixed. Showy for edges or low beds. 

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

 Scabiosa Maxima, Double Mixed Colors. Large-flowering Sweet. 

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

 Sunflower "Cut-and-Come-Again." Bushy plants, 3 to 4 feet. 

 Verbena. Mammoth. Mixed. Large flowers scarlet, white, blue, pink. 

 Zinnia, Large, Double, Mixed Colors. Immense double flowers. 



THE HENDERSON COLLECTION OF SEEDS OF 



FOR WALLS, PERGOLAS, 



Climbing Perennials 



ETC., ETC. 



4731 Collection of 7 Kinds — Enumerated below, 50c. 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii. The Japanese or Boston Ivy, clings to walls, 



etc. 30 feet. + 



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



feet. 

 Bignonia Grandiflora. Trumpet Creeper clusters of orange-red flowers. 



40 feet. 

 Clematis Paniculata. A mass of white star-like flowers in autumn. 



30 feet. 

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

 Lathyrus Latifolius, Mixed Everlasting Pea. Sweet Pea-like flowers. 



6 to 8 feet. 

 Wistaria Sinensis. Pendant clusters of blue flowers. 25 to 40 feet. 



"In 1907. my son Alfred, 11-year-old. entered the flower contest of the 

 public schools in competition with about forty others; having <js a foundation 

 one of your $1.25 collections of annuals and winning first prize in garden, 

 first on Sweet Peas, one color, fourth on mixed colors; third on Zinnias, 

 second on Cosmos and special mention." 



R. ft. KXOWLTOX, White Bear. Minn. 



What One Customer Did with Henderson's Flower Seed Collections 



The illustration below was made from a photo, sent to us by Mrs H. A. 

 Heilnian, Kittanniny, Pa. It shows the flower gardens surrounding her 

 bungalow, about forty miles north of Pittsburgh. The flowers in the 

 various beds and borders were mostly raised from Henderson's Flower 

 Seed Collections, excepting where larger quantities were required, some 

 varieties being planted directly on the ground, and other varieties sown 

 in boxes and transplanted later to the beds. Mrs. Heilman says in her 

 letter describing the photo, "The arches are covered with Japanese Morn- 

 ing Glories, not yet in flower, but the beds and borders are brilliant in 

 color, but the photograph does not show them off. The long beds alonp 

 the arches are borders of dwarf Marigold. Phlox. Zinnia, annual Chrysan- 

 themum. Gaillardia, Portulaca, California Poppy, Snapdragon, Xemesia, 



Balsam, Matricaria, etc. The borders in the background, too. are radiant 

 with all colors imaginable. Here also are planted climbers and some tall 

 foliage plant such as Castor Oil Bean (Ricinus), Cosmos and Xicotiana. 

 The climbers are Canary Bird Vine, Cardinal Climber — which is very fine 

 — and more of the Japanese Morning Glories. In making my garden I 

 used two collections and also 4 packets each of Portulaca, Nemophila, 

 Lavatera,- Phlox and Japanese Morning Glory." 



The plan will enable anyone to make a similar garden, and the fact that 

 all the flowers in it are raised from seed, places such a garden within the 

 reach of everybody. The round bed on one side of the plan is not shown 

 but it should be made the same size as the one on the other side, using 

 dwarf Antirrhinum for the center and Phlox drummondii for the border. 



Our 24 page booklet, Henderson's Flowers for American Gardens, tells you in an easily understood manner, how to grow 



flowers in these collections. Ask for a copy — it's free 



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