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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Flower Seeds 



Chinese Forget-me-not (Cynoglossum amabile) 



A fine border plant growing 18 inches, producing sprays of bright blue flowers which bloom through- 

 out the summer. Bloom the first year from seed. 



2051 Pkt. 15c. 



Cardinal Climber or Scarlet Queen Cypress Vine 



2052 This is one of the most beautiful climbing annuals we know. The fringed foliage of rich 

 glossy green forms an effective background for the brilliant scarlet tubular flowers 1 to \JA 

 inches across. It grows rapidly to about 20 feet in height, free from insects, and is a beautiful 

 vine for trellis, piazza or pergola, being literally bespangled with flowers from July until 

 late fall. The seed is very hard-shelled and germinates quicker when started under glass, 

 but if sown in the open ground the seed should first be soaked for a few hours in warm water. 

 (See illustration.) Pkt. 15c. 



Cypress Vine. Pretty vines, growing to a height of 10 to 15 feet with delicate fern-like foliage 



and dainty star-shaped flowers ^i - «".'.'"'.'^ , j pkt - 1Wc ' 



2056 Scarlet. 2058 White. 2060 Mixed Colors. 



Dahlias from Seeds 



Beautiful Dahlias may be grown and flowered in late summer and autumn from spring-sown 

 seed if the seed is sown indoors or in a hotbed in February or March and the young plants trans- 

 planted to the open ground after danger from frost. . 



2065 Cactus-flowered. Double. Mixed Colors. Saved from choicest Cactus-flowered varieties. 



Pkt. 25c. 



2070 Dahlia Coltuess Hybrids. Very distinct plants 18 inches high, covered with charming 



single flowers including pink, red, yellow, purple, mauve, white, and combinations. (See 



illustration.) Mixed Colors • ■ • Pkt. 25c. 



2072 Collarette, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorned with a collar of small petals 



around the center, novel and beautiful Pkt. 25c. 



2074 Colossal. A French race producing vari-colored flowers that attains the extraordinary 

 dimensions of 8 inches in diameter. They are composed of three or more whorls of wide 

 overlapping petals. • • ^j. ^ • Doub , e ■ <ji.„t-fl„,verini ^Dec^ 



ative. This grand new race produces flowers 

 often 7 to 8 inches in diameter, very double 

 and in form intermediate between the formal 

 show Dahlias and the narrow curled-petaled 



Cactus Dahlia Pkt. 25c. 



2080 Single Giant Perfection. Mixed. Im- 

 mense single flowers of various colors, 

 including many beautifully striped and 

 spotted sorts Pkt. 25c. 



Henderson's 



Superb Delphiniums 



or Hardy Perennial Larkspurs 



These varieties are very charming and beautiful, and quite indispensable in the hardy 

 border. The immense flower stalks are garnished to the tip with large blossoms, showing wonderful 

 combinations of color, and they all flower about the same time. Besides white and lemon (which 

 is dwarf) the colors are lavender, blue, indigo, purple of various shades, some of them with 

 various colors softly blended together. (See illustration.) 



2084 Delphinium Sinensis. Blue Butterfly. A beautiful blue variety of compact growth. 

 This is a perennial but blooms the first year if seed is sown early. Height 18 inches. 



Pkt. I5c. 



2085 Hybridum Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. A greatly improved variety of the "Bella- 

 donna" Larkspur; it retains the early and continuous blooming habit and the light, azure 

 blue color, but the flowers are much larger, of better substance, and the stems are from 

 5 to 7 feet high; the upper 2 to 3 feet form a huge branching raceme of fine, well-placed 

 flowers Pkt. 2Sc. 



2087 Formosum. This popular variety produces long, spur-shaped flowers on loose spikes 

 about a foot long. The color is deep blue with a white center. The branching plants grow 

 from 2 to 3 feet nigh. Excellent for the perennial border and for naturalizing. Extremely 

 fine for cutting. Will thrive in any good garden soil and do well in partial shade. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 75c.j Pkt. 15c. 



2088 Lemon Gem (Delphinium nudicale). A very hardy dwarf-growing type of'the perennial 

 larkspur originally discovered in Northern California. The plant grows from 1 to \% 

 feet high, and its numerous branches are surmounted with spikes of clear yellow flowers. 

 This is by far the best yellow Delphinium ever introduced Pkt. 35c. 



2090 Giant and Double Superb Hybrids. A splendid race of these popular hardy, garden 

 plants. The blossoms are of immense size, single, semi-double and double, dressing the 

 graceful, towering spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of their length. The colors range from white 

 and lavender, through every shade of blue from azure to indigo and purple, several shades 

 being blended in some of the varieties. The plants grow from 6 to 10 feet in height and are 

 very desirable and valuable in the garden during the spring and early summer. These 

 improved hybrids should be planted in groups dotted here and there at intervals in the 

 herbaceous border. Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds $1.00: Pkt. 25c. 



2100 Single. Fine Mixed Colors. Ptr 1.000 seeds. SOc.t Pkt. 10c 



"In my /lower garden I have in bloom a profusion of great spikes covered with fine large showy flowers 

 of Hardy Delphinium raised from your seeds. Everyone admires them and I am sure I am mighty 

 pleased to say I own and raised such fine flowers." 



Mrs. SOLOMON L. LYNN, 



Bicknell, Tnd. 



Sturdier plants, larger flowers, and a greater profusion of bloom are the results of the liberal use of Henderson's Garden Fertilizer. 



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