HENDERSON'S 



SUPERIOR 

 STRAINS OF 



FLOWER SEEDS 



FOR 



FLORISTS 



2035 

 2037 

 2038 

 2046 

 2047 

 2048 

 2050 



2051 



205 IB 



Trade Packet 



Per 





of about 



oz. 



2214 

 2220 

 2222 

 2230 

 2232 

 2235 



Trade Packet 

 of about 



Per 

 oz. 



2052 



2070 

 2077 



2080 



2084 



2087A 



2090 



2091A 

 2092A 

 2093A 

 2094A 

 2095A 



2101 

 2102 



2110 

 2118 



2134 



2139 

 2141 

 2145 

 2150 



2155 



2170 

 2180 



2185 

 2186 



2192 



2193 



2198 



2205 



CYCLAMEN, Persicum, Giganteum 



Pure White 



White with Carmine eye 



Glowing bright Red 



Dark Red 



Lilac 



Fiery Salmon 



Mixed 



Price of above per 100 seeds, $2.50; per 



500 seeds, $11.00; per 1000 seeds, $20.00. 



CYNOGLOSSUM AMABILE (Chinese Forget- 

 me-not), blue 50 



Firmament. A welcome new dwarf type of 

 Chinese Forget-me-not. Trial reports show 

 it a true and uniform stock, 15 to 18 

 inches tall and bushy, of rich blue color, 

 always in great demand and should prove 

 the most popular of all Cynoglossums 1.00 



CYPRESS VINE. Annual climber. 



Scarlet Queen or "Cardinal Climber" 2.50 



DAHLIA. 



Coltness Hybrids, Mixed Colors 500 seeds .50 2.00 



Unwins Ideal Dwarf Hybrids, semi-double 



and double types, mixed colors 500 seeds .75 3.00 



Giant Perfection, Single Mixed 500 seeds .50 2.00 



DELPHINIUM. (Hardy Larkspur). 



Chinensis Blue Butterfly. Compact growth 1000 seeds .40 2.00 



Bellamosum. Deep blue 500 seeds .60 3.00 



Giant Hybrids, Single and Double, Mixed 



Colors 1000 seeds .60 3.00 



Delphinium Pacific Strain Hybrids 



(Vetterle & Reinelt). 



This strain has been acclaimed by experts 

 as the most prominent one in America. 

 They produce huge flowers and spikes 

 and are comparatively mildew resistant. 



Cameliard Series. Colors range from clear 

 to lilac lavender. 



Summer Skies Series. Colors range from 

 light to medium blue. 



Blue Jay Series. Colors range from medi- 

 um to dark blue. 



Lancelot Series. Light pink lavender self, 

 white bee. 



Galahad Series. Glistening white. 

 Prices of the above, 500 seeds, $1.25; 

 1/4 oz., $4.00; oz., $14.00. 

 Mixed Colors. 500 seeds $1.00; V 4 oz., 



$3.50; oz., $12.00. 

 Wrexham Strain, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .75 4.00 



DIANTHUS, Double Annual Pinks. 



Crown of Perfection, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed, 



laciniatus fl. pi 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



Single Annual Pinks. 



Giant Ruffled and Frilled, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



Hardy Perennial Pinks. 



Allwoodii Alpinus, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds 1 .00 4.00 



Sweet Wivelsfield 1 000 seeds .40 1.50 



Double Dwarf Grass Pinks, Mixed Colors .... 1 000 seeds .50 2.50 

 Plumarius, Double Mixed, double pheasant's 



eye 1000 seeds .50 2.50 



DIDISCUS COERULEUS, blue lace flower 500 seeds .35 1.50 



DIGITALIS (Fox Glove), gloxinoides. 



Mixed Colors 500 seeds .35 1.00 



Monstrosa Mixed 500 seeds .50 1.50 



DIMORPHOTHECA, (African Daisy). 



Aurantiaca, golden orange 500 seeds .35 1.50 



Aurantiaca, Hybrids, Mixed Colors 500 seeds .30 1.00 



DOLICHOS Gigantea Atrosanguinea, giant 



crimson hyacinth bean 25 



Gigantea Alba, giant white 25 



DRACAENA INDIVISA. Decorative center 



plant, etc 75 



ERIGERON Midsummer Daisy (Perennial). 

 Speciosus. Color light lavender with yellow 



center 1 000 seeds 1 .00 



2237 



2242 



2250 



2252 

 2254 



2255 

 2260 



2270 



2285 



2286 

 2287 

 2288 

 2390 

 2291 



2315 

 2320 



2333 

 2334 

 2335 

 2337 

 2342 

 2347 

 2350 



2362 



2364 

 2366 



2382 

 2383 

 2384 

 2390 



2400 



2410 



2423 

 2424 

 2427 

 2429 



2440 

 2450 



2452 



2453 



2455 

 2462 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



Crimson King, red flowering 1000 seeds .20 .60 



Double, Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .40 1.00 



Golden W«st, Yellow, mammoth flowering 60 



Single, Mixed Colors 60 



New Hybrids, Mixsd 1.00 



EUPHORBIA Marginata. (Snow-on-th-moun- 



tain) foliage green, morginal white) 1.00 



Euphorbia Heterophylla or Annual Poin- 



settia. The leaves are glossy green turn. 



ing to scarlet in mid-summer 1.50 



FELICIA Bergeriana (King Fisher Daisy) Blue 



daisy-like flowers 500 seeds .75 



GAILLARDIA. 



Giant Hardy Hybrids, Mixed (Grandiflora 



Maxima) 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



Grandiflora Portola Hybrids 1000 seeds .40 1.50 



Burgundy. The shining wine red flowers 



about 2Vz inches in diameter 1000 seeds .60 2.50 



Annual Varieties. 



Lorenziana "Gaiety" Double Mixed, annual 1.00 



Single Annual Varieties, Mixed 1.00 



GERBERA. 



Adnets New Hybrids, Mixed Colors 100 seeds .50 



1000 seeds 4.00 

 GERANIUM. 

 Single Giant flowering hybrids, mixed colors 500 seeds .75 5.00 



GEUM. 



Lady Stratheden, Golden Yellow..' 1000 seeds .50 3.00 



Orange, Double Orange 1000 seeds. .50 3.00 



Mrs. Bradshaw, Orange Scarlet 1,000 seeds .40 3.00 



GLOBE AMARANTH, Mixed, fine everlasting 75 



Rubra, purplish red 75 



GODETIA. 



Sybil Sherwood. Salmon pink edged white.. 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Finest Mixed, garden annual 1.25 



GOURD. 



Giant Bottle 50 



Chinese Luffa 50 



Dipper-Shaped 50 



Hercules' Club 50 



Mock Orange 50 



Spoon 50 



Mixed Ornamental Varieties 50 



GYPSOPHILA. » 



Paniculata, Double White, perennial, new 



(50% double) 1000 seeds .60 5.00 



Paniculata, white-flowers, perennial 50 



Elegans, Paris Market. Annual large snow 



white flowers. Per lb. $2.50 25 



HELICHRYSUM MONSTROSUM. 



Fireball 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Golden Ball 2386 Silver Ball 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Rose Queen 2388 Violet Queen 1000 seeds .35 1.50 



Mixed Colors 1000 seeds .25 1.25 



HELIOTROPE. 



Lemoine's Giant Hybrids, Mixed, grand 



flowers 1000 seeds .75 3.00 



HIBISCUS. 



Giant Flowered, Finest Mixed 1-50 



HOLLYHOCK. 



Double Canary Yellow 



Double Scarlet 2434 Double Salmon 



Double Maroon 2435 Double White 



Double Pink 



The above double varieties separately 500 seeds .50 2.50 



Extra Choice Double Mixed 500 seeds .40 2.00 



Henderson's Everblooming Annual Double 



and Semi-Double Mixed Colors 500 seeds .30 1.25 



Blooms the first season from spring sown 



seed. 

 HOLLYHOCK, Indian Spring (Annual) 



Actually blooming in five months from 



seed, with secondary blooms developing 



on side shoots, after main flowering stem 



is cut away. This species has semi-double 



to double fringed flowers in shades of 



pink, on four to five foot plants the first 



season 500 seeds .40 2.50 



HOLLYHOCK "INDIAN SUMMER" 



Annual Double Mixed (All America Prize 



Winner). This variety was obtained by 



crossing Hollyhock single flowering Indian 



Spring with Chafers double flowering and 



produces full double flowers in a good 



range of colors. Seeds should be sown 



indoors in February or March in order to 



have plants in bloom in August 500 seeds 1 .00 4.00 



Single Flowering, Mixed Colors 500 seeds .25 1.00 



Double Imperator Mixed 500 seeds .40 2.50 



1951 CATALOG FOR MARKET GROWERS AND FLORISTS— PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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