Henderson’s Popular Perennials for Florists 
It pays to devote a part of your land to the production of Hardy Perennials for cut flowers. Most of those listed on this page, 
will if started in a greenhouse in February, produce plants large enough to bloom the first season. 
COREOPSIS 
' 1993 New Double. This semi-double form of 
this hardy perennial is proving to be 
very popular and valuable for cutting 
and for the hardy border; color, bright 
yellow. Pkt., 15c.; Per 500 seeds, 40c.; 
Per O2., 75c. 
! 1995 Mayfield Giant. Is of Australian 
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origin and the best yet introduced. It 
produces a taller and more vigorous 
plant than others, with longer and firmer 
stems and larger individual blooms. 
The color is intense yellow. Both for 
the border and for cutting we can 
strongly recommend this excellent new 
strain. Pkt., 15c.; Per 500 seeds, 40c.; 
Per Oz., 75c. 
GAILLARDIA 
Giant Hardy Hybrid, Mixed Colors. Produce a succession of flowers summer and fall. As cut flowers they 
last in water for days. The flowers are often 4 to 5 inches across, colored in great diversity, including such 
combinations as scarlet with gold edge, and many others. Pkt. 10c.; Per 1000 seeds 20c.; Per oz. 50c. 
PYRETHRUM HYBRIDUM OR PAINTED DAISY 
1012 
1760 
ACHILLEA (THE PEARL) 
A greatly improved variety of the old favorite. (A. Ptarmica fl. pl.) The Pearl 
produces much larger and more fully double pure white flowers which are borne 
in large clusters on long stems. It grows about 2 feet high and is literally covered 
with these snowy blossoms from spring until frost. Splendid cut flower. 
Pkt. 15c.; Per 1000 seeds 50c.; Per oz. $2.75. 
CARNATION, HARDY GARDEN 
This is a very fine strain that is in great demand by the retail trade. Seed sown in 
the spring will produce large and thrifty clumps that will stand out over winter and 
pecan tirousnout the following summer and fall. Pkt., 10c.; Per 1,000 seeds 30c.; 
Z., $1.50. 
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DELPHINIUMS OR HARDY PERENNIAL LARKSPURS 
Delphinium Sinensis, Blue Butterfly. A beautiful blue variety of compact 
growth. Thisisa perennial but blooms the first yearifseedissownearly. Height 
18 inches. Pkt. 15c.; Per 1000 seeds 25c.; Per oz. 75c. 
Hybridum Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. A greatly improved variety of the 
“Belladonna” 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. 15c.; Per 1000 seeds 30c.; Per oz. $1.50. 
Formosum, deep blue, white center. Pkt. 15c.; Per 1000 seeds 40c.; Per oz. $2.00. 
Giant Single and Double Superb Hybrids. The blossoms are of immense size, single, 
semi-double and double. The colors range from lavender through every shade of 
blue from azure to purple. The plants grow 6 feet in height. Pkt. 25c.; Per 
1000 seeds 40c.; Per oz. $2.00. 
Single hybrids finest mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.; Per 1000 seeds 25c.; Per oz. $1.00. 
WREXHAM HYBRIDS 
These are the greatest advance in Delphiniums. Their graceful spire shaped 
spikes of enormous size and beauty of form are rapidly bringing them to the front 
as the most popular flower for cutting. (See engraving.) Pkt. 25c.;Per 1000 
seeds 75c. Per oz. $3.00. 
DIANTHUS 
Allwoodii Alpinus. The colors run through all the shades of pink, red and purple, also 
white. Most of the flowers are single, although occasionally semi-double. The plants 
grow six inches high and are also attractive on account of their silvery foliage. 
: Mixed Colors. Pkt., 50c.; Per 1,000 seeds, $1.00. 
2141 Sweet Wivelsfield. This hardy biennial is quite 
distinct from the Annual Sweet William. It has a 
variety of color and a long season of bloom. Sown 
indoors in February and March and planted out 
in May, it will bloom from June to November. 
Mixed Colors. Pki., 25c.; Per 1,000 seeds, 40c.; 
Per oz., $1.00. 
Valuable, hardy, herbaceous plants with large single or double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, of rose, flesh, 
|'$656 Caucasica Alba. 
3 to 4 inches across. 
(8657 Caucasica Perfecta. 
making them of exceptional value cut for vases, etc. The coloring of the flowers is a beautiful lilac-blue, 
shading to deep blue. (See engraving.) Pkt. 15c.; Per 500 seeds, 50c.; Per oz. $2.50. 
popular for cutting. 
{3762 Cyanea Blue. 
Red Arrow (see page 61) is one of the most effective insecticides for the Florist. 
\pink, white, crimson, etc., freely borne on stems about 2 feet high; they remain in bloom for a long time. 
|8555 Double, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 25c.; Per 1000 seeds 60c.; Per oz. $4.00. 
!8560 Single, Large-flowering, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c.; Per 1000 seeds 35c.; Per oz. $1.50. 
SCABIOSA, HARDY VARIETIES 
A large, pure white variety; counterpart of the Perfecta; beautiful; the flowers measure 
Pkt. 25c.; Per 500 seeds, 50c.; Per oz. $2.50. 4 
The semi-double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, are poised on stalks 1% to 2 feet long, 
STOKESIA 
The Hardy Perennial Corn Flower 
_ Stokesia blooms the first year from seed sown in any open, sunny position. The plants grow from 18 to 24 
inches high, flowering from July till late in October. The flowers, 4 to 5 inches across on long stems, are 
Lavender-blue. Pkt., 10c.; Per Oz., $1.00. 
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It destroys Aphis, Thrip, Red Spider and other pests. 
