From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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Rockeries and Rock Gardens 



Summer is the best time to build a Rock Garden 



Often, after clearing up nejv grounds, masses of stones witl he present 

 which would be difficult to" dispose of. and these can be used to good 

 advantage 



Select a partially shaded location where the ground has ordinary 

 moisture and is well-drained. Begin by placing the stones so as to allow 

 the moisture from rains to run into the garden and not away from it. 

 After placing a stone in position, work the soil in well around it in order 

 to alio* the moisture to work up among the stones and give the proper 

 conditions for growing rock plants. Any air spaces that are left between 

 the .-.tones will prevent an even degree of moisture in the garden. 



Bock gardens can be made any height desired When building the 

 upper course, be sure that planting spaces 8 to 10 inches in diameter are 

 left so that a number of plants can be planted on the top. 



There is great scope for the imagination in laying out a rock garden, 

 and it will help the amateur considerably to study some natural rock 

 formation. If a bank or terrace already existing is utilized, loosen it up 

 with a pickaxe and add more soil. Place the stones as previously recom- 

 mended. 



Preparations for a Rock Garden must be made ahead, if all the plants 

 used are Perennials which will not bloom the first year. Seeds should be 

 planted outdoors on the rock garden in the places they are to grow, early 

 in spring and up to July 15th. We strongly r< commend planting Darwin 

 Tulips and other bulbs in Rock Gardens as they provide a show in spring- 

 time [Set 'iur Bulb Catalogue published Sept. Isl*i (See illustration.) 



POT-GROWN PLANTS FOR ROCK GARDENS 



We can supply suitable plants for rock gardens, our selection of vari- 

 eties at S3.50 per dozen or $25.00 per hundred. For a garden b x 6 feet, 

 50 plants would be required. Page 165. 



LIST OF ANNUALS FOR A ROCK GARDEN 



The Alpine plants are really the true rock plants, but many annuals are 

 needed to complete a rock gaiden. So in answer to many inquiries we 

 suggest the following varieties: 



Ageratum.. . Page 95 Dianthus. ... Page 100 Phlox . Page 122 



Alyssum Page 95 Godctia Page 113 Verbena ... Page 133 



Candytuft Page 100 Lobelia Page 117 Zinnia Lilliput Page 134 



Calandrina . Page 99 Portulaca.. .. Page 127 



See also summer flowering Bulbs, pages 144 and 145. 



HENDERSON S COLLECTION OF FLOWERS FOR ROCK GARDENS 

 4 761 Collection of 1 packet each of the 15 varieties S2.50 postpaid 

 1057 Alyssum Saxatile Compactn "Basket of Gold" Pki 15c. 



Hardy plant, large flowers. pure yellow, 9 in. high. 

 1045 A^rostemma Coronaria "Rose Campion." Mixed Colors. Pkt 15c. 

 1173 Arab'is Alpina Pkt 15c. 



A very useful, hardy plant for rockeries; pure white 

 flowers. .Height 6 inches. 

 1478 Aubretia Hybrids Mixed Pkt. 25c. 



A lovely mauve spring blooming plant: produces great 

 masses of bloom. Hardy and easily grown. 

 1632 Campanula Persicifolia Blue Pki 15c. 



"Peach-leaved bell-flower, ' large blossoms of blue or 

 white 2 to 3 feet high. 

 17 04 Candytuft Gibraltica P ' . 1 8c. 



Blooms early, hardy, large flowers red and rose-white" 



12 to 18 inches high. 

 1708 Candytuft Sempervirens Pkt. 25c. 



Completely covered with flowers in spring. 



1 83 8 Cerastium Tomentosum "Snow in Summer" Pkt. 15c.* 



Of sprawling habit, white leaves and white flowers. 



2 03 Cowslip Pkt 15c. 



Spring flowering, hardy, bears variously colored clusters 

 of fragrant flowers. 



2 84 Delphinium Blue Butterfly Pkt. 15c. 



Beautiful blue variety of compact growth, blooms the first 

 year if sown early. Height IS in. 



22 88 Geum Mrs. Bradshaw Pkt. 25c. 



A large double strain, bears brilliant crimson-scarlet 

 flowers. Height 2 feet. 



240o Huechera. Sanguinea nr Alum Foot Pkt. 25c. 



Flowers are a beautiful red Bloom all summer. Height 

 2 feet. 



2 854 Myosotis Pulustris Pkt. 10c. 



The popular old-fashioned blue Forget-me-not. 



3676 Sedum Acre Stone Crop Pkt. 23c. 



No Rockery is complete without this plant. Perennial. 



3636 Saxifraga Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



Known as "Rockfoil," mossy leaves invaluable for rock- 

 eries, stone walls, etc . etc. 



BOUQUETS 



Henderson's Cut Flower Department 



We Send Flowers by Telegraph Anywhere FLORAL DESIGNS 



This new service was inaugurated not only for the benefit of our local 

 customers, but also for our mail-order customers, and we invite their 

 patronage. 



Flowers lend themselves most appropriately to any occasion, they can 

 express sympathy, or congratulations, or be messages of remembrance for 

 anniversaries and birthdays or sent as holiday greetings 



Therefore one cannot do better than "Say It With Flowers." 



A CORNER OF OCR CUT FLOWER DEPT. 



Our location at the gateway of_the New York harbor makes it possible 

 for us to deliver fresh-cut flowers "to any outgoing steamers from this port 

 on short notice, or to any address. 



We are members of the F. T. D. (Florists' Telegraph Delivery) and 

 can order fresh cut flowers by telegraph for delivery to any city, town 

 or hamlet in this country, in fact to any part of the world. We assure 

 our customers that in their transactions with this new department, they 

 will receive high-class service and obtain superior values for their money. 



HOW TO ORDER. All that is necessary is to send us the order with 

 the amount that the purchaser wishes to expend. (Customers having 

 charge accounts with us may telegraph their orders and have them 

 charged.) In turn, we will transmit the order to our representati- 1 

 the town in which the relative or friend is located. There is no charge fill 

 this service, other than the cost of telegraphing, which will be deducted 

 from the amount remitted. For example: If we receive an order for cut 

 flowers to the value of $10.00 and the cost of telegraphing the order to 

 the place of its delivery amounts to SI 00. flowers to the value of 

 will be delivered There ire no deductions made from orders for cut 

 Bowers to be delivered in New ^i ork City; but, we make do deliveries <hi 

 Sundays or holidays. Care should be taken- that the full name and 

 address of the party to whom the flowers are to be sent, is given; also 

 that the wording of the greeting or salutation to be enclosed is sent, to- 

 gether with the buyer's name and address 



If the selection of flowers is left to us. we can give greater value than 

 if we are limited strictly to the purchaser's choice Owing to the fluctua- 

 tions in the prices of cut flowers, it is impossible to quote puces in this 

 catalog, but we always give our customers the best values obtainable. 



PETER HENDERSON >v CO., 35-37 Cortlandt St New Nork. 



On Page 204 we offer ROCK GARDENING (illustrated), by F. 



Price postpaid $1.00. 



F. Rockwell, giving full directions. 



