From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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Henderson's POT GROWN Plants for Beds and Borders ^fus 



Bedding Petunias 



Bedding Petunias are indispensable for garden decoration. They continue to 

 grow, bud and bloom in luxuriance until frost. The plants we offer are grown 

 from our very finest strain of seed, producing large, single flowers, blotched, 

 striped, netted, etc., including all the Petunia colors; height 1 foot. 



Price, plants from 2-inch pots 15c. each; SI, 50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Salvia or Scarlet Sage 



Scarlet Dragon. Full-grown plants in bloom form compact bushes 3 feet 

 across by 3 feet high, and Tjloom from ground to summit. The waving masses 

 of glistening scarlet against green surroundings of lawn or foliage is matchless. 



Tom-Thumb Zurich. Of dwarf, compact growth, forming oval bushes 15 

 to 18 inches high, thickly studded with line spikes of scarlet flowers. For bedding 

 it is brilliantly effective, either planted alone or as a front row for the taller 

 Salvias. 



Price, plants from 2-inch pots. 13c. each; $1.30 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Stocks, Henderson's Colossal Ten Weeks 



Remarkably Free Blooming Large Double Flowers 



This magnificent strain is without a rival for open-ground planting, attaining 

 a height of 2'A feet, the spikes of bloom are very long, and the individual flowers 

 are very double. These popular flowers are easily grown, are highly fragrant 

 and of great beauty. They deserve a place in every garden. 



Blue Bells. Pretty shade of blue. Mount Blanc. Purest white 



El Dorado. Sulphur-yellow. Rosy Morn. Delicate rosy-flesh. 



Grand Rouge. Brilliant crimson. 



Price, plants from 2-inch pots 15c. each; $1.30 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Henderson's New Giant Zinnia 



These grand annuals are of the Giant or Mammoth-flowering type, and are in 

 every way superior to the old varieties. Zinnias are now seen in flower gardens 



throughout the country, primarily because they will grow and flourish under 

 unfavorable conditions. Given a fair soil, they will bloom continuously from 

 July until frost. 



The plants grow from 214 to 3 feet high and are covered with myriads of 

 densely double flowers measuring from 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Giant Zinnias 

 are one of the best plants for beMs, borders and cutting. 



Price, mixed colors, plants from 2-inch pots 15c. each; $1.30 per doz; 

 $12.00 per 100. 



The Annual 

 plants on this 

 and the oppo- 

 site page are 

 ideal for win- 

 dow and porch 

 boxes, also for 

 roof gardens. 



Hardy Ferns for the Garden 



The tendency towards natural gardening has"brought many plants into prom- 

 inence which had long been neglected; none are more deserving of this distinction 

 than Hardy Ferns. Given a porous soil rich in humus, shady or partially shaded 

 position and moisture, and they luxuriate, coming up year after year. We offer 

 a choice selection of the best native sorts. Price, 35c. each; $3.50 per doz.; 

 S25.00 per 100. Set of 10 distinct sorts for $3.00. 



Henderson's Superb Double Hollyhocks 



This grand strain of Hollyhocks we have secured only after years of careful 

 selection. We grow annually thousands of these, and have for years selected 

 those that show the most perfect form, largest size and purest color. In the 

 whole range of hardy garden plants there were none more majestic, gayer in 

 appearance or more generous in blooming. (See illustration.) We offer the 

 following colors: Purple. Crimson. White, Salmon, Yellow, Pink. Price. 

 30c. each; $3-00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. Collection of 6 for $1.50. 



Three Popular Perennial Plants 



Tritoma Pfitzerii. An improved variety of the "Red Hot PokerPlant" or "Torch 

 Lily." It flowers continuously throughout the season. Large spikes of brilliant 

 flame color, rich yellow at base, with long stalks gracefully posed above the rich 

 green foliage. (See illustration on page 132.) Price. 35c each; $3.50 per doz. 



Valeriana Officinalis (Hardy Garden Heliotrope). This plant was greatly 

 prized in old-fashioned hardy gardens for its strong heliotrope fragrance. Pro- 

 duces showy heads of rose-tinted white flowers during June and July. Price. 35c 

 each; $3.50 per doz. 



Yucca Filamentosa Adam's Needle). One of the hardiest and showiest 

 plants we have. The flower spikes are borne in huge panicles above the sword- 

 shaped foliage, which in itself has a sub-tropical effect. The large, white, waxy 

 blooms are drooping in habit. Price, 50c each; $5.00 per doz. 



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