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AMARANTHUS 



Th'ese robust annuals attain a height of from 4 to 6 feet," are very showT.- and effective 



garden plants, lasting long in perfection, and are of the easiest culture. 



Caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding), rapid-growing garden annual with long, drooping crimson 

 flower spikes, height 3 feet Pki. 5c. 



Oriflamme. A strikingly showy new variety of branching, pyramidal growth about 5 

 feet high. It is well clothed with large leaves of glossy maroon while the central and 

 side branches are all topped with bright scarlet leaves Pkt. 10c. 



Aurora. The plant is clothed from ground to tip with long, arching leaves; colored rich 

 green and bronze at the base; the foliage brightening towards the top into rose-yellow, 

 red and green. (See cut.) Pkt. 10c. 



Abyssinian. This giant "Love-Lies-Bleeding," has light green foliage, veined and lightly 

 shaded with rose, but its crowning glorv is its pendent chenile-Uke tassels of red, measur- 

 ing up to 2 feet in length and borne in immense clusters Pkt. lUc. 



AMBERBOA 



Muricata Rosea 



A new and extremely free 

 blooming hardy annual, 1>^ 

 to 2 feet in height, produc- 

 ing numerous large Cen- 

 taurea or Cornflower-like 

 flowers, about 2 inches in 

 diameter, of a pleasing Ught 

 pink. The flowers retain 

 their freshness in water for 

 several days and are borne on 

 long stems. Well adapted for 

 cutting and vases. .Pkl. 10c. 



ANEMONE 



St. Brigid 



These beautiful Irish 

 Poppy-flowered varieties 

 produce in abundance large 

 single, semi-double and 

 double flowers 3 to 5 inches 

 across, in an endless variety 

 of colors, from maroon and 

 brightest scarlet to flesh-pink 

 and from lilac to purple. 

 Some are mottled, striped, ringed, etc. For cutting they are unsurpassed, and in the garden they 

 flower until after frost; hardy perennials flowering from seed the second year and thereafter. PA/. 10c. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII 



Boston or Japanese Ivy, valuable hardy climber, clinging to wood, stone or brick walls; dense 

 ivy-green foliage, changing to red in autumn; 30 feet Pkt. 10c. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA "DROPMORE" 



A fine, large, hardy, herbaceous plant; 4 to 5 feet high, with flowers of lovely Gentian blue. ,Pkt. 15c. 



Giant^Flowering ANTIRRHINUM 



These improved "Snapdragons" form brilliant garden beds, flowering profusely and continuously 

 the first season from seed. Unusually effective bedding displays are made from these noble plants; 

 they grow about 2 feet high, are healthy and stocky, and completely enveloped with large flowers 

 of splendid texture and substance, rendering them very durable under all conditions of weather; 

 their continuous-blooming qualities, ease of culture and independence of heat and drought, and 

 pure, bright colors, should entitle them to a permanent place in gardens. Although perennials, they 

 do splendidly when grown as annuals; spring-sown seed produces flowering plants by July, which 

 continue to bloom in increasing profusion until frost. The flowers are nearly double the size of 

 the older sorts. (See cut.) 



Giant- flowering. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Giant Yellow Queen. Pure yellow 10c 



Giant Scarlet. Brightest scarlet 10c. 



Giant Kiobe. Garnet, with_ white throat 10c, 



Giant Rose. Delicate rosy-pink 10c. 



Giant Striped. Yellow, striped red 10c. 



Giant White. Pure snow-white 10c. 



Cottage Maid. A beautiful new variety, colored coral-pink, 



with a white throat Pkt. 10c. 



Collection, 1 pkt. each of 6 separate colors .50c. 



ANTIRRHINUM 



Semi-Dwarf, 

 Large-Flowering 



A beautiful class extensively used in Eurooe for 

 bedding and should be better known here. These 

 semi-dwarf varieties produce as large flowers as the 

 tall sorts, while the plants are of compact, bushy 

 growth, onlv a foot high, and are completely envel- 

 oped with flowers throughout summer and fall. 

 Semi-Dwarf, Albino. Creamy flushed, pink.PAf. 10c. 



" Picturatum. Blotched and spotted . . 10c. 



" White Pkt. 10c. Scarlet 10c. 



" Yellow 10c. Coral-rose .... 10c. 



" Mixed Colors 10c. 



Collection, 1 pkt. each of above 6 separate colors. . 50c. 



NEW DOUBLE-FLOWERING 



ANTIRRHINUM 



Quite a new departure; long spikes of immense double flowers. 



Double White . Pure white Pkt. 15c. 



Double Red. Purplish-red with yellow and white throat 15c 



"ANTIRRHINUM" 



Purple King 



A splendid and sensational novelty, produc- 

 ing the largest flowers of all — frequently measur- 

 ing 2J-^ inches across and of a rich purplish, blood- 

 crimson color, very decorative Pkt. 25c. 



HENDERSON'S CHOICE COLLECTIONS OF FLOWEK SEEDS ofFered on page 72 will furnish a Complete Garden Supply at a saving of one-third 



