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HENDEKSON'S EVER^BLOOMING 



Annual HOLLYHOCK 



Every Garden may now be Glorified with Queenly Hollyhocks Grown as 

 Easily and Flowering as Quickly from Seed as any Garden Annual 



The old favorite Hollyhock can seldom be flowered from seed before the 

 second year, and as the young plants frequently winter-kill, it has limited 

 the cultivation of Hollyhocks to those willing to give the young plants 

 special winter care. All of this bother is obviated in growing our annual 

 Hollyhocks, for they flower the first season from seed. 



The plants from early-sown seed set out in Ivlay commence blooming in 

 July, tlie May-sown in August, and in either event they flower profusely 

 until frost. 



The flower buds, borne in clusters, vary in maturity from the developing 

 bud to the expanding flower; this characteristic accounts for the remarkably 

 long flowering period, and, besides, the plants continuously push out side 

 branches as well as new spikes from the base, all of which also develop their 

 quota of flowers almost ad infinitum. 



The diversity of forms and colors among the flowers affords many delight- 

 ful surprises. Some plants produce densely double flowers without guards, 

 others with guard petals; there are semi-doubles with Anemone-flowered 

 centres, some with smooth-edged petals, others flounced, fringed, etc., aii'l 

 all flowers are ustially very large, some measuring five inches across. In 

 colors there is also great variety, some richly brilliant, others dainty and 

 exquisite, then there are colors and tints in charming combinations. There 

 are maroon, black, pink, chamois-rose, apricot with garnet throat, crimson, 

 canary-yellow, pink with claret throat and veins, blush with carmine lacings, 

 cerise, white, scarlet, blush with white throat, magenta, apricot with buff 

 margin, wine-red with white edge, etc., etc. 



The plants are of vigorous and healthy growth and naturally branching 

 in habit. The centre spike, if not pinched, attains a height of from 8 to 10 

 feet, after which, if permitted, the side shoots from the base commence to 

 lengthen, growing candelabra-like, ,3 to 5 feet long. The plants are amenable 

 to training; that is, the main stem may be kept at any desired height by 

 pinching out the tip, or it may be kept low and induce earlier development 

 in the side branches, thus forming a bush. (See cut.) 



Price of Seed— Henderson's ^'"^°:r^ Hollyhock 



Grand Combination Mixture of doubles and semi-doubles, including all 

 colors, shades and variegations. Per Pkt. (about 50 seeds), ISc. Per BOO 

 seeds jl.OO. 



Hardy Double HOLLYHOCK 



Grand summer and autumn flowering plants, bearing long spikes of double 

 flowers, 3 to 4 inches across. They are old inhabitants of our gardens, but 

 are now so improved in doubleness and enlarged in size, under our special 

 culture and hybridization, as to be revelations of gorgeous beauty to those 

 who have not seen these improved sorts. Hardy biennials 5 to 8 feet high. 

 The .seed we offer has been saved from an unrivaled collection. 



Double Blush Pkl. 10c. 



" Canary-yellow 10c. 



" Crimson 10c. 



" Deep Rose 10c. 



" Lavender 10c. 



Light Apricot 10c. 



Double Black Phi. 10c. 



" Maroon 10c. 



" Pink lOc. 



" Purple 10c. 



" White 10c. 



Violet Centre . . 10c. 



Extra Choice Double Mixed. From named varieties. 



1.000 seeds, 75c Pkt. 10c. 



IMPORTED COLLECTIONS of Double Hardy Hollyhocks. 



6 Separate Colors 40c. 12 Separate Colors 75c. 



Single-flowering Hollyhocks, Mixed Colors. 1,000 seeds, 50c.... Pkt. 5c. 

 Allegheny Hollyhocks, Mixed Colors. Semi-double fringed flowers. 

 1.000 seeds, 60c Pkt. 10c. 



Henderson's Ever'Blooming Annual Hollyhock 



Grand Old English HOLLYHOCK, "Golden Glory" 



This splendid variety produces immense double golden yellow flowers in 

 handsome spikes 6 to 8 feet high. It is of healthy, robust growth having tough, 

 dark green leaves and has proven immune to Hollyhock diseases Pkt. 25c. 



HIBISCUS 



Africanus. A robust garden annual, 2 feet high, with saucer-shaped flowers, 

 cream color with purple eye Pkt. 5c. 



Hibiscus, Hardy Varieties (Marsh Mallows). These are showy hardy plants, 

 forming bushes about 3 feet high, bearing immense bowl-like flowers often 

 6 inches across. 



Rose-pink with white base, P^;. 10c. Giant Yellow, Yellow, garnet throat, P&i. 10c. 



HUMULUS or JAPAN HOP 



Rapid summer climber, in three or four weeks' tiine attaining a height of 20 

 to 30 feet, resembling the common Hop, but being an annual, attains full per- 

 fection the first season. The foliage is luxuriant, making a dense covering. It 

 is one of the best plants for covering verandas, trellises^ etc. Heat, drought 



and insects do not trouble it Pkt. 5c. 



Silver Striped Japan Hop. A beautiful variety of the above. Green leaves 

 blotched and striped white and gray. (See cut. ) Pkt. 10c. 



IMPATIENS 



Handsome plants from East Africa, forming bushes 6 to 8 inches high. The 

 flowers. IM to \% inches across, are of scarlet, orange-red, pink and white 

 with a red eye. The plants grow luxuriantly out-of-doors and form effective 

 and unusually showy flower beds by their great abundance of bloom. If grown 

 in pots they are equally effective. Sown in heat in March the seedlings may be 

 planted out end of May and will be continuously in bloom from June until the 

 frost destroys themi. 

 Holstii Nana. Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



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