•PEXER HENDERSON A. CO., IMEW YORK- 



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Henderson's Ever-Blooming Annual Hollyhocks 



EVERY GARDEN MAY NOW BE GLORIFIED 

 WITH QUEENLY HOLLYHOCKS GROWN AS 

 EASILY AND FLOWERING AS QUICKLY 

 FROM SEED AS ANY GARDEN ANNUAL FOR 



HENDERSON'S 

 EVER-BLOOMING 

 ANNUAL HOLLYHOCKS 



COMMENCE FLOWERING IN TWELVE WEEKS 

 FROM SEED, AND CONTINUE TO BLOOM 



UNTIL FROZEN 



The old favorite Hollyhook can seldom be flowered from seed before 

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

 limited the cultivation of the Hollyhock to those willing to give the 

 young plants special winter care. Ail of this bother is obviated in grow- 

 ing our new hybrid Hollyhocks, for they flower the first season from 

 seed, which may be started in the house or hotbed from February to 

 April, or be sown in the open ground in May. 



The plants from early-sown see_d set out in May commence blooming 

 in.Iuly, the May-sown in August, and in either event they flower profusely 

 uutU frost. 



The flower buds, borne in clusters, vary in maturity from the devel- 

 oping bud to the expanding flower; this characteristic accounts for 

 the remarkably long flowering period, and, besides, the plants continu- 

 ously push out side branches as well as new spikes from the base, all 

 of which also develop their quota of flowers almost ad infinitum. Open 

 flowers sometimes encircle the spikes compactly — veritable cohimns of 

 bloom — but usually the flowers expand in irregular groups, wherever the 

 buds are strongest, in a charmingly informal fashion. 



The diversity of forms and colors among the flowers affords many 

 delightful surprises. Some plants produce densely double flowers 

 without guards, others with guard petals; there are semi-doubles, then 

 single sorts with small double or anemone-fl.owered centers, and single 

 saucer-shaped flowers; some with smooth-edged petals, others flounced, 

 fringed, etc., etc., and all flowers are usually 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 

 blended 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, 

 geranium-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 branch- 

 ing in habit. The center 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 earUer development in the side branches, thus forming a bush. 



Of course, these Hollyhocks, making such luxuriant growth in such 

 a short time and blooming so abundantly, should be sustained for best 

 and continuous results' by planting them in deeply dug, thoroughly 

 enriched soil; water liberally in dry weather. 



PRICE OF SEED 



Henderson's ^""Xnnu°af°^ Hollyhocks 



Grand Combination Mixture of doubles and semi-doubles, includ- 

 ing all colors, shades and variegations. 



Per Pkt. {about 50 seeds), 15c.; Per 500 Seeds, $1.00. 



We also offer a limited quantity of seeds in colors, saved from a 

 few prized plants, but to give us a suflficient quantity, we have had to 

 blend them into the under-mentioned color groups, including exclusively 

 the finest of the doubles and semi-doubles. The purchaser, however, 

 must expect some variation as seeds from new hybrid plants tend to 

 sport a little. 



Black, purple and maroon shades. 

 Garnet, crimson and scarlet shades. 

 Carmine, rose and pink shades. 

 Blush, white and cream shades, 



THE 



Collection 



( I packet of seed each of the 

 ! above 4 separate color groups, 

 ( and I packet of mixed colors, 



Pkt. 25c. 

 " 25c. 

 " 25c. 

 " 25c- 



$1.00 



IN PRAISE OF HENDERSONS EVER-BLOOMING 

 ANNUAL HOLLYHOCKS : 



{We have received hundreds of other letters of similar purport.) 



" The Ever-hloominq Hollyhocks flowered practically all summer. You have in this 

 new race one of the most desirable novelties sent out in years. We have not had any blight 

 on your ever-blooming type, although our perennial varieties in the same garden were almost 

 destroyed by it." WM. N. CRAIG, Supt. Gardener, 



F. L. AMES' ESTATE, "Long Water Gardens," North Easton, Mass. 



"I have never known such fine Hollyhocks as came from your Ever-blooming kind, the 

 seeds of which were planted in the open ground last April. They began to flower the last of 

 July and I had six, eight or ten spikes on nearh/ every plant. One CANNOT praise them 

 enough." HELEN J. RIPLEY, Brookline, Mass. 



" Last year I got a package of your Ever-hlooming Hollyhock seed from which the plants 

 commenced blooming the 4th of July and are blooming yet {January 13th); in fact, look 

 as fresh and beautiful as when they first commenced." 



R. CHARLTON, Los Angeles, Cal. 



"Your Ever-blooming Hollyhocks are a great addition to our herbaceous borders and 

 are rightly named. The spikes of flowers the first year were thrown up continuously iyi a 

 pleasing variety of colors, and not a sign of disease was shown. We shall watch with 

 interest your development of this new type." 



JOSEPH DEXTER, Gardner to 

 WHITELAW REID, Esq., "Ophir Hall," White Plains, N. Y. 



"We furnish Complete Cultural Instructions for these Hollyhocks with every Packet of Seed. 



