PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— FLOWER SEEDS. 39 



PED SWEET FEflS. 



HENDERSON'S STANDARD HIXED SWEET 

 PEAS, all bright colors, in proper proportions, 

 mixed from 30 standard varieties selected trom our 

 " Cream of the Named Sweet Peas " offered below, 

 including both American and Eckford's varieties. 

 A row of our Mixed Sweet Peas in bloom is bright 

 and varied in coloring and particularly pleasing, 

 and vastly superior to many mixtures sent out, 

 which are too often made up from the surplus of 

 varieties that have accumulated on account of their 

 undesirability. Some of the Mixed Sweet Peas, as 

 sent out, in our competitive trials, proved to be 90 

 per cent, dull blue and purples. Price, 5c. per oz. 

 t joo to 400 seeds) ; 10c. per J4 lb ; 25c. per lb. 



HENDERSON'S MIXED NEW GIANT HYBRID 

 SWEET PEAS, mixed by ourselves exclusively 

 from the recent introductions of both Eckford's and 

 American novelties, including many unnamed new 

 hybrids of remarkable beauty, size, form and 

 sweetness, among which will be found new shades 

 of rosy orange, chamois, pearly pink,' Straw, silvery 

 lilac, blood-red. cerise, blush ; others edged, 

 blended, mottled, speckled, flaked, striped, etc 

 This is absolutely the finest mixture that can be 

 made, and is sure to give our Sweet Pea loving 

 customers many delightful surprises as the new 

 colors and shades unfold. Price, 10c. per oz. (300 

 to 4C0 seeds) ; 20c. per J4 lb ; 50c. per lb. 



To flid in Selecting any Desired Color, 



* We Classify Named Sweet Peas in 



* General Color Effects, Viz.: 



IF YOU WANT? 



^SELECT 



Light Yellow 83. 8? 



White 7, 55. 11* 



Pearl Blush 86, 4» 



Pink 33, 68, 71, 79, 97. 99, 113, 12' 



Orange and Pink 26. 35, 72, 75 9» 



Carmine Rose 28, 67, 84, lO? 



Crimson Scarlet 59, 8* 



Pink with White Wings 1, 29, 39, 105, 118. 122 



Rose or Red with Blush Wings 9, 11, 13, 41, 57 



Claret 23 



Maroon 6, 96, 121 



Purple with Maroon 49, 50, 85 



Blue 21, 34, 124 



Heliotrope 45, 53, 76 



Lavender 35, 37, 73 



Edged Blue on White and Lilac 15, 77 



Striped Red and White 3. 43 



Striped Red, White and Blue 27 



Striped Straw and Pink 78 



Striped Pink and White 89, 107 



Striped Orange and White 5 



Striped Heliotrope and White 69, 130 



Striped Maroon, Purple and White 103, 117 



Speckled Chestnut on White 65 



TTENDERSON'S CREAM OF THE ji 



11 NAMED S WEET P EAS. ' 



All inferior varieties and renamed duplU 

 cates are culled from this list. If you do not 

 see the variety you are looking for below, re- 

 fer to the list of " discarded Sweet Peas " on 

 opposite page (38l, which tells what better 

 variety of same color to select in place. 



♦Retail 

 Pkt 



Alice Eckford, white, apricot and pink 05 



America ( Toreador), white, striped red ... .05 



Aurora, striped white, orange and salmon 05 



Black Knight, (novelty) maroon 10 



Blanche Burpee, large white 05 



Blanche Ferry, rosy red, wings blush 05 



" extra early rosy red, blush wings 05 



Bronze King, copper rpse, wings white 05 



Butterfly, Improved, [Maid 0/ Honor], white and lavender .05 



Capt. of the Blues, the best blue 05 



Captivation, purple, claret and lake 05 



Celestial, lavender 05 



Chancellor, (novelty) rosy orange 10 



Columbia, striped, red, white and blue 05 



Colonist, (novelty) rosy carmine 10 



Coquette, primrose and fawn 05 



Countess of Aberdeen, blush and dark pink 05 



Countess of Cadogan, Eckford's advance novelty 75 



Countess of Powis, orange salmon, suffused purple 05 



Countess of Radnor, Imp'd, [New Countess] lavender .05 



Countess of Shrewsbury, purple and blush 05 



Crown Jewel, cream and rose 05 



CHpid White. Tom Thumb, white 05 



Pink 10 



" Beauty 15 



Alice Eckford 15 



*' Primrose 15 



Daybreak, white, watered crimson .05 



Dorothy Tennant, rosy heliotrope 05 



Duchess of York, white, striped pink 05 



Duchess of Sutherland, (novelty) white, flushed rosy .10 



Duke of Sutherland, (novelty), claret maroon, purple wings, . .10 



Duke of Westminster, Eckfords advance novelty 75 



Emily Eckford, rosy heliotrope, wings bluish .05 



Emily Henderson, the best white .05 



Firefly, the best scarlet .05 



Qolden Oleam, primrose yellow, the best yellow .-. .05 



Gray Friar, white clouded and dotted lilac .05 



Her Ha jest y , rosy carmine, wings lake .05 



Hon. F. Bouverie, Eckford's advance novelty -75 



Juanlta, white, striped lavender 05 



Katherine Tracy, large, solid, fine pink .05 



Lady Mary Currie, (novelty) orange pink -10 



Lady Qeisel Hamilton, Eckford's advance novelty -75 



Lady Penzance, orange rose 05 



Per. 



Per 





oz. 



lb. 





.05 



.50 



76 



.05 



.50 





.05 



.50 



78 



.50 





79 



.05 



.50 





.05 



.30 



81 



.05 



.40 



HI 



.05 



.50 



85 



.05 



.50 



86 



.05 



.50 



87 



.05 



.50 



88 



.05 



.50 



89 



.60 







.08 



.60 



95 



.50 





96 



.05 



.50 



97 



.05 



.50 



99 







100 



.08 



.65 



103 



.05 



.50 



105 



.05 



.50 



107 



.05 



.50 



109 



.10 



.60 



113 



.20 



2.00 



114 







117 







118 







121 



.05 



.50 



122 



.05 



.50 



124 



.05 



.50 



127 



.50 





131 



.50 







.05 



.50 



I 



.05 



.35 





.05 



.50 





.05 



.50 





.0? 



.50 





.05 



.50 





.05 



.50 





.05 



.50 





.50 







.05 



.50 





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Lady Skelmersdale, Eckford's advance novelty. . 



Lottie Eckford. white and lilac, edged blue 



Lottie Hutchins, (novelty) straw, clouded pink... 



Lovely, pink and rose 



Maid of Honor, see Butterfly Improved 



Mars, fiery crimson 



Mikado, firey rose red 



Monarch, purple and maroon 



Modesty, (novelty) pearl pink 



Hrs. Eckford, yellow 



Mrs. Dugdale, Eckford' s advance novelty 



Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, white, striped rose 



New Countess, [Set Countess of Radnor Improved]. 



Oriental, (novelty) deep orange rose 



Othello, Eckford's advance novelty 



Peach Blossom, salmon pink 



Prima Donna, soft pink 



Prince of Wales, (novelty) deep rose carmine 



Princess of Wales, striped blue and white 



Queen Victoria, cream primrose, tinted pink 



Ramona, creamy striped carmine blush 



Red Riding Hood, white, blush and rose 



Royal Rose, rosy pink 



Sadie Burpee, (novelty) white: pits., 12 seeds 



Senator, white, striped mahogany 



Sensation, (novelty) rosy cream 



Stanley, mahogany, wings maroon 



Stella Morse, (novelty) creamy and apricot 



True Blue or Navy Blue, [novelty) dark Hue 



Venus, rosy buff. 



Wawona, (novelty) striped heliotrope and white . . . 



DOUBLE p LOWERUMG gWEET p EAS 



double, mixed colors 



Apple Blossom, pink and blush. . 



Boreatton, maroon 



Butterfly, white and lavender . . . . 

 Captain of Blues, blue and purple. 



Duke of Clarence, plum claret 



Lottie Eckford, white and mauve . 

 Senator, striped blue, white, etc. . . 



Splendor, rosy crimson 



white 



Bride of Niagara 



etai 

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 .75 

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 .25 

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Per 

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.50 



.60 

 50 

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 .60 

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 60 



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 60 

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 60 



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COLLECTIONS 



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SWEET PEAS 



Henderson's selection, 1 packet each of 6 standard varieties, 25c. ; 12 varieties $0 40 



Henderson's " Prize Winner" collection, 1 packet each 25 varieties (shown in colors in 1S09 Retail {Catalogue) 1.00 



Collection 1 packet each, 7 American novelties in Sweet Peas for 1899 75, 



" " 8 English " " " " 85 



'• " " 7 Eckford's Advance novelties for 1900 4 50 



' " . " 5 Cupid Sweet Peas 50 



