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



...Henderson's Superior... 



GIANT PANSIES 



Years of scientific culture, hybridization and selection in raising pansies have 

 gradually evolved a superior race of luxuriant, robust growth and deep rooting, drought - 

 withstanding qualities; the flowers have also correspondingly improved in size, sub- 

 stance, form and color. At first there were only one or two varieties in this class of 

 pansies, but annually one or more varieties would reach the goal of the Giants, until 

 now we have such a complete variety of colors, that we, this season, discard all or- 

 dinary sized pansies, excepting those used in our cheapest mixture. 



" / think I have tried everybody's best pansies and none of them can hold a candle to 

 Henderson's big ones." GRACE POPE, Southwest Point, Can. 



Giant Trimardeau, mixed colors 



Pkt. 10c; 



1000 seeds 20c; 



oz. 



$1.25 



Canary Bird, pure spotless yellow 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c ; 



oz. 



$2.00 



Pres. Carnot, white, five Imge violet blotches. 



. " 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c; 



oz. 



$2.00 



violet marbled vellow 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 



" " " white 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 





." 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 



King of Blacks, coal black 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 



Lord Beaconsfield, lavender and violet 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 



Emperor William, indigo, blotched blot k. . . 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c 



oz. 



$1.50 



" Snow Queen, pure white, no blotches 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 



" - White Treasure, white with violet bloti hes. 



. " 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 



yellow, mahogany blotches 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c 



oz. 



$1 .50 



striped, white, blue, violet and chocolate 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c; 



oz. 



$1.50 



Fire King, crimson, purple, and golden 



" 10c. 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1 50 



Prince Bismarck, golden brown 



" 10c 



1000 seeds 25c. 



oz. 



$1.50 



Prince Charming, rose pink 



" 10c. ; 



1000 seeds 25c; 



oz. 



$1.50 



Victoria, blood ted 



" 10c; 



1000 seeds 25c; 



O?. 



$1 :,(! 



(.For our cheapest strains of Pansies, see page 14.) 



Mender-son's MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY Pa " sies 



These Pansies we are very proud of. We have sold them for a number of years 

 and receive hundreds of letters praising their superior beauty, size and other merits; 

 they were awarded a medal at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, where they com- 

 peted with the best from all over the world. When our unequaled collections of all 

 types ol pansies are in bloom we go over them daily and any plant producing flowers 

 of sujierlative merit is removed to our " Mammoth Butterfly " plot of pansies, where 

 nothing hut the largest, handsomest and most perfect are allowed to remain. Conse- 

 quently the seed is saved from the greatest variety of types, including only the best 

 of Giant Cassiers, Bugnots. Trimardeau, 5-blotched Odier, Giant English, French and 

 German hybrids, etc., resulting in the greatest variety of coloring, marking, blotching, 

 veining, etc, for brilliant and attractive beds. {See cut.) Mixed Colors, pkt. 25c; 

 per 1000 seeds 50c; oz. $5.00. 



" / have grown large pansies before, but never saw the equal of the Giant Butterfly, 

 the seed of which I got from you last fall. I have a large bed of them, the plants are 20 

 inches high, and the stems of the blossoms 9 inches long, while the blossoms themselves 

 are simply monstrous, each one a broad expanse of beauty. " 



THOMAS C. STARR, Newton, Mass. 



Henderson's GIANT RUFFLED Pansies 



A remarkable strain of Giant Pansies, the flowers of which are so large and full 

 thai the broad petals seem to be " gathered " to the stem, causing them to be un- 

 dulated and fluted from centre to circumference, not unlike " frilled " velvet. The 

 unusual substance of the flowers, aided by these corrugations, thus enables them to 

 present bold, open and handsome faces, even during windy or dry summer weather, 

 when other pansy flowers flop or wilt. The flowers are extraordinarily large and are 

 borne on strong stems well above the foliage; they are nearly all five-blotched on the 

 " odier" pattern, and contain rich combinations of coloring, including some new tints 

 and blendings not met with in other pansies. The plants are vigorous and large, and 

 flower abundantly. (See cut.) Mixed Colors, pkt. 25c; per 1000 seeds 40c, oz, $4.00. 



Henderson's GIANT MOTTLED P^ies 



A distinct new type of Pansies of greatest merit. The plants are of compact, 

 bushy form with luxuriant foliage. They root unusually deep, and are not susceptible 

 to drought and heat; the flower stems are particularly strong, holding the flowers up- 

 right. The great merits of these pansies, however, lie in the giant size and profusion 

 of flowers — well grown they measure 3 to inches across-- and of most gorgeous 

 effects, blotched, spotted, marbled, veined, striped and blended, colors passing through 

 reds, rose, pink, white, purple, in beautiful and indescribable variegation These 

 pansies were awarded a prize at the Paris Exposition, 1000. Mixed Colors, pkt. -'•">< , 

 per 1000 seeds 40c; oz. $4.00 



Henderson's MAMMOTH PARISIAN 



The Parisian Pansies are distinguished by their magnificent and varied colors 

 and strong markings. There is usually a large " blotch " on each of the five petals, 

 with a surrounding band of some strikingly contrasting color, over all of which is 

 thrown a cobweb-like netting of yet another hue. The combinations prevailing are 

 composed of shades of cinnamon, violet, canary and orange- yellow, black, garnet, 

 light blue, indigo, cream, etc. These pansies have been brought up to a high stand 

 ard of excellence, the flowers being of fine substance, perfect shape and of mammoth 

 size, measuring, when properly cultivated, four inches across. A large number of 

 these pansies are also very fragrant. Mixed Colors, pkt. 25c; per 1000 seeds 40c . 

 oz, $4.00. 



We furnish Florists and Market Gardeners for their own planting our RETAIL packets of Vegetable and Flower Seeds at 25 per cent off 



the retail price- (Under no eirt uinstan. e. .i , %•«/>/>/>• out 



