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



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HENDERSON S 

 INVINCIBLE ASTER 



H enderson's EVINCIBLE ASTERS. 



A superior type, of healthy, robust growth, producing 

 long-stemmed flowers of immense size and perfect form 

 They are of surpassing beauty when cut for vases, and 



of incomparable effect for garden beds. 

 The highest achievement in China Asters, a superior 

 race in every way. The plants are of very healthy, 

 robust, branching growth, about two feet high, pro- 

 ducing, on long stems, massive, paeony-formed 

 flowers of perfect form and faultless outline, and ex- 

 ceedingly double to the very centre. The flowers are 

 the most beautifully formed of all large Asters. The 

 petals are of thick durable substance, and, in conse- 

 quence, the flowers last long in perfection. When 

 well grown the flowers of Henderson's Invincible 

 Asters average 3i inches across; 4-inch flowers are 

 quite common, and if grown especially for cut flowers, 

 the side branches pruned, allowing a plant to carry 

 not over 8 or 10 flowers, one flower to a stem, their 

 size will then be enormous, measuring 4£ and 5 inches 

 across. These magnificent blossoms being gracefully 

 poised on strong, well-leaved stems, 15 to 18 inches 

 long, resemble good-sized Chrysanthemums, and are 

 unsurpassed as cut flowers. 



Invincible, rose pink, pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; $2 50 

 per oz. 



white pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; $2.50 

 per oz. 



blue pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; $2.50 per oz 

 crimson pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; $2.50 



per oz. 

 lavender pkt. 15c 



per oz. 

 purple pkt. 15c; 



per oz. 

 mixed colors pkt 



$2.00 per oz. 



In Praise of 

 Henderson's' 

 Invincible cAsters 



" My ' Henderson' s Invincible Asters ' were awarded first prise 

 at the Port Huron Flower show — three flowers each of three varieties. 

 There were thirty entries, so you may imagine how pleased I am 

 with my first year's experience in growing prize Asters." 



M. H. WESTBROOK, Port Huron, Mich. 

 " I must say one word about your Invincible Asters, they are the 

 finest in the land, so all the people thai see them say, and that has 

 been no small number." C. A. BRIGGS, Taunton, Mass. 



" / grew your white Invincible Asters with stems 28 inches long, 

 flowers 4£ inches across — all double and perfect flowers." 



J. A. BALLON, Springville, N. Y. 



SEMPLE'S 

 Late-Flowering 



Superior to any other class of late-flowering branching Aster, 

 lengthening the Aster season until frost. The flowers are large, 4 

 inches across, are very double, of purest colors and borne on long 

 stems. They begin blooming about the first of September. Plants 

 strong growers, 18 inches to 2 feet high, splendid varieties for 

 florists. Our seed is northern N. Y. grown, producing far superior 

 flowers to the cheaper California grown stock. 

 SEMPLE'S white, pkt. 10c; 1000 seeds 30c; $1.50 per oz. 



" crimson, rich rose crimson, pkt. 10c; 1000 seeds 30c; 

 $1.50 per oz. 



lavender, exquisite light blue, pkt. 10c. ; 1000 seeds 30c. 



$1.50 per oz. 

 purple, pkt. 10c; 1000 seeds 30c; $1.50 per oz. 

 shell pink, delicate rosy flesh, pkt. 10c; 1000 seeds 



30c; $1.50 per oz. 

 mixed colors, pkt. 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; $1.25 per 



BRANCHING ASTERS 



BEGONIAS. 



LARGE-FLOWERING 

 TUBEROUS-ROOTED 



Magnificent flowering pot plants, and deservedly popular for garden bedding, flowering in the greatest 

 profusion all summer. The individual florets will average from 2 to 3 inches in diameter, and are of var- 

 ious beautiful colors. Height, 1 foot. 



Single, Large-Flowering, Mixed Colors. From choicest varieties. Pkt. 25c; per 1000 seeds 50c. 



Double, Large-Flowering, Mixed Colors. From prize varieties. Pkt. 35c; per 1000 seeds $1 00 



Crested Begonia (B. hybrida gigantea cristata). The flowers are often 3 inches across, with a peculiar crest 



or beard attached to the petals. Colors, red, yellow, pink and terra cotta shades, in mixture. Pkt , 



35c; per 1000 seeds 75c. 



BEGONIA,— Fibrous-Rooted Varieties. 



Red Erfordia, a selected large-flowered strain of this popular beading Begonia, producing glossy bright 

 crimson flowers in phenomenal profusion from May until frost; foliage dark plants bushy and com- 

 pact, about 10 inches high. It is also a good winter -flowering pot plant. Pkt. 10c; per 1000 seeds 50c. 



Vernon, fine bedding and pot plant, (i inches high; blood-red flowers in profusion. Pkt. 10c; per 2000 

 seeds, 25c ; per oz., $3.50. 



Vernon Zulu King, blood-red flowers and black-red leaves and stems. Pkt. 10c; per 2000 seeds 50c. 



1000 seeds 50c; $2 50 

 1000 seeds 50c; $2.50 

 15c; 1000 seeds 40c; 



Asters Express Comet. 



A new early-flowering section of great merit, not 

 only for garden purposes, but of even more value for 

 early cut flowers. Extra early flowering Asters have 

 heretofore been produced at the expense of either 

 size, doubleness, substance or length of stem, but 

 the Express Comets are equally as good as later- 

 flowering sorts and come into bloom in the open 

 ground with us by the middle of July. The biggest 

 early Asters we know of; really large, fine flowers, 

 3i to 4 inches across, of very double graceful comet 

 type; splendid substance and long stems; plants 

 healthy and sturdy, of branching habit, 18 inches 

 high; free bloomers. 







Per 









1000 



Per 



EXPRESS COMET. 



Pkt. 



seeds 



oz. 





$.10 



$.50 



$2.00 





.10 



.50 



2.00 





.10 



.60 



3.00 





.10 



.50 



2.00 



Dark Blue 



.10 



.50 



2.00 





.10 



.50 



2.00 



White passing to Rose 



.15 







Purple Violet (novelty). .. 



.20 







Mixed. . 



.10 



.40 



1.75 



BEC.ONIA. 

 LARCR- 

 PLOWERINC. 



FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF ASTERS 

 SEE PAGES 8 AND 9. 



