PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE— FLOWER SEEDS. 1 



HENDERSON S 

 INVINCIBLE ASTER. 



In Praise of 

 Henderson's 

 JSm'bincible <Asters* 



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

 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 that see them say, and that has 

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



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

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



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



SEMPLE'S 

 Late- Flowering 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



f LOWER SEEDS,... 



HENDERSON'S 



INVINCIBLE 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 4i 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. 



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

 $3.00 per oz. 

 white pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; 



$3.00 per oz. 

 blue pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; 



$3.00 per oz. 

 crimson pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; 



$3.00 per oz. 

 lavender pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; 



$3.00 per oz. 

 purple pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 50c. 

 mixed colors pkt. 15c; 1000 seeds 

 40c; $2.50 per oz. 



New "Early June" Aster 



The Earliest Flowering Variety Grown. 

 Leading all other Early Asters by fully two weeks. 



This new Aster is very valuable for its extreme earli- 

 ness, coming into flower fully two weeks before Queen 

 of the Earlies, heretofore the earliest type, and a month 

 before the Perfection, Victoria and similar classes. 



The plants of " Early June " Aster are of healthy, 

 robust branching growth, about 15 inches high, and 

 bear freely and in succession for several weeks — on 

 long wiry stems, perfectly formed, double, pure white 

 flowers 2i to 2 inches in diameter, the petals of which 

 slightly recurve. 



°rice, 15c. per pkt.; 50c. per 1000 seeds, $2.50 peroz. 



BRANCHING ASTERS 



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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 choicest white, pkt. 10c; 1000 seeds 30c; $1.50 peroz 

 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 peroz 

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



seeds 30c; $1.50 per oz. 

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

 per oz. 

 LARGE-FLOWERIN 1 " 

 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 va- 

 rious 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. Pk». ?5c; per 1000 seeds $1.00. 

 Crested Begonia CB. 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 bedding Begonia, producing glossy bright lap 

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

 pact, about 10 inches high. It is also a good winter-flowering pot plant. Pkt. 15c. ; per 1000 seeds 50c. 

 Vernon, fine bedding and pot plant. 6 inches high; blood-red flowers in profusion. Pkt. 10c; per 2000 pQR OUR COMPLETE "LIST OF ASTERS 

 per oz. $3.50. 



3EGONIAS. 



seeds 25c; 



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



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