PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK —WHOLESALE CATALOGUE— FLOWER SEEDS. 5 



HENDERSON 3 

 MAMMOTH 

 BUTTERFLY PANSY 



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 fc._ 4 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. $1.50 



Canary Bird, pure spotlesi yellow " 10c. ; 1000 seeds 25c. ; oz. $2.00 



Pres. Carnot, white, five large violet blotches. . " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $2 00 



violet marbled yellow " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; or. $1.50 



white " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $1.50 



purple (atro purpurea) " 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 black " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $1.50 



Snow Queen, pure white, no blotches " 10c. ; 1000 seeds 25c. ; oz. $2 00 



White Treasure, white with violet blotches. ... " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $1.75 



yellow, mahogany blotches " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $2.00 



striped, white, blue, violet and chocolate " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $1.50 



Fire King, crimson, purple, and golden " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $2 00 



Prince Bismarck, golden brown " 10c ; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $1.50 



Prince Charming, rose pink " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; oz. $200 



Victoriat blood red " 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; or. $1.50 



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



Henderson's MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY Pansies. 



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

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

 nothing but 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, 

 f I 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 

 that 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 

 dower abundantly. (See cut.) Mixed Colors, pkt. 25c. ; per 100.0 seeds 30c. ; oz. $3.( 10. 



Henderson's GIANT MOTTLED Pansies. 



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 3J 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 

 I pansies were awarded a prise at the Paris Exposition, 1900. Mixed Colors, pkt. 25c; 

 I per 1000 seeds 35c. ; oz $3.50. 



Henderson's MAMMOTH PARISIAN Pansies. 



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, 

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

 I 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- 

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

 i 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 35c; 

 oz. $3.50. 



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

 X the retail price. lU'idrr no circumstances do we supply our t'edx to be «<>' / mairr.) 



