ALEC HENDERSON, INC., CHICAGO = 
FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES OF MERIT FOR 1937 
MARIGOLD SUNSET GIANTS 
Aster Super Giant Los Angeles 
The first of the modern Super Giant class introduced two seasons 
ago has proven to be the finest and largest shell pink Aster on the 
market. Flowers are fully double, 6 to 8 inches across, borne on 
long stiff stems basal branching and non-lateral. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.35 Vi oz. $ 0.65 Oz. $ 2.00 
Aster Super Giant El Monte 
A deep glowing crimson companion to the Super Giant Los Angeles. 
Flowers are large and fluffy, borne on heavy non-lateral basal 
branched stems. An early bloomer coming in flower before the 
California Giant varieties. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.35 Vi oz. $ 0.75 Oz. $ 2.50 
Begonia Gracilis Compacta 
Tausendschoen 
A compact grower with a wonderful profusion of flowers, color be¬ 
ing a lustrous rose not seen before in this class of Begonias. The 
height is only 5 inches, making it very useful for beds or borders, 
and also a pot plant for winter sales. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.75 3 pkts. for. $ 2.00 
Calendula Improved Campfire Florist Strain 
This is a selected strain of the well known variety Campfire. Color 
is well known, being a deep orange with a distinct scarlet sheen. 
Flowers are flat across the top, of the type most suitable for florist 
use, and measure at least four inches in diameter. Plants are strong 
growing even in habit with exceptionally long heavy cutting stems. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.35 Vi oz. $ 0.50 Oz. $ 1.75 
New Annual Canterbury Bells 
Many years of selection has finally produced a strain of annual 
Canterbury Bell which will bloom in six months from seed. Plants 
have a growth of from 2 to 2 Vi feet and produces six to eight spikes 
of bloom. 
Angelus Bell. Beautiful deep rose. Liberty Bell. Intense violet blue. 
Blue Bell. Cambridge Blue. Mission Bell. Pink. 
Wedding Bell. Pure White. 
Any of above. Trade pkt. $ 0.20 Oz. $ 1.00 
Cornflower, Jubilee Gem 
A dwarf variety of Cornflower making a compact plant liberally 
covered with flowers. Foliage is a distinct mass of bright green 
contrasting well with the double dark blue flowers. Plants are about 
12 inches in height and make a desirable pot plant. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.25 3 pkts. for. $ 0.60 
Larkspur Giant Imperial White King 
Flowers are a pure glistening white with rounded broad petals. 
Plants are tall and are of the basal branching type, very upright in 
habit. White King is early flowering, coming into bloom about a 
week earlier than other Giant Imperial varieties. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.25 Vi oz. $ 0.50 Oz. $ 1.50 
Marigold Gigantea Sunset Giants 
This is the largest Marigold flower ever known averaging 5 inches 
and some as large as 7 inches across. Flowers are loosely formed, 
very full, with broad heavy petals. Sunset Giants is a mixture. 
Colors ranging from deep orange through golden orange, deep 
golden yellow, light yellow, lemon yellow and primrose. Plants 
grow 3Vi to 4 ft. tall, and in some cases will go to 7 ft. throwing 
up a heavy stem which carries a cluster of flowers on short stems. 
No objectionable odor. On the contrary flowers have a rather sweet 
fragrance. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.50 Vi oz. $ 0.85 Oz. $ 3.00 
African Marigold Carnation Flowered Golden Eagle 
Closely related to the popular variety Guinea Gold, Golden Eagle 
has the same habit, height and form of flower; but the color is a 
delightful shade of luminous gold, pleasing and distinctive. The 
plants come 100% double and the usual Marigold odor is practically 
lacking, and it is early flowering. 
Golden Eagle as a cut flower is superb and will become more popu¬ 
lar than Guinea Gold, not only with the florist but also in the home 
garden. It is the most graceful of all the Marigolds, and has long 
life as a cut flower. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.50 Vi oz. $ 0.75 Oz. $ 2.50 
Marigold Dwarf Royal Scott 
A fine new dwarf French striped Marigold of uniform shape and 
height about 10 to 12 inches. Color a rich mahogany with uniform 
gold stripes. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.35 Vi oz. $ 0.60 Oz. $ 2.00 
Marigold Chrysanthemum Flowered Hybrids 
These hybrids contain many new and distinct types of Marigold, 
varying in size of bloom from 2 to 4 inches. Some have quilled and 
incurved petals, other are imbricated with from four to five rows of 
flat petals. Range of color is confined to all shades of orange and 
yellow, and plants grow about 3 feet high, give a mass of flowers 
borne on good stems. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.35 Vi oz. $ 0.60 Oz. $ 2.00 
Improved Rosy Morn Petunia 
A dwarf strain of the old popular Rosy Morn Petunia, but with a 
much brighter color. Comes remarkably true to type and is well 
worthy of a trial. 
Trade pkt. $ 1.00 Vs oz. $ 1.25 . Vi oz. $ 2.00 
New Phlox Drummondi Gigantea Art Shades 
A new strain of Phlox Drummondi with flowers an inch and a 
quarter to an inch and a half in diameter. The soft colors blend 
together making a most beautiful mixture and a color combination 
never before seen in annual Phlox. 
Trade pkt. $ 0.35 Vi oz. $ 0.65 Ounce. $ 2.00 
New Double Stock Giant Excelsior Rose Pink 
A clear rose pink column stock now available for the first time. 
Individual florets are large and very double closely packed on long 
strong spikes. 
Trade pkt. $ 1.00 Vs oz. $ 2.00 Vi oz. $ 3.50 
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