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THE "HENDEKSON” COLLECTION 
OF CHOICEST NEW 
Giant Waved Spencer Flowered’’ Sweet Peas 
Sweet Peas, gay and fragrant, are the most universally popular annual 
flowers cultivated. Inexpensive, easily and quickly grown from seed, thriving 
in town or country gardens, supplying an abundance of continuous bloom for 
months—an adornment to garden, house or corsage. Is it any wonder that 
they are “everybody’s flowers,” and have been for years and years, even though 
for a century and a half their tardiness in developing improved varieties — without 
parallel among cultivated flowers—was marvelled at by botanists? Eventually, 
however, the physiological reason was understood, and artificial cross fertiliza¬ 
tion was undertaken, then Sweet Pea “blood was broken." New colors and 
forms began to appear in rapid succession, until finally, but a few years ago, a 
paragon type appeared in the famous gardens of Earl Spencer, Northampton¬ 
shire, England. This newcomer, extremely beautiful, the fairest-formed and 
largest Sweet Pea ever grown, was named “Countess Spencer” and from this 
has sprung the glorified modern race of Giant Waved “Spencer” or “Orchid- 
flowered” Sweet Peas. 
The characteristics of the Spencer Sweet Peas, grown under congenial con¬ 
ditions are: robust growth, the plants attaining a height of from 6 to 10 feet, 
requiring for full development to be not less than 6 inches apart. The flowers 
are giants among Sweet Peas, measuring 2 to 2 X A inches across. They are beau¬ 
tifully formed with huge standards, open and upright and immense wings grace¬ 
fully poised. Both standards and wings are daintily waved, the undulations 
reflecting high lights and casting shadows in the depths, thus showing a harmony 
of tones which greatly enhances the coloring. Three and often four or more of 
these queenly blossoms are borne on long, strong stems, rendering them unsur¬ 
passable as cut flowers for vases, bouquets and other decorations. Their 
long-continued profusion of bloom is phenomenal, but accounted for by the 
fact that a majority of the flowers of true Spencers fall as they fade—before the 
seed pod is formed—thus continuing the succession of bloom — for as all know 
when Sweet Peas set pods, the flowering diminishes. ( See cut.) 
THE EIGHTEEN VARIETIES SHOWN IN COLORS ON OPPOSITE PAGE AND DESCRIBED BELOW 
ARE THE LATEST AND BEST—EACH TYPIFYING A POPULAR. COLOR. CLASS 
Price for the collection, one packet each—18 in all -for $1.00. Delivered free in the U. S. 
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Charles Foster. The finest of the “fancy” 
“pastel” class; exquisite apricot-pink flushed 
with lilac-blush and mauve. 
Clara Curtis. The largest and best strain of 
“Primrose-Spencer”; flowers large, of splendid 
substance and well waved; color cream-yellow. 
Countess Spencer. A re-selected and improved 
strain of the glorious original “Spencer” Sweet 
Pea and still unbeaten in its color class; clear, 
pure pink. 
Elfrida Pearson. Magnificent large flowers of 
exquisite blush-pink deepening in tone towards 
the edges. 
Florence Nightingale. Beautiful, clear lavender 
with a faint pinkish sheen; the largest and best 
of its color. 
Etta Dyke. A superior strain of “White Spencer’ 
larger, whiter, better filled and has more sub¬ 
stance than even the “Vaunted Whites” intro¬ 
duced last year. 
Margaret Madison. An improved larger flower¬ 
ing strain of this charming variety; color, clear 
azure-blue when fully expanded. 
Martha Washington. Most beautiful; blush- 
white veiled with rosy-pink deepening into a 
contrasting marginal zone of tyrian-rose. 
Maud Holmes. They very best strain of “Sun¬ 
proof Crimsons” or “King Edward Spencers.” 
a brilliant crimson self—holding its color well 
under all conditions. 
Mrs. Cuthbertson. A “bicolor” of the largest 
and finest form; color carmine-rose with blush- 
white wings, strong grower and prolific bloomer 
Mrs. Breadmore. Cream-buff flushed rose and 
distinctly edged with deep rose color; the best 
of the “Yellow Picotees”. 
Mrs. Hugh Dickson. Our favorite in the beauti¬ 
ful new “cream-pink” section; warm salmony- 
pink influenced by an under color of primrose. 
Mrs. Townsend. The best blue “Picotee”; color, 
white slightly flushed with pale lilac deepening 
into a distinct blue edge. 
Mrs. Unwin. Immense flowers of perfect form, 
striped and flaked with bright orange-scarlet 
on a white ground color. The finest of its 
coloring. 
Nubian. The largest and best of the “Maroons”; 
immense flowers of rich glossy mahogany color 
lightiy veiled with purple. .. 
Queen of Norway. Splendid large flowers of 
violet-mauve. It is shown a little too deep in 
coloring on the plate opposite—it is distinct and 
beautiful. 
Rosabelle. Brilliant carmine-rose colored flowers 
of the largest size and finest waved form. The 
best of the “Herbert and Ingman” color class. . 
Thomas Stevenson. Large and brilliantly effect¬ 
ive flowers of fiery red-orange and it is prac¬ 
tically sunproof. The finest variety in its class 
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Henderson's Leaflet 
"How to 
Grow Sweet Peas" 
includes new information on the subject and 
how the English grow big ones for exhibition 
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