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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 
Henderson’s Mammoth Butterfly Pansies 
Competed with the best from all over the world at the Columbian Exposition and were AWARDED THE MEDAL 
H ENDERSON’S Mammoth 
Butterfly 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 Exposi¬ 
tion, Chicago, where they competed 
with the best from all over the 
world. When our unequalled col¬ 
lections 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 per¬ 
fect are allowed to remain. Con¬ 
sequently the seed is saved from I 
the greatest varieties of types, in- I 
eluding only the best of Giant I 
Cassiers. Bugnots, Trimardeau, I 
5-blotched Odier, Giant English, I 
French and German Hybrids, etc., I 
resulting in the greatest variety of I 
coloring, marking, blotching, vein- I 
ing, etc., for brilliant and attract- I 
ivebeds. (Seecut.) Mixed Colors. 
Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. . . . Pkt. 25c. I 
“Was awarded First Prize for the I 
best Collection of Pansies at our I 
Provincial Exhibition. They were I 
grown from your Mammoth Butter- I 
fly Seed .” J. E. SECOND, 
St. John. N. B. I 
“Your Butterfly, Ruffled and \ 
Parisian Pansies bloomed pro- I 
fusely from June until December. I 
We covered the plants when winter \ 
set in, and now at Easter they are I 
beginning to bloom again. The I 
colors are much more brilliant than I 
any I have ever seen.” 
Mrs. E. W. SHEARBURN, 
II add am, Kansas. I 
“I have tried your mammoth I 
Butterfly Pansies for three years 
and find them superior to any I 
have ever grown.” 
II. C. TIIURSTON, 
Fall River, Mass. 
HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 
GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES 
Y EARS 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 cor¬ 
respondingly improved in size, substance, form and colors. At first there were 
only one or two varieties in this class of Pansies, but annually one or more va¬ 
rieties would reach the goal of the Giants, until now we have such a complete 
variety of colors, that we, this season, discard all ordinary-sized Pansies. 
“I am going to lake the liberty of an old customer to give you an account 
of our pansies raised from your seed—though I cannot do them justice—no one could 
on paper. They are truly magnificent in size, colors, profusion and odor. We 
gather for ourselves and friends every day and yet the garden is dazzling with 
their beauty.” J. F. LESSURE, Orange, Mass. 
Giant Trimardeau Pansies. Mixed Colors. Pkt 
“ Atropurpurea. Velvety royal-purple. 
“ Canary Bird. Pure, spotless yellow. 
“ Emperor William. Indigo-blue, blotched black. 
“ Fire King. Crimson-purple and golden-yellow. 
“ King of the Blacks. Lustrous jet-black. 
“ Lord Beaconsfield. Lavender, heliotrope and purple.... 
“ Peacock (Gloriosa). Garnet, cream and blue. 
“ President Carnot. White with large violet blotches. 
“ Prince Bismarck. Golden-bronze. 
“ Prince Charming. Rose-pink, veined rosy-lilac. 
“ Snow Queen. Spotless, snow-white.. 
“ Striped. White, blue, violet and chocolate. 
** Victoria. Ox-blood red. 
“ White Treasure. White with three violet blotches. 
“ Yellow. Golden-yellow, three maroon blotches. 
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Henderson's Collection of 12 Giant Pansies 
This collection contains one packet each of 12 of the largest and most beautiful 
Pansies in cultivation. Price, 75c. 
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, caus¬ 
ing them to be undulated and fluted from centre to circumference, not 
I 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 extraordinary large and are borne on strong stems well above 
the foliage; they are nearly all five-blotched on the “Odier” pattern, and con¬ 
tain rich combinations of coloring, including some new tints and blendings not 
met with in other Pansies. The plants are vigorous and large, and flower 
abundantly. , 
Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. Pkt. 25c. ‘ 
Henderson's Mammoth Parisian Pansies 
T HE Parisian Pansies are distinguished by their magnificent and varied col¬ 
ors and strong markings. There is usually a large “blotch” on each < 
of the five petals, with a surrounding band of some strikingly contrasting i 
; color, over all of which is thrown a cobweb-like netting of yet another hue. The 
: combinations prevailing are composed of shades of cinnamon, violet, canary and 
i orange-yellow, black, garnet, light blue, indigo, cream, etc. These Pansies have 
i been brought up to a high standard of excellence, the flowers being of fine sub¬ 
stance, perfect shape and of mammoth size, measuring, when properly cultivated 
four inches across. A large number of these Pansies are also very fragrant. 
Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. Pkt. 25c. 
Henderson's Giant Mottled Pansies 
A DISTINCT new type of Pansies of greatest merit. The flowers are of 
giant size and are borne in profusion—well-grown they measure 3 to 
3 X A inches across—and of most gorgeous effects, blotched, spotted, mar¬ 
bled, veined, striped and blended, colors passing through reds, rose, pink, white, 
purplei in beautiful and indescribable variegation. These Pansies were awarded 
a prize at the Paris Exposition. 
Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. Pkt. 25c. 
VARIOUS POPULAR STRAINS OF PANSIES 
Per 1,000 seeds. 
Pkt. 
Per 1,000 seeds. 
Pkt. 
Cassier’s 5 Blotched Odier. Mixed. 
. 75c. 
25c. 
Belgian Fancy. Mixed. 
. 60c. 
15c. 
Bugnots’ Large Stained French. Mixed. 
25c. 
German. Finest mixed. 
. 50c. 
10c. 
English Choicest Show. Mixed. 
. 75c. 
25c. 
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