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Special Cultural Instructions for pansies in Henderson’s Garden 
Guide free with orders of $2.00 or over. See page 2. 
HENDERSON’S 
Mammoth Butterfly Pansies 
HENDERSON’S 
Collection of Mammoth Butterfly Pansies 
One packet each of the above twelve varieties, $1.00. 
HENDERSON’S MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES 
MIXED COLORS 
Henderson’s Mammoth Butterfly Pansies in Mixed Colors, 15c. per pkt. 
of 150 seeds; 2 pkts. for 25c.; 00c. per 1,000 seeds. Are best de¬ 
scribed by those who have grown them. 
“ Your Butterfly Pansies planted beside the finest mixed pansies of two 
other leading seedsmen, were pronounced by all the finest, though one of the 
other packets cost me 50c. Your “ Butterflies" bore the largest variety of 
rich and rare colors and markings I have ever had in my 20 years' ex peri nice 
in pansy culture. I most heartily recommend II aider son’s Butterfly to 
pansy lovers.” Rev. ENOCH PICKERING, Dodgeville, H 'is. 
"Words are inadequate to give a fitting description of the wonderful 
brilliancy and beauty of your Butterfly Pansies. We have never seen such 
a rich diversity of colors — such perfect form and large size. Many of the 
blooms were 3 inches across, some more than that, on stems over 6 inches, 
long.” EDGAR VAIL, Y or blown Heights, N. Y. 
"My Pansies raised from your “ Butterfly” seed are the admiration of all 
who see them. I never had anything like them for size, beauty and variety 
of coloring, also profusion of bloom, and I have cultivated pansies for many 
years.” LILLY A. TREAT, Bridgewater, Conn. 
"I think I have tried everybody's best pansies and none of them can hold 
a candle to your big 'Butterflies'.” 
GRACE POPE, South West Point, Colo. 
Henderson’s Mammoth Butterfly Pansies—in mixture—have been 
famous many years for their superior size, perfection of form, marvelous 
diversity of colorings, superb markings as well as for robust plant 
growth—deep rooting frost and heat resisting qualities and freedom of 
bloom. This "Butterfly” race originated with Mr. Peter Henderson 
—who was particularly fond of pansies and could be seen almost any 
morning during "pansy season" walking around the beds — and through 
his pansy trials from the best American, English, Scotch. French and 
German pansy specialists. A boy with trowel and "flat" followed and 
lifted any plant indicated by Mr. Henderson — which meant that it 
fulfilled all of his expert and critical requirements and was to be trans¬ 
ferred to the "Butterfly" bed and associate with the “quality" pansies- 
the best from all over the world. This process of selection and elimina¬ 
tion has been persisted in by us ever since and from the legion of "most 
beautiful" pansies amongst Henderson’s Butterflies we have chosen for 
this offering those shown in colors — though it does not do them justice 
—no brush can. We offer seeds of the twelve separately or. collec¬ 
tively as below. 
Customer’s Selection. Any one packet (about 75 seeds,, 15c.; any 
two packets, 25c.; any five packets, 50c. 
Aureola. The under or "ground-color” of the three lower petals varies 
from rose t 9 carmine red, ornamented with a purplish blotch and 
radiating veins on each; the upper petals are cream-yellow with pink 
or rose border. 
Bridesmaid. Blush white underlies the central suffusion of wine-pink. 
Lower petals embellished with violet blotches and radiations. 
Fireface. Lower petals rich yellow with scarlet blotches overlaid with 
purplish veins. Upper petals bright red, bordered golden-yellow. 
Gold-Orange. Deep rich golden-orange—with a few small darker 
veins radiating from the eye — practically a self-colored variety. 
Madame Perret. The under colorings are light or white, marbled, 
spotted, flamed or blotched, with carmine, purple, etc., in a variety 
of effects. 
Mercury. Superb deep velvety-purple, with violet black blotch on 
each of the three lower petals, golden eye, very rich. 
Orchid. A charming merging of delicate colorings typifies these new 
"Orchid or Cattleya-flowered" pansies, such as cream, pale mauve, 
blush-pink, canary, apricot, rose, etc. 
Pretiosa. Rich crimson purple shading to light wine with a defined 
white margin — rich violet blotches on the lower petals and a peacock 
blue lustre on the upper petals further beautifies this giant waved 
variety. 
Psyche. A Giant waved form of President Carnot. The coloring is 
white with a large violet-blue center overlaid with radiations of purple. 
Super-5-Blotched. A blend of the best giant Gassier, Odier and Bug- 
nots five-blotched pansies. The ground or under-colors are shades of 
white, yellow or red and each of the five petals is overlaid with a large 
blotch of violet, purple, maroon, claret, orange, etc. 
Triumph. The acme of perfection in waved, undulated or fluted 
pansies. The flowers are of immense size, the petals so broad, fulled 
and overlapping, the flower appears almost double. The colorings 
and combinations are very rich, brilliant and varied, including new 
tones of red, yellow, terra cotta, seal brown, etc., and nearly all 
flowers are five-blotched. 
A new giant frilled variety of very rich blood-red with a deep 
purple central blotch on each petal. 
