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-- THE “HENDERSON" COLLECTION OF- - 
Giant Spencer Sweet Peas 
THE FIFTEEN VAKlETiES 
SHOWN IN COLORS ON PRECEDING PAGE 
- AND DESCRIBED OPPOSITE - 
Sweet Peas, gay and fragrant, are perhaps the most universally popular 
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, about 10 years ago, a 
climaxing 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 modem race of Giant Waved “Spencer” Sweet Peas. 
The characteristics of the Spencer Sweet Peas, grown under congenial 
conditions are: robust growth, the plants attaining a height of from 6 to 10 feet, 
requiring for fv;ll development to be not less than 6 inches apart. The flowers 
are giants among Sweet Peas, measuring 2 to 2)^ inches across. They are 
beautifvdly formed with huge standards, open and upright and immense wings 
gracefully poised. Both standards and wings are daintily waved, the undula¬ 
tions reflecting high lights and casting shadows in the depths, thus showing a 
varied harmony of tones which greatly enhances the coloring. Three and often 
four of these queenly blossoms are borne on long, strong stems, rendering them 
unsurpassable 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. 
Plate 
No. 
Prices Delivered Free in the United States 
Per 
Packet 
Per 
Oz. 
A 
Apple Blossom Spencer. Very bright rose color; wings 
flushed with pink over cream color; large waved flower. 
10c. 
30c. 
B 
Asta Ohn. Charming lavender with a soft pinkish sheen; 
beautifully waved Targe flower. 
10c. 
30c. 
C 
Constance Oliver. Rich orange-pink, suffused over prim¬ 
rose; an unusually vigorous variety with immense waved 
flowers. 
10c. 
40c. 
D 
Countess Spencer. Clear, soft pink deepening slightly 
toward the edges; the original giant waved Spencer and 
still one of the best. 
10c. 
30c. 
E 
Evelyn Hemus. Primrose lightly shaded with rosy-buff and 
picotee edged with pink; beautiful large waved flower.. 
10c. 
40c. 
F 
Florence Morse. Very daintily flushed over white with 
pale pink, deepening into an edging of pink; charming 
large waved variety. 
10c. 
30c. 
G 
Helen Lewis. Bright flame orange with orange-pink wings; 
large waved flowers . 
10c. 
30c. 
H 
John Ingman. Rich rose-red veined with a deeper shade; 
splendid large waved flower. 
10c. 
30c. 
I 
King Edward Spencer. Brilliant, crimson and sun-proof; 
the best and largest Spencer of its color. 
10c. 
30c. 
J 
Martha Washington. Veiled over white with a flush of pink, 
deepening into a marginal zone of soft tyrian rose; 
radiantly beautiful. 
10c. 
40c. 
K 
Mrs. Routzahn. Cream-pink or straw color, washed and 
tinted with blush-pink deepening to rosy-apricot at 
the edges. 
lOc. 
30c. 
L 
Othello Spencer. Rich deep maroon; immense waved 
flov/ers; the finest variety of its color. 
10c. 
30c. 
M 
Primrose Spencer. Light primrose-yellow flowers of the 
largest and finest Spencer form. 
10c. 
30c. 
N 
Tennant Spencer. Unique purplish-mauve shaded over 
rose-magenta; giant waved flowers. 
10c. 
30c. 
O 
White Spencer. Snow-white; magnificent large waved 
flowers of the l>ost Spencer form, unsurpassed by any 
synonomous variety. 
10c. 
30c. 
PRICE FOR THE "HENDERSON” COLLECTION OF GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
I PACKET EACH OF THE 15 VARIETIES FOR $1.00 FOR $4.00 
Henderson’s Leaflet "How to Grow Sweet Peas” 
includes new information on the subject and 
how the En^ish grow big ones for exhibition 
Free to Customers 
when 
asked for 
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