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•FLOWER 
SPECIALTIES 
— NEW HARDY= 
RED SUNFLOWER. 
This sensational novelty was produced 
by crossing the hardy Sunflower, Iielian- 
thus Multiflorus, with an Echinacea. It 
grows 5 to 0 feet high and when estab¬ 
lished bears during the season from 20 
to 30 gigantic flowers 5 to 8 inches across, 
bright red on the face, contrasting vividly 
with the yellow centre. The flowers re¬ 
tain their full beauty on the plant for 2 
to 3 weeks This gigantic red Sunflower 
will be of great value for the hardy gar¬ 
den and herbaceous border, is of scarcely 
less importance as a decorative cut flower 
and may be cut with stems 18 to 24 
inches long. Plants from seeds sown 
early in the spring may flower a little 
towards fall, but it is not until the second 
year and thereafter that full perfection 
can be expected. 60 to 70 per cent, come 
true from seed. (See cut.) . Pkt. 25c. 
Henderson’s Colossal Ten-Week Stocks. 
This magnificent strain is without a rival for ODen-ground planting, attaining a height of 2£ feet. 
The spikes of bloom are very long, and the individual flowers are enormous in size and very double. 
These popular flowers are easily grown, and are so highly fragrant and of such great beauty, and have 
so many good qualities, that thev deserve a place in every garden. They should be given good rich soil to 
grow in, and will amply reward good treatment with remarkably large pyramids of bloom; the flowers 
represent a great diversity of brilliant color. (See cut.) 
Mixed, brilliant colors. Pkt. 15c. 
El Dorado. Sulphur-yellow.15c. 
Rosy Morn. Delicate rosy-flesh.15c. 
Mount Blanc. Purest white.15c. 
Grand Roug 
Brilliant crimson. Pkt. 15c. 
ige. 
Aurora. Shining copper-red.15c. 
Blue Bells. Pretty shade of blue...15c. 
The Collection of above 6 varieties, 75c. 
“ I am, (jreatly pleased with the Colossal Ten-weeks' Stocks raised fro?n seed bouyht of you. They bloomed 
beautifully from early summer until the present time (Nov. S ), but none of them went to seed, so I have ordered 
another packet , as I do not know of a flower which possesses more merits.” 
Mrs. JOHN-HAM AN, Syracuse , N. Y. 
= GIANT ten-week STOCK, “HOLLYHOCK.FLOWERED.”= 
This improved type of “Mammoth Column” Stock is very distinction growth and highly attractive 
both for garden decoration and for' 
cutting. Our trial-ground note 
reads: “July 6th, Grand! Im¬ 
mense double flowers, averaging 
1^ inches across, filling columnar 
spikes 18 inches high, suggesting 
miniature hollyhocks. 80 per cent, 
come double. Very fragrant.” 
Hollyhock-flowered Stock, 
White. Pkt. 20c. 
Crimson.20c. 
Light Blue.20c. 
Rose.20c. 
Mixed Colors.15c. 
BABY ten-week STOCK 
Little oval bushes, throwing 
one center spike 6 inches high 
surrounded by 6 to 8 side spikes 
only 4 inches from top to ground, 
all being packed with good-sized, 
very double flowers of rich, spicy 
odor. Splendid for both garden 
and pot culture. 
White Baby Stock . ... Pkt. 25c. 
Scarlet Baby Stock.25c. 
New Double 
Annual Sunflowers. 
Double Chrysanthemum-Flowered. 
Magnificent flowers, 6 to 8 inches in 
diameter, densely double, the petals 
long and fringed; color, rich orange; 
the plants, 5 to 6 ft. high, carry many 
of tnese noble flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
“Globes of Gold” Double Dwarf 
Branching Sunflower. A well- 
branched plant, 3 to 3A feet in height. 
Each of the numerous branches carries 
a large, densely double globe-shaped 
flower of deep, rich, golden-yellow 
color.10c. 
“Cut and Come Again’Sunflowers 
(Helianthus Cucumerifollus—new types.) 
These improved profuse-flowering, branching 
Sunflowers are popular, not only for garden display, 
but for cut flowers. The plants form bushes 3 to 4 
feet high, bearing a continuous succession of flowers 
from June until frost. The perfectly formed single 
or double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, are poised on 
long, graceful stems, which “vase” beautifully. 
They are easily grown, commencing to flower in a 
few weeks from seed. 
“Cut and Come Again,” mixed. .Oz. 25c., Pkt. 5c. 
“ Stella. Golden-yellow with black centre. 
.. Oz. 30c., Pkt. 5c. 
“ White Star. White with black eye. 
. Oz. 50c., Pkt. 5c. 
“ Sirius. Lemon, dark centre. .Oz. 50c., Pkt. 5c. 
“ Mars. Golden, dark eye. . . .Oz. 50c., Pkt. 5c. 
Double ‘‘Cut and Come Again” Sunflowers. 
(Helianthus cuctonerifolius, fl. pi.) Flowers 3 to 4 
inches across; very double centres, surrounded by 
a row of guard petals. 
Double Golden-Yellow. .Pkt. 10c. 
Double Sulphur-White. Creamy-white with yellow 
guard petals.10c. 
Double Mixed “Cut and Come Again” .10c. 
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DOUBLE CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED SUNFLOWER. 
FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACILLTS 
