PETER HENDERSON &. CO., INEW YORK- 
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Henderson’s Ever-Blooming Annual Hollyhocks 
EVERY GARDEN MAY NOW BE GLORIFIED 
WITH QUEENLY HOLLYHOCKS GROWN AS 
EASILY AND FLOWERING AS QUICKLY 
FROM SEED AS ANY GARDEN ANNUAL FOR 
HENDERSON’S 
EVER-BLOOMING 
ANNUAL HOLLYHOCKS 
COMMENCE FLOWERING IN TWELVE WEEKS 
FROM SEED, AND CONTINUE TO BLOOM 
- UNTIL FROZEN - 
The old favorite Hollyhock can seldom be flowered from seed before 
the second year, and as the young plants frequently winter-kill, it has 
limited the cultivation of the Hollyhock to those willing to give the 
young plants special winter care. All of this bother is obviated in grow¬ 
ing our new hybrid Hollyhocks, for they flower the first season from 
seed, which may be started in the house or hotbed from February to 
April, or be sown in the open ground in May. 
The plants from early-sown seed set out in May commence blooming 
in.Inly, the May-sown in August, and in either event they flower profusely 
until frost. 
The flower buds, borne in clusters, vary in maturity from the devel¬ 
oping bud to the expanding flower; this characteristic accounts for 
the remarkably long flowering period, and, besides, the plants continu¬ 
ously push out side branches as well as new spikes from the base, all 
of which also develop their quota of flowers almost ad infinitum. Open 
flowers sometimes encircle the spikes compactly—veritable columns of 
bloom—but usually the flowers expand in irregular groups, wherever the 
buds are strongest, in a charmingly informal fashion. 
The diversity of forms and colors among the flowers affords many 
delightful surprises. Some plants produce densely double flowers 
without guards, others with guard petals; there are semi-doubles, then 
single sorts with small double or anemone-flowered centers, and single 
saucer-shaped flowers; some with smooth-edged petals, others flounced, 
fringed, etc., etc., and all flowers are usually very large, some measuring 
five inches across. In colors there is also great variety, some richly 
brilliant, others dainty and exquisite, then there are colors and tints 
blended in charming combinations. There are maroon, black, pink, 
chamois-rose, apricot with garnet throat, crimson, canary-vellow, pink 
with claret throat and veins, blush with carmine lacings, cerise, white, 
geranium-scarlet, blush with white throat, magenta, apricot with buff 
margin, wine-red with white edge, etc., etc. 
The plants are of vigorous and healthy growth and naturally branch¬ 
ing in habit. The center spike, if not pinched, attains a height of from 
8 to 10 feet, after which, if permitted, the side shoots from the base 
commence to lengthen, growing candelabra-like, 3 to 5 feet long. The 
plants are amenable to training; that is, the main stem may be kept at 
any desired height by pinching out the tip, or it may be kept low and 
induce earlier development in the side branches, thus forming a bush. 
Of course, these Hollyhocks, making such luxuriant growth in such 
a short time and blooming so abundantly, should be sustained for best 
and continuous results by planting them in deeply dug, thoroughly 
enriched soil; water liberally in dry weather. 
-PRICE OF SEED- 
Henderson’s Ever Xn™af n& Hollyhocks 
Grand Combination Mixture of doubles and semi-doubles, includ¬ 
ing all colors, shades and variegations. 
Per Pkt. {about 50 seeds), 15c.; Per 500 Seeds, $1.00. 
We also offer a limited quantity of seeds in colors, saved from a 
few prized plants, but to give us a sufficient quantity, we have had to 
blend them into the under-mentioned color groups, including exclusively 
the finest of the doubles and semi-doubles. The purchaser, however, 
must expect some variation as seeds from new hybrid plants tend to 
sport a little. 
Black, purple and maroon shades, - 
Garnet, crimson and scarlet shades, 
Carmine, rose and pink shades, - 
Blush, white and cream shades, - 
THE ( 1 packet of seed each of the ) 
Collection l and 1 packet of mixed colors, \ 1 
Pkt. 25c. 
“ 25c. 
“ 25c. 
“ 25c. 
IN PRAISE OF HENDERSON’S EVER-BLOOMING 
ANNUAL HOLLYHOCKS: 
{We have received hundreds of other letters of similar purport.) 
“ The Ever-blooming Hollyhocks flowered practically all summer. You have in this 
new race one of the most desirable novelties sent out in years. We have not had any blight 
on your ever-blooming type, although our perennial varieties in the same garden were almost 
destroyed by it.” WM. N. C It A1G, Supt. Gardener, 
F. L. AMES' ESTATE, “Long Water Gardens,” North Easton, Mass. 
“7 have never known such fine Hollyhocks as came from your Ever-blooming kind, the 
seed8 of which were planted in the open ground last A pril. They began to flower the. last of 
July and I had six, eight or ten spikes on nearly every plant. One CANNOT praise them 
enough.” HELEN J. RIPLEY , Brookline, Mass. 
“ Last year I got a package of your Ever-blooming Hollyhock seed from which the plants 
commenced blooming the 4th of July ami are blooming yet (January 13th); in fact, look 
us fresh and beautiful as when they first commenced.” 
II. CHARLTON, Los Angeles, Cal. 
“ Your Ever-blooming Hollyhocks are a great addition to our herbaceous borders and 
are rightly named. The spikes of flowers the first year were thrown up continuously in a 
pleasing variety of colors, and not a sign of disease was shown. We shall watch with 
interest your development of this new type.” 
JOSEPH DEXTER, Gardner to 
WHITELA W REID, Esq., “Ophir Hall,” White Plains, N. Y. 
We furnish Complete Cultural Instructions for these Hollyhocks with every Packet of Seed. 
