Henderson’s Colossal Ten-Week Stocks. 
Giant “Hollyhock-Flowered” 
—Ten-Week Stocks.— 
Stokesia Cyanea - 
HIS beautiful hardy perennial plant is not so well known as it deserves to be. 
No garden /large or small, should be without it. Asa single specimen or 
group in the herbaceous border it makes for itself a place that cannot be filled 
by any other hardy plant, while for beds or masses of any size it is very attract¬ 
ive. It is of the easiest culture, blooming the first year from seed, and succeed-* 
ing in any open sunny position. The plants grow from 18 to 24 inches high and be¬ 
gin flowering in July, continuing without interruption till late in October to produce 
their handsome lavender-blue cornflower-like blossoms, 4 to 5 inches across, on long 
stems, rendering them highly valuable for cutting, supplying a shade of color not over 
plentiful at any season of the year. (See cut.) Pkt.lOc. 
This magnificent strain is without a rival for open-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 they 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 Rouge. Brilliant crimson.15c. 
Aurora. Shining copper-red.15c. 
Blue Bells. Pretty shade of blue.15c. 
The Collection of above 6 varieties, 75c. 
“ I am greatly pleased with the Colossal Ten- 
weeks' Stocks raised from seed bought of you. They 
bloomed beautifully from early summer until the 
present time (Nov. 8), 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 II AM AN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
■ This improved type of “ Mammoth Column ” 
Stock is very distinct in growth and highly at¬ 
tractive both for garden decoration and lor cut¬ 
ting. Our trial-ground note 
reads: "July Oth, Grand I Im¬ 
mense double flowers, averag¬ 
ing H inches across, filling 
columnar spikes 18 inches 
h i g h , suggesting miniature 
hollyhocks. SO per cent, come 
double. Very fragrant.” 
Hollyhock-Flowered Stock. 
White. 
. .Pkt. 15c. 
Crimson. 
Light Blue. 
.15c. 
Mixed Colors. 
The Collection. 
1 pkt. 
each, of 4 separate 
colors, 50c. 
“Cut and Come Again” Stock. 
— Princess Alice. == 
Plants grow about 2 feet high, producing con¬ 
tinuously from early summer to late in the fall 
beautifully shaped double white flowers, which 
encircle numbers of side branches, and the 
oftener they are cut the better they seem to like 
it. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c.; Pkt. 10c. 
Autumn and Winter Flowering Stocks. 
"HIS comparatively new type produces the largest double flowers of any 
| class in the Stock family. The flowers are borne on long trusses standing 2 
to 2A feet above the ground. The plants are of strong, healthy, robust 
growth and produce continuously for weeks their fine spikes of splendid 
flowers which are also delightfully fragrant. Plants from seeds early 
in the spring, commence blooming in late summer and continue until cut 
down by frost, rendering them especially desirable for the autumn 
garden. They, however, are equally valuable as winter flowering pot 
plants and furnish excellent cutting material. For the latter purposes 
sow the seeds during the summer. They commence flowering in from 
2£ to months from seed sowing. 
Apple Blossom. New. White-suffused rosy-carmine. Pkt. 25c. 
Beauty of Nice. Exquisite flesh-pink.15c. 
Crimson King. Brilliant velvety-crimson.15c. 
Queen Alexandra. Charming rosy-lavender.] 5c. 
Sunburst. New. Bright sulphur-yellow.25c. 
The Collection of autumn and winter flowering Stocks, 1 pkg. each of 
the above 5 sorts for 85c. 
Baby Ten-Week Stocks. 
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. (See cut.) 
White Baby Stock. Pkt. 15c. 
Scarlet Baby Stock.15c. 
FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALE OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS. 
