PETER HENDERSON ftCO.. INIFW YORK- 
HENDERSON’S 
SUPERIOR GlflflT PARSIES. 
Years of scientific culture, hybridization and selection in raising Pansies 
have gradually evolved a superior race of luxuriant, robust growth and deep- 
rooting, drought-withstanding Qualities; the flowers have also correspondingly 
improved in size, substance, form and colors. At first there were only one or two 
varieties in this class of pansies, but annually one or more varieties would reach 
the goal of the Giants, until now we have such a complete variety of colors, that 
we. this season, discard all ordinary-sized pansies, excepting those used in our 
cheapest mixture, offered on page 72. 
“/ think 1 have tried everybody's best pansies and none of them can hold a 
candle to Henderson's big ones." GRACE POPE, Southwest Point, Canada. 
Per 1,000 
Giant Trimardeau Pansies. Mixed Colors . Pkt 10 
Atropurpurea (Rex). Velvety royal-purple . .10.' 
Beauty. Claret, edged white, violet blotches . 10 
Canary Bird. Pure, spotless yellow . io 
Emperor William. Indigo-blue, blotched black. ! io’ 
Empress Victoria. Porcelain-edged violet, purple blotches . 10. 
Fire King. Crimson-purple and golden-yellow .10. 
King of the Blacks. Lustrous iet-black .io. 
Lord Beaconsfield. Lavender, heliotrope and purple.10. 
Peacock ( Gloriosa ). Garnet, cream and blue. !l0. 
President Carnot. White with large violet blotches.10 
Prince Bismarck. Golden-bronze.io „ 
Prince Charming. Rose-pink, veined rosy-lilac.10.. ! ^50 
Snow Queen. Spotless, snow-white. "io! 
Striped. White, blue, violet and chocolate. 10 
Violet Marbled White. ’in 
Violet Marbled Yellow.. !io! 
Victoria. Ox-blood red.’ ’io. 
White Treasure. White with three violet blotches.10. 
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Yellow. Golden-yellow, three maroon blotches.10. . . 
Henderson’s Collection of 12 Giant Pansies. 
This collection contains one packet each of 12 of the largest and most beautiful 
Pansies in cultivation. Price, 75c. 
Henderson’s MammotU Butterflu Pansies. 
T HESE Pansies we are very proud of. We have sold them for a number of 
years and receive hundreds of letters praising their superior beauty, size 
and other merits; they were awarded a medal at the Columbian Exposi¬ 
tion, Chicago, where they competed with the best from all over the world. When 
our unequaled collections of all types of pansies are in bloom we go over them 
daily and any plant producing flowers of superlative merit is removed to our 
“Mammoth Butterfly” plot of pansies, where nothing but the largest, hand¬ 
somest and most perfect are allowed to remain. Consequently the seed is saved 
from the greatest varieties of types, including only the best of Giant Cassiers, 
Bugnots, 1'nmardeau, 5-blotched Odier, Giant English, French and German 
Hybrids, etc., resulting in the greatest variety of coloring, marking, blotching, 
veining, etc., for brilliant and attractive beds. (See cut.) Mixed Colors. 
Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. pfa, 25 
“/ have grown large nansies before, but never saw the equal of the ‘Mammoth 
Butterfly,’ the seed of which I got from you last fall. I have a large bed of them ; the 
plants are 20 inches high, and the stems of the blossoms 9 inches long, while the 
blossoms themselves are simply monstrous, each one a broad expanse of beauty.” 
THOMAS C. STARR, Newton, Mass. 
Henderson’s Giant Rultled Pansies. 
REMARKABLE strain of Giant Pansies, the flowers of which are so large 
and full that the broad petals seem to be "gathered” *r> tho ctom />».•<,_ 
2 ^ and full that the broad petals seem to be “gathered” to the stem, caus¬ 
ing them to be undulated and fluted from centre to circumference, not 
unlike "frilled” velvet. The unusual substance of the flowers, aided by these 
corrugations, thus enables them to present bold, open and handsome faces, even 
during windy or dry summer weather, when other pansy flowers flop or wilt. 
The flowers are extraordinarily large and are borne on strong stems well above 
the foliage; they are nearly all five-blotched on the “Odier” pattern, and con¬ 
tain rich combinations of coloring, including some new tints and blendings not 
met with in other pansies. The plants are vigorous and large, and flower 
abundantly. Mixed Colors. Per 1.000 seeds, 75c. Pkt 25 
New Giant Ruffled Red Pansy. Grand large frilled flowers, of bright deep 
red with a large dark maroon blotch on each petal.25 
New Giant Ruffled Violet. Magnificent fluted flowers, often 4 inches across, 
of a velvety indigo-violet, with large golden eye. 25 
New Giant Ruffled Silver Edge. Large elegantly undulated flow-ers. broadly 
edged with silvery-white surrounding violet-blue blotches.25 
Henderson’s Mamniotii Parisian Pansies. 
T HE Parisian Pansies are'distinguished by their magnificent and varied col¬ 
ors and strong markings. There is usually a large 4 blotch ” on each 
of the five petals, with a surrounding band of some strikingly contrasting 
color, over all of which is throwm a cobweb-like netting of yet another hue. The 
combinations prevailing are composed of shades of cinnamon, violet, canary and 
orange-yellow', black, garnet, light blue, indigo, cream, etc. These pansies have 
been brought up to a high standard of excellence, the flowers being of fine sub¬ 
stance, perfect shape and of mammoth size, measuring, when properly cultivated, 
four inches across. A large number of these pansies are also very fragrant. 
Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. Pkt. .25 
Henderson’s Giant Mottled Pansies. 
A DISTINCT new type of Pansies of greatest merit. The flowers are of 
giant size and are borne in profusion—well-grown they measure 3 to 
3‘/i> inches across — and of most gorgeous effects, blotched, spotted, mar¬ 
bled, veined, striped and blended, colors passing through reds, rose, pink, white, 
purple, in beautiful and indescribable variegation. These pansies were awarded 
a prize at the Paris Exposition. Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. Pkt. .25 
The Superiority o\ Henderson’s Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, etc,, Ml 65 Highest Awards r a n^Vm,rio 0 I u n “ 8 mon S , 
