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PriG6 of Henderson’s “ Novelty Collection oT Flower Seeds,” 
1 packet each of the 12 varieties described 
above, and shown in colors opposite, 
$1.50. 
These flowers we selected at our trial 
grounds this summer as being 1 of especial 
merit—and worthy of being shown on a col¬ 
ored plate (see opposite ). They all bloom the 
first season from seed sown in the spring, 
and are thrifty growers, bloom continuously 
and profusely, and will give a brilliant and 
varied display in the summer garden. 
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Diantlius" Gloriosa No. 0 on colored plate o\ 
Xo. (i on colored plate opposite. 
A new annual-flowering garden pink, unique and beautiful; the flowers. 2 to 3 
inches across, have fringed edges. The coloring is white, velvety crimson and 
pink Ijieroglyphieally splashed, striped and blotched. The plants grow about 8 
inches high and commence blooming from spring-sown seed in July, the flowers 
literally smothering the plant with a wealth of coloring until frost; 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Henderson’s 
DOLLY VflRDEN 
POPPY. 
No. 1 on colored plate opposite. 
A new strain of double, semi-double and sin¬ 
gle Poppies of remarkable beauty; the plants are 
sturdy, branching bushes about 15 inches high, 
producingfor months myriads of exquisite crushed 
satin-like flowers, about 8 inches across, of the 
most charming combinations of coloring, ranging 
from flesh-pink to rose, crimson, maroon, white, 
etc., margined, netted, striped,flaked and mottled: 
exceedingly effective for garden beds; mixed colors. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Double Miniature Busti Sunflower. 
No. 2 on colored plate opposite. 
An annual variety forming bushes about 8 feet high and 8 feet through. The 
numerous branches from base to summit bear very double golden yellow flowers 
about 3 inches across; it flowers continuously and profusely the first season, 
from July until killed by frost. It makes a very showy garden plant, not unlike 
the hardy perennial variety Helianthus Multiflorus fl. pi. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Giant Browallia. No. 3 on colored pla te opposite. 
A most beautiful summer-floweri^gplant for flower bedsin summer and equally 
valuable for pot culture in winter. The plants grow about 1 ft., are bushy and bear 
continuously large flowers, from 1 to 2 inches across, of brilliant indigo blue en¬ 
livened with a white throat. People who are familiar with the old favorite “ blue 
Amethyst” will scarcely recognize this grand new variety as belonging to the 
same family. Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Esciisciioltzia “Satin BluslT opposite. 
This is a very charming variety of the “California Poppy.”the flowers,large, 
round and saucer shaped, are of a beautiful satiny, silvery white inside and are 
tinged with blush pink outside. This variety is a very profuse bloomer; plants 
from seed sown in the open ground in May were covered with flowers and buds 
from July until frost. They form compact mounds about 1 foot high by 18 
inches across—a highly satisfactory garden annual. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Pentstemon “Sensation.” 
No. !> on colored plate opposite. 
A new Giant Gloxinia-flowered type, blooming early the first season from 
spring-sown seed. The graceful spikes, about 2 feet high, are bedecked with 
flowers, two inches across, from July until frost. The colors and markings are 
gorgeously varied from pink to scarlet and maroon, all beautifully blotched and 
veined with other colors; a large white throat further enlivens and intensifies the 
surrounding colors. The plants are healthy vigorous growers of bushy habit 
and not troubled with insects. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
“ Daybreak ” Aster. 
No. 7 on colored plate opposite. 
“Silvery White” Mianonette. 
A most beautiful bushy, branching Aster, growing about 2 feet high with 
large double flowers composed of incurved petals, almost as regularly placed as 
in a Dahlia. The coloring is an exquisite tint of rosy shell pink, the flowers are 
borne upright on stiff long stems, and the plants in bloom are charming beyond 
description and for cutting purposes there is not a finer Aster grown. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Xo. 8 on colored plate 
opposite. 
This is not only the best wniTE-flowering annual Mignonette grown, but one 
of the best of any color for garden cultivation. We were very much pleased with 
it in our trial grounds the past summer, though the unprecedented drought 
when other varieties went to seed and died off, this variety continued to grow 
and bloom, and was still blooming when our beds were plowed up October 
15th. The tapering spikes closely filled with flowers are freely and continuously 
produced. The fragrance is unusually powerful and delicious. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Yellow Flowering Japanese Morning Glory. 
No. 9 on colored plate opposite. 
A large yellow-flowering Morning Glory is a rarity, and has never been grown 
to our knowledge outside of the Japanese Imperial Gardens, until we secured a 
few of the seeds three years ago. The canary yellow flowers, 2 inches across, are 
produced in wonderful freedom. The foliage is also unique and attractive, the 
deeply lobed leaves are mottled green, silver and yellow. It grows about 1 0 feet 
high, and is very attractive trained on a trellis. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
t * No. 10 on colored plate 
opposite. 
A new variety of incomparable beauty and size; the flowers. 4 to 5 inches 
across, are of the richest crimson lake color imaginable with a deep pure white 
throat not blended in to the red, but sharply defined, giving the (lower a strik¬ 
ingly handsome appearance, and the petals are so full that they appear like 
crumpled velvet. The plants are luxuriant growers and flower freely all sum¬ 
mer long; a grand garden Petunia and equally valuable for pot culture. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Tom TliuniD Zebra Zinnias. opposite. 
The plants are bushy and compact, only about 8 inches high, bearing perfectly 
formed very double flowers of medium size but in great abundance. These 
flowers are of varied colors striped, such as yellow, striped crimson, white 
striped red. etc. Sometimes a plant will produce flowers all yellow, and others 
all red. Some flowers will be half yellow and the other half red, etc., a bed of 
these Zinnias thus forming a mass of unique and charming effect. 
Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Giant Crimson HyaGintii Bean. ‘"opposite. 
One of the showiest annual climbers in our trial grounds the past summer; 
the vines grow about 10 feet high, brandling out from bottom to top, forming a 
network of vines which are clothed with luxuriant dark green leaves having red 
ribs and veins, tlie leaf stalks are purplish maroon. The Sweet Pea like flowers, 
borne in unusually long clusters as they age, change from blush to rose then car¬ 
mine, and at last purplish red. Some of tin* flower stems were over a foot long 
with blossoms in all stages of maturity. The flowers are followed by bronzy 
purple seed pods, the whole forming a mass of varied color and beauty from 
July until frost. Price per packet, 15 cents. 
Giant Petunia “Splendora.’ 
