ALEC HENDERSON, INC 
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CHICAGO 
Marigold—Continued 
Gigantea 
Flowers average 5 to 7 inches across. Flowers are loosely formed, 
very full, with broad heavy petals. Plants grow 31/2 to 4 ft. tall, 
throwing up a heavy stem, which carries a cluster of flowers on 
short stems. No objectionable odor. 
Sunset Giants. Tr. Pkt.$0.40 Oz.$0.65 Oz.$2.00 
Orange Sunset. See Novelty Page. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered Hybrids 
These hybrids contain many new and distinct types of Marigold, 
varying in size of bloom from 2 to 4 inches. Some have guilled and 
incurved petals, others are imbricated with from four to five rows of 
flat petals. Range of color is confined to all shades of orange and 
yellow, and plants grow about 3 feet high, give a mass of flowers 
borne on good stems. 
Trade pkt.$0.35 14 oz.$0.60 Oz.$2.00 
Collarette Crown of Gold 
Flowers measure 214 inches across with crested centers and broad 
petals. Foliage is odorless which makes this variety very desirable. 
Trade Packet.$0.25 Per oz.$1.00 
Tall Double French—2'/a Foot Trade Pkt. Oz. 
Dark Brown . $0.10 $0.50 
Royal Scot .25 1.25 
Australian Tree. Color is golden yellow with brown.15 .80 
Lieb's Winter Flowering. Mahogany brown with golden 
yellow crested center .30 1.30 
Mixed .15 .50 
Double Dwarf French—1 Foot 
Dark Brown .15 .50 
Golden Ball Monarch Strain. Re-selected.15 .60 
Robert Beist. Dark maroon .15 .50 
Double Mixed .10 .40 
Single Dwarf French—1 Foot 
Fire Cross. Saffron orange with brown red center.10 .30 
Legion of Honor. Yellow and brown.10 .30 
Single Mixed .10 .25 
Dwarf Royal Scott Alldouble 
A fine new dwarf French striped Marigold of uniform shape and 
height about 10 to 12 inches. Color a rich mahogany with uniform 
gold stripes. 
Trade pkt.$0.35 Vi oz.$0.60 Oz.$2.00 
Trade Pkt. Oz. 
Tagetes, Signata Pumila. Very dwarf orange. A profuse 
bloomer. Fine for edging.15 .75 
Matricaria— Perennial 
Capensis. 24 in. Double white flowers.20 .50 
Golden Ball. 10 in. Yellow.25 1.75 
MARVEL OF PERU (Four o'clock), per lb., $1.00. .10 
Mignonette Trade Pkt.oz. 
We have listed below the five best Florist Machet 
Mignonette. 
Giant Flowering .15 .60 
Goliath Red .15 .75 
New York Market.20 .90 
Orange Queen .15 .60 
White .15 .75 
MIMULUS Moschatus (Musk Plant).35 
Tigrinus (Monkey Flower) .15 
MIMOSA PUDICA (Sensitive Plant).15 .50 
MARIGOLD GIGANTEA—ORANGE SUNSET 
Myosotis — Biennial Trade Pkt. oz. 
Blue Basket-Alpestris. Deep blue. $0.25 $2.00 
Victoria Sky Blue .25 1.80 
Indigo Blue .25 2.00 
Rosea .25 2.00 
White .25 2.00 
Hybrida Ruth Fischer. Large and long blooming bright 
blue. Valuable for pots.35 
Oblongata Blue Bird. Deep blue.35 3.50 
Nasturtium Oz. Pound 
Double Dwarf Golden Globe.15 1.00 
Double Golden Gleam.15 1.00 
Moon Gleam .15 1.00 
Orange Gleam .15 1.00 
Salmon Gleam . .15 1.00 
Scarlet Gleam .15 1.00 
Glorious Gleam Hybrids, mixed.15 1.00 
Nierembergia Hippomanica 
This lovely little plant has found great favor in the florist trade, 
both as a pot plant and also for bedding purposes. Plants are very 
dwarf and compact, being not over 5 or 6 inches in height and 
covered with lavender blue flowers. 
Trade packet.$0.50 ^ oz.$2.00 ^ oz.$3.50 
Pansy Trade Pkt. Oz. 
Swiss Giant Mixed. An improved new strain with 
flowers of enormous size and often exceed three 
inches in diameter. The flowers are perfectly round 
and are of unusual colors and color combinations. 
Vi oz., $1.75.75 6.00 
Giant English Mixture. This mixture contains the cream 
of many European strains. The blooms are very 
large and come in a great variety of colors and 
markings . 1.00 10.00 
Jumbo Mixed. An exceptionally fine strain of pansies, 
the flowers measuring up to 4 inches in diameter, 
with a fine range of color. 1.00 12.00 
Greenhouse Mixture. Selected for greenhouse growing. 
Long stems .75 9.00 
Maple Leaf Giant Mixture. Wide range of attractive 
colors .75 6.00 
Super Maple Leaf Giants . 1.00 9.00 
Don's Winter Flowering . 2.00 
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