A Labor of Peace Becomes a 
Bulwark of National Security 
Through all the ages, Gardening has been associated with the refinements of Peace. Not one 
of the weak spined refinements that lead to softness and moral and physical decay—but one that 
is virile and strong and is born of the Love of Home and the Love of Liberty. 
Today our National Government urges all who are in a position to do so, to make a garden, 
not alone for the manifest benefit of adding to the food supply of the Nation, but also for the 
recreational and morale building effect.it will have upon the individual. The growing of flowers is, 
therefore, naturally included in the gardening program. 
During the last World War a veritable hysteria to grow vegetables, swept over the country, 
with the result that many crops were planted on ground that was entirely unsuited for them, and 
consequently there was a great waste of seed and effort. It is now recommended that we sow care- 
fully, because during the present conflict many of the seed producing nations of Europe are en- 
gulfed by war, and for this reason our allies depend entirely upon us for many kinds of vegetable 
seeds. 
Notwithstanding the fact that some seed shortages do exist, our stocks of both vegetable and 
flower seeds were never better. We are laboring incessantly to maintain the Henderson Standard of 
Perfection, which in many instances is the accepted standard of the market grower. Many new 
and interesting items will be found in this catalog, together with those sterling items which are 
known and grown throughout the country. . 
During the past ninety-five years, we have successfully weathered four wars, and we face the 
future with confidence—a confidence borne of our strong root-hold in the soil. We know that our 
customers will also share in that feeling of confidence, for nothing else in the world yields that same 

Registered 
Fide Mark January 1, 1942 
sense of security as a plot of ground brought to flower and fruition through our own efforts. 
Very truly yours, 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 

Plan Your Garden Early this Year (RT deen, 
and “Please Order Early 
It is Easy to Shop by Mail. We are as 
Near to you as your nearest Mail Box. 
In no other way can you derive as much pleasure in 
making up your order of garden requirements, as 
within the comfort of your own home, where selections 
can be made carefully and unhurriedly. 
It is easy to plan your garden with the help of this 
catalog and Henderson’s Garden Guide and Record. 
Please read instructions on page 152. Use order blanks 
inserted under back cover. All orders are filled promptly. 
’ Complete Gardening Information. This 
104-page Book Tells You 
How, What, When and Where 
to Plant 
_ HENDERSON’S GARDEN GUIDE & RECORD 
Sent without charge on every order amounting 
to $3.00 or over if requested. Published price 35c. 
This Book answers thousands of ques- 
tions about gardening. It tells how to 
make rose gardens, rock gardens, peren- 
pees nial gardens and gardens of annual 
og AND RECORD flowers. In short, with this new edition, 
er ee it will be possible for any garden lover to 
'take an undeveloped piece of property 
| and make a garden. It also gives complete 
cultural instructions for growing both 
| vegetables and flowers written by experts. 
Po 5 by 8% ins., has 88 pages of text 
including index. Also 16 record pages; 
104 pages in all. 
1847-1942—-Ninety-five Years of Successful Seed 
Service 



PETER HENDERSON ECO. 
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Young America does its part by building healthy minds 
and bodies in the Garden. 
(Copyright, 1942, Peter Henderson & Co., New York) 
