Keywords: Everything for the garden (16666793280).jpg 100 <br> I <br> FLOWER SEED <br> m <br> lii <br> – jj - '- <br> - <br> i <br> t/l <br> r <br> \ <br> - <br> '»- <br> GIANT SWEET SULTAN miicli reduced <br> Scabiosa Caucasica Perfecta <br> Tlio old f'aucasian Srabious Is recoRtilzed as <br> one of thehandsoniestor hardyperennialH forming <br> dense Hpreading plants 2 to 3 feet high thriving in <br> any ordinary garden soil In this new variety Per- <br> fecta we have obtained the liighest perfection of this <br> type; the immense seniidouble flowers 3 to 4 inches <br> across are haughtily poised on stiff stalks – to 2 feet <br> long making them of e xceptional value wlien cut t jr <br> vases etc The coloring of the flowers is exquisite a <br> most beautiful lilac-blue shading to deep water blue <br> Pkt 15 <br> New Miniature Verbena <br> BLOOD RED WITH WHITE EVE <br> The plant forms a com- <br> pactly branching bush 7-8 <br> inches in diameter and 6 <br> inches high The numerous -_« - <br> medium-sized umbels are s »L '»- 3 <br> set with large flowers of <br> blood -red color distin- <br> guished by a large white <br> eye and are borne almost <br> on a level and free above <br> the bushy foliage; it flow- <br> ers contiBuously through <br> summer and fall ; fine for <br> potB as well as bedding _ <br> J'kt 25 /tI <br> HENDERSON'S <br> Mammoth Verbenas <br> For garden beds or massing the Verbena is unrivaled; flowers of the most <br> brilliant colors blooming continually from spring until late in the autumn <br> Although perennials these form luxuriant plants and bloom profusely the <br> first season from seed and are great improvements <br> Henderson's Mammoth Verbenas This distinct and beautiful race <br> originated with and was first Introduced and named by us The average <br> trusses measure 9 to 12 inches in circumference and the individual florets <br> on properly grown plants over 1 inch across ” or larger than a 25c silver <br> piece They bloom freely are vigorous in growth and the mixed contains all <br> of the beautiful new colors and shades SVe i nt <br> Mammoth White Pif 10 Mammoth AuricuJ a-eyed Pit 10 <br> Mammoth Pttrple 10 Mam moth Scarlet ¢ 10 <br> Mammoth Fink 10 Mammoth Mixed Colors per IflOO seeils 25c 10 <br> The collection at above 5 separate colors 1 pkt each for 40c <br> I nish jou could have seen my bea utifiil <br> beds of Mammoth Verlienas last season <br> from a package of mixed seeds which were <br> purchased from you They were the ad- <br> miration of every iiehohler ” Mrs H P <br> Morrison Oldham Ohio <br> iant flowering Sweet i; ultans <br> The old Sweet Sultan has long been a favorite garden annual of the easiest culture <br> These new manunoth-llnwering varieties are grand improvements producing blossoms <br> from ' i to 4 inclies across of graceful airy effect and are most dellciously fragrant ” the <br> colors of the flowers are infinitely varied from glistening white through shades of red <br> from flesh-pink to crimson and through blues from silvery liinc to royal purple etc and <br> all flowers are deliciously fragrant; for bouquets vases or as corsage flowers the airy <br> grace of the giant long-stemmed flowers renders them of exceptional value If cut scarcely <br> opened they w ill last for ten days in water The plants are of the easiest culture flowering <br> freely in the garden the first summer from seed sown in the spring They are of strong <br> liUKhy form 3 to 4 feet high See cut <br> Giant Imperial Sweet Stiltans Centanrea Imperialis Mixed Colors Pkt 10 <br> Mammoth White Sweet Sultan Centaurea Margarita Immense satiny white fra- <br> -r;uit flowers 10 <br> Mammoth Yellow Sweet Sultan Centaurea ChamiPleou Immense bright yellow <br> fragrant flowers 10 <br> Henderson's Improved 7 IN MI A C <br> Mammoth-flowering /-«ll 1 I A O <br> These lndisi ensable garden annuals are <br> ow greatly Improved The plants form <br> handsome compax't bushes 3 feet in <br> height and the mammoth perfectly <br> formed double flowers measure 5 to <br> 6 Inches across See cut <br> Mammoth Scarlet Striped <br> Gold Intense scarlet striped <br> with golilen yellow Pkt 10 <br> Mammoth Salmon Bose An <br> ex nisi to color 10 <br> Mammoth Crimson 10 <br> Mammoth Oraug'e 10 <br> Mammoth Yellow 10 <br> Mammoth White 10 <br> Mammoth Mixed Col- <br> ors Com prising new <br> and rich hues 10 <br> Thecnllection oftl separate <br> Mammoth Zinnias Mc <br> Last spring T obtained <br> f orn you a packet of the <br> seeds of Mammoth Zinnia <br> As a result ofplauting and <br> no cultivation whatever <br> except weeding I have one <br> of the finest and showiest <br> beds of Youth and Old Age <br> ever seen anywhere J have <br> for years raised Zinnias but <br> these are the most lovely <br> and attract the most atten- <br> tion ” Nathan G Dag- <br> gett Schenectady N Y <br> The Mammoth Zinnias <br> I bought of you are simply <br> perfect; they are loaded <br> down with beautiful fla- <br> grant flowers which are <br> very large ” Miss Lilie E <br> Pierce Hypo- <br> luxo Fla <br> ; <br> <br> X <br> sc <br> C S l <br> /I <br> s <br> fei; <br> U <br> Jr <br> <br> iN <br> I bought some of your Mammoth A'er- <br> bena seed thisspringantl raised sixly-eiglit <br> plants out of one packet The colors were <br> beautiful and they grew like weeds They <br> were very much admired by my fi'iends ” <br> Miss Martha R Camm Bridgeton N 1 <br> £0P <br> tf/f <br> llSiiJ IS9 7BV pi <br> reP; <br> niCNUERBON B <br> M A M \l OTH <br> VERBENA 42383189 133997 66553 Page 100 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383189 1902 10 5962/bhl title 66553 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co NameFound Caucasica NameConfirmed Caucasica EOLID 9101655 NameBankID 4105838 NameFound Centaurea NameConfirmed Centaurea L EOLID 59386 NameFound Imperialis NameConfirmed Imperialis NameBankID 4853926 NameFound Scabiosa NameConfirmed Scabiosa 'Simon Greaves' EOLID 49101 NameFound Verbena NameConfirmed Verbena subser Pseudoracemosae N O'Leary EOLID 24001436 NameFound Zinnia NameConfirmed Zinnia L EOLID 38874 Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1901 Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Peter Henderson Co Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42383189 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383189 bhlGardenStories Zinnias Verbenas Giant Sweet Sultan BHLinbloom peter henderson co plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories giant sweet sultan bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-03-18 Check categories 2015 August 24 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16666793280 2015-08-24 20 57 16 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1902 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |