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| Keywords: Wholesale price list of requisites for florists and market gardeners (16750687756).jpg PETER HENDERSON CO NEW YORK WHOLESALE CATALOGUE FLOWER SEEDS 1 <br> HENDERSON s <br> INVINCIBLE ASTER <br> H enderson's S uperior <br> FLOWER SEEDS <br> HENDERSON'S <br> INVINCIBLE ASTERS <br> 4 superior type of healthy robust growth producing <br> long- stemmed flowers of immense size and perfect form <br> They are of surpassing beauty when cut for vases and <br> of incomparable effect for garden beds <br> The highest achievement in China Asters a superior <br> race in every way The plants are of very healthy <br> robust branching growth about two feet high pro- <br> ducing on long stems massive paeony-formed <br> flowers of perfect form and faultless outline and ex- <br> ceedingly double to the very centre The flowers are <br> the most beautifully formed of all large Asters The <br> petals are of thick durable substance and in conse- <br> quence the flowers last long in perfection When <br> well grown the flowers of Henderson's Invincible <br> Asters average 3i inches across; 4-inch flowers are <br> quite common and if grown especially for cut flowers <br> the side branches pruned allowing a plant to carry <br> not over 8 or 10 flowers one flower to a stem their <br> size will then be enormous measuring 44 and 5 inches <br> across These magnificent blossoms being gracefully <br> poised on strong well-leaved Stems 15 to 18 inches <br> long resemble good-sized Chrysanthemums and are <br> unsurpassed as cut flowers <br> Aster Invincible rose pink pkt 15c; 1000 seeds 50c ; <br> 3 00 per oz <br> white pkt 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; <br> 13 00 per oz <br> blue pkt 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; <br> 3 00 per oz <br> crimson pkt 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; <br> 3 00 per oz <br> lavender pkt 15c; 1000 seeds 50c; <br> 3 00 per oz <br> mixed colors pkt 15c; 1000 seeds <br> 40c; 2 50 per oz <br> In Praise of <br> Henderson's <br> Invincible Jfsters <br> \Iv ' Henderson's Invincible Asters ' were awarded first prize <br> at the Port Huron Flower show three flowers each of three varieties <br> There were thirty entries so you may imagine how pleased I am <br> with my first year's experience in growing prize Asters <br> M H WESTBROOK Port Huron Mich <br> I must say one word about your Invincible Asters they are the <br> finest in the land so all the people that see them say and that has <br> been no small number C A BRIGGS Taunton Mass <br> I greu' your white Invincible Asters with stems 28 inches long <br> flowers i\ inches across all double and perfect flowers <br> J A B ALLOX Springville X V <br> BRANCHING ASTERS <br> Superior to any other class of late-flowering branching Aster- <br> lengthening the Aster season until frost The flowers are large 4 <br> inches across are very double of purest colors and borne on long <br> stems They begin blooming about the first of September Plants <br> strong growers 18 inches to 2 feet high splendid varieties <br> florists Our seed is northern N Y grown producing far superior <br> flowers to the cheaper California grown stock <br> SEMPLE'S choicest white pkt 10c; 1000 seeds 30c ; 1 50 peroz <br> crimson rich rose crimson pkt 10c looo <br> seeds 30c; 1 50 per oz <br> lavender exquisite light blue pkt 10c ; 1000 <br> seeds 30c; 1 50 per oz <br> purple pkt 10c; 1000 seeds 30c; 1 50 per oz <br> shell pink delicate rosy flesh pkt Hie ; 1011 1 <br> seeds 30c; 1 50 per oz <br> mixed colors pkt 10c; 1000 seeds 25c; 1 25 <br> BEGONIAS <br> Large-- Flowering <br> Tuberous- Rooted <br> Magnificent flowering pot plants anil deservedly popular for garden bedding flowering in the greatest <br> profusion all summer 1 he individual florets will average from 2 to 3 inches in diameter and are of va <br> rious beautiful colors Height 1 foot <br> Single Large- Flowering Mixed Colors From choicest varieties Pkt 26c per loon seeds 50c <br> Double Large Flowering Mixed Colors From prize varieties Pkt 35c per 1 000 seeds 1 00 <br> Crested Begonia B hybrida gigantea cristatai The flowers are often 3 inches across with a peculiat i n <br> or beard attached to the petals Colors red yellow pink and terra cotta shades in mixture Pkt 35c ; <br> per 1000 seetls 75c <br> BEGONIA Fibrous-Rooted Varieties <br> Red Erfordia a selected large- flowered strain of this popular bedding Begonia producing glos- \ 1 right <br> crimson flowers in phenomenal profusion from May until frost; foliage dark plants bushy and com- <br> pact about 10 inches high It is also a good winter- flowering pot plant Pkt 15c ; per 1 001 1 see Is 50c <br> Vernon fine bedding and pot plant 1 inches high blood-red flowers in prolusion Pkt 10c; per 2000 <br> seeds 25c; per oz 3 50 <br> Vernon Zulu King blood-red flowers and black-red leaves and stems Pkt 10c ; per 2000 seeds 50c <br> ’ ’ ’ E V ’ <br> jT Β»riy J <br> vine <br> ASTER <br> The Earliest Flowering Variety Grown <br> Leading all other Early Asters by fully two weeks <br> This new Aster is very valuable for its extreme earli- <br> ness coming into flower fully two weeks before Queen <br> of the Earlies heretofore the earliest type and a month <br> before the Perfection Victoria and similar classes <br> The plants of Early June Aster are of healthy <br> robust branching growth about 15 inches high and <br> bear freely and in succession for several weeks on <br> long wirv stems perfectly formed double pure white <br> flowers 2' to 2 inches in diameter the petals of which <br> slightly recurve <br> Price 25c per pkt ; Hie per 1000 seeds 3 00 peroz <br> BEOON v <br> LARGS- <br> I'l O WBHIN <br> FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OT <br> ASTERS SEE PAGES 9 ana lO 45173696 160879 84546 Page 1 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/45173696 1908 Henderson Peter Co ; Stumpp Walter Co New York N Y Biodiversity Heritage Library Wholesale price list of requisites for florists and market gardeners / 1897-1913 Garden Stories Catalogs Henderson Peter Co New York New York State Nurseries Horticulture Nursery stock Seed industry and trade Seeds Stumpp Walter Co New York N Y Mertz Library The New York Botanical Garden bhl page 45173696 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/45173696 bhlGardenStories Flowers Bulbs Vegetables Asters BHLinbloom henderson peter co new york new york state nurseries horticulture stumpp walter co new york n y mertz library the new york botanical garden bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-03-10 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16750687756 2015-08-24 21 51 00 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Wholesale price list of requisites for florists and market gardeners 1908 Photos uploaded from Flickr by FΓ¦ using a script | ||||
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