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FLOWER SEED
f. FNDERSON-S SUPERIOR niflNT-FUnWFRINri MflRGUERITE . . .
f ARNATION SEED.
These gorgeous and fragrant garden
Carnations flower profusely
summer and autumn, from seeds
sown in the spring.
ALL lovers ot Cai-nations have reason to be grateful for the introduction of this wonderfully
improved strain. The flowers often measure 3 inches across, and are usually as double as
double can be. The variety of color Is also much greater in this strain. There are wliite, blush,
deep pink, salmon, carmiiie, scarlet, dark crimson, maroon, and nian.v beautltuil.v variegated
flowers. There are picotee-edged. spotted, striped, tinted, etc., etc. Most of them have beauti-
fully fringed petals, and are delightfull.v fragrant. One great merit of these Carnations is that
they commence to flower in about twelve weeks' time from seed. Seeds sown in the spring will
produce luxuriant plants that will be continually full of bloom from August until killed by
severe frosts. If desired, the plants can be potted in the'autumn, and they will continue to
bloom profusely in the house through the winter, or seeds may be sown during the summer for
the best winter-flowering plants.
Too much cannot be said in praise of tliese magnificent Carnations. They were originally pro-
duced by crossing the large-flowering annual garden Pinks with the Carnation proper, retaining the
characteristic flowers, ilove fragrance and foliage of the latter with the desirable merits of blooming
quickly and ijrofusely from seed and the bushy, luxuriant growth of the former. (See cut.)
Henderson's Giant Margoierite Carnation. Mixed Colors Pkt. lo