. Everything for the garden : 1906 . t with buffmargin, wine-red with white edge, etc., etc. The plants are of vigorous and healthy growth and naturally branch-ing in habit. The centre spike, if not. pinched, attains a height of from8 to 10 feet, after which, if permitted, the side shoots from the basecommence to lengthen, growing candelabra-like 3 to 5 feet long. Theplants are amenable to training, that is, the main stem may be kept atany desired height by pinching out the tip, or it may be kept low andinduce earlier development in the side branches, thus forming a bush. Of course, these Holl
. Everything for the garden : 1906 . t with buffmargin, wine-red with white edge, etc., etc. The plants are of vigorous and healthy growth and naturally branch-ing in habit. The centre spike, if not. pinched, attains a height of from8 to 10 feet, after which, if permitted, the side shoots from the basecommence to lengthen, growing candelabra-like 3 to 5 feet long. Theplants are amenable to training, that is, the main stem may be kept atany desired height by pinching out the tip, or it may be kept low andinduce earlier development in the side branches, thus forming a bush. Of course, these Hollyhocks, making such luxuriant growth in sucha short time and blooming so abundantly, should be sustained for bestand continuous results by planting them in deeply dug, thoroughlyenriched soil; water liberally in dry weather. PRICE OF SEED Hendersons EveAnnu°af g Hollyhocks Grand Combination Mixture, doubles, semi-doubles and singles,including all colors, shades and variegations. Per pkt. {about 50 seeds), 15c; Per 500 Seeds, $ IN PRAISE OF HENDERSONS EVER-BLOOMINGANNUAL HOLLYHOCKS: (We have received hundreds of other letters of similar purport.) The Ever-blooming Hollyhocks flowered practically all summer. You have in thisnew race one of the most desirable novelties sent out in years. We have not had any blighton your ever-blooming type, although our perennial varieties in the same garden were almostdestroyed by it. WM. N. CRAIG, Supt. Gardener, F. L. AMES ESTATE, Long Water Gardens, North Easton, Mass. I have never known such fine Hollyhocks as came from your Ever-blooming kind, theseeds of which were planted in the open ground last April. They began to flower the last ofJuly and I had six, eight or ten spikes on nearly every plant. One CANNOT praise themenough. HELEN J. RIPLEY, Brookline, Mass. Last year I got a package of your Ever-blooming Hollyhock seed from, which the plantscommenced blooming the 4th of July and are blooming yet (January 13th, 1905); in fact,look a
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