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THE BEST NOVELTY SPENCER SWEET PEAS FOR 1915 



BOADICEA. A giant opal pink, delicately suffused 

 pale cattleya mauve. The flowers are of .great size 

 and substance, and beautifully waved; a very strong 

 grower, and always abundance of four bloom sprays. 

 A gem for exhibition. (Very scarce.) Pkt. 30 

 cts.; 4 for $1.00. 



BOBBIE'S FRILLED PINK. One of the most 

 charming Sweet l'ea> ever raised. It is a Duplex 

 form of Countess Spencer at its best. A distinct 

 novelty, which will amplv repay a little extra care. 

 Pkt. 2S cts.; 5 for $1.00. ' 



DON ALVAR. Grown side by side with all the best 

 lavenders, Don Alvar was acknowledged by experts 

 to be tlie best lavender yet seen. There is no dif- 

 ficulty in getting four and five flowered sprays. 

 (Seed scarce.) Pkt. 30 cts.; 4 for $1.00 



HELEN PIERCE SPENCER. Now fixed in true 

 Spencer form. It is a most attractive flower and re- 

 minds one of a blue mottled Glo.xinia. The ground 

 color is white marbled and penciled with bright blue 

 in thin lines on both wings and standard. The vines 

 are vigorous and produce an abundance of strong 

 stems, carrying invarialilj- four large blossoms. 

 Pkt. 2S cts.: 5 for $1.00, 



JESSIE CUTHBERTSON SPENCER. Those grow- 

 ers who like a good stripe in their collection — and 

 one or two are necessary in every collection — will 

 welcome this grand addition. In the days of popu- 

 lar Grandifloras Jessie Cuthbertson was the favor- 

 ite stripe, and our efforts to produce a Spencer form 

 of this variety have now been rewarded with a fine 

 large vigorous flower. The ground color is rich 

 cream overlaid with stripes and marblings of bright 

 rose pink. Both standard and wings are alike col- 

 ored and the whole effect is bold and pretty. Pkt. 

 25 cts.; 5 for $1.00. 



MARGARET ATLEE. This was a leading novelty 

 last year and it has proved to be a great favorite. 

 The color is warm salmon pink, perfectly suffused 

 over a cream ground. The cream deepens into 

 bright buff at base of standard and wings and this 

 lights up the flower with great effect. The shade 

 of pink found in Margaret Atlee is entirely a new 

 shade and commands admiration. The flowers are 

 of extraordinary size and many flowers measure 

 two and one-half inches across the standard. 



This variety bears a large proportion of duplex 

 flowers, which greatly adds to its effectiveness. 



Margaret Atlee gained a Certificate of Merit from 

 the American National Sweet Pea Society. Silver 

 Medal National Sweet Pea Society of Great Brit- 

 ain, July, 1914. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 for $1.00. 



MONTESUMA. This is considered to be a great im- 

 provement on Senator Spencer. The flowers are 

 a more pleasing color, being striped with reddish 

 maroon, the base of the standard showing a touch of 

 orange; a good grower, producing four flowered 

 sprays in abundance. Pkt. 30 cts.; 4 for $1.00. 



NEW MARGARET MADISON. In New Margaret 

 Madison we have a greatly improved strain of the 

 popular lavender color found in our variety Mar- 

 garet Madison. The size of the blossom has been 

 almost doubled and the form of the flower is now 

 all that could be wished for in a Spencer Sweet Pea. 

 The color, too. is daintier and prettier and is as 

 near a true lavender as one could wish. The vines 

 are very vigorous and the bold flowers are borne on 

 long, stout stems and usually four blossoms to each 

 stem. New Mar.garct Madison and New Miriam 

 Beaver make a delightful soft color combination. 

 Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 for $1.00. 



NEW MIRIAM BEAVER. Alany and varied are 

 the shaiKs '.1 pink in Sweet Peas, but in New 

 Miriam Beaver we have an entirely new and dis- 

 tinct shade of pink. It is the daintiest and most 

 pleasing shade of pink yet discovered in Sweet 

 Peas. The color is hard to determine, but we think 

 tliat a soft shell salmon pink on cream ground 

 lightly overlaid with soft hydrangea pink would 

 convey a good idea of its uniqueness. 



The color is evenly distributed over both stand- 

 ard and wings and is very light and pretty. 



The flowers are large, nicely waved — often du- 

 plexed — and beautifully placed on long stout stems. 

 All otlier pinks look "heavy" beside this delight- 

 ful sliade. New Miriam Beaver will be the ladies' 

 favorite wherever Sweet Peas are grown. Pkt. 

 2':' cts.; 5 for $1.00. 



NORVIC. This is one of the largest flowered and 

 best strains of White Spencer Sweet Pea yet intro- 

 duced. The blooms, which are of extraordinary 

 size, are exceptionally well waved. It is quite fixed 

 in character. Pkt. 20 cts.; 6 for $1.00. 



ORANGEMAN. .\ very fine large-flowered variety 

 I'f true Spencer form. Color a rich, deep orange, 

 beautifully waved. .A very strong grower and 

 equally .good for both exhibition and market. Pkt. 

 20 cts.; (1 for $1.00. 



ROBERT SYDENHAM. (Holmes.) One of the 

 most individual colors introduced into the modern 

 Sweet Pea. It is a bright orange salmon self-col- 

 ored, rather lighter than the Stirling Stent and 

 deeper than Mcllja or Barbara. It is of immense 

 size and owing to its soft texture needs a little 

 shading during the middle of the day. It is a grand 

 acquisition and created a great sensation when ex- 

 hibited at the Great .'\nnual Exhiliition in London. 

 Pkt. 20 cts.; 6 for $1.00. 



ROSINA. One of the largest Sweet Peas yet intro- 

 iluceil. The standard and wings are a bright rosy 

 heliotrope, with a distinct wire edge of solferino 

 red on a cream ground, which is particularly effect- 

 ive and distinct from anything seen in Sweet Peas. 

 On account of its pleasing and taking color, it has 

 been greatly admired wherever exhibited, and is 

 sure to be a very popular variety. Besides being 

 such a vigorous grower, the flowers are of 

 extraordinary size and well frilled of the true Spen- 

 cer type, with abundance of four and five flowered 

 sprays; will make a striking bunch for exhibition. 

 Rosina was the leading novelty that helped to win 

 the Silver Cup for new varieties at the National 

 Sweet Pea Society 1913 Show. Pkt. 30 cts.; 4 for $1.00. 



ROYAL PURPLE. This we consider the best Nov- 

 elty seen last year. It was shown at the National 

 and other Sliows by Mr. R. Wright of Formby, and 

 attracted a lot of attention on account of its fine 

 royal purple color, great distinctness, and size. Dur- 

 ing 1914 it has more than maintained the high 

 opinion we formed of it last year, and has been 

 very generally admired. Awards of Merit, Royal 

 Horticultural Society and National Sweet Pea 

 Society, 1914. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 for $1.00. 



VEILED BRIDE. This is a charming novelty, and 

 is now perfected and fixed. The .ground color is 

 white, daintily flaked and marbled with soft rose 

 pink. The wings and standard are alike colored. 

 Tlie form of the flower is all that could be desired, 

 the standard Ijcing nicely waved, round and bold. 

 When a bunch of this variety is gathered one must 

 call it "Sweet," the delicate markings of pink being 

 daintiness itself. I'kt. 25 cts.; 5 for $1.00. 



Collection one packet each above IS varieties. $3.50 



3 Collections 10.00 



This offer may be used as an order sheet. Check off the varieties or collections you require and mail at your convenience 



Name Gardener's Name- 



P. O. County ■ 



Arthur T. Boddington, Seedsman. 342 lA/est I4th St., Noia/ York City 



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