SWEET PEAS UP TO DATE 



The merest novice in gardening realizes that^fhe 

 Sweet Pea is the most popular annual now cultivated, 

 and this is not to be wondered at when we consider 

 all its qualities: first, there is the primary question of 

 cost, when for a few cents we can have a row right 

 around our garden or clumps among our shrubs and 

 what other flower will give us such glorious results so 

 cheaply? Then, as to cultivation. The Sweet Pea 

 will succeed in practically any good garden soil, though 

 extra cultivation will well repay the grower. And, 

 again, what flower gives us such a multitude of ex- 

 quisite colors and shades of colors combined with such 

 delicate and thrilling fragrance as our "Queen of All 

 Annuals" the regal Sweet Pea? And yet another 

 great quality in its favor is that the more flowers you 

 cut from the vines, the longer and more continuously 

 will the plants continue to bloom. In fact, by not allow- 

 ing any seed pods to set, followed up with high-class 

 cultivation, Sweet Peas will continue to flower for quite 

 three months, and in some locations even longer. 



I would draw the attention of all Sweet Pea lovers 

 to the claims of4tTe American Sweet Pea Society, which 

 was organized July 7, 1909. 



This society has held a most successful exhibition 

 and convention each year since its organization and a 

 number of interesting and instructive bulletins have 

 been issued to all its members. ^- 



Full information regarding the society may be had 

 from W. Atlee Burpee & Company. 



To those who are unacquainted with the different 

 varieties I would specially recommend the collections 

 put up by W. ATLEE BURPEE & Co., and offered at very 

 moderate prices. For instance you can have a large 



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