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J. Bolgiano & Son, Seedsmen, Baltimore, Md. 



Bolgiano's Giant Orchid Flowering Countess Spencer Type 



Pkts., s. and 



HLbs. 

 Delivered Free 



Sweet Peas 



Parcel Post 



Bates 

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Bolgiano's Gigantic Orcliid Flowered Countess Spencer Sweet Peas 



1. Marie Corelli Spencer. The large flowers are brilliant rose carmine 

 or red of the true Spencer form. The wings are a pure rich rose crimson, 

 while the standard shows a tint of cherry red. Pkts. 5c. 10c and 25c. Oz. 

 30c. }4 Lb. $1.00. 



16. Maud Holmes. A large and bright rich crimson. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. Oz. 30c. }4 Lb. Sl.OO. 



10. Mrs. Hugh Dickson. One of the finest, beautiful, salmon-pink on 

 a cream ground. Pkts. oc, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb- $1-00. 



2. Mrs. Routzahn Spencer. The beautiful coloring is buff or apricot 



ground flushed with pink deepening tovraid the edges. Charming as a cut 

 ower. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. $1.00. 



20. Mrs. Walter Wright Spencer. A beautiful shade of deep mauve; 

 very artistic. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



14. Primrose Spencer. The finest primrose-yellow, with very large 

 wavy flowers. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 25c. }4 Lb. 90c. 



27. Rainbow Spencer. Ivory streaked rose. A handsome sort. Pkts. 

 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. $1.00. 



13. Ruby Spencer. Rich, dark red. The flowers are enormous and 

 borne three and four to a stem. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. }4 Lb. $1.00. 



3. Senator Spencer. The color is a varying combination of deep claret 

 and chocolate striped and flaked on a ground of light heliotrope. Pkts. 5c, 

 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



4. True Countess Spencer. The coloring is a soft rose-pink, which 

 deepens at the outer edges and becomes still richer or more heavily suffused 

 in cool weather. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. J4 Lb. Sl.OO. 



6. White Spencer. A pure wavy white of enormous size and splendid 

 substance. Pkts. 5c, lOc and 25c. Oz. 30c. J^ Lb. Sl.OO. 



22. The Gigantic Orchid-Flowered Sweet Peas, Countess Spencer 

 Type Mixed. This wonderful mixture contains only the rarest and most 

 lovely Countess Spencer varieties, grown separately, then mixed in proper 

 proportion so as to contain all varieties and colors. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 15c. 

 M Lb. 55c. Lb. S2.00. 



21. Bolgiano's Gorgeous Mixed of Best Tall or Grandiflora Sweet 

 Peas. This wonderful combination of more than 75 distinct varieties of New 

 and Standard Sweet Peas makes it unequal for the vast range of color, both 

 earliness, profusion of bloom and lateness of flowers. The gratifying and won- 

 derful reports we annually receive from growers of our mixture as well as our 

 own experiments permit us to claim we have the finest mixture of Steuidard 

 Sweet Peas in the world. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. M Lb. 25c. K Lb. 40c. Lb. 75c. 



PERFECT DREAMS OF BEAUTY 



Because of such unusual size, often 2 inches and more across^ 

 waved or fluted appearance and charming blendings of harmonious 

 colors, the new Spencer Type may be appropriately described as 

 Truly Gigantic "Orchid-Flowered." The flowers are not only 

 of extremely large size, but are distinct in having the outer edges 

 of the standard and wings beautifully crumpled or waved, the 

 tissue being so full that there is not room for it to lie flatly expanded 

 or smoothly roUed. The standard is broad and tall; the wings 

 are broad, well spread and held erect by the keel. 



Bolgiano's Superb New Spencers 



The Richest Shades from Apricot Pink to Silvery Blue, 

 Ivory White to Royal Purple 



We have selected the best and most distinct varieties of recent 

 introduction, which we offer below. 



They are a great improvement on the standard sorts, having 

 large, round, open flowers of extraordinary size, measuring two 

 inches and over across, with wavy standards and wide-spreading 

 wings, most of which bear four of these immense blossoms to the 

 st«m, which is long and strong, making them of exceptional value 

 for cutting, and are .iust as easy to grow as the standard varieties. 

 We have omitted aill small flowering and inferior varieties and 

 duplicates under different names. If anyone familiar with a name 

 of variety not catalogued here will write us for it, we can probably 

 send precisely the same shade of color in an improved variety, 

 under one of the names we list here. 



A Large 5c package of any IS Sweet Peas listed on this 

 page for 50c postpaid. 



11. America Spencer. Striped brilliant carmine-red on 

 whit*. Pkts. oc, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. U Lb. Sl.OO. 



9. Apple Blossom Spencer. Immense waved and crinkled 

 flowers of carmine-rose color with creamy blush wings. Pkts. oc, 

 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



7. Asta Ohn Spencer. This is the first lavender of the 

 True Spencer. The large flowers are waved and fluted. Pkts. 5c 

 and lOc. Oz. 25c. M Lb. 90c. 



8. Aurora Spencer. Brilliant orange rose-striped and flaked 

 on a cream white, the most attractive of the striped Spencers. 

 Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 25c. M Lb. 90c. 



5. Blanche Ferry Spencer. Pink and white. These beauti- 

 ful contrasted colors in the large wavy standard and wings are a 

 welcome addition. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



23. Bobbie's Cream. Beautiful primrose colored flowers, 

 nicely waved. Can also be described as a rich cream. Pkts. 5c, 

 10c and 2.5c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



12. Florence Morse. A light pink-edged Countess Spenter. 

 Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



17 Florence Nightingale. The largest and finest pure lavender. 

 Pkts. 5c, lOc and 25c Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



18 George Herbert. Beautiful, rich, bright rosy-carmine. Pkts. 5c, 

 10c and 25c. Oz 30c. H Lb. Sl.OO. 



19. Helen^Lewis Spencer. The wings orange-rose; the standard is 

 of an intense rich crimson-orange. Blooms of a gigantic size. Pkts. 5c, 10c 

 and 25c. Oz'. 30c. H Lb. $1.00. 



15 Loyalty. gA fine \aige, waved, bright blue, flaked on white. Pkts. 

 oc, 10c" and 25c. Oz. 30c. M Lb. Sl.OO. 



26 Lovely Spencer. Deep pink shading to very light pink at the edges. 

 Pkts. 5c. 10c and 25c. Oz. 30c. H Lb. Sl.OO. 



24. The New Spencer Sweet Pea — 

 Fiery Cross 



The Wonderful New Spencer Sweet Pea that has Attracted so much 

 Attention the World Over 



Fiery Cross. has all the appeeurance of live fire, the color being a scorching 

 fire-red, or scsulet, without any shading and which scintillates and glitters in 

 bright sunlight, thus adding a glowing, fire-like sheen, which radiates over the 

 flower. Ui3ike most of the oreuige-scarlet varieties, it does not scorch or burn 

 even during extended periods of intense sunshine, therefore it can be grown in 

 all soils without shading. The beautiful waved and fluted flowers are borne 

 freely in threes and fours, weU placed on long, stout stems. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 

 Oz. 50c. M Lb. S1.50. 



25. Illuminator — Perfectly Distinct 

 from All Others 



Rich, glowing cerise-salmon with an indication of bright orange suffusion. 

 This magnificent Spencer Sweet Pea was awarded a certificate of merit by The 

 American Sweet Pea Association at the great Boston Show, also by The Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 2oc. Oz. 40c. 

 14 Lb. $1.20. 



It Is a Pleasure 



On September 17, 1919: Miss Willa Campbell, of Lee Co., N. C, wrote: 

 "It is a pleasure for me to tell yoa of the success oj my flowers, produced from seed 

 which yoa supplied me last year. I have never seen such Sweet Peas, Poppies, 

 Pansies, Nasturtium and Mignonette as I grew from your seeds. J w'ill want 

 more of them next Spring." 



For Best Flower Fertilizers, see pages 69, 70, 71 



