SWEET PEAS 
CALIFORNIA GROWN SUCCESSFUL EVERYWHERE 
One Ounce for 50 feet of row. 
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THE SPENCERS are of exceptionally large size, the petals 
waved and frilled and the general effect remarkably graceful 
and effective. The plants are of vigorous growth and remain 
in bloom for a longer time than the Grandiflora sorts. 
CULTURE.—Grow named varieties of the colors you like 
best; know them by name in your garden and you will de- 
rive much more pleasure from them. Early in the spring 
make a trench three to four inches deep in rich, mellow 
soil, so arranged that no water can stand in it and plant the 
seed in the bottom, covering at first only one inch deep. 
When the plants are two inches high, cultivate; and as they 
grow, gradually fill in the trench. When the plants are 
about five inches high they should be supported by poultry 
netting, strings or brush. Water should be applied thor- 
oughly once or twice a week early in the morning or in the 
evening. The blooms should be picked before they form pods 
or the plants will soon stop flowering. The following have 
been selected from hundreds of varieties, as being those 
. of the highest quality in their respective classes. 
SPENCER VARIETIES 
AMBITION. Rosy lavender. 
BLACK DIAMOND. Black velvety maroon. 
CAPTAIN BLOOD. Brilliant blood scarlet, veneered copper. 
CHARMING. Orange cerise. 
COMMANDER GODSALL. Large, navy blue. 
GIGANTIC. White, black seeded, best white. 
GLENEAGLES. Very large, silver blue. 
MAGNET. Bright cream pink. 
PINKIE. Large rose pink. 
PRINCE OF ORANGE. Best deep orange. 
WHAT JOY. Deep, rich cream. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 1% Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
EARLY FLOWERING SPENCERS 
Florists’ varieties for early forcing—can also be grown 
successfully outdoors, coming into bloom a month earlier 
than original Spencers. 
HARMONY. Clear lavender. 
MARINER. Best clear blue. 
ENOW QUEEN. Pure white, opens and retains pure white 
color. 
VALENCIA. Bright orange, sunproof, long stems. 
VULCAN. Vivid scarlet, sunproof. 
ZVOLANEK’S ROSE. Bright rose pink. 
PRICES—Pkt., 10c; 0z., 50c; 14 Ib., $1.50; Ib., $5.00. 
SWEET PEA MIXTURES 
Our Sweet Pea Mixtures are combined of carefully con- 
sidered preportions of varieties which have proven them- 
selves to be the very choicest of their respective types and 
colors. These mixtures cannot be equaled in their beauty 
and flowering qualities. 
MANNS’ SUPERB SPENCER MIXTURE. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
30c; %4 Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.60. 
VENIDIUM 
FASTUOSUM. Very showy plant 2 to 3 feet tall, produc- 
ing 3 inch diameter brilliant orange flowers with dark cen- 
ters. The soft, gray, woolly foliage is very attractive. Pkt., 
10c; % oz., 75c. 
VERBENA 
One of the finest bedding plants and also suitable for bor- 
ders, with its heads of brilliantly colored flowers, producing 
one mass of bloom throughout the summer. Seeds may be 
planted as soon as the ground can be worked or earlier in- 
doors and transplanted to the beds in April or May. They 
succeed in almost any good garden soil. 
HYBRID MAMMOTH MIXED. Extra large flowered, brilliant 
colors and vigorous. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., $1.25. 
VINCA (Periwinkle) 
Very attractive bushy plants with luxuriant glossy green 
foliage, producing in abundance handsome flowers that bloom 
freely all summer. Excellent for borders, summer bedding 
and window boxes, one foot tall. Choice mixed. Pkt., 10c; 
1% oz,, $1.00. 
WALLFLOWER 
SINGLE. Blood-red. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 30c. 
Varieties marked * suitable for Rock Gardens 
Annual Flower Seeds 
J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 
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