Bolgiano's Trustworthy Flower Seeds for 1918 



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Bolgiano's Giant Orchid Flowering Countess Spencer Type 



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 PERFECT DREAM OF BEAUTY 



licnaiise of such iiiiusual size, often 2 inches and more across , 

 waved or fluled appearance and charming blendinf:s of harmonious 

 colors, Ihe 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 liaving tlic 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 rolled. The standard is broad and tall; 

 the W'ings 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 wc 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 

 stem, which is long and strong, making them of exceptional value 

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

 We have omitted all small flowering and inferior varieties and 

 duplicates under different names. If anyone familiar with a 

 name of variety not catalogued here will write ns for it. we can 

 probably send precisely the same shade of color in an improved 

 variety, under one of the names wc 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 

 white, rkts. .5c, lUc and 25c. Oz. .50c. I4 Lb. $1.50. 



9. Apple Blossom Spencer. Immense waved and irinkled 

 flowers of carmine-rose color with creamy blush wings. Pkts. 5c, 

 10c and 25c. Oz. 50c. H Lb. .'B1.50. 



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

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

 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 50c. U I-b- $1.50. 



16. Maud Holmes. A large and bright rich crimson. 

 Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 50c. H Lb. $1.50. 

 15. Loyalty. A fine, large, waved, bright blue, flaked on white. Pkts. 

 5c, lOo and 25c. Oz. 50c. 'i Lb. $1.50. 



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

 on a cream ground. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25n. Oz. 50c. }-4 Lb. $1.50. 



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

 ground flushed with i)ink deepening toward the edges. Charming as a cut 

 flower. Pkts. 5c, lOc and 25c. Oz. 50c. 'i Lb. $1..50. 



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

 very artistic. Pkts. .5c. 10c and 2.5c. Oz. 50c. U I-b. SI. 50. 



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

 wavy flowers. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 2.5c. Oz. 50c. h Ll>. $1.50. 



1:5. Ruby Spencer. Rich, dark red. The flowers are enormous and 

 borne three and four to a stem. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. SOc. M Lb. 

 $]..50. 



3. Senator Spencer. The color is a varying comhination of deep 

 claret and chocolate striped and flaked on a ground of light heliotrojie. The 

 vines are a perfect mass of bloom throughout the season. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 

 2,5c. Oz. 50c. U' Lb. $1.50. 



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 coo! weather. In size, form and coloring Countess Spencer is simply ex- 

 quisite. Pkts. .5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. SOc. H Lb. SI. 50. 



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

 substance. Pkts. 5c. 10c and 25c. Oz. 50c. }i Lb. $1.50. 



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

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

 lovely Countess Sjjencer varieties, grown separately, then mixed in proper pro- 

 jiortion so as to contain all varieties and colors. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 20c. 

 34 Lb. 00c. Lb. $2.00. 



Bolgiano's Gorgeous Mixture of Sweet Peas 



S. Aurora Spencer. Brilliant Orange rose-striped and flaked on a 

 (Team white, the most attractive of the striped Spencers. Pkts. .5c, 10c and 

 2.5c. Oz. .50o. ii Lb. $1.50. 



5. Blanche Ferry Spencer. Pink and White. These beautiful con- 

 trasted colors in the large wavy standard and wings are a welcome addition. 

 Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. SOc. '4 Lb. $1.50. 



23. Dobbie's Cream. Beautiful primrose colored flowers, nicely waved, 

 flan also be described as a rich creara. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. SOc. ' j 

 I,b. $1.50. 



12. Florence Morse. A light pink-edged Countess Spencer. Pkt.s. 

 .5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. SOc. U Lb. $1.50. 



17. Florence Nightingale. The largest and finest pure lavender. 

 Pkts. .5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. SOc. H Lb. $1.50. 



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

 10c and 2.5c. Oz. .50c. H Lb. $1.50. 



19. Helen Lewis Spenser. The wings orange-rose; the standard is of 

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

 and 25c. Oz. SOc. H Lb. SI. 50. 



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 2Sc. Oz. 

 SOc. 14 Lb. $1.50. 



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 permits us to claim we have the finest mixture of Standarfl 

 Sweet Peas in the World. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. Ji Lb. .'^Oc. 1 2 Lb. SOc. Lb. 90c. 



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 appearance of live fire, the color being a scorching fire-red, or scarlet, without 

 any shading and which scintillates and glitters in bright sunlight, thus adding a glowing, fire-like sheen 

 which radiates over the flower. Unlike most of the orange-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, well placed on long stout 

 stems. Pkts. 10c and 25c. Oz. 75c. U Lb. $2.50. 



25. Illuminator — Perfectly Distinct from All Others 



Rich, glowing cerise-salmon with an indication of bright orange suffusion which marvelously scintil- 

 lates and glitters under bright sunlight. Under artificial light, the flowers apjjcar to be a glowing orange- 

 scarlet. 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 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Phila- 

 delphia. Pkts. 5c, 10c and 25c. Oz. 60c. U Lb. $2.00. 



Beautiful Flowers, Delicious Vegetables, Luxuriant House Plants 



All These Pleasures Are Assured if You Use BON-ARBOR, the Ideal 



Food and Tonic for Household Plants and Home Flower and 



Vegetable Gardens — Clean, Safe, Odorless, Effective 



I2/^|-«_ A j-Ky-vvi is immediately soluble in cold water, therefore all tlie 

 . ^l«-'"i properties are available to plant life from the moment of 

 application. It is quick in action, enabling you to see its effects in from 3 to 

 10 days on any quick-growing plants, vegetables and lawns, and on slower- 

 growing plants in a proportionate lime. It being complete food, containing 

 Nitrogen, Potash and I'liosphorio Acid in sulCciont quantities, will sustain the 

 grow til it makes. 



BON-ARBOR Is Put Up As Follows: 



One-half-pound package, making 15 gallons, by mail postpaid, 35c. 1- 

 pound package, making 30 gallons, by mail postpaid, 60c. 5-pound package, 

 making 150 gaUons, by express, not prepaid, S2.00. 



Giant Orchid Flowered Sweet Pea 

 Countess Spencer Type 



