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MeW Dwarf Ijolden Yellow 

 FIoWEMg pea. 



(CKOTOtAKIA KETUSA.) 



Tlie flowers of this exquisitely beautiful annual are of a 

 rich golden yellow color, of the true Sweet Pea form and as 

 large as the Eckford's varieties. The flowers are of firm 

 substance and grow in racemes, fox-glo\'e style, and often 

 produce over -JO blossoms on one spike. It blooms pro- 

 fusely throughout the Summer and until killed by frost. 

 It is a loAV growing, branching 

 plant, every branch and branchlet 

 ending in racemes, six to ten inches 

 long, of tliese beautiful golden Sweet 

 Pea like flowers. Tlie oval leaves are 

 smooth, of the darkest };reen, and tlie 

 flowers are followed by clusters of 

 short smooth puds, in wliieli, when 

 shaken, the seeds sound like a child's 

 rattle. It is best to start the seeds in 

 the window or hot-bed, first soaking 

 tliem in warm water. Price, 10c. per 

 pkt. 



New Dwarf Sweet 



Sweet Peas have crept into the 

 popular heart in a remarkable manner 

 of late years. Society has taken them 

 up, and growers everywhere are con- 

 stantly introducing new and improved 

 varieties. The most wonderful thus far is the New Dwarf "Ciipld." It is hardly possible in a description, even aided 

 by illustrations from photographs, to properly present " this Floral AVonder." Cdpid, a chance seedling, was discovered in 

 1S93. and comes absolutely true from seed. Cupid excites wonder wherever seen— such a Sweet Pea, yet in habit so 

 unlike a Sweet Pea! It has all the fragrance of the most favored Eckford's, and has more sttbstance in the petals of both wings 

 and standards tfian any other Sweet Pea. It bears two and three blossoms on the end of each stem all opening about the 

 same time, so that it is unnecessary to pick a stem with a bud and an open blossom. Fancy a solid area of deep green — just 

 as green as Cypress, — a carpet of plants only five inches liigli, spreading out from the roots so as to meet when tlie seed is 

 planted two feet apart in rows; then fancy tliis carpet of deep, living green springing into blossom in one week, all a jiioss of 

 tvhite — clear, ivaxy,xi!hite; — Sweet Peas on stems only four inches long and a hundred on a plant; all white, like a mass of 

 snow. Indeed, so strongly contrasted with the deep green foliage that the purity of the whiteness of Cupid's flowers seem 

 even whiter than s7iow iUelf! Price per packet, 15c.; 2 pkts., 25c. 



A SINGLE PLANT OF " CUPIT) " GHOWN IN A POT. — ENGRAVED FROM A PHOTOGEAPH. 



1 pkt. each of the New Dwarf Yellow and the New 

 Dwarf White flowering Peas for 20c. 



