NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 



IX 



New Double 



Sweet Peas. 



Sweet Peas have always been regarded as one of the sweetest 

 of flowers, and are one of fashion's favorites. No wonder, 

 then, that they have been made the object of particular attention 

 at the hands of the hybridizers, and as a result their development 

 has reached a high standard. In some of the varieties the proc- 

 ess of selection has resulted in the production of double flowers, 

 but this character has been hard to fix, the tendency being to re- 

 vert back to the original type ; but after several years of patient 

 work we feel that the varieties here offered will under favorable 

 conditions produce a very large percentage of double flowers. 

 Double Sweet Peas have much to commend them, the 

 flowers being beautifully crimped and waved with none of the 

 stiffness usual to double flowers; their fragrance leaves nothing to 

 be desired on that point, and for vigor of growth and free-flower- 

 ing qualities are fully the equal of the single sorts. Fortunately 

 the varieties which we are enabled to offer comprise all the lead- 

 ing colors, viz.: 



6852. Double Apple Blossom. Bright pink and blush. 



6853. '£ Boreatton. Rich dark maroon. 



6854. " Butterfly. White edged with lavender. 



6855. " Duke of Clarence. Rich plum claret. 

 Double Senator. White striped chocolate. 



" Splendor. Rosy crimson suffused with pink. 



*' "White. Pure white. 



Price of any of the above 7 sorts 15 cts. per pkt., or one pkt. of each for 75 cts. 



New Dwarf Sweet Pea, CUPID. 



6813. Following is the description of the introducers : 

 It is hardly possible in a description, even aided by illustrations from photographs, to properly present this " Floral Wonder." 

 Cupid, a chance seedling, was discovered in 1893 and comes absolutely true from seed. In our crop this season 

 there was not a single plant that showed any variation either in habit or color. 



Cupid excites wonder wherever seen, in habit so unlike a Sweet Pea ! It is true that its stems are short, but it has all the fra- 

 grance of the most favored Eckfords. The flowers are the size of the E?nily Henderson, but with more szcbstance in the petals of 

 both wings and standards than any other Sweet Pea. It bears 2 and 3 blosso s 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 as green as Cypress — a carpet of plants only five inches high, spreading out from the roots so as to meet when 

 the seed is planted 2 feet apart in rows ; then fancy this carpet of living green springing into blossom all a ?nass of white, — Sweet 

 Peas on stems only four inches long and 100 on a plant, — like a mass of snow — indeed, so strongly contrasted with the deep 

 green foliage that the purity of the whiteness of Cupid's flowers seems even whiter than snow itself ! 



Cupid grown in a 12-inch pot just fills the top ; with its blooms of glistening whiteness it is wonderfully attractive in the house 

 or conservatory. In the garden it will be used chiefly as a border plant, for it will bear trimming to just the proper shape. The 

 foliage alone is pretty enough for any border, but this is forgotten when Cupid bursts into a mass of snow-white blossoms, not 

 unlike a very dwarf hedge covered with snow. 



25 cts. per pkt. of twenty seeds; 5 pkts. for $1.00. 



CUPID, 



UNLIKE 



INCHES 



HIGH. 



A SINGLE PLANT OF CUPID, GROWN IN A POT. — ENGRAVED PROM A PHOTOGRAPH. 



