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WALTER P. STOKES 



219 Market Street, PHIbADELPHIA, PA. 





CHOICE SWEET PEAS FOR FORCING 



BURPEE'S EARLIEST WHITE. Burpee's Earliest White Sweet Pea 

 blooms about a week and a half earlier than Mont Blanc. It is a black- 

 seeded variety. The plants grow from 16 to 20 inches high, and are con- 

 tinually covered with flowers, borne upon strong stems 6 to 8 inches long. 

 If planted under glass they begin to bloom when 12 inches high. Pkt. 5 

 cts., 02. 1= cts., &lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. 



EARLIEST OF ALL. A new and entirely distinct strain developed from 

 the Extra-Early Blanche Ferry, growing only 18 to 24 inches in height 

 when in full bloom. It flowers fully ten days in advance of Extra-harly 

 Blanche Ferry, bearing a rich profusion of the beautifully tinted flowers. 

 Standard bright rosy pink ; wings creamy white, suffused with pale rose. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



MONT BLANC. In this new variety we have a splendid companion variety 

 for Earliest of All; ten da3 r s to two weeks earlier than Emily Henderson. 

 The plants grow only 18 to 20 inches high when in full flower. The flowers 

 are pure paper-white, of good size and generally three on a stem. Pkt. 5c, 

 oz. 10 cts., Xlb. 20 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



EARLIEST SUNBEAMS. An early forcing variety of short growth, very 

 much like Mont Blanc except that the color is a rich primrose. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., Jilb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



Stokes' Standard Mixed Sweet Peas. aVt£2t§££ 



or Orchid-flowering type which are separately described on page 63. They 

 include many of the very finest varieties of this magnificent strain, including 

 the Spencer and Unwin types in the finest named varieties. Great care is taken 

 to see that all the colors are represented, so that I believe, in Stokes' Standard 

 Mixed, I am giving you the finest assortment of this favorite flower that it is 

 possible to produce. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., %lb. 40 cts., lb. Si. 25. 



Stokes' Elite Mixture of Sweet Peas. ^Sg^SSSrf 



varieties that are given on the bottom of this page, and will make a very 

 superior mixture. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 2 ozs. 15 cts., %lb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



Eckford's Large-Flowering Mixed Sweet Peas The strain ' 



not embracing the most recent novelties, contains a 

 famous Eckford Sweet Peas. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 

 postpaid ; by express, lb. 35 cts. 



although 

 good assortment of the 

 54 lb. 20 cts., lb. 45 cts., 



DWARF CUPID SWEET PEAS 



Price 0! all Cupids, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^ lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts., postpaid 



Stokes' Elite Mixture of Sweet Peas 



Prima Donna. Clear pink. 

 Royalty. Dark rose, shading pink. 

 Blanche Ferry. Pink and white. 

 Boreatton. Rich wine-brown. 



Countess of Radnor. Lavender. 

 Salopian. Crimson-scarlet. 

 White. Pure white. 

 Mixed. 



NAMED SWEET PEAS arra ^ ed co a l c o c r °s rd,nc 



Price of any of the following sorts, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Ulb. 20 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



WHITE 



Dainty. White, with pink edge. 

 Dorothy Eckford. Fine pure white ; large. 

 Mont Blanc. New. Earliest-flowering white. 

 Emily Henderson. Pure white, early ; a good 

 forcing sort. 



Shasta. Very large, pure white. Far superior to 

 Emily Henderson. 



PRIMROSE-YELLOW 



Earliest Sunbeams. Rich primrose; early forc- 

 ing variety. 

 Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon. Primrose. 

 Queen Victoria. Light primrose self-colored. 

 Stella Morse. Rich primrose, flushed pink. 



ORANGE-PINK 



Jeannie Gordon. Orange-pink, deeper veined. 

 Evelyn Byatt. Standard scarlet-orange, wings 

 rose-orange. 



Miss Wilmott. Orange-pink, veined with deeper 



shade; very large-flowering. 

 Bolton's Pink. Orange pink, veined with rose. 



PINK 



Apple Blossom. Shaded pink and white. 

 Countess ol Latham. Delicate pink self. 

 Hon. F. Bouverie. Standard and wings both 



deep pink at base, shading to light pink. 

 Lovely. Soft shell-pink ; large-flowering. 

 Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Cream, 



shaded and edged with pink 

 Prima Doma. The softest clear pink self. 



PINK AND WHITE 



Earliest of All. Pink and whit ■ ; very early. 

 Extra-Early Blanche Ferry. Pink and white. 

 Modesty. Most delicateshade of pink and white. 



ROSE, or DEEP PINK 



Janet Scott. Deep, bright pink. 



Lady Skelmersdale. Standard light carmine, 



shading to white; wings almost pure white. 

 Majestic. New. Rich deep rose-pink self. 

 Royal Rose. Standard rose, wings Ifght pink; 



very large-flowering. 



ROSE-CRIMSON 



Mrs. Dugdale. Crimson-rose, self-colored. One 

 of the largest-flowered. 



Prince Of Wales. Rose-crimson, self-colored; 

 flowers extra large. 



Lord Roseberry. Rose-magenta, flushed crim- 

 son ; large size. 



SCARLET AND CRIMSON 



Coccinea. Cherry-red. 



King Edward VII. Scarlet ; very large. 



Salopian. The best of the crimson-scarlets. 



MAROON 



Black Knight. Deep maroon, self-colored. 

 Duke of Sutherland. Claret and indigo-blue. 

 Othello. A very deep glossy maroon self. 

 Shahzada. Rich dark maroon, shaded purple. 



PURPLE-MAUVE 



Captivation. Light purple-magenta. 

 Dorothy Tennant. Rich rosy mauve self. 

 Emily Eckford. Rosy mauve, changing to an 



almost true blue. 

 Admiration. Rosy mauve, on ground of light 



primrose. 



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BLUE AND PURPLE 



Captain of the Blues. Standard purple-blue, 

 wings bright blue. 



Countess Cadogan. Standard light bluish pur- 

 ple, wings clear blue. 



Duke of Westminster. Standard clear pur- 

 ple, wings purple with tint of violet. 



Mrs. Walter Wright. Reddish violet; very 

 large. 



Navy Blue. Standard indigo and violet, wings 

 indigo, shading to navy-blue and bright blue 



LAVENDER 



Countess of Radnor. Pale mauve or lavender. 

 Lady Grisel Hamilton. Standard mauve, 



wings lavender ; flowers extra large. 

 Lady Nina Balfour. Delicate light lavender. 



BLUE, or LAVENDER-EDGED 



Lottie Eckford. White, shaded and edsjed with 



soft lavender. 

 Maid of Honor. White, edged and shaded with 



light blue. 



VARIEGATED 



America. Crimson-scarlet, striped on white. 

 Aurora. Orange-rose, striped on white. 

 Golden Rose. Primrose, striped and mottled 



with pink ; very large. 

 Jessie Cuthbertson. Creamy white, striped 



with rose. 



Lottie Hutchins. Cream, flaked with pink. 

 Mrs. Jos. Chamberlain. White, striped and 



flaked heavily with pale rose; one of the largest 



flowered. 



