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COLE'S SWEET PEAS 



SWEET PEAS. 



GENERAL LIST. 



IT IS unnecessary to say much about these lovely 

 fragrant flowers. Every one loves them for their 

 delieate and charming colors, exquisite frag- 

 rance, and their perfect and simple lovlmess. They 

 are unsurpassed for cutting and bouquets, blccn- 

 ing freely all summer and autumn if the flowers 

 are cut off and not allowed to go to seed. 



America A California seedling of great beauty. 

 Its color is a white ground, veined with carmine 

 scarlet, and one of the best variegated varieties 

 in existence. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Blanche Burpee. Pure white, of exquisite form 

 and immense size, having a bold, upright, shell- 

 shaped body, of great substance; a wonderfully 

 profuse bloomer. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 ct^. 



Blanche Ferry, Extra Early. Splendid large flow- 

 ers of perfect form and great substance, on long 

 stiff stem; standard crimson pink, wings blush 

 white; plant branchy and compact, blooming 

 early, long and profusely. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts. 



Blushing Beauty. Flowers of largest expanded 

 form, perfect in shape, and of very good substance. 

 Color a delicate soft pink. A very lovely shade. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Bronze King. Desirable for its unique and novel 

 combination of colors. Standards of a curious 

 terra cotta tint, supposed to be bronze; wings 

 ivory-white. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 



Countess of Kadnor, Improved- (New Counteat). 

 A great improvement on the popular Countess of 

 Radnor, as both standard and wings are a most 

 beautiful, clear, light lavender. It comes abso- 

 lutely true from seed, and is undoubtedly the best 

 lavender Sweet Pea. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Captain of the Blues. Three large flowers on a 

 stem, light claret colored standards, wings at- 

 tractive blue, cast with purple. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. lOcts. 



Duchess of York- Fjowers of the largest size and 

 mott distinct in color; white suffused with pink- 

 ish-purple. Largo.st expanded form; one of the 

 earliest to bloom. P«r pkt. 5 cts., per oz. 10 cts. 



Duke of Clarence. A very beautiful hooded var- 

 ety with flowers of the largest size. Color a bril- 

 liant shade of rosy-claret. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts. 



Emily Henderson- Pure white, A sport from. 

 Blanche Ferry, with the very free-flowering habit 

 of that sort; often has three flowers on a stem. 

 The flowers are large. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Firefly- Of the largest expanded form the flowers 

 are borne three on a stem ; standards a deep bril- 

 liant scarlet, wings truly a fiery shade. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Katherine Tracy. Of large size, perfect form, and 

 beautiful. The color is soft but brilliant pink of 

 the same shade in wings and standard, retaining 

 its brilliancy to the last. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. lOcts. 



lady Penzance- The standard is a beautiful laced 

 pink, touching orange, while the wings are a dark 

 and purer pink. Truly a superb flower, of large 

 size, exquisite color, very striking and distinct. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Lottie Eckford. Large, creamy-white flowers, dis- 

 tinctly marked with blue, wings and standards of 

 soft white edged with lavender-blue. Valuable 

 for forcing. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Mrs. Jos. Chamberlain. The flowers are enormous 

 and are generally produced three or four to a 

 stem. The color is a white ground, heavily 

 striped and flaked with bright rose ; of fine form. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



MIXED SWEET PEAS. 



Eckford's Hybrids or Large Flowering. Mixed 

 seed, from the best varieties introduced by this 

 celebrated grower. Flowers large, of good sub- 

 stance, exquisite and rich colors. Per pkt. 4 cts., 

 oz. 8 cts., H, lb. 20 cts., lb. 65 cts. 



Fine Mixed. A great variety of colors and will 

 give fine flowers of all shades, and types. Per pkt. 

 3 cts., oz. 6 ct3., U lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



PERENNIAL PEAS. 



These Hardy Everlasting Peas, grow about 6 feet 

 high ; the flowers are borne in large clusters, from 

 pure white to dark-red in color. They are beautiful, 

 and are very valuable from the fact that they are 

 in bloom early and bloom till late in fall. They 

 are perfectly hardy and will start up every spring; 

 showy and freely flowering plants, growing in any 

 common garden soil. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



COLLECTION OF SWEET PEAS. One packet each of the above 15 

 named varieties of Large Flowering Sweet Peas for 50 cts., or i oz. each 

 of the 15 varieties for $1.00. 



