Extra Early Blanche Ferry. 



BLA:SCHE BURPEE. 



Blanche Burpee This is without doubt the finest white 

 ' * variety in cultivation. The habit is 

 strong and vigorous, the seed should therefore be sown rather 

 thinly. The flowers themselves are of giant size and are very 

 freely produced. By keeping them cut each day the plants may 

 be kept in bloom for a surprisingly long time. The standard or 

 large upper petal of the flower has an entire margin, the notch 

 which is to be seen in Emily Henderson being absent. If there is 

 room for only one white variety, Blanche Burpee undoubtedly de- 

 serves the choice.-From Henry Eckford's Select List of Sweet Peas for 

 1899. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ^ lb. 20c, lb. 6oc. 



In 

 full 



bloom two weeks before any other sort and of 

 very dwarf habit. The flowers have the bright 

 contrast of color which made the Blanche Ferry 

 so popular, the wings being nearly white, while 

 the standard is deep rose pink, becoming more in* 

 tense near the base. The plants are exceedingly 

 hardy and floriferous, and at the same time very 

 dwarf, making it particularly desiraWSfor green- 

 house culture. Inside it occupies les3 Space, and 

 gives flowers sooner than any othfij: sweet pea, 

 and it does equally well out of doors, needing less 

 trellising than any other iiindSJ in fact it C&u be 

 grown outside with great ss'^is+'aciioc without any 

 support. Pkt. 4c, oz. 7c, ^ ib. 'Mc xb. 60c. 



Lady Mary 6iirfl.@« Award of Merit 



" Rcyal Horticultural 



Society, 1897. Pirsu-Claas CertiSeaces at Trenth- 

 am, Leichester, Wohyerharnpton and Edingburgh, 

 cl897. A deep, orange-pink, delicately shaded rosy lilac — a most 

 harming flower of exquisite brilliancy; it has been much ad- 

 mired wherever shown and is likely to become one of the greatest 

 favorites. Pkt. 4c oz. 10c. 



Sweet Peaff"Pink Friar." This is one of the finest 



novelties. The flowers are 

 of fine large size, averaging one-third larger than the famous Gray 

 Friar. Coloring a soft carmine-rose, delicately suffused on a white 

 ground. Much of the suffused coloring on the face of the stand- 

 ard comes from the heavier coloring on back. The wings are 

 widely expanded, slightly recurved at the edges and the whole 

 surface is suffused in soft rosy-carmine on a crystaline white ground. 

 Has been pronounced "the most beautifully shaded variety in cul- 

 tivation." Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 



\^awOna. ^hls is quite a new color. It is a beautiful helio- 

 * trope, distinctly striped with white. The flowers, 

 of large size and fine form, are borne most profusely upon long 

 heavy stems. The large, erect standard is pointed with edges 

 slightly recurved ; wings large, semi-erect, and well recurved 

 about the keel. Pkt. 5c. oz. 15c. 



Tllice Eckford. Rich, cream-tinted, cerise standard ; white 

 * wings; a very beautiful flower, the most 

 charming in our entire list. The flowers are produced in great 

 abundance. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 



Aurora Flowers very large, of fine substance, three and four 

 * • on a stem. Color flaked and striped bright orange 

 salmon: white ground. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 



A most pleasing shade of pink, wings delicate rose; 

 charming color ; large, very grand flower. Pkt. 5c, 

 oz. 10c. 



Emily Henderson. perfectly pure white variety of 



great beauty. Especially fine for cut 

 flower work. One of the best. Pkt. 3c, "oz. 6c, lb. iSc, lb. 50c. 



<S0UnteSS of Aberdeen, white margined vvith pale 



pink; finely formed stand- 

 ards ; a distinct, charming flower. Pkt. 5c. 



SWEET PEAS. 



6ultUre Sweet Peas do best in a moderately rich soil, which had 

 been made so by repeated manurings rather than by ■ 

 single heavy appl'^^^'^'o"- The use of fresh manure or even a large quanJ 

 tity of Weil rotte<i manure tends to produce coarse vines and smaller^ 

 weaker colored flo^'ers. Work the soil thoroughly as early in the spring 

 as itcan be done without making it sticky and hard; then make a trencq 

 about eight inches wide at the bottom, the sides sloping to the surface 

 and sow the seed in double rows six inches apart, dropping in |eacb roi( 

 irom six to twenty-four seeds to the foot, according as size or quantity ol 

 Dioom IS most desirable; thin sowings will give the largest flowers, and 

 thick sowings will give the most of them. Cover with one or two inchei 

 of soil and see that the ends of the partially filled trenches are openJ 

 so that no water can stand In them. After the plants are about fiva 

 inches high, fill up the trench; this is a very essential thing to do foi 

 this method secures deep rooting, essential to long continued bloomJ 

 ing, without danger of losing the seed from too deep planting. As fast 

 as the flowers come into full bloom they should be cut, for if the pod^ 

 are allowed to form, the plants will soon stop flowering. 



A pleasing developmeni 

 of this popular sort. Thfl 

 seed I offer is saved from the best plants ; one-third will produc 

 double flowers. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 



Contains in splen^ 

 did mixture t h ( 

 above magnificent sort as well as many new hybrids. Pkt. 

 oz. 10c, K lb. 30c, lb. $1.00. 



Eckford's Choicest Mixed. L"^S,^h\ c?eam !?t 



Mr. Eckford's sorts. Pkt. 4c, oz. 7c, lb. ^Sc, lb. 40c. 



Sure to please. Pkt. 2c, oz. 5c, 3^ Ih 

 12c, lb. 35c. 



Blues and Purples, Choicest Mbced— Pkt. 3c, oz. 6c, lb. 18c, lb. 

 Pinks and Reos. Choicest Mixed— Pkt. 3c, oz. 6c, 3^ lb. 18c, lb. 

 Whites, Choicest Mixed— Pkt. 3c, oz. 6c, 3^ lb. 18c, lb. 50c. 



lW<»w Waw fillip The Only Sweet Pea that Is a True Bin 

 i^cw i-»ttvy ^^^^^ entirely distinct color (nofl 



tint) from any existing variety of Sweet Pea. General color 

 effect Dark Blue: standards briUiant royal purple; ■wings pure violetd 



the whole flower elegantly veined in sharp relief. A most vigoH 

 ous grower. Blooms of approved form, generota 

 size, parchment-like texture and remarkable sul^ 

 stance. Stems usually bear three flowers, occasion 

 ally four. When they begin to fade, they assui 

 an antique silver-gray cast, but maintain £ st 

 ly mien up to the time the petals fall. Pk-, . 

 oz. 15c. 



MIKaOO. 



Deep orange-cerise ground, striped white; 

 quisite form and good size ; very desirable. Pi 

 5c, 



New Double Sweet Pea. 



Buckbee's Gilt Edge Mixed. 



All eolors Mixed. 



Lovely. 



Perennial or Everlasting Peaj 



(Latbyrus.) They do not have the delicious fra 

 granceof the SvreetPeas, but they are equall] 

 beautiful. They are perfectly hardy and live ye 

 after year, bearing magnificent clusters of flov 

 ers and blooming in the spring, Pkt. 4c. 



THE SWEET PER. 



Has become one of the most popular of cultivated floD 

 ers, and admired not only in the largest and best - places^ 

 but in the humblest garden. Not only do they readily adapt then 

 selves to circumstances, giving lots of bloom, no matter how 

 favorable the conditions, but repay better care and culture with i 

 proportionate abundance of bloom. Every one who cultivat 

 flowers should plant Sweet Peas, for the list of distinct and beaut 

 ful varieties is now so large that none will tire of them. 



Beautiful New 

 Cupids.^-*^^ 



New White Cupid. 



and about eighteen inches 



The plant forms a compact, moss- 

 like bunch about nine inches high! 

 across, producing an abundance of' 

 clear, white flowers of fine form and substance. It is well suited 

 for growing in pots or as a border plant. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 



Identical to the above in every way 

 except color which is a beautifnl pink 



A GREAT Favorite. 



Very free flowering. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15a 



New Pink 6upid. 



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