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Our stocks are absolutely unsurpassed in 

 selection, purity and vitality. 



Our prices are reasonable, being lower than 

 those of many smaller firms, but were 

 we to charge twice as much the quality 

 of the stocks could not be improved. 



CULTURE— Early in spring make a trench about six 

 inches deep, in rich, mellow soil, so arranged that no water 

 can stand in it, and plant the seed in the bottom, taking care 

 not to cover it more than two inches. AU Sweet Peas, but 

 particularly the white seeded sorts, are often a little difficult 

 to start. If the soil is too dry, they will remain a long time 

 ^ without germinating; if it is too wet and cold, they will not 



sprout at all. In soils which are at all heavy or composed largely of clay ,it 

 wiU generally pay to put about two inches of sand in the bottom of the trench 

 and to sow the seed on this, covering with more sand. Often it wUl be an 

 advantage to cover the row with a board so as to shed the rain and protect 

 the soil from the hot sun, but care should be taken to remove this as soon 

 as the young plants push through the soil. When the plants are about five 

 inches high, gradually fill up the trench and furnish some support for the 

 vines to run upon. The flowers should be picked before they form pods, 

 or the plants wiU soon stop flowering. 



Many people have become discouraged in the growing of Sweet Peas be- 

 cause of blight, i.e., a failing and dying of the plants soon after they have begun to bloom. 

 This trouble has been quite prevalent some seasons but is not of permanent nature. Its 

 cause may be one or both of the following conditions: 



1. Unfavorable season. Not only sweet peas, but edible peas as well, suffered some 

 seasons because of peculiarly unfortunate weather conditions. Untimely rains, hot 

 weather, etc., have done great damage when otherwise crops would have been very large. 

 2. All peas will suffer if planted on the same ground year after year. They should 

 be given fresh earth. 



We can assure our patrons that with proper care and ordinarily favorable weather, 

 there is no reason why sweet peas may not do as well as in former years when they 

 were considered to be among the easiest flowers to raise. 



WHITE 



MONT BLANC. This variety originated in the Extra Early Blanche Ferry, and like 

 that sort is of dwarf, slender, very graceful habit with narrow leaves, throwing the 

 blossoms well out from the foliage so that every one is well exposed. Its greatest 

 merit is in its extreme earliness and its consequent fitness for forcing. The flowers are 

 of good form and size and very clear white color. Pkt. 5c: Oz. 10c: % Lb. 85c: 

 Lb. 76c. 



JOSEPHINE WHITE. One of the earUest white Sweet Peas and especially desirable 

 for forcing. Habit like Emily Henderson, but earlier and produces flowers during a 

 longer season. A very desirable cutting flower. Pkt. 10c: Oz. 20c: 3 Oz. 35c: 

 % Lb. 60c; Lb. $3.00 



EMILY HENDERSON. A bold, well formed, clear white flower. Wings broad and 

 well expanded. An early and wonderfully free and persistent bloomer. The flowers 

 have more substance and the plant more vigor than the other whites, and it therefore 

 will give good flowers under circumstances where most sorts fail. Pkt. 6c: Oz. 10c: 

 h Lb. 30c; Lb. 60c. 



BLANCHE BURPEE. A splendid pure white variety. While not so profuse a bloomer 

 or as hardy a plant as the Emily Henderson, the individual flowers are so fine as to 

 make it a most desirable sort. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; H Lb. 30c; Lb. 50c. 



THE BRIDE. The flowers are practically the same as the Blanche Burpee, but the 

 stems are more slender and the flowers more gracefully poised, so that they form a 

 more beautiful bunch. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; H Lb. 30c; Lb. 60c. 



LIGHT YELLO^W 



INCONSTANCY. Aside from being extra early is remarkable because the same plant will at one period of growth 

 give pure white flowers, and at another period flowers unquestionably primrose. Frequently white and primrose 

 flowers are found on one plant at the same time. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 3 Oz. 35c; H Lb. 60c; Lb. $3.00 

 MRS. ECKFORD. Plant strong-growing and vigorous; stems three and four flowered; flowers large, of great sub- 

 stance and perfect form. A delicate shade of primrose yellow at first, becoming nearly white at maturity. Queen 

 Victoria is much the same but does not come so true. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. 65c. 

 QUEEN VICTORIA. Light primrose of the hooded form THE HON. MRS. E. KENYON. The best of the deeper 

 showing a tint of pink while in the bud, but a clear soft primrose shades; a beautiful large flower of semi-hooded 

 primrose when matured. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; H Lb. 30c; form, and very desirable. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 3 Oz. 30c: 

 Lb. 60c. H Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



LIGHT 



MRS. SANKEY. Standard round, very thick, delicate shell- 

 pink, wings a little lighter than standard. Although often 

 described as a pure white, we consider this one of the most 

 beautiful of the pink varieties, only becoming white as it 

 fades. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; H Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



LOTTIE HUTCHINS. Standard and wings of light primrose 

 with stripes of light pink. One of the best of the hooded 

 Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; H Lb. 30c; Lb. 60c. 



PINK 



STELLA MORSE. The large flowers of this variety are of 

 the finest form and a peculiar warm salmon-pink. A com- 

 bination yellow and pink, which is quite distinct and very 

 attractive. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. 60c. 



VENUS. Standard large, of fine form and substance; a 

 brUliant but delicate and soft shade of warm rose-pink 

 and buff; wings similar to the standar'' Pkt. 6c: Oz. 10c; 

 h Lb. 30c: Lb. 60c. 



