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THE DING-EE & CONARD COMPAQ'S 



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Our New Sweet Peas. 



UR Novelties and Special Selections of all the Newest and Choicest Sweet Peas the world over, have attracted 



widespread attention, flower people declaring that, for exquisite cherry fragrance, profusion of flowers and 



duration after cutting they could not be surpassed. Sweet Peas are first favorites with us, and we are ever 



striving for improvement. We believe, as time goes on, they will be among the most generally 



grown and liked of all Summer flowers. To flower people who are unacquainted with Sweet 



Peas, we recommend them as simply indispensable in the 



Summer flower garden. A Sweet Pea secret came out 



last Summer: The higher you can get the vines to grow, 



the more bloom -will be. Sweet Peas are sure to grow, 



sure to bloom profusely till checked by frost, and sure to 



satisfy and delight all; they can be planted for hedges, for 



clumps, to run on fences, or trained up strings — in fact, 



they are most accommodating and easy to 



grow. We trust this page will be found one 



of the most interesting in our New Guide, 



and that our efforts will still further increase 



the popularity of these exquisite and charming 



Summer flowers. 



Miss Hunt (first offered). — Large, well-formed flow- 

 ers, of a very pale lavender shade. Per pkt., 15 cts. 



Ida Eckford (first offered). — Creamy white, suf- 

 fused with pink; a lovely variety. Per pkt., 10 cts. 



Lottie Eckford (first offered). — Standards ; white, 

 edged with pale blue ; wings white, flushed with 

 pink; quite distinct. Per pkt., to cts. 



Empress of India (first offered)..— Clear rosy pink 

 standards ; wings lighter in color ; large flowers ; a 

 grand variety. Per pkt., 10 cts. 



OUR NEW SWEET PEAS. Per pkt. 



Adonis. — This charming variety is a beautiful rose pink, a new 

 color in Sweet Peas $0 05 



Invincible Car mine (see cut) — From the celebrated English grower, 

 Thomas Laxton, Esq. It is a rich, brilliant, growing carmine, 

 and is the brightest colored Sweet Pea known ; a dazzling sight 10 



Bronze Prince. — This is a magnificent variety ; large, well- 

 formed flowers borne in great profusion ; the upper petals are a 

 rich, shining, bronzy maroon ; the lower ones a deep royal 

 purple color 5 



Splendid Lilac— This is a distinct and lovely shade of color; 

 flowers pretty, clear lilac I 



Per pkt. 

 Boreatton.— A very distinct and beautiful variety; 



bold, stout flowers, deep maroon color $0 10 



Queen of England.— A very choice kind; the grand, 

 pure white flowers are extra-large size . 10 



Jrand Blue (see cut).— Magnificent large blue and purple flow- 

 ers, touched with red; a splendid variety 10 



Duchess of Edinburgh. — Striking scarlet, slashed with crim- 

 son, edges of flowers beautifully margined creamy white. . . 10 



Indigo Blue (see cut).— One of the very darkest varieties; deep 

 maroon purple, with indigo-blue wings 10 



Queen of the Isles (seecut).— The beautiful flowers are mottled 

 and striped with scarlet and red on white ground 10 



Vesuvius (see cut). — This is entirely unlike any other Sweet 

 Pea; the upper petals are marked on a rosy ground, which 

 shades into purple at spotted throat; the lower petals are 

 velvety violet, with lilac edges 5 



Violet Queen. — Avery free bloomer; the flowers range from 

 deep mauve to light violet 5 



Purple Prince. — Handsome and distinct maroon standards, 

 bronze and purple-blue wings I«J 



Any 4 varieties named above, one $kt. each for 25 cts. The 

 collection 0/ 17 varieties for $1.25. 



ECKFORD'S MIXED SWEET PEAS.— A standard and relbbic 

 quality. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2. 



Our nixed New Sweet Peas. 



This mixture cannot be equaled. It is made by taking 20 splendi j 

 varieties, including those described above, and mixing all together in 

 proper proportion to give best effect. Market gardeners and otheis 

 who grow Sweet Peas for cutting will find this selection very profit- 

 able. Price of extra-large pkts., 10 cts. each ; by weight, oz., ac. cfc;.; 

 % lb., 55 cts.; lb.. Si. 75. 



