Dreer's Extra-Selected Early or Winter- Flowering 



SWEET PEAS 



Early-Flowering Orchid Sweet Peas 



Two New Outstanding Early or 

 Winter-Flowering Orchid Sweet Peas 



Florist Blue 



This is the best clear blue Sweet Pea up to date. 

 The color Is a clearer and purer blue than any other 

 variety in existence. The stems are longer and the 

 plants have more vigor than any other blue flowered 

 variety. There are four huge well-formed blooms to a 

 stem and they are artistically arranged, giving a well- 

 balanced spike of exceptional beauty. Its fragrance is 

 rich and outstanding and the texture of the blooms 

 though substantial is exquisite in every detail. Oz. 

 50c; Vi lb. $1.50; lb. $5.00. 



Florist Rose 



This beautiful new Sweet Pea has the longest stems 

 of any we have ever seen. The color is pure rose-pink 

 — richer and slightly deeper than the popular Annie 

 Laurie. The blooms are truly immense yet they are 

 graceful and well proportioned. Florist Rose is very 

 free blooming and continues to bear a splendid crop of 

 showy long-stemmed four-flowered sprays for an ex- 

 ceptionally long period of time. Oz. 50c; M lb. $1.50; 

 lb. $5.00. 



Dreer's Special Mixture of 



Early Orchid-Flowering Sweet Peas 



This is a superb mixture which has been carefully 

 blended for the purpose of giving a complete range of 

 the best colors in such a proportion as to provide 

 mixed bunches of the highest artistic value. Oz. 20c; 

 Vi lb. 60c; lb. $2.20. 



SuniTner-Flowering 

 Sweet Peas in Mixture 



This mixture of Summer-Flowering Sweet Peas 

 includes a well-balanced range of all the best colors. 

 The varieties used to make It are all giant-flowering. 

 This summer-flowering type is not suited for grow- 

 ing in the greenhouse for winter blooming but there 

 are many gardeners who realize the gain that can 

 be made by sowing them outdoors late in the fall 

 for blooming the following spring. Oz. 10c; 14 lb. 

 30c; lb. $1.15; 10 lbs. $10.00. 



For list of varieties of Summer-Flowering 

 Sweet Peas refer to our Complete Wholesale 

 Catalog issued last spring. 



"We have selected for you from the long and confus- 

 ing list of early or winter-flowering Sweet Peas the 

 following varieties which have proved most popular on 

 account of their beauty and appeal. All desirable col- 

 ors are well represented and no better can be found 

 anywhere. 

 American Beauty, A magnificent large-flowered early 



Sweet Pea with exceptionally fine, well proportioned 



blooms of a rich crimson-rose color. 

 AmetlLyst. A brilliant and appealing shade of royal 



purple. Produces a wealth of blooms. 

 Annie Xianrie. There are other rose-pinks but Annie 



Laurie is noted for its richness and pure rose color 



which is several shades deeper than Majestic Rose. 

 Apollo. An exceptionally beautiful soft salmon-cerise 



bearing a great abundance of showy long-stemmed 



sprays. Particularly fine for spring. 

 Ball Orang'e Improved. This showy new Sweet Pea is 



a charming fine clear deep glowing orange. Oz. 60c; 



Vi lb. $1.60; lb. $6.00. 

 Ball Kose Improved. A superb variety producing an 



abundance of magnificent deep rose-pink blooms. 

 Blue Bird, This is the early or winter-flowering variety 



of this name valued for its violet-blue color. 

 Blue Bonnet. There are four extra-large flowers of a 



clear deep blue color arranged on a fine long stem. 

 Cream or liiEeadowlark. This bright primrose yellow Is 



noted for its splendid size and graceful form. 

 Bzposition Fink. A gorgeous rich pink — as fascinating 



a color as ever seen in Sweet Peas. 

 G-renadler. Brilliant Poppy scarlet flowers enhanced 



with a light sheen of brilliant fire. Oz. 40c; % lb. 



$1.10; lb. $4.20. 

 Harmony, We highly recommend this lovely variety for 



its pleasing lavender color. 

 Hope, A pure white variety noted for the exquisite 



texture of its blooms. 

 Imperial Fink, This is a newer variety of intriguing 



charm. It is a clear pink of tremendous appeal. 

 Josie, Another variety in the class of extra-long- 

 stemmed varieties. Well-shaped artistic flowers of 



a fascinating rose-pink color. 

 Iiady Gay, This never lacks admirers, for the soft 



shrimp pink color of the exquisitely-textured flowers 



is certainly most appealing. 

 Iiavanda, There are many who consider this the finest 



lavender Sweet Pea today. 

 Majestic Bose. A truly majestic variety with very 



beautiful flowers of a brilliant rose-pink. 

 Maroon Frince, This is the finest of the maroon shades. 



The large blooms have an exquisite silky finish. 

 Mrs. Kerr. Delightful is perhaps the most appropriate 



word to describe this clear shade of salmon. 

 Mlrs. Herbert Hoover (California Blue). A well-known 



favorite with beautiful clear blue fiowers. 

 Bed Bird, Very brilliant and pure crimson enhanced 



with a luminous sheen of glowing tyrian ros6. 

 Shirley Temple, A cross between Pinkie and Lady Gay 



combining the size and richness of the former with 



the dainty frilling and fiutlng of the latter. Carries 



four enormous well-proportioned soft rose-pink 



blooms to a stem. 

 Snowstorm Improved. Though an old variety it is still 



the favorite white-seeded pure snow white of today. 

 Susanna. Appealing carmine-red flowers well arranged 



on splendid long stems. 

 Valencia. An absolutely sunproof bright orange. Ex- 

 ceptionally vigorous, long stemmed, and very large. 

 Vulcan. Vivid scarlet flowers which will not burn. 

 White Harmony. A highly desirable pure white with 



black seeds and therefore easy to germinate. 

 Zvolanek's Bose. This never has lost any of its origi- 

 nal popularity for its rich rose-pink blooms are ex- 

 ceptionally large. 



Any of tlie above, except where noted: 

 Oz. 30c; Vi lb. 85c; lb. $3.30, 



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