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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



WEET PEAS. 



^^ (LATHYRUS ODORATUS). 



^^ "^ IIL T' I ^ W ^ 'T^ T^ I "^ A ^^ The Sweet i^ea has become one of the 



^^^ ^^W 1"^ 1"^ I r^^ r^ /\ ^% most popular of flowers cultivated, and 



^^^^ ▼ T 1 i^ 1 ^ J. i \^Jl\.^^ % admired not only in the largest and best 



^* "places," but in the humblest garden. 



Not only do they readily adapt themselves 

 to circumstances, giving some bloom, no 

 matter how unfavorable the conditions, but repay better care and culture, with a proportionate abundance 

 of bloom. Everyone who cultivates flowers should plant Sweet Peas, for the list of distinct and beautiful 

 varieties is now so large that no one will ever tire of them. 



CULTURE. — Sweet Peas do best in a moderately rich soil, which has been made so by repeated manur 

 ings rather than by a single heavy application. The use of fresh manure or even a large quantity of well 

 rotted manure tends to produce coarse vines and smaller, weaker colored flowers. Work the soil thoroughly 

 as early in the spring as it can be done without making it stocky and hard; then open the trench six 

 inches deep and about eight inches wide and sow the seeds in double rows six inches apart, dropping in 

 each row from six to twenty-four seeds to the foot, according as size or quantity of bloom is most desir- 

 able. Cover with about two inches of soil and see that the ends of the partially filled trenches are open, so 

 that no icater can stand in them. After the plants are three to five inches high till up the trench; this 

 method secures deep planting essential to long continued blooming 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 pods are 

 allowed to form, the plants will soon stop flowering. 



The list given below includes all of the best varieties, both new and old. 



The numbers which precede the names refer to the colored plate on opposite page. This facsimile water- 

 color plate was made from actual specimens grown by us the past season^ and represents correctly the colors, 

 shadings and oiit lines of each variety. 



1. MRS. SANKEY.—ciassed as a pure white, 

 but we think improperly as the flowers while seemingly 

 white in some lights, in others show a tinge of warm, shell 

 pink which is very delicate and beautiful 10 



2. MISS BLANCriE FERRY _no horticul- 



tural variet}^ introduced in !• -"e j-ears has become so widely 

 known and highly prized Hc : iiis; not only are the large, 

 bright pink flowers very beautiful, but the plant is more 

 compact, comes earlier into bloom, produces more flowers 

 and for a longer time than any other variety. Recognized 

 not only in this country, but in Europe as the best sweet 

 pea in cultivation 6 



3. DELIGHT.—standard white, softly shaded with 

 crimson; wings broad, expanded; flowers of medium size, 

 but of superior form 10 



4. FAIRY QUEEN — standard white, with deli- 

 cate rose tinge, with a number of distinct carmine lines at 

 base, and usually more or less folded; wings proportion- 

 ately large, generally closed. A comparatively small and 

 irregular shaped but a distinct and beautiful flower 5 



5. VIOLET QUEEN. -Rosy pink standard with 

 Jarge, -widely expanded violet wings 5 



6. BUTTER FLY. —White or light blue tinged and 

 shaded with lavender, becoming a decided blue on the edge 

 of the standard. A striking peculiarity of this variety is 

 that the standard presents the appearance of a butterfly's 

 wings, being deeply cut on either side 5 



7. LOTTIE ECKFORD. -Standard large, broad- 

 est at base; a delicate mauve; wings large, expanded, 

 white, shaded with delicate blue, which becomes a bright 

 blue line at the edge 5 



8. ALBA MAGNIFICA — one of the clearest of 

 the whites. Flowers medium sized with broad, full wings 

 and comparatively small standard. Strong grower and fine 

 bloomer 10 



9. BOREATTON — One of the oest dark colored 

 varieties. Standard large and broad, notched at top; ex- 

 ceedingly rich satin like maroon; the wings about the same 

 color, but lighter in shade and often with a slight tinge of 

 blue, but m effect is a deep rich maroon self-colored flower.iO 



lO. QUEEN OF THE ISLES—white ground, 



distinctly striped and splashed with bright scarlet and car- 

 mine. Good form and a strikingly beautiful flower 5 



16. QUEEN OF ENGLAND. _one of the best 



whites; color very pure and true , 10 



17. CAPTAIN OF THE BLUES.-one of the 

 largest blue flowered sorts. Standard very broad and 

 bright purple-blue; wings broad, expanded and a hghter 

 and brighter blue than the standard 10 



18. ADONIS.— Rosy pink, the wings a little darker 

 than the standard. Both wings and standard are long, but 

 comparatively narrow. A showy flower 5 



19. MRS. QLADSTONE.-Flowers large, of per- 

 feet form and of most delicate and beautiful blush pink. 

 One of the most elegant and beautiful flowers in the list 5 



20. PRINCESS BEATRICE.-Flowers of fine 

 form with broad expanded wings and flat standard, all a 

 uniform bright rose pink ; a good grower and free bloomer. 5 



2 1 . SPLENDOUR. —A very large and finely shaped 

 flower, bright rose in color and one which always attracts 

 .attention 5 



22. CARDINAL— Standard intense rich rose car- 

 mine ; wings deep red-purple. One of the brightest reds in 

 cultivation , 5 



23 DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH._a deep, 



bright red, difficult to describe; wings hood shaped and 

 dairker in color than the standard ; keel shaded from purple- 

 pink to white 5 



24. EMILY HENDERSON._a sport found sev- 

 eral years ago in one of our fields of Miss Blanche Ferry 

 and developed until it comes perfectly true. We think it 

 the best white in cultivation. It has the same dwarf plant 

 and splendid blooming habit as the Miss Blanche Ferry 

 and flowers are of the largest size and pure white. See illus- 

 tration on cover 15 



25. INVINCIBLE WHITE._a fine strain of pure 

 white, giving an abundance of flowers of good form and 

 substance 5 



ECKFORD'S HYBRIDS.-Mixed seed from the 

 best of the varieties introduced by this celebrated grower 

 and all of them showing the fine form and substance notice- 

 able in his introductions 10 



MIXED.— Includes many of the new sorts and can be 

 depended upon to give fine flowers of a wide range of 

 colors 5 



SWEET PEA A One packet each of the twenty - 

 COLLECTION ^^» five kinds on colored plate. 



amounting to $1.70, sent for $1.25, postpaid. 



11. COUNTESS OF RADNOR.-Flowers medi- 

 um sized, standard broad, waved at edge, pale lilac shaded 

 mauve; wings pale lilac. A distinct and beautiful variety. . 10 



12. INVINCIBLE SCARLET.-Piant vigorous 



grower and profuse bloomer; flowers large and brilliant CWCCT DC A w-^ ^ ■• ^ , « ,, 



scarlet pink 5 owcci KCA |» One packet each of the follow- 



13. ORANGE PRINCE.-Aithough the flowers COLLECTION *-^« ing numbered sorts: 1, 3, 7, 

 are not large nor as good in form as some others, they are 

 so distinct in color that they can hardly be spared from even 

 a small collection. Standard pink, suffused vi-lth orange 

 yellow; wings bright lake pink 5 



14. INDIGO KING.-Standard deep purple maroon; 

 wings indigo blue. A distinct, large, fine shaped flower 5 



' 15. PRINCESS OF WALES.-Shaded and 

 striped mauve and purple on white ground. A distinct 

 flower 5 



9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 25, amounting to 75 

 cents, sent for 60 cents, postpaid. This selection 

 makes a splendid collection, each variety being dis- 

 tinct in color and form. 



W z coiild extend this list by a score or more of other vari- 

 eties, many of them very beautiful, but we have selected the 

 above tiventy-five sorts as including the best of every distinct 

 type and giving such a proportion of colors as wouM be most 

 satisfactory to the planter. 



FOR PRICES OF SWEET PEAS IN BULK SEE PAGE 73. 



