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THE DING-EE & CONARD COMP ANT'S 



Our New Sweet Peas. 



k 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 



recently : The higher you can get the vines to grow, the 



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



"arity of these exquisite and charming Summer 



flowers. 



Miss Hunt. — Large, well-formed flowers, of a very 

 pale lavender shade. Per pkt., 15 cts. 



Isa Eckford. — Creamy white, suffused with pink; 

 p^a lovely variety. Per pkt., 10 ct~. 

 \ Lottie Eckford. — Standards; white, edged with 



pale blue; wings white, flushed with pink; quite 

 distinct. Per pkt., 10 cts. 



Empress of India. — Clear rosy pink standards; 

 wings lighter in color ; large flowers; a grand variety. 

 Per pkt., 10 cts. 



SIP 



OUR NEW SWEET PEAS. 



Per Pkt. 



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

 color in Sweet Peas So 05 



Invincible Carmine (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 daz- 

 zling sight 10 



Primrose. — A very unique and beautiful variety; fine, well- 

 formed flowers, distinctly attractive in color; standards and 

 wings pale primrose yellow 15 



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

 flowers pretty, clear lilac 10 



Per Pkt. 

 Boreatton. — A very distinct and beautiful variety; 



bold, stout flowers, deep maroon color So 10 



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

 pure white flowers are extra-large size 10 



Grand 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). — Oneof 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. — A very free bloomer; the flowers range from 

 deep mauve to light violet . 5 



Purple Prince. — Handsome and distinct maroon standards, 

 bronze and purple-blue wings 10 



Any 4 varieties named above, one pkt. each for zj cts. The 

 collection 0/ 77 varieties for $1.25. 



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

 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 splendid 

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

 proper proportion to give best effect. Market gardeners and others 

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

 able. Price of extra-large pkts., 10 cts. each ; bv weight, oz.,2octs.; 

 U lb., 55 cts.; lb.,gi. 75 . 



