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Peas, Everlasting 



(Lathyrus latifolius) An easily 

 grown, hardy perennial climber 

 with smaller flowers lacking the fragrance of Sweet Peas, but 

 producing for many weeks a succession of blossoms in clusters of 

 eight to ten each. Only a few flowers can be expected the 

 second season but in the third and fourth, the plants then being 

 well established, an abundance of foliage and blooms is afforded. 

 The plants die down late in the fail and start again in the spring. 

 Sow the seed out doors early in spring, using well prepared 

 soil and covering the seed about one inch deep with fine soil firmly 

 pressed down. The perennial sorts are suitable for covering 

 stumps and fences, and on a trellis will often grow five to six 

 feet. 



Mixed. Includes white, rose and purple flowers. Oz. 50c.. .Pkt. 10c. 



PERIWINKLE— (See Vinca) 



{Peony Roots are listed in our autumn Bulb Catalogue.) 



Petunia 



Petunias are unsurpassed for massing 

 in beds. They are also used along 

 walks and driveways and are often 

 grown in window boxes. Their rich- 

 ness of color, duration of bloom and 

 culture will always make them popular. They endure drought 

 exceptionally well. The seed we offer is the result of careful 

 hybridization and can be depended upon to give as large a propor- 

 tion of double flowers as any. 



In some strains the flowers are very large, measuring four to five 

 inches across; in others, they are deeply fringed; still others have 

 star-like markings radiating from the throat and extending nearly 

 or quite to the outer margin of the blossom ; again, others have 

 full, double flowers. The colors range from white to deep red- 

 purple and are variously striped and blotched. 



A HETUNIA BORDER 



Peas, Everlasting 



Plant the seed, which is exceedingrly fine, in a warm, open, 

 sunny place. Seeds may be soAvn directly in the open ground or 

 for early results the plants may be started in cold-frame, hot 

 bed or in pots indoors, in a temperature averaging sixty to 

 seventy degrees. Water with a fine spray and do not permit 

 the seedlings to dry out. The plants are tender and should not 

 be trusted in the open until danger of frost is over. Any good, 

 friable garden soil, well pulverized and in good condition may 

 be used, and the seed covered with about one-eighth to one- 

 fourth inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. The rows should 

 be two feet apart. Thin to eighteen inches apart. The plants 

 begin to bloom when small and continue until cut off by frost. 

 Tender perennial, blooming the first year; about one and one- 

 half feet high. 



Petunias may also be grown under glass in winter. The 

 best method is to sow seeds late in summer and grow stocky 

 plants in pots, but old plants can be lifted on the approach of 

 cold weather, cut back and taken inside for winter bloom. 



Hybrida Dwarf Rosy Mom. Compact in habit of plant but 

 producing tlu'oughoiitthe summer an abundance of clearrosy 

 pink flowers with white throat. An excellent sort for boi'ders, 

 edgings or porch boxes Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Dwarf White. Plants of compact habit, covered with 

 a profusion of white flowers , , . .Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Dwarf Mixed. Plants compact growing. A choice mix" 

 ture of many sliades and colors. Very desirable for small 

 beds Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Countess of EUesmere. Deep rose with white throat. 

 Very desirable for bedding Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida General Dodds. Single flowers of rich, dark purple 

 color ..Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida White. Large single white flowers " 10c. 



Hybrida Striped and Blotched. Includes striped or blotched 

 flowers in a wide range of brilliant colors. A fine 

 bedder. Oz. $1.25 Pkt. 10c. 



Hybrida Choice Mixed. An excellent range of colors including 

 white, stripes and shades of rose, red and purple. A very 

 satisfactory mixture. Oz. 75c Pkt. 10c. 



Large Flowered Mixed. Plants vigorous and flowers very 

 large; some stz'iped, others self colored, tb Oz. $1.25. Pkt. 10c. 



Double Finest Mixed. The seed we offer will produce a large 

 percentage of double flowers in a good range of colors 

 Pkt. 20c. 



Fringed Single Mixed. Very attractive, deeply fringed 

 flowers in a variety of colors Pkt. 20c. 



Fringed Double Mixed. Large flowering; many colors; 

 flowers beautifully fringed. . . Pkt. 25c. 



Superbissima Mixed. Flowers of immense size, superbly color- 

 ed with tliroats beautifully veined. We have carefully com- 

 pared other strains sold as "Giants of California," etc., and 

 have found none superior and many of them not equal to our 

 strain of this magnificent variety Pkt. 25c. 



