BODDINGTON'S ~&}A.Ul£ltyt/ SEEDS 



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BODDINGTON'S SUPERB SWEET PEAS 



(ARRANGED 

 TO COLOR) 



WHITE 



White Wonder. Tlie flowers an. 

 pure white, uniformly of tlu- 

 largest size, and are borne six to 

 eight and frequently as many as 

 ten to twelve large flowers on a 

 long, stout stem. 



Emily Henderson. Pure white ; 

 fine for forcing. 



Mont Blanc. Pure white ; one of 

 the earliest. 



Sadie Burpee. Pure white ; very 

 large. 



Lottie Eekford. Standard white, 

 finite heavily shaded throughout 

 with lilac. Wings white, shaded 

 and tinted with lighter lilac. 

 Both standard and wing have 

 cini of a very deep blue. Large 

 size ; hooded form ; strongly in- 

 clined to double. 



Plienomenal. White, shaded and 

 edged with lilac. Very large ; 

 hooded, and the blossom on the 

 stem is usually double. The 

 petals are all delicate and wavy, 

 and the field name before in- 

 troduction is quite descriptive, 

 for we call it "Orchid-flowered 

 Maid of Honor." Fkt. 15 cts.. 

 oz. 25 cts. 



YELLOW 



Hon.^Mrs. E. Kenyon. Reall\ 

 the only true yellow variety: 

 fine for cutting. 



Queen Victoria, Light primrose, 

 wings tinted rose. 



Earliest Sunbeams. Itisequally 

 desirable for forcing and also for 

 early spring flowering in the 

 open grouncl, particularly in sec- 

 tions where the later sorts are 

 apt to be cut off by e.xtreme sum- 

 mer heat. The flowers are of a 



Sweet Pea, Gladys Dnwin 



rich primrose color, and generally borne three on a strong stem. 



Blanche Ferry, Extra Early. 



Pink and white 

 Earliest of All. Best for forcing. 



MAROON 



Othello. Deep glossy maroon. A 

 grand variety in this color, and 

 considered one of the best Sweet 

 Peas in existence. 



Black Knight. Very deep ma 

 roon, the veins on the middle of 

 the standard showing almost 

 black. Practically self-colored. 

 Large size; open form. One of 

 the darkest varieties. 



Shahzada. Standard deep ma- 

 roon, showing veins of almost 

 black, and a shading of violet at 

 base ; wings dark violet ; large 

 size; semi-hooded form. It is the 

 darkest of all varieties. 



BLUE 



Romolo Piozzani. .A violet-blue 



self. Standard slightly hooded ; 



flowers of great substance. Pkt. 



15 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 Countess of Cadogan. Sky-blue. 

 Emily Eekford. Porcelain-blue, 



suffused with reddish mauve. 

 Navy Blue. Dark indigo-blue 



and violet ; the best blue. 



SCARLET 



Salopian (Sun-proof). Brilliant 

 scarlet ; very large. 



King Edward VII. This is a very 

 lovely, intense bright crimson 

 self, with a slightly hooded yet 

 prominent standard ; giant-flow- 

 ered. A fine decorative and show 

 v.iriety, much brighter than 

 either Mars or Salopian. 



LAVENDER 

 Lady Grisel Hamilton. Beautiful silvery lavender. 

 Flora Norton. This is a beautiful rich light lavender, entirely free 



from any mauve or pinkish tinge. The flowers are large and of 



line form, borne three on a stem and all facing One way. 

 Mrs. George Higginson, Jr. Light lavender, almost azure-blue, 



and nearly free from any tint of tnauve. The clearest delicate blue 



we have. 



PINK 



Katherine Tracy. Soft, brilliant pink. 



Miss Wilmott. Very large orange-pink ; a variety in color peculiar 

 to itself. 



Prima Donna. A most lovely shade of soft pink ; a grand variet\'. 



Lovely. Deep rose, wings shading to pink and blush. 



Stella Morse. Buff, with tint of pink, showing a little deeper at the 



edges, both standard and wings the same. In the bunch the color 



h.is a rich cream effect. 

 Helen Lewis. A very fine orange-pink of Countess Spencer class, 



having the same large-sized flow<.r ;ind showy wavy standards. 



I'kt. 15 cts. oz. 25 cts. 



PURPLE 



Duke of Westminster. Standard clear purple 

 with tint of violet. Large size ; hooded form. 



wings purpk'. 



PINK AND WHITE 



Apple Blossom. Deep rose; wings blush -pink. 



Dainty. Pure white, edged with light pink on both thest.indard and 

 wings, and shaded lightly with light pink, with more color on the 

 back of the standard. Is almost ;i, true white with i)ink edgt'S. 

 Medium size; hooded form. 



ROSE 



John Ingman. Standards large, rich salmon-rose, with the wavy 



appearance of the true Countess Spencer ; wings rose. A grand 



flower, large and of good substance. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 Jeannie Gordon. Standard rose, showing veins of a brighter and 



deeper rose on primrose ground ; wings primrose, tinted withpink. 



Large size; hooded form. 

 Lord Roseberry. Bright magenta-rose, showing veins of deeper 



sli.adc. Large sizt' ; hooded form. 

 Mrs. Walter Wright. Rose-purple, self-colored. It changes to a 



slightly bluish puriile as it fully matures. Very large size; hooded 



form. 



SALMON 



Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Standard in light salmon, buff' 

 and cream ; wings are light butf. .\ litlU' larger tlian the medium 

 and of hooded form. 



The ]irece(ling list of Sweet Peas contains all the most up-to-date 

 varieties, including the first fifty (50) selected varit ties of the largest 

 grower of Swei t Pea seed in the world. Older varieties have been 

 superseded by all the foregoing-, and customers ordering Sweet Pea 

 seed should kindly give us permission to substitute for any variety 

 not catalogueil, or, if necessar)', we will use our utmost endeavor to 

 ])rocure the variety ordered. 



Any of the above varieties, except where noted, pkt. 6 cts., oz. 10 cts., kilb. 26 cts., ^ilb. 40 cts., lb. 76 cts. 



BODDINGTON'S QUALITY SPECIAL MIXTURE 



C^ontaining all the leading and most distinct v;irieties of .Sweet Peas in connnerce. This nnxture is maile by ourselves, and great care is 

 taken not to have a preponderance of any one color or v.Mrietv. It is truly and indeed a mi.xture. Pkt. 5c., oz. 10c. , lb. 25c. .'jib. 40c., lb. 75c. 



