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1911 SWEET PEA NOVELTIES 



The following varieties were offered for the first time last year, and are the most striking Novelties disseminated 



English Varieties 



Maud Holmes. 



Sterlingf Stent. 



Of the 200 varieties of Sweet Peas sent to the trial grounds of the 

 EngUsh National Sweet Pea Society, in 1910, the following were the 

 finest and most distinct, and received the only awards of the com- 

 mittee when judged June 29 and 30, of that year. From what we have 

 read and seen of these varieties, also the reports from 

 visitors who saw them in England, they are distinct 

 acquisitions, and deserve a place in all collections, where 

 the Sweet Pea is loved and cultivated for its beauty and 

 usefulness. 



Sunproof Crimson Spencer. 



(Holmes, 1910.) This is undoubt- 

 edly one of .the finest novelties of recent introduc- 

 tion; flowers are of the largest size, three and four to 

 a spray, carried on long stems, of brilliant crim.son, and 

 blooms are of the true Spencer type, both standard and 

 wings being well waved. The vari- 

 ety will not burn under the hottest 

 sun, is of vigorous and strong 

 growth. The stock is fi.xed as is 

 shown by The National Sweet Pea 

 Society's trials in England, Pkt. 20 

 cts., 3 for 50 cts. (See illustration.) 



(Agate, 1909.) 

 This is a true 

 Henry Eckford Spencer, and re- 

 ceived the highest award for a Nov- 

 elty Sweet Pea at the annual exhi- 

 bition of the National Sweet Pea 

 Societj', of England, namely, the 

 silver medal. The color, as in the 

 variety Henry Eckford, is the near- 

 est approach to orange we have in 

 Sweet Peas, or might be termed a 

 salmon-orange. We have only been 

 able to secure a few packets of this 

 grand variety, and offer them as 

 follows : Pkt. 50 cts., 3 for $1.25. 



Do ris Burt. (Unwin, 1909.). 



— — ^— color is a most bn 

 light scarlet, slightly shaded cerise, 

 exhibition or table decoration it is excellent, 

 and is quite the best of its class. Pkt. 25 

 cts., 5 for |i. 



Earl Spencer. fCoie, T908.) Large, 



— beautiful orange, or 



salmoh-orange self, of Spencer type. Pkt. 

 50 cts., 3 for $1.25. 



Masterpiece. 



flower is a rich lavender, of true Spencer 

 type, flowers very large, well waved, re- 

 markablv free-flowering. Award of merit, 

 N. S. P.'S., 1910. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 for $1. 



(Dobbie, 

 1909.) A 



cream-pink Spencer on buff ground, very 

 fine form ; flowers well placed on long 

 stems. An excellent variety for exhibition, 

 and should be in every collection. Awaril 

 of merit, N. S. P. S., 1910. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 

 for jSi 



A light purple-ma 

 roon of waved or 

 A new distinct shade. 

 N. S. P. S., 1910. Pkt. 35 



Rose du Barri. 



(Malcolm, 

 The color 



igoS.) 

 of the 



Mrs. Hugh Dickson. 



Arthur Gre en. 



Spencer form. 

 Award of merit 

 cts., 3 for f I. 



Tuckswood Favorites. A superb 



— — — — — mixture 



of pedigree Spencer hybrids, being the re- 

 sults of hybridization and trials of Mr. Robert Holmes, the English 

 Sweet Pea specialist, and containing a great assortment of colors. 

 Varieties and colors will be found hitherto unknown, and many sur- 

 prises will be in store for growers of this grand Tuckswood mixture. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts., oz. 50 cts., Klb. $1.75. lb. |6. 

 Collection of i pkt. each of the above 8 varieties forS2; 3 collections 



for $5 



Sweet Pea Maud Holmes (Spencer) 



American Varieties 



Ethel Roosevelt. (Rmpee, 1910.) is a true waved variety 



of the largest and most perfect Spencer 



type. There is naturally some variation even in Spencers, and 

 Ethel Roosevelt claims the most exclusive Spencer perfection. The 

 ground color is a soft pleasing primrose, or straw color, 

 overlaid with dainty flakes and splashes of blush-crimson. 

 The crimson is not at all pronounced and simply gives some 

 warmth and golden tinting to the 

 yellowish ground work. It bunches 

 s|)lendidly and will easily lead in 

 this type of coloring for a long time. 

 Pkt. 25 cts., 5 for %\. 



Florence Nightingale. 



(Burpee, 1910. ) The flowers are 

 truly magnificent and of immense 

 size. The standard is unusually 

 large and bold, pronouncedly 

 waved, yet standing erect and 

 broad, frequently measuring two 

 inclies across. The color is most 

 charmingly soft and yet rich laven- 

 der, which is enlivened by a very 

 faint sheen of rose-pink. The large, 

 well-spread wings are of the same 

 coloring, frilled and well-waved. It 

 is practically a self color and 

 bunches beautifully. Pkt. 25 cts., 

 5 for $1. 



( Burpee, 

 1910.) This 



new grandiflora affords an entirely 

 new shade in Sweet Peas. 

 The name itself suggests the 

 color, which is a lovely com- 

 bination of deep, rich, car- 

 mine-rose and orange. While 

 the flower is not of Spencer 

 form or size, yet it is slightly 

 waved, and for boutonnieres 

 or table decoration it is 

 "really a gem." Its brilliant 

 beauty mu.^t appeal to every 

 lover of esthetic shades. 



Mr. A. Ireland, Marks, 

 Tey, Essex, who had a few 

 ^fei seeds for advance trial this year, writes: "It is 

 -i—i unique and distinct, a charming flower of deep 

 rose-color, overlaid with a lovely sheen of terra-cotta. 

 I'-oliage and haulm very dark green. One of the best 

 decorative Peas ever introduced. For artificial light it 

 is unsurpassed. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 for $1. 



(Burpee, 191 o.) 

 The flowers are 



of good form, waved and of the true Spencer type. 

 They are a rosy purple self color at opening, but turn 

 bluish purple as they reach full expansion. It is simi- 

 ar to Tennant Spencer, but without any suggestion of 

 maj^enta, — what variation there is in the flowers is 

 toward blue. Pkt. 15 cts., 2 for 25 cts., oz. 40 cts., !ilb. 

 $1.50, lb. 



(Burpee, 1909. ) 

 The flowers are 



extremely large, of the true waved Spencer type, and 

 have a most pleasing color effect. The background is 

 quite a deep primrose, flushed with rose. The flowers 

 are all of good substance, borne three and four to the 

 stem; there were proportioiwtely more sprays of four 

 flowers than with any other "Spencer" grown by us. 

 The strong dark green stems carry well the gigantic 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts,, Vi\h. 75 cts., lb, $2. 

 Collection of i pkt. each of the above 5 varieties for $1 ; 3 collections 

 for $2.75 



FOR A FULL, COMPLETE AND UP-TO-DATE LIST OF 

 SWEET PEAS, SEE FOLLOWING PAGES 



Emily Eckford Spencer. 



Queen "Victoria Spencer. 



