THE BEST SWEET PEAS IN THE WORLD 
We are unquestionably the largest growers of Sweet Pea seed in the world, and our immense seed farms about Gil- 
roy in the South Santa Clara Valley are now world renowned. 
This popular flower, which is so easily grown anywhere, is especially adapted to California, and most of the seed for 
the world's supply is grown here. It is of the easiest culture, its only enemies being cut-worms and birds, which interfere 
with the young seedlings. There is no practical remedy for the former, although lime and Paris Green will help some- 
what if sprinkled on the young sprouts. Dropping the seed in red lead before planting will sometimes protect them from 
being eaten by the birds. 
The seed should be sown in the fall or before February 1st, if possible, in a row, dropping two or three seeds every 
four inches and covering one or two inches deep. While the growth is very slow in the winter it is very rapid in the spring, 
and the plants are in full bloom in May, before the dry, hot summer sets in. The seed, however, can be planted any time 
until April 1st, especially near the sea coast where the weather is cool and where fog is prevalent. 
Sweet Peas require an abundance of water and an open location. The water, if possible, should be applied at the 
roots, and the vines should not be sprinkled. A trellis of brush or strings or chicken wire is necessary. The flowers should 
be kept gathered, since if allowed to go to seed the plants will soon stop flowering. 
The Sweet Pea is a climbing annual and hardy. The early flowering varieties are generally used for foreing under 
glass, but they are very desirable also in the garden, and will bloom in February if seed is sown in November. 
NOVELTIES IN SWEET PEAS 
Four Grand New Spencers 
Out of a multitude of new shades and colors and tints in our Sweet Pea experimental grounds, we selected but four 
this season to introduce to the public. These we believe to be the best four in our grounds— all of immense size, beauti- 
ful coloring,, and all thrifty growers with fine long stems. We have named them Miriam Beaver, Marie Corelli, Senator 
Spencer, and W. T. Hutchins, and are all fully described below. 
(Our supply of seed is so limited that we can offer them only in sealed packets.) 
W. T. HUTCHINS 
One of the most delicate and dainty 
of this season's set, being a soft 
cream with a tint of blush or perhaps better understood as 
buff with a faint tint of pink. The blossom is very large, 
and the long stems bear uniformly four blossoms; Pkt. of 13 
seeds 25c; pkt. of 6 seeds 15c. 
MIRIAM BEAVER 
A new shade of Sweet Peas and a 
decided novelty in Spencers. The 
brilliant picture on the back page of the cover does not ex- 
aggerate, in the least, this beautiful new Spencer. It is a 
soft, but glowing apricot pink tinted at the base of the petals 
with lemon. (See also page 2 of cover.) Pkt. of 13 seeds 
25c; pkt. of 6 seeds 15c. 
MARIE CORELLI 
(A glorified Prince of Wales Spen- 
cer.) If it is possible for one 
shade to be brighter than another, we believe "Marie Corelli" 
is the brightest of all. It is an intense rose-crimson (not 
scarlet), and is a gem anywhere. Pkt. of 20 seeds 25c; pkt. 
of 10 seeds 15c. 
STew Spencer "W. T. Hutchins" 
SENATOR SPENCER 
brown on a ground of ivc 
novelty of great merit, 
seeds 15c. 
A beautiful flaked and striped 
variety. Chocolate and seal 
y. Very large and very striking. A 
Pkt. of 20 seeds 25c; pkt. of 10 
On page 78 we offer several very complete collections of Sweet 
■ Peas, including these novelties, as well as our last season's set of 
Spencers and all the best modern introductions. 
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