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EWING'S SELECTED SWEET PEAS 
The Sweet Pea has leen a favorite for a long time, and justly so, as no plant excels it for garden decoration, cut 
flowers for bouquets, vases, etc., or for its delicious fragrance. Besides all these superlative quahties, it is so easy of 
cultivation that the amateur can grow it just as successfully as the best professional gardener „ ^, ^ . , 
he varieties wl'lch we offer separately, comprise all the best sorts in cultivation and about all that are truly 
I It is well worth the trovble of all who have space enough to sow Sweet Peas in separate 
distinct, either in color or form, — . . " , ^ ., • «• ^ u •• j 
varieties nr colors, as either when growing or when eut, they have a much more pleasing and strikmg ettect than wnen mixed, 
NEW GIANT ORCHID-FLOWERED SWEET PEAS OF THE "COUNTESS 
SPENCER" TYPE 
No, 
512 
513. 
515. 
25 
25 
The stems are lonEer and have four flowers each, which are of much 
comprise the largest and best varieties known. 
Pkt. cts. 
MRS. ROUTZAHN SPENCER— "Apricot 
and Straw." A beautiful blending of soft 
straw-color, tinted with blush pink and shad- 
ing to apricot and rose at the edges, with 
quite a distinct rose margin. Immense 
size, wavy edges and long stems bear uni- 
formly four blossoms- 25 seeds 25 
FLORA NORTON SPENCER— Bright blue 
with a sUght tint of purple, perhaps a little 
more than the original Flora Norton. It 
is very large and has the wavy standard and 
wings of the true Spencer. A grand flower. 
25 seeds 25 
514. ASTA OHN SPENCER— Immense blossom^ 
of beautiful Mauve and Lavender. The 
standard and wings are not only large, but 
wavy and fluffy. Its long stems bear uni- 
formly four blossoms, each one large and 
glorious. 25 seeds 25 
RAMONA SPENCER— Clear white with 
soft delicate lines and flakes of blush white. 
Of the very finest form, and immense size. 
Both standard and wings are wavy and 
fluffy. Delicate and beautiful. 25 seeds. 
516. BEATRICE SPENCER— Fully as large as 
Countess Spencer with wavy standard and 
large wings. The ground is white tinted 
with soft pink and bufi on the standard, 
while each wing haa a blotch of brighter 
pink near the base. One of the most 
delicate and dainty varieties. 25 seeds. . 
517. CAPTAIN OF BLUES SPENCER— Even 
larger than Countess Spencer and of fully 
as perfect form. Standard purple, wings 
bright blue. A bright striking variety. 
25 seeds 25 
MRS. SANKEY SPENCER— A black seeded 
white Spencer and fully ii^ large as White 
Spencer and of equally perfect form. There 
is a faint tint of _ pink in bud, but the fully 
expanded flower is clear, pure white. Being 
black seeded it is of course hardier and 
the seed more easy to germinate. 25 seeds. 25 
LOVELY SPENCER— The color is bright 
pink at the base of both standard and 
wings and shades to soft blush and almost 
white at the edges. True Spencer type, 
large and wavy. 25 seeds 25 
520. TENNANT SPENCER— A beautiful purple 
mauve self-color, clear and distinct. It 
is large and of true Spencer Form, and 
comes daintily poised on long, stout stems. 
25 seeds 25 
521. OTHELLO SPENCER— The best color in the 
dark varieties, a deep rich maroon, per- 
haps the largest Spencer of all. A grand 
bold flower with all the grace and beauty 
possible in a long-stemmed four blossom 
Spencer. 25 seeds 
KINO EDWARD VII SPENCER— This is a 
Spencer form of the bright crimson-scarlet 
of the famous Sweet Pea King Edward VII. 
The color is the gorgeous and brilliant red 
of the old-fashioned Firefly and is the most 
popular of all shades of red for Florists' usa. 
The grandest Red Sweet Pea in existence 
to-day. 25 seeds 
larger size than are the ordinary sorts of Sweet Peas. The following 
518. 
519. 
522. 
523. AURORA SPENCER — One of the most pleasing and ssitisfac- 
tory novelties in sweet peaa yet introduced. A bright orange- 
pink, striped, flaked and splashed on white. Uniformly foVr 
blossoms to the stem, all of immense wavy character. 25 
seeds 
524. WHITE SPENCER — Unquestionably the finest White Sweet 
Pea in existence. It is beautiful ana graceful with large fluted 
and wavy petals, long stout stems, bearing uniformly four 
well-poised olossoms. oz. 35c 
525. PRIMROSE SPENCER— The nearest approach to yellow and 
the best Primrose Sweet Pea in existence. It has the size and 
form of the improved Spencer type. oz. 35c 
526. FLORENCE MORSE SPENCER— DeUcate blush, with pink 
margm. Very large, open wavy form of best Spencer type. 
Splendid, oz. 3Sc 
New Giant "Orchid Flowered" Sweet Pea. 
527. COUNTESS SPENCER— The Giant Flowered type with wavy 
edges, brifrht pink. Tmnicnae blossoms. oz. 25c 10 
528. ENCHANTRESS — An immense variety of " Spencer type." 
25 Standard and wings beautifully waved. Color bright pink 
shading a Uttle darker at the edges, oz. 25c 1-5 
528a. PARADISE — Vei-y similar to Countess Spencer, perhaps a 
trifle deeper in the shade of pink. oz. 25c 15 
529. HELEN LEWIS — Of Countess Spencer type. An intense rich 
crimson-orange. Blossoms are of immensesize. Splendid, oz. 2Sc 15 
530. OEOROE HERBERT— Of Countess Spencer type. Blooms 
are of largest size, wavy and open. Color rose-crimson, 
and magenta. Fine. oz. 2,5c 10 
53 1. EWINQ'SSUPERBMI XTUR E— A mixture of Giant " Spencer" 
type of "Orchid Flowered" sweet peas, with immense wavy 
petals. A unique collection, pkt. lOc; oz. 25c. ; ^ lb. 75c. 
