68 
WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
EWING^S SELECTED SWEET PEAS 
The Sweet Pea has been 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. Be- 
sides all these sunerlative qualities, it is so easy of cultivation that the amateur can grow it just as successfully as the best professional gardener. 
The varieties which we offer separately, comprise all the best sorts in cultivation and about all that are truly distinct, either in color or 
form. It is well wort.h the trouble of all who have space enough to sow Sweet Peas in separate varieties or colors, as either when growing or 
when cut, thev have a much more pleaslnn and striking effect than when mixed. 
NEW GIANT ORCHID-FLOWERED SWEET PEAS OF THE "COUNTESS SPENCER" TYPE 
The stems are longer and have four flowers each, which are of much larger' size than are the ordinary sorts of Sweet Peas, 
comprise the largest and best varieties known : — • 
The following 
No. 
500. 
'MARIE CORELLI' 
Pkt. cts. 
■The flowers are 
501. 
502. 
(New) 
brilliant rose-carmine or red, of good size and 
form. The wings are pure rich rose-crimson, 
and the standard is the same with a tint of 
cherry red. The whole effect is that of a bril- 
liant crimson, clear, distinct and beautiful. 
Usuallv four blossoms on a stem 25 
" MIRIAM BEAVER" (New)— A light salmon 
or clear apricot pink of the best " Spencer " 
type and size. The color is soft, but striking. 
The shade is new and is entirely distinct from 
anv existing introductions 25 
" W. T. HUTCHINS " (New)— A fine, bold, true 
" Spencer " of most perfect form and coloring. 
The fully expanded flower has the appearance 
of light apricot, distinctly lemon at the throat, 
overlaid with a beautiful blush pink. As the 
season advances the blush pink shading be- 
comes more pronounced 25 
503. " SENATOR SPENCER " (New)— A varying 
combination of deep claret and chocolate, 
striped and flaked on a ground of light helio- 
trope. Both standard and wings are marked 
with the same colors and in the same way, with 
perhaps a trifle more of the wine shading in the 
wings. Stems long and usually with four flowers. 25 
504. MRS. ROPTZAHN SPENCE R—" Apricot and 
Straw." A beautiful blending of soft straw- 
color, tinted with biush pink and shading to 
apricot and rose at the edges, with quite a 
distinct rose margin. Immense size, wavy edges 
and long stems bear uniformly four blossoms. 25 
505. 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 
506. ASTA OHN SPENCER — Immense blossoms of 
beautiful mauve and lavender. The standard 
and wings are not only large, but wavy and 
fluffy. Its long stems bear uniformly four 
blossoms, each one large and glorious 25 
507. RAMONA SPENCER— Clear white with soft 
delicate hnes and flakes of blush white. Of the 
ver>' finest form, and immense size. Both 
standard and mngs are wavy and fluffy. 
Delicate and beautiful 25 
508. BEATRICE SPENCER— The grotrnd is white 
tinted with soft pink and buff on the standard, 
while each wing has a blotch of brighter pink 
near the base. One of the most delicate and 
daintv varieties 25 
509. CAPTAIN OF BLUES SPENCER — Even larger 
than Countess Spencer and o( fully as perfect 
form. Standard purple, wings bright blue. 
A bright striking variety 25 
510. MRS. SANKEY SPENCER — A black seeded 
White Spencer and luUy as 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 25 
511. 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 
512. TENNANT SPENCER— Beautiful purple mauve 
self-color, clear and distinct. Large and of 
true Spencer form, daintily poised on long, stout stems 25 
513. OTHELLO SPENCER — The best color in the dark varieties, 
a deep rich maroon, perhaps the largest Spencer of all. A grand 
bold flower with all the grace and beauty possible in a long- 
stemmed four blossom Spencer 25 
514. KING EDWARD VII SPENCER — This is a Spencer form of the 
bright crimson-scarlet of the famous Sweet Pea King Edward 
VII. The color is a gorgeous and brilliant red and is the most 
popular of all shades of red for Florists* use. The grandest 
Red Sweet Pea in existence to-day 25 
515. AURORA SPENCER — One of the most pleasing and satisfac- 
tory novelties in sweet peas yet introduced. A bright orange- 
pink, striped, flaked and splashed on white. Uniformly four 
blossoms to the st«m, all of immense wavy character 35 
516. WHITE SPENCER— The finest White Sweet Pea in existence. 
New Giant „ Orchid Flowered " Sweet Pea. 
No. Pkt. cts. 
518. 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 15 
519. COUNTESS SPENCER — The Giant Flowered type with wavy 
edges, bri^rht pink. Immense blossoms, oz. 25c 10 
520. ENCHANTRESS — An immense variety of '* Spencer type." 
Standard and wings beautifully waved. Color bright pink 
shading a little darker at the edges, oz. 25c 
Beautiful and graceful with large fluted and wavy petals, long 
stout stems, bearing uniformly four well-poised blossoms, oz. 35c 15 
■517. FLORENCE MORSE SPENCER— Delicate blush, pink margin. 
Very large, open wavy form, best Spencer type. oz. 35c 15 
521. PARADISE — Very similar to Countess Spencer, perhaps a 
trifle deeper in the shade of pink. oz. 25c 
522. HELEN LEWIS — Of Countess Spencer type. An intense rich 
crimson-orange. Blossoms are of immense size. Splendid.oz. 2Sc 
523. GEORGE HERBERT — Blooms are of largest size, wavy and 
open. Color ro«o-crimson and magenta, oz. 25c 
524. EWING'S SUPERB MIXTURE — A mixture of Giant " Spencer' 
type of Orchid Flowered " sweet peas, with immense wavy 
petals. A unique collection, pkt. 10c.; oz. 25c.; > lb. 75c. 
15 
10 
