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SWEET PEAS 
How to 0-row Sweet Peas. The soil for 
Sweet Peas should be rich and deep. A 
good rich loam, with plenty of well-rotted 
manure in it, is the ideal soil for raising 
good plants that will produce plenty of 
blooms of good substance. Much depends 
upon the state of the weather as to when 
the seed may be sown out of doors; but 
they should be sown as early in the season 
as the ground can be worked, which Is usu- 
ally between the middle of March and the 
middle of April in the latitude of Phila- 
delphia, It is best to make a trench or 
furrow about 6 inches deep, in the bottom 
of which sow the seed. Cover with about 
an inch of soil, pressing it down firmly. As 
soon as they are above ground thin out to 
2 to 4 inches apart; when planted too close 
they do not attain their full development. 
They should be staked up either with 
branches of brush or stout stakes on which 
wire netting has been fastened. These 
should be at least 4 feet high, and 5 feet 
would be better. It is just as well to do 
the staking at the time of sowing. 
During dry weather they should be wa- 
tered thoroughly and frequently. The dow- 
ers should be cut as often as possible, to 
prevent the paints from running to seed, 
which would stop them from continuing 
to bloom. 
O B C H I D-r IiOWEBBD or SFENCEB 
SWEET PEAS. The best of the old- 
fashioned or grandiflora varieties are now 
quite overshadowed by this wonderful 
type, which are quite distinct, having 
large, round open flowers of extraordi- 
nary size, usually measuring two inches 
across, with wavy standards and wide- 
spreading wings, a very large percentage 
bearing four of these immense blossoms 
to the stem, which is long and strong, 
making them of exceptional value for 
Clotting. All the sorts offered below have 
been thoroughly tested and are just as 
easy to grow as the grandiflora varieties. 
Asta Ohn. Soft lavender with rosy- 
mauve suffusion. Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 
35 cts. 
Boyal Purple. Rich royal purple. Pkt. 
15 cts. 
Wedgwood. Bright silvery or wedg- 
wood-blue. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts. 
Margaret Atlee. The best rich pink. 
King White. The finest white - seeded 
pure white. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts. 
Plery Cross. The sensational flery- 
scarlet variety. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Countess Spencer. A lovely clear pink, 
shading deeper at the edges, the orig- 
inal of this type. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 
35 cts. 
Blanche Perry Spencer. Identical in 
color to the popular pink and white 
Blanche Ferry; immense wavy flower. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 
All Colors Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 
25 cts. 
Best G-randiflora Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
oz. 15 cts. 
WIWTEB-PIiOWEBIlTQ SPENCEB 
SWEET PEAS. Early-Flowering Spencer 
Sweet Peas are particularly adapted to 
sections where the ordinary summer- 
flowering varieties have not proved sat- 
isfactory. In our Southern States, Japan, 
Australia, New Zealand, and in all the 
tropical and sub-tropical countries, the 
New Early-Flowering Spencers, if sown 
during the early fall months, will pro- 
duce flowers in abundance throughout the 
winter and will continue blooming freely 
until killed by extreme heat. The regu- 
lar Spencer Sweet Peas sown in the same 
sections and at the same time will not 
begin to flower until April. They are al- 
ready very popular and in great demand 
by commercial florists for forcing under 
glass for the winter and early spring 
blooming. 
Yarrawa. Famous bright rose-pink 
Australian early-flowering variety. 
Flowers large and beautifully waved. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Early Enchantress. Very large, bright 
rose pink. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Early Wedgewood. Bright silvery blue. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Early Eovellness. White suffused soft 
pink. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Early King. Glowing rich crimson. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Pordhook. Pink and white, rose pink 
and cream white. Pkt. 10 cts. 
POBTUX.ACA, Single. .\11 colors mixed. 
Pkt. 10 ct.s. 
PETUNIAS. For outdoor decoration or 
house culture few plants equal the Pe- 
tunia in effectiveness. They commence 
flowering early and continue a sheet of 
bloom throughout the whole season until 
killed by frost; easily cultivated, only 
requiring a good soil and sunny position. 
Droer’s Superb Earge-Plowerlng Pringed. 
Our own saving from the finest flow- 
ers; of very large size and beautiful 
shape; deep-throated and of varied 
and brilliant colors; and beautifully 
fringed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Buffled Giant. Flowers of extraordi- 
nary size and substance, and distin- 
guished from the large flowering 
fringed section by the deep fluting, 
giving the appearance as if artifici- 
ally ruffled. Pkt. 25 cts. 
