JOHN LAWRANCE, OGDENSBURG, N. Y. 
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NEW HARDY LARKSPURS. 
We are fortunate in being able to offer seed of our own growing from a 
grand collection of Hardy Larkspurs, which represent the best of famous 
European collections. Many who saw them in flower on our grounds the 
past season were delighted and surprised at the beauty and form of these old 
garden plants. The flowers are large in size and are produced in massive 
spikes and run in all the shades of blue a,nd purple, some with black others 
with white eye, others of rich plum color and mauve shades, and come in 
single, semi-double and many of them double flowers. The plan's are of 
strong vigorous habit and perfectly hardy. They are easily grown from seed 
and if sown early in the hot-bed or window-garden they will bloom the first 
season, but in the second and succeeding years they are at th.ir best. Per 
pkt. 15 cts. 
NEW ORCHID-FLOWERED SWEET PEAS. 
Although there are many new varieties of these offered again this sea- 
son, we have no learon to change our 1st of last year as after trjing out 
most of the new vari< des offered, we : re satisfied that the list odered below 
covers the Lest and most dist.net i.i their coos and will sure.y give satis- 
faction. 
On account of the unusual size, wavy and fluted flowers, and delicate 
and charming blendings of harmonious colors, this new type, the original 
of which is the variety Countess Spencer, has now become known as the 
Orchid-flowering or Spencer Sweet Peas. They are distinct in many re- 
spects but retain a.l of the desirable qualities of the standard sorts. They 
ire distinguished by their strong growth, large size and beautifully formed 
lowers with the edges of the standards and wings beautifully waved and 
rumpled. Under favorable conditions the flowers measure two inches 
ind over in diameter and are usually borne three and four on a stem. 
CJnfortunately this type is a shy seeder and seed of high quality will always 
je higher in price than the old type. There are many new varieties of this 
type offered each year, many of them so near alike that only an expert 
jould distinguish them. We therefore follow the same plan as with the 
standard sorts and list only the best and most distinct, which we know to 
he the leaders in their color. 
Apple Blossom Spencer. Very large flowers, waved and crinkled to a re- 
markable degree; color, bright rose and pink. 
Asta Ohn Spencer. A charming soft lavender suffused with mauve; nicely 
waved and fluted. 
Aurora Spencer. Brilliant rose-orange striped on white ground; very large 
and fine. 
Blanche Ferry Spencer. Every Sweet Pea lover knows the popular old va- 
riety, Blanche Ferry, with pink and white flowers; the flowers of this 
are much larger and waved and fluted equal to the best of its class. 
Countess Spencer. The original of this type; color clear pink shading to 
rose-pink at the edges. 
Helen Lewis. Very large waved and fluted flowers of a crimson-orange 
shade, wings orange-rose. 
King Edward Spencer. Deep rich carmine-scarlet with all the desirable 
features of the type. 
John Ingman. Bright carmine-rose veined with deeper shade, splendid 
large waved flowers. 
Lovely Spencer. Bright pink at the throat shading to soft pink at the 
edges; truly a lovely variety. 
Mrs. Walter Wright Spencer. A magnificent rosy-mauve; fine for bunching. 
Mrs. Routzahn Spencer. Beautiful apricot-buff delicately flushed with soft 
pink, beautifully waved and very large. 
White Spencer. Extra large and very free blooming; the best white. 
