JOHN LAWRANCE, OGDENSBURG, N. Y. 
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Sweet William An attractive and free blooming old-fashioned plant of rich 
and varied colors, perfectly hardy. Pkt. 5c. 
LAWRANCE’S TWELVE BEST ORCHID-FLOWERING OR SPENCER 
SWEET PEAS. 
The character of these varieties is entirely distinct from the Standard or 
Grandiflora varieties, being of stronger growth and producing much larger 
flowers; a distinguishing feature of the type is, that the flowers are beauti- 
fully waved and fluted, giving them a very graceful and pleasing effect. Prac- 
tically all the whole range of standard varieties have now been duplicated in 
the Spencer type, but after careful trials we have selected the following list 
as embracing the cream of the Spencer or Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas. 
Blanche Ferry Spencer. Similar in color to the old favorite Blanche Ferry 
but of true giant Spencer type; the standard is bright rose and the wings 
tinted or blush white. 
Countess Spencer. The original or parent from which the entire Spencer 
type has sprung. Soft rose pink which deepens at the edges, the large 
flowers are usually borne three and four on a stem. 
Dainty Spencer. A beautiful pink edged variety; the ground color is pure 
white with a distinct- margin of rose pink; the general effect is light and 
dainty. 
Elfrida Pearson. Flowers or large size, great substance and excellent keep- 
ing qualities when cut. The flowers are usually borne in fours on long 
stout stems; the color is a lovely pink; the buds and flowers being tinted 
with salmon pink. 
Florence Nightengale. The largest and best lavender Spencer. The standard 
is bold, beautifully waved and of large size, usually measuring two inches 
or more across; the wings are large, well spread and of the same rich 
clear lavender as the standards. The vines are very strong growing and 
flower most profusely. 
Illuminator. It is almost impossible to describe the beauty and exquisite 
coloring of this new variety. It is distinct from all other varieties and 
might be described as a rich, glowing cerise-salmon, faintly suffused with 
orange. The flowers are uniformly of large size, great substance and well 
placed on long stout stems and usually come four to the stem. 
King Edward Spencer. A beautiful variety of the true Spencer type with 
exceedingly large flowers of a rich deep carmine-scarlet color. 
King White. The grand flowers are borne almost invariably in fours upon 
stout stems of great length. The standards are widely expanded and 
nicely waved, while the wings also waved and fluted are beautifully 
placed. The glistening purity of the whiteness and the perfect finish of 
the flower puts this variety in a class by itself. 
Margaret Atlee. A charming novelty of practically a new shade of pink; the 
lovely flowers of the true Spencer type are a rich glowing pink on a cream 
ground faintly tinged with salmon in the standards while the wings are 
a pleasing shade of pinkish rose and salmon. The flowers are of extra- 
ordinary size, often measuring two and a half inches across the standard, 
beautifully waved and freely produced, usually in fours on long stiff 
stems. 
Mrs. Hugh Dickson. One of the most charming varieties yet produced. The 
coloring is a rich pinkish apricot on a cream ground, shading lighter 
