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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
SWEET PEAS— Select Varieties. 
We no longer catalogue the older and inferior varieties of Sweet Peas, and the following list only includes those which 
we consider the most beautiful and distinct in each class. To assist our Customers in making their selection, we have 
classified the varieties in their prevailing shades of colour. 
WF’ All Flower Seeds quoted in 3d. packets may be had at 2s. 6d. per dozen. 
PURE WHITE. 
per pkt. — s. 
8 DOROTHY ECKFORD. One of the 
finest pure white Sweet Peas yet 
raised. First-class for cutting . . 0 
9 ETTA DYKE. Very large beautiful 
pure white flowers with bold wavy 
standards, on long wiry stems, un- 
doubtedly the finest of all the pure 
whites. A splendid exhibition flower 0 
10 NORA UNWIN. A magnificent pure 
white, which easily takes its place in 
the front rank. The flowers are of 
great size, with the same bold wavy 
standard as Gladys Unwin . . 0 
CREAM AND YELLOW 
SHADES. 
11 CLARA CURTIS. Beautiful primrose 
yellow, one of the best in this section 0 
12 DORA BREADMORE. Pale yellow 
delicately tinged with rosy pink. A 
very beautiful large -flowered variety 
of charming effect . . . . 0 
13 HON. MRS. KENYON. Large beautiful 
flowers of a delicate primrose yellow 0 
MRS. A. MALCOLM. Beautiful rich 
14 creamy yellow. Large splendid 
flowers borne three and four on a 
stem. Very free- flowering and first- 
class for exhibition . . . . 0 
15 PRIMROSE SPENCER. Large flowers 
of a beautiful primrose or creamy 
yellow, with three and sometimes 
four blooms on a stem . . 0 
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MIRIAM BEAVER. iNo. 55.) 
KING EDWARD SPENCER. (No. 19.) 
SCARLET AND CRIMSON. 
per pkt. — s. 
16 CHRISSIE UNWIN. Light clear scarlet, flowers of splendid 
form and substance, very beautiful and quite distinct . . 0 
17 DORIS BURT. (See Novelties) . . . . Gd. and 1 
1 8 GEORGE STARK. Brilliant rich pure scarlet flowers of splendid 
size borne on long stems. Undoubtedly the finest scarlet in 
commerce. Has received numerous awards. . . 0 
19 KING EDWARD SPENCER. Splendid flowers of a deep rich 
crimson scarlet colour, borne on long wiry stems. The blooms, 
which are produced three and four on a stem, are of immense 
size, and the standards are beautifully waved in the true 
Spencer style . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 
20 KING EDWARD VH. A grand variety. The blooms are large, 
of splendid form, and borne on long robust stems . . 0 
21 QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Brilliant pure scarlet ; one of the very 
best . . . . . . . . . . 0 
22 SUNPROOF CRIMSON. (See Novelties) . . Gd. and 1 
DEEP ROSE AND CARMINE. 
23 E. J. CASTLE. Magnificent variety, with large wavy, rosy 
carmine 'standard, and bright rosy wings ; the flowers pro- 
duced three and four on a stem . . . . . . 0 
24 JOHN INGMAN. (True.) A grand flower, very large and of 
good substance. Colour a bright rich rosy carmine. The 
blooms are produced three and four on a long wiry stem, 
and are splendid for cutting or exhibition. This is un- 
doubtedly by far the finest in its class .. .. .. 0 
25 LORD ROSEBERY. A self-coloured rosy magenta, of large 
size and the most perfect form ; one of the best . . . . 0 
26 MARIE CORELLI. (See Novelties) . . . . Gd. and 1 
27 PRINCE EDWARD OF YORK. Large flowers, standards scarlet, 
wings of a beautiful deep rose . . . . . . ... 0 
BLUE AND LAVENDER. 
per pkt. — s. d. 
28 ASTA OHN SPENCER. Lavender tinted mauve, a magnificent 
(; variety with large splendid flowers three and four on a stem, 
0 undoubtedly the finest of its class . . . . . . 0 G 
29 FRANK DOLBY. A lovely pale blue, resembling Lady Grisel 
Hamilton, but the flowers are much larger and finer in 
0 appearance . . . . . . . . . . ..04 
30 HELEN PIERCE. Pale blue front, with darker back, marbled 
and mottled with a darker shado of blue. A strikingly 
beautiful and novel shade . . . . . . ..03 
31 LADY GRISEL HAMILTON. A grand variety of the large- 
0 flowered type, with flowers of a beautiful shining pale lavender 
colour . . . . . . . . . • ..03 
3 32 LORD NELSON. (Brilliant Blue). Deep bright blue solf. 
■fw A verv fine and distinct variety .. .. ..0 3 
3 33 MASTERPIECE. (See Novelties) . . .10 
0 34 MRS. CHARLES FOSTER. Lavender flushed pale rose, waved ; 
very fine . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 G 
35 MISS H. C. PHILBRICK. A beautiful large-flowered pale blue 
self, of splendid form and quite distinct . . . . ..03 
3G ZOE. Clear blue self. Very fine and distinct . . ..04 
3 MAGENTA, MAUVE, HELIOTROPE. 
37 A. J. COOK. Dee p bright mauve. A fine variety . . ..03 
38 MENIE CHRISTIE. A superb new variety. The standards are 
a beautiful bright purplish carmine, with rosy magenta wings, 
beantifuliv waved. A very distinct and splendid flower . . 0 6 
6 39 MRS. WALTER WRIGHT. A beautiful shado of mauvo, with 
brieht shaded mauve wings . . . . . . ..03 
3 40 ROSIE ADAMS. (See Novelties) . . . . Gd. and 1 0 
0 41 THE MARQUIS. Rosy heliotrope. A charming flower. First- 
class for exhibition . . . . . . . . ..04 
3 42 WINSOME. (See Novelties) . . Gd. and 1 0 
