The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
SWEET PEAS. 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS IN VASE. 
DANIELS’ LARGE-FLOWERED. 
In Selected Colours. 
The following are highly recommended for those requiring special 
oolours for cut flowers or garden effects. All aro of the large-flowered 
olass, and the colours the most distinot and beautiful. 
per oz.— s. (1. 
83 DANIELS’ BRILLIANT SCARLET . . 1 O 
84 DANIELS’ LIGHT BLUE or MAUVE . . ..10 
85 DANIELS’ BRIGHT ROSE ~ ... ..10 
86 DANIELS’ PURE WHITE - ... . . 1 O 
87 DANIELS’ DARK BLUE .» ... ..10 
88 DANIELS’ PRIMROSE YELLOW . . ..10 
89 DANIELS’ DARK PURPLE .» ... . . ..10 
90 DANIELS’ DELICATE ROSE . . .. . . ..10 
91 DANIEH5’ ROSE AND WHITE „ ... .. ..10 
New Large-flowered Varieties 
in Collections. 
The sorts given in these collections aro carefully selected to ensure 
the best possible variety Grown separately in this way, Sweet Peas are 
highly interesting, and may be depended on to furnish a splendid supply 
of the most distinot and beautiful flowers for cutting. 
8. d. 
92 12 CHOICE VARIETIES, 100 seeds of each ..20 
93 6 „ „ .. ..10 
DANIELS’ SPECIAL MIXTURE 
OF GIANT-FLOWERED SPENCERS. 
We highly recommend this splendid mixture which we feel sure will 
give great satisfaction. The varieties included are all of the true Giant- 
ltowered Spencer type, and the colours include all the most brilliant and! 
beautiful shades of scarlet, crimson, magenta; orange, salmon, pink, mauve, 
cream and primrose to the purest white. This will prove a first-class 
mixture where really good Sweet Peas are required for cut bloom. 
94 Per quart, 10s. 95 Per pint, 5s. 6d. 96 Per oz., 9d. 
SWEET PEAS — Large -flowered in Mixture. 
Splendid varieties in choicest mixture, including a good proportion of the light and delicately coloured sorts. Very highly recommended. 
97 Per quart, 6s. 98 Per pint. 3s. 6d. 99 Per oz., 6d. 
SWEET PEAS — Ordinary Class, Choice Mixed. 
100 Per quart, 3s. 6d. 101 Per pint, 2s. 102 Per oz., 4d. 
NEW TOM THUMB SWEET PEAS— CUPID. ~ma 
Charming and highly interesting new varieties growing only four or five inches high, and of a compact, spreading habit of growth ; when fully grown 
the plants are about a foot across, the foliage being dark green, and the flower-stems about four inches long. The blossoms, which are very freely pro- 
duced, are as large and as sweetly scented as those of the Eckford class, and the plants continue to make a charming display for a long period. 
103 
CUPID- 
—APPLE BLOSSOM. Rose, shaded blush . . 
per pkt. — e. 
... 0 
d. 
3 
110 
per pkt. 
CUPID — LOTTIE ECKFORD. Rose and white, edged blue 
— s. 
0 
<T. 
3 
104 
M 
BEAUTY. Rosy crimson and white 
_ 0 
3 
111 
„ MAUVE QUEEN. Pinkish mauve = . _ 
0 
3 
105 
*• 
B0REATT0N. Deep maroon 
... 0 
3 
112 
„ PINK. Rose and white, very pretty _ 
0 
3 
10G 
»• 
CAPTAIN OF THE BLUES. Deep blue ... 
.. 0 
3 
113 
„ PRIMROSE. Delicate pale yellow ™ 
0 
3 
107 
• • 
FIREFLY. Dazzling scarlet . . „ 
„ 0 
3 
114 
„ PURE WHITE. Beautiful . . _ ™ 
0 
3 
108 
• t 
HER MAJESTY. Deep rose crimson 
.. 0 
3 
115 
,, SALOPIAN. Deep crimson 
0 
3 
109 
•• 
LADY MARY CURRIE. Orange pink 
.. 0 
3 
116 
„ STELLA MORSE. Primrose, flushed pink 
0 
3 
118 
117 One Packet of each fourteen varieties, 2s. 6d. 
NEW DWARF SWEET PEAS, in mixture, containing many pretty varieties „. . . . . . . . . per oz. 8d. ; per pkt. 3d-. 
Cultivation. — For early blooming sow thinly in pots or pans in a gentle heat in January or February, harden off and plant out as soon as convenient in 
March. They may either be planted in double rows six feet apart, or in clumps three or four feet apart, in any case the plants should be five or six inches 
apart in the row or clump. For succession, sow out of doors at intervals from March to the end of May Excellent results may often be had by sowing 
in October or November in a sheltered position in the garden ; these will survive a moderately severe Winter and bloom earlier and finer than those sowm 
in Spring. Stakes should be placed as soon as the plants are about three inches high; keep free of weeds, and water regularly in dry weather; as- 
growth advances some weak liquid manure should be given, or the plants may have a moderate dressing of superphosphate ; these will be of great benefit 
in stimulating the growth, and some splendid flowers will be the result. If the blooms are olosely gathered and seed pods are not allowed to develop, the 
plants will continue in bloom for a mueh longer time. Ground for Sweet Peas should be well manured and deeply dug, but the soil should be made firm 
before planting. Bone Meal or Kainit are both excellent manures applied when digging in Winter. Drainings from a cow shed or manure heap with five 
or six times its bulk of clear water makes a capital liquid manure. Guano, about two ounces to the gallon of water with the addition of some soot is also 
a splendid stimulant for improving the size and colour of the flowers, but neither of these should be given in dry weather unless after liberal watering. 
