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SEEDS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 
Eckford’s New Large Flowering Sweet 
Peas. 
Sweet Peas are jnst becoming appreciated. They 
are now “the fashionable flower” for personal 
wear or table decoration. The waxy flowers and 
foliage make a lovely contrast and the perfume is 
deliciously delicate. Eckford’s new varieties when 
properly grown are nearly double the size of the 
ordinary sweet peas. Cut the blooms off by the 
handful as fast as they develop, the plants will 
then continue to bloom all the summer, whereas if 
allowed to go to seed they will stop blooming. 
I’lant early in a trench about five inches deep, mak- 
ing the ground rich with well rotted manure will 
insure large flowers. We find by experience here 
in California the peas are like the pansies— must be 
planted in the fall to insure a fine spring bloom. 
Pansies sow end of July to September and the Peas 
after the first rains in October or November. For 
a colder climate plant as early in the spring as pos- 
sible. Finest mixed, per pkt., lOo. 
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Texas Bluegrass Seed. {Poa Arachnifera.) A 
new winter grass which is fast being introduced 
into the Southern States. It is much superior to 
the Kentucky Bluegrass because of its long roots, 
which will go four or five times as deep for moist, 
ure. It makes a beautiful lawn for winter, and 
when grown with the Bermuda makes a lawn which 
lasts the whole year. It is hardy and can be plant- 
ed at any time of the year, but midsummer. The 
price is SOcts. per oz., $5 per lb. Postage paid. 
