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SWEET PEAS 
GENERAL CULTURE 
The ground where sweet peas are to be grown 
should be well prepared — if possible, the fall pre- 
vious. Deep spading or plowing is very essential 
for the roots love to penetrate into the cooler 
regions of the soil. Manure placed very deep will 
help to draw the roots downward. Sweet peas love 
sun, therefore they should always be planted 
where they are exposed to the sun all day. 
SOW SEEDS EABL7. Sweet peas will produce 
their strongest roots during the cool, moist months 
of the spring, so that the sowing should take place 
as soon as the land can be worked. A little frost 
wall do no harm to sweet peas. The old-fashioned 
method of sowing seeds in a trench eight inches 
deep and to cover them later is obsolete. After 
the soil has been carefully smoothed and raked, 
draw a line for a straight row and sow three seeds 
every six inches in the row. Do not cover the seed 
more than with one-half inch of soil, and if more 
than one plant should appear in each spot, care- 
fullv destroy all but the strongest specimen, so 
that one plant show’s every six inches in the row. 
Two ounces of seed is sufficient to sow a single 
row of 100 feet. 
Sweet peas grown thus will produce stems and 
foliage of unusual strength and vigor, and as each 
plant branches freely from the bottom, the entire 
row will soon be a mass of foliage, more dense 
even than under the old-fashioned method of sow- 
ing thick. 
Other up-to-date dealers will suggest that you 
sow thick and afterward thin out, but it is utterly 
impossible to do this satisfactorily, and it con- 
stitutes an extravagant waste of seeds and conse- 
quently a waste of money. The flowers produced 
from plants grown as suggested by us are fit for 
the queen’s garden, and will be a revelation to all 
who try this up-to-date method. 
Notwithstanding the smaller number of plants 
existing in a row, when our suggestions are fol- 
lowed, we can positively assure our patrons that 
they will be able to pick more flowers. 
WATERING 
Sw’eet peas must be constantly supplied with 
moisture to do well, and we suggest the follow- 
ing: On either side of the row of sweet peas (six 
inches away from the plant) dig a trench 3ix 
inches deep and fill same with well decayed stable 
manure. Let the hose run into the trenches long 
enough to fill them up complete at least once a 
day and your sweet peas will never suffer. 
GIANT WAVED SPENCERS 
MIRED GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS. Composed exclusively of Giant Waved Spencer vari- 
eties, blended in proper proportions of bright colors and including several new hybrids of exquisite 
colors and shades, many of which, when sufficiently trued up, will be introduced as new-named u 
erties. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; hi lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50. Delivered free in the United States. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION 
No. Delivered Pree In United States Pkt. Oz. 
1 Afterglow. Banner, rosy-amethyst tint- 
ed ultramarine-violet at base; wings, 
peacock and electric blues. One of the 
aesthetic new pastel colorings; most 
effective in cloudy weather or if shad- 
ed from hot sun 15 50 
2 Apple Blossom Spencer. Banner bright 
rose color; wings creamy-blush ; a very 
robust, profuse and large flowering 
■’Bicolor” 10 30 
3 Asta Ohn. One of the best lavender 
Spencers; an exquisite rosy-lavender; 
flowers large and well waved 10 30 
4 Barbara. A light salmon or shrimp- 
pink; large flowers improved by 
shading; strong grower and very flor- 
iferous 15 35 
5 Blanche Perry Spencer. Banner deep- 
rose-pink; wings white tinted with 
blush; a large “Spencer" form of the 
popular old "pink and white” 10 30 
6 Captain of the Blues Spencer. Banner 
maroon-purple; wings magenta-purple; 
very large flowers 10 30 
7 Clara Curtis. The best of the prim- 
rose-yellows 10 30 
8 Countess Spencer. A re-selected, im- 
proved strain of this grand original 
“pink Spencer" 10 30 
9 Dainty Spencer. Very large, splen- 
didly formed flowers of •blush-white: 
distinctly picotte edged with car- 
mine-rose 10 30 
XO Doble’s Cream. This is without excep- 
tion one of the finest of the Spencers. 
The color is a beautiful cream, so rich 
and deep as almost to be classed a 
Primrose Yellow. It is large flowered 
and beautifully waved 15 50 
No. Delivered Pree in United States Pkt. Oz. 
11 Duplex Spencer. A lovely Spencer that 
is sure to win your admiration. It is 
a Pinkish Salmon with Rosy Apricot. 
Flowers large and many doubled 15 40 
12 Edith Taylor. Extra fine and large 
flowers of rich salmon-rose or cerise; 
a very lively warm color; strong grow- 
er and free bloomer 10 30 
18 Elfrida Pearson. Magnificent flower of 
blush pink, deepening towards the 
edges 15 45 
U Enchantress. True pink, one of the 
older types still very popular 10 30 
IS Etta Dyke. This beautiful, giant waved 
Spencer is pure white in color, very 
large and delightfully frilled 10 30 
IS Florence Morse Spencer. Very large 
wavy flowers of soft blush-pink 
flushed towards edge with deeper pink. .10 30 
17 Florence Nightingale. Large lavender 
with pinkish sheen 10 30 
18 Prank Dolby. Large, waved flowers of 
pale lavender of Unwin form. Fine for 
sowing in quantities 10 30 
19 George Herbert. A very showy variety 
with fine large flowers, beautifully 
waved and of bright carmine rose 10 30 
20 Helen Lewis. A very large and fine 
orange-rose; wings orange-salmon 10 30 
21 Hercules. Too much cannot be said in 
praise of this variety. See special 
write-up on Back of Cover 25 50 
22 John Ingman. One of the richest ap- 
pearing varieties, of unusual size; a 
deep rose color and orchid waved 10 30 
23 King Edward Spencer. A re-selected 
improved strain and the best of all the 
crimsons here noted; color rich crim- 
son-scarlet: large open form; waved 
flowers of the largest size 10 30 
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