II. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Hastings’ Finest 
Mixed Sweet Peas 
Seed Crops of Sweet Peas are very short this 
season owing to very unfavorable weather condi- 
tions and prices are liigher than usual. 
Every year this splendid mixture of sweet peas 
becomes more popular and riglitfully so. It’s usu- 
ally the case that sweet pea mixtures are made up 
fro^ra the inferior sorts, dull colors or any kinds 
that the seedsman might h.ive plenty of. Not so 
with our mixture. It is made uj) from 70 of the 
best varieties in existeme. these being selected 
after careful observafion of some bOO named sorts. 
Every one of these 70 varieties are grown sepa- 
rately under name. When these reach our ware- 
house the mixture is made, just tlie rigiit quanti- 
ty jf each color and shade going in to give the 
finest blending of colors to give you a most pleas- 
ing assortment of shade, color and resistance to 
hot sun. Sweet peas can be sown in .lanuary, Eeb- 
ruary and March in rows where they can be brush- 
ed oV run on wiies. If long fiowering period is 
desired dig trenches about VJ inches deep — till in 
about G inches with well-rotted manure .and top 
soil well mixed, plant seed on this and cover L' to 
3 inches. After seed c( nies ui) kei'p drawing in 
earth until trench is filled level with the ground. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce. 10 cents; ^,.1 pound, 30 
cents; pound, Ifl.OO; postpaid 
Sweet Peas f Separate Colors) prefer to plant the colors separately 
. V , ,, ^ ran supply you the best varieties for the 
South in the follov.incr colors: Pure M lute, I’lnk. Lavender. Nary Blue, Red and Striped or varie 
• 1 * ’!;t 7’ -»> . loc. • ^4. lb.. 30c.: lb.. SI. 00: postpaid- 
Kc.; % lb., 30c.; lb., ?1.00 
Spencer Type Sweet Peas 
Reseda Odorata Mignonette 
Salvia Splendens or Scarlet Sage 
Phlox Grandiflora 
A new 
race or 
type of sweet peas with extra large flowers, fully 
double the size of the older forms under good culti- 
vation. Many of the Spencers have wavy aud fluted- 
edged petals, which with their rich coloring give an 
almost orchid like appearance. The Spencer type will 
not stand careless cultivation, but if you give them 
careful cultivation they will fully repay you for the 
extra tn)uble by their exceptional size and beauty. 
.Vll colors, mixed, packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 
H pound, 70 cents; pound, ?2.50. llastinsrs’ Mixed Sweet Peas 
Salvia Splendens or Scarlet Sage 
bearing long spikes of intense scarlet bloom from midsummer till frost. It delights in 
the warmest, sunniest situations. Sow seed in open ground after trees are in full leaf and 
ground is warm, and may be started earlier in boxes, in sunny windows, and transplanted 
to open ground as soon as the soil is warm. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
The pure, sweet-scented Mignonette, de- 
lightfully fragrant. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. 
HASTINGS’ MIXED FLOWER GARDEN SrVoY“i“oo“ao; 
nual flowers. In this you get continuous bloom from early spring until late fa'll, some- 
thing new and surprisingly beautiful every day. Make your flower bed in earliest spring; 
Sow the seed carefully and nature does the rest. If you have never tried one of these mixed 
flower gardens do so this year. You will be well repaid. Large packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 
25 cents; ounce, 40 cents. (See Illustration of Mixed Flower Garden on Page 80.) 
PETUNIAS SINGLE AND DOUBLE geTs ^en t^^esTre 
starting to leaf. Scatter thinly and cover lightly. Can also be started earlier, in 
boxes ill the house, and transplanted. 
Finest Mixed — These are solid colors, without variation in markings. Pkt., 5c. 
Hastings’ Striped and Blotched— A splendid mixture of finest striped, blotched 
and variegated sorts. Packet, 5 cents. 
Giant Single, Fringed, Mixed — Immense single fringed flowers of finest shades 
and colors. They surpass anything ever offered in petunias. Packet, 20 cents. 
Double Mixed Petunias — Seed saved from finest large flowered collection. 
About oO per cent come double from seed, and those that come single are most 
highlv colored and blotched. Sow seed of these and Giant Single Fringed in 
boxes, in the house, transplanting afterwards to open ground. Packet, 25 cents. 
The easiest grown of all annual flowers 
in the South. Sow seed as soon as soil 
can be worked in the spring broadcast, and work in lightly. No flower gives so 
wide a range of colors and variations; nor is there any plant finer for bedding 
for early display. 
Phlox, Finest Mixed — All shades and colors. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
Phlox, Grandiflora ^lixed— Large flowers, twice the size of the common type; 
borne in large clusters. It is well worth the slight difference in price to have 
the greater brilliancy of display.’ Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 
Phlox, New Dwarf, Mixed— Small plants growing 6 inches high, literally cov- 
ered with trusses of larsre, brilliant flowers. M’hen in full bloom the beds are a 
mass of color, the green of the plants being almost entirely covered. Packet, 10 
cents; % ounce, 50 cents. 
Phlox, Cuspidata — Star Phlox — All shades and colors of the phlox family, com- 
bined in star-shaped flowers, each petal being pointed. Packet, 6 cents. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI 
