H, G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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Our Sweet Pea Grower, who also grows some 
other flower seeds for us, won more medals, prizes 
and awards than any other man, company or cor- 
poration at the San Francisco World’s Fair— the 
Panama-Pacific Exposition. 
There is no more popular flower grown than the Sweet Pea and prob- 
ably there is no other flower that has been improved and developed as 
much as the Sweet Pea. There are two general types, the Grandiflora 
and the Spencers. The Grandiflora type is the oldest and probably pro- 
duces more flowers though not quite as large nor on as long stems as 
the Spencers under good cultivation. The Spencers are shy-seeders and 
the extra care in growing them makes the seed cost more than the Grand- 
ifloras but the added beauty and delightful cut flowers makes them well 
worth the difference if you will care for them properly. In this latitude, 
Sweet Peas are best planted in January, February and March in rows 
where they can be brushed or run on wires. For a long flowering period, 
dig rows or trenches about 12 inches deep ; fill in six inches with well-rotted manure 
and top soil, well mixed ; plant seed on this and cover 2 or 3 inches. After the seeds 
come up, keep drawing in earth until the trenches are filled to surface level. Further 
South where Sweet Peas bloom during the winter they can be planted in November and 
December with good results but in the general cotton belt and further North, February 
is probably as early as it is safe and advisable to plant. 
The colors and varieties we offer below have been found to be the most satisfactory. 
New novelty varieties costing as high as $150.00 to $200.00 per pound the first year or 
two after introduction are no better and give no better results. From our close obser- 
vance in many trials and exhibitions we have selected the best standard variety of each 
distinct color in both the Grandifiora and Spencer types and- you may depend on them 
for a delightful and pleasing array of this exquisite flower. 
Hastings’ Finest Mixed Sweet Peas(No. 883) 
ture becomes rightfully more popular. Our mixture is made up from 60 of the best 
Grandiflora varieties in existence, these being selected after careful observation of some 
500 named sorts. We try to give you a general assortment of the finest blending of rich 
colors and shades in varieties that are particularly resistant to hot sun. This delightful 
mixture is sure to please even the most fastidious. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % 
pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. 
effective displays of Sweet Peas 
r ^ are probably obtained from planting 
separate colors and for the many who want the separate colors we offer the cream of all 
the Grandiflora varieties below. 
DOROTHY ECKFORD (No. 884)— Magnificent pure white. PRIMA DONNA (No. 885)— 
Delightful clear pink. EADY GRISEE HAMIETON (No. 886)— A grand pale lavender. 
_ , _ „ , ^ NAVY BEEE (No. 887)— The richest deep navy blue. KING EDWARD VII (No. 888) — 
Hastings Unexcelled Sweet Peas The finest crimson-scarlet. A3IERICA (No. 889)— The very best striped and variegated. 
Prices on all separate colors. Nos. 884, 885, 886, 887, 888 and 889. Each, packet, 5c; ounce, 20c; % pound, 60c; pound, $2.00; postpaid. 
Sweet Peas 
Spencer Type Sweet Peas 
flowers, sometimes double the size of the older forms under good culti- 
vation. Many of the Spencers have wavy and flute-edged petals, which 
with their rich coloring give an almost orchid-like appearance. 
Hastings’ Mixed Spencers ( No. 896) oTfhe“fl5: 
est Sweet Peas in cultivation, containing not only the named varieties be- 
low but many others of the richest and most magnificent colors in exis- 
tence. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents; ^ lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50; postpaid. 
WEDGEWOOD (No. 893) — Bright silvery or wedgewood blue. 
KING EDWARD SPENCER (No. 894) — Largest bright crimson-scarlet. 
SENATOR (No. 895) — Very beautiful striped and variegated. 
WHITE SPENCER (No. 897) — Pure wavy white, enormous size, long stems. 
COUNTESS OF SPENCER (No. 898) — Lovely clear pink, shading deeper 
at edges. This is the original Spencer SAveet Pea. See Page 67. 
ASTA OHN (No. 899) — A clear silvery lavender, early. 
Prices on all separate colors of Spencer Sweet Peas, Nos. 893, 894, 895, 
897, 898 and 899: Each, packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents; % pound, $1.50; 
pound, $5.00; postpaid. 
Salvia Splendens or Scarlet Sage (No. 881) 
Notice the full color picture on Page 67. Universally popular. A strong 
grower and free flowering beauty, bearing long spikes of intense scarlet 
bloom from midsummer till frost. No flower makes a more showy appear- 
ance in beds and borders. In Decatur, Georgia, there are two long hedges 
of sahua, grotving about ZYo feet high, that have been profusely bloo'ming 
all summer, and in November, when this is being written, that hedge is 
still a wonderful gloAV of scarlet flowers, the attraction of the neighbor- 
hood. It is easily groAvn and certainly you will be pleased with its at- 
tractiveness. It delights in the warmest, sunniest situations. Sow seed in 
open ground after trees are in full leaf and the ground is warm, but may 
be started earlier in boxes in sunny windows, and transplanted as soon 
;is the soil is AA’arm. A bed of Salvia will give a perfect blaze of scarlet. 
Salvia IS admirably adapted for glowing red beds, borders and sunny 
porch and window boxes. It grows two to four feet high, depending on 
the richness of soil and is considered by many the most satisfactorv flower 
to grow in the Sunny South. For plants see Page 73, Packet, 10 cents. 
Vinca ^ No. 9 I 6^ Omamental, Awy free flotvering bedding plants, 
TV . ' easily grown from seed and adapted to the entire 
South, Mixed Colors, Packet, lO cents, 
Salvia Splendens or Scarlet Sage — Fiery Red 
