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ALLEN’S NURSERIES, GENEVA, OHIO 
FLOWER SEEDS—Continued 
Allen’s Famous Sweet Peas 
Sweet Peas to succeed best should be planted very early. 
Some plant about Thanksgiving for the earliest. Plant in a 
trench about one foot deep with welhrotted manure. Our 
mixtures are from the best named kinds and we are selling the 
best that are in the market. 
Spencer Sweet Peas—New Varieties. 
These are enormous flowered Sweet Peas, producing flow' 
ers from to 2 inches across. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 1 lb., 
^ 2 . 00 . 
Defiance. Dazzling rich fiery red. 
Hebe. Very large. Rose-pink. 
King’ Whte. Gigantic. Pure white. 
Mrs. C. P. Tomlin. New. Fine scarlet. 
Mrs. Tom Jones. First class. Rich blue. 
Picture. Combination of the cream and pink. 
President Harding*. Unique color for sweet pea. Peach-red or sal¬ 
mon-cerise, suffused orange. 
Renown. Best rose-carmine. 
R. P. Felton. New. Rich lavender. 
Royal Purple. Rich royal purple. 
Sunset. Shade of rose with yellow suffusion. Fine and new. 
Warrior. Deep reddish maroon. 
MIXED SFEXCER 
Allen's best mi.\ture—Consists of a mixture of the best sweet peas 
in America. 
Hardy Peas 
Mixed or select Pink, Red, and White. Pkt., lOc. 
Verbena 
Auriculaeflora gigantica. Extra fine, 
mi.xed; Per Pkt., 10c. 
Erinoides. 12 inches. Forming elegant 
little spreading bushes with finely cut 
foliage and pretty heads of bloom, 
purplish rose changing to oxford-blue. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Thunbergia 
Beautiful, rapid growing, rather shrubby 
climbers, with a plentiful supply of trumpet¬ 
shaped flowers in various colors and mark¬ 
ings; fine for vases, rustci work or green¬ 
house culture. Half-hardy annuals ; 5 ft. 
Pine Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 
St>c}iccr Szceet Peas, Hebe. 
Tritoma 
Hytarida mirabilis. An annual Red Hot 
Poker plant. Seed should be sown in 
temperate heat from January to March, 
pricked off and treated like half-hardy 
annuals. The seedlings may be planted 
in open ground from end of April to 
May and they will bloom freely from 
August to late in the autumn. Pkt,, 5c, 
California Giant Zinnias. 
Deliciously fragrant flowers in long, full 
spikes which are very free and pretty dur¬ 
ing the spring. They combine many shades of colors ; the 
orange, purple and chocolate predominating. Tender peren¬ 
nials, requiring winter protection in the north. Iff. ft. 
Annual Mixed. Blooms first year. Pkt., 10 c. 
Perennial Mixed. Pkt., I5c. 
1 Zinnias 
Dablia Flowered. New double Zinnia of mammoth size, 
peerless mixture. Per pkt., 15c. 
^i®®tee Flowered. This type is an exquisite strain, each 
w T petal IS ti;^ed with a darker shade. Comes in a variety 
of colors. Pkt., 20c. 
Californ^ Giant Double. All colors of giant Zinnia, 
mixed, Pkt., 10c. 
XiHliput or Pompon. Bearing small, button-like, double 
flowers. Very good for bedding. One outstanding new 
flower, has good long stems. Mixed. Pkt., l,5c. 
Verbena, 
Wallflower 
Sweet Peas Make Splendid Bouquets. 
