1934 SPRING AND FALL ^ THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS—(Continued) 
SWEET PEAS FOR 1934 
O F ALL the annual flowers, there are none that have come into popular 
favor over the entire world and have been improved so much in the 
last few years as the Sweet Peas, and it is marvelous the wonderful 
improvement that has been made in them. Frorn a few ordinary colors of 
inferior small flowers they have, by careful selection and breeding, covered 
almost the entire range of colors and have produced flowers measuring over 
2 y 2 inches across, and from the old-fashioned straight-edge type they have 
produced the ruffled and the butterfly Sweet Pea. 
The most easily grown of any of the annuals, blooming from early summer 
until killed by the heavy autumn frosts. No other flower ecjuals them for cut*- 
ting and few last as well. To bloom to their best, the flowers should be cut 
every day, in the evening. 
1934—50c Spencer Collection 
8 Packages 
Our Spencer collections have been made up of 
the best of the new sweet peas ranging in color 
from a pure white to a dark velvety maroon, soft 
pinks, bright crimsons, blues and lavenders. 
Plant these and be sure your sweet peas are the 
best in your community. 
Red Boy 
Pure crimson, deep and rich. Enormous, 
boldly expanded flowers in fours on long stems. 
A robust grower. Red Boy is well suited both 
for exhibition and for garden decoration. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 40c. 
Rosie—Deep rose-pink, the florists’ popular 
color. Richer and deeper in color than Pinkie, 
with all the vigor and robustness necessary to 
make it a first-class Sweet Pea. Rosie is vastly 
superior to all other varieties in the rose-pink 
class, and easily tops the list of varieties such 
as Hercules, Hebe and Pinkie. Pkt., 8c; oz., 30c. 
Mermaid—.A rich true lavender with a fine 
blue sheen. The flowers are beautifully waved 
and quite often the standard is double. Pkt., 
8c; oz., 25c. 
Fluffy Ruffles —A great big flower, vigorous 
and free blooming—the first of the “Ruffled” 
Sweet Peas. A new type, duplexed and frilled, 
witli long-stemmed well-proportioned sprays of 
four almost globular flowers. It exhibits a most 
consistent doubling and ruffling of petals. 
A lovely rich rose-pink, a gleam of soft salmon, 
and a bright creamy undertone blend into a 
harmonious cream-pink shade of exquisite 
beauty. It is a flower of exquisite texture and 
sweet fragrance. The vines make a sturdy 
growthandbearaprofusionof blooms. Pkt., 8c.; 
oz., 25c. 
Heavenly Blue—A most beautiful soft tone 
of delphiniunf-blue, without a trace of violet. 
Flowers of immense size, four to each stem. 
Pkt., 8c; oz., 25c. 
Pirate Gold— Golden orange, deeper than 
Guinea Gold and lighter than Prince of Orange. 
Pirate Gold is quite a new shade in this group 
and withstands our hot sun better than any 
other variety in this color class. Pirate Gold is a 
strong vigorous grower, the flowers are well 
formed and its color is the most pleasing of the 
Golden Orange group. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 
Avalanche—This is by far the finest of all 
white winter-flowering varieties. The flowers are 
extra large, of fine form, with a magnificent and 
boldly waved standard. A vigorous grower with 
enormous flowers which are invariably borne in 
fours on very long stems. Pkt., 8c; oz., 25c. 
The Warrior—Rich ox-blood maroon. Hand¬ 
some large flowers with a sparkling sheen borne 
on long stems. Brighter and more attractive 
than the Sultan. Pkt., 8c; oz., 25c. 
One pkt. each of the above 8 Magnificent New 
Spencer Sweet Peas. 
Value—68c 
Bargain Price—50c 
Gurney’s W. N. A. X. 
Mixture of Giant 
Spencer Sweet Peas 
For those who do not care for sweet peas in 
separate colors, Gurney’s W. N. A. X. mixture 
of Spencers, will satisfy the most exacting flower 
lover. This mixture is made of the best of the 
old standard Spencers and a careful selection of 
the new creations with their heavier, longer 
stems, longer blooming period and larger flowers, 
some of them measuring two inches across. 
With four or five perfect flowers on a stem. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; J4 lb., 35c; Yz lb., 65c; 
1 lb., $1.10. 
Early Flowering Mixed 
Spencer Sweet Peas 
These bloom two weeks before the standard 
Spencer varieties, but with the same large, 
waved flowers. They have replaqed the stand¬ 
ard Spencers in greenhouse planting and, though 
they do not grow quite as tall, their earliness 
and long season of bloom make them invaluable 
in outdoor planting, particularly in the short 
seasoned north. Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c; !4 lb., 50c; 
1 lb., $1.60. 
Cupid Dwarf Sweet Peas 
Cupid Dwarf Sweet Peas—These form a 
bush of emerald-green foliage a little over a foot 
wide and six inches high, and from June until 
late summer are literally a sheet of bloom. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 25c. 
BEST EARLY FLOWERING 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
Early Pal 
Here is one of the entirely new shades—it is 
the lively scintillant pleasing rich rose crimson 
Early Sweet Pea which Florists, Commercial 
Growers and Amateurs have been looking for. 
In Early Pal we have developed a combination 
of rose and crimson which holds the brightness 
and depth of color. Pkt., 10c; Yz oz., 25c; 
Miss Annie Laurie 
Constitutes the richest tone of pure Rose- 
Pink ever produced in a Sweet Pea. Long stems 
which are rnaintained throughout its blooming 
period, and it is an abundant, prolific and con¬ 
tinuous bloomer. Pkt., 15c; Yz oz., 60c. 
Lavanda 
It is a PURE, clear lavender—so clear and 
uniform that full blown blossoms and partly 
open buds are of exactly the same color, making 
a wonderful effect when bunched and impressing 
one with the fact that at last we really have a 
pure lavender Sweet Pea. 
The blossoms of LAVAND.A are extremely 
large and waved, perfectly spaced on long, stout 
stems. F'our blooms on each stem, and highly 
perfumed. Pkt., 20c; 2 Pkts., 35c. 
35c Early Flowering 
Spencer Collection 
One pkt. each of the four Early Flowering 
Spencer Sweet Peas. 
Early Pal Crimson 10c 
Miss Annie Laurie P.ose Pink 15c 
Lavanda Lavender 20c 
Early Flowering Mixed 7c 
Total. 5^ 
Bargain Price.35c 
Zimmerman, Minn. 
The House of Gurney June 1, 1933 
Yankton, S. Dak. 
Gentlemen; 
This will acknowledge with thanks receipt 
of two Jackmanni Clematis. They were both 
nice and green upon arrival. Thanks also for 
the premium bulbs also inclosed. They will 
have my careful attention and I shall be 
glad to favor you with the orders I have even 
though small and a good word to anyone in 
need of your stock with whom I come in 
contact. 
R. E. Nord. 
DeSmet, S. Dak. 
Gentlemen: June 5, 1933 
I thank you for your good attention to my 
order for Black Hills Spruce. The trees 
came in fine condition. 
Yours truly, Mrs. Maude Waters. 
Blooming Prairie, Minn. 
June 8, 1933 
The House of Gurney, Inc. 
Yankton, S. Dak. 
Dear Sirs: 
We received the Spireas in wonderful con¬ 
dition and are so pleased with them. Every¬ 
one of them are growing j ust fine. Also, want 
to thank you very much for the premium of 
Gladioli. They are all growing too. 
Am interested in shrubs and trees and 
next spring you can look for an order from 
us. Want to start a row of the Honeysuckle. 
Thank you for the favors and immediate 
shipment. From’now on, we shall patronize 
The House of Gurney for all nursery orders. 
Yours truly, Mrs. Otto Wojohn, 
Route 2. 
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