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"Early Bird" Spencers 
These “Early Bird” Speneers will 
'sprise you some morning by show¬ 
ing color much sooner than you have 
been used to looking for first sweet 
pea blossoms. They not only start 
early, but continue to bloom a long 
time. Large blossoms. 
(Half ounce at ounce rate.) 
(Any 3 packets, 25c.) 
SP80. AMETHYST. Rich royal pur¬ 
ple. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
SP82. AVIATOR. Dazzling crimson- 
son-scarlet. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
SF83. GLITTERS. Combination of 
bright fiery orange and deep orange. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
SP84. LAVENDER KING. Lovely 
true lavender throughout. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 40c. 
SPSS. ROSE QUEEN. Pleasing 
shade of rich pink with suffusion 
of rose. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
SP88. SNOWSTORM. (Improved.) 
The largest and finest extra early 
White Spencer. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
SP89. ZVOLANEK’S ROSE. Giant 
rose-pink. Considered by most 
florists as best deep pink. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 40c. 
SP0O. “EARLY BIRD” MIXTURE. 
A superb mixture of these extra 
early flowering Spencer sweet peas. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c. 
"Lovely 'Leven" 
Spencers 
’Leven 10c Fkts. for 60c 
From over 25 of my splendid named varie¬ 
ties of giant Spencers I’m going to select 
eleven that will cover practically all the main 
colors, tints and shades, giving you a regular 
10-cent packet of each these "Lovely ’Leven." 
Then just for good measure I’ll throw in a 
10-cent packet of my "33-in-l” mixed Spencers, 
and make the price only 60c for all. Just say, 
“Lovely ’Leven” for 60c. 
Larger Lot “LOVELY ’LEVEN.” For $1.33 
I will send you a half ounce each of these 
Spencers, my selection, with half an ounce 
"33-in-l” mixed Spencers thrown in for luck. 
33-in-l" Spencer Mixture 
SP41. In this mixture you get the best of 
up-to-date Spencers. I use 33 different 
named varieties. Of course you might not 
get all 33 kinds in a 10-cent packet—pos¬ 
sibly not in an ounce—but they are all in 
this mixture. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 2 oz. 45c; 
% lb. 75c; % lb. $1.40; lb. $2.50. 
/Gng'S, Special Mixture 
SP43. Includes best grandifloras, a “right 
smart” of Spencers, and a sprinkling of 
extra early kinds. Very pleasing. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 15c; 2 oz. 25c; *4 lb. 40c; lb. $1.20. 
SP39. CUPID SWEET PEAS. 
5c; oz. 20c. 
Mixed. Pkt. 
PERENNIAL PEAS (Lathyrus Latifolius) 
SP60 White. SP61 Pink. SP62 Red. SP63 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c. Any color or mixed. 
New Pink Spencer Sweet Pea 
SF27V&* ROSIE. Rich rose pink, the florists' 
favorite color. Ricker and deeper in color 
than the lovely Pinkie. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; 
oz. 50c. 
New Red Spencer Sweet Pea 
SP261/6. RED BOY. Rich bright deep crim¬ 
son. Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; oz. 50c. 
Granted Award of Merit by the National 
Sweet Pea Society of Great Britain. 
To Grow Fine Sweet Peas 
It is not necessary to nearly break your 
back digging a ditch deep enough for a water 
main, though some trenching is good. But 
planted on fairly good soil, well-worked up, 
and on level ground, sweet peas will usually 
do nicely. A good scheme in either plan is to 
make a trench say nearly a foot deep right up 
close to the sweet pea row. Fill this trench 
with manure; some soil may be put on top. 
Then during the season turn water into the 
trench once a week or so. The enriched water 
will find its way to the sweet pea roots and 
stimulate growth. A little bone meal worked 
into the soil at time of planting is also good. 
But use this sparingly, as it is very strong. 
Avoid use of fresh poultry manure. 
An ounce of seed will sow from 15 to 20 
feet of row. Cover 2 inches, firming with the 
feet if ground not wet. Begin cultivation as 
soon as plants are up. Water by running a 
small ditch along the row, giving a good soak¬ 
ing once a week or so, rather than just a little 
every day. Give the vines early support and 
train them to it, beginning early. Keep blos¬ 
soms picked. The more you pick them the 
more and longer they will bloom. 
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