SEED 
STORE 
NO. PKT. 
yellow flowers are borne in profusion 
on long stems, which with the foliage 
make ideal subjects for vases and jar- 
diniers in the house. Will grow in any 
soil; 2 to 3 ft. % oz. 25c.10 
426 Perkeo. A dwarf form of the preceding, 
growing 12 inches high.10 
NO. PKT. 
427 Purpureus. The new Red Sunflower. 
Does not come true but can be told by 
the red stem; green stemmed plants will 
have yellow flowers.10 
428 Single Russian. The tallest common 
sunflower. 1 oz. 15c.10 
SWEET PEAS 
Price for all except those marked thus * are 
10c per packet, 30c per ounce, % lb. for $1.00. 
Those marked thus * are 15c per packet, $1.00 
per ounce. 
Giant Flowering Late Spencers. 
NO. PKT. 
429 America. Red Flake, white ground. 
430 Asta Ohn. Pinkish lavender. 
431 Blanche Ferry. Pink and white. 
432 Campfire. Bright scarlet. 
433 Carmelita. Rose pink on white ground. 
434 Crimson King. Rich deep crimson. 
435 Constance Hinton. Giant pure white. 
436 Daffodil. Deep crimson. 
437 Defiance. Glowing orange-scarlet. 
438 Del Monte. Salmon cerise pink. 
439 Fiery Cross. Bright red orange-cerise. 
450 Fortune. Rich dark blue. 
451 Hawlmark Lavender. Clear light lavender. 
452 Hawlmark Scarlet. 
453 Heavenly Blue. Delphinium blue. 
454 Hebe. Large bright pink. 
455 Illuminator. Salmon orange, overlaid cerise. 
456 Ivory Picture. Ivory cream. 
Modern culture of Sweet Peas has produced so 
many beautiful colors and such large flowers that 
they are almost indispensable. That these fine 
new varieties are harder to grow, goes without 
saying, for with many people success seems to be 
the exception. 
We made a canvass among our customers and 
have come to the conclusion that poor soil causes 
most of the failures and the unfavorable place 
they .were sown and the wrong method of culti¬ 
vation caused the rest. 
Sweet Peas need rich soil—the richer the better 
—and it should be rich to a depth of at least one 
foot. Raw Bone Meal, a pound to three feet of 
row, is the best fertilizer, especially in heavy soil. 
Sheep manure comes next, and old cow manure 
and rotted horse manure follow, but fresh horse 
manure should never be used and in no case 
should any fertilizer come into direct contact with 
the seed, especially if the fertilizer is fresh. 
In clay soil, three or four inches is a sufficient 
depth to sow the seed and in light soils six or 
eight inches will be better. Some people advise 
sowing the seed in a trench and filling in the soil 
as the plants grow, but this sometimes smothers 
the plants. Others advise covering the seeds to 
the proper depth at once and treading the soil 
down firmly. The latter method will take the 
seed longer to grow, so that early sowing is neces¬ 
sary if early flowers are wanted. By this method 
successive sowings may be made so that flowers 
may be had until frost. 
Better results are obtained by having the vines 
away from walls and tight fences,- as the plants 
seem to require air. 
If the soil is frequently stirred and watered too 
often, rank vines are obtained, but at the expense 
of flowers. It is therefore better to only pull the 
weeds and stir the soil but little. If the vines are 
allowed to go to seed they soon cease blooming. 
A mulch of lawn trimmings or similar material 
laid about the plants keeps the soil moist and cool 
and also checks the growth of weeds. 
If the seed is treated with Sweet Pea Bacteria 
there w r ill be an increase in size of flower and a 
more extended blooming season. 
Our grower in California has recommended the 
following list as being the best of the 150 kinds 
he grows. 
NO. PKT. 
457 31ary Pickford. Dainty cream pink, suffused 
salmon. 
45® Mermaid. Rich true lavender. 
459 Miss California. Orange salmon, cream pink. 
460 Powerscourt. Fine lavender. 
461 Royal Purple. Rich purple. 
462 Royal Salute. Scarlet cerise. 
463 Snowball. Dazzling white. 
464 Tangerine. Orange. 
465 \T T arrior. Giant maroon. 
466 What Joy. Cream. 
467 Youth. Large white, pink picotee. 
468 Superb Mixed Giant Flowering Spencers. To 
the best mixture we are able to buy, we add 
some of each of the above list. Per pkt. 10c 
per ounce 25c, ^4 lb. 75c, pound $2.50. 
DWARF SWEET PEAS. 
469 Cupids Mixed. These grow six inches high 
and make compact bushes, suitable for a 
border. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, % lb. 40c. 
Hardy Sweet Peas. See Lathyrus. 
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