JOHN WILK & CO 
Selected Flower Seeds 
NEW SWEET PEAS 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
Warrior. Giant maroon 
.10 
.50 
White Spencer. Pure White. 
.10 
.50 
Yarrawa. The finest early pink for 
outdoors; comes two weeks 
ahead of any Spencer variety 
.25 
1.00 
Youth. Large flowers; white with 
delightful picotee edge of soft 
pink. The most fragrant of all 
Sw T eet Peas . 
.35 
1.00 
Special Spencer Mixture. Including 
the best Spencer varieties. 
.10 
.25 
4 ozs. 75c., lb. $3.00 
Christmas or Winter-Flowering 
Sweet Peas 
A separate class that has become popular foi 
greenhouse forcing. They start blossoming in 
from eight to twelve weeks from sowing and 
blossom uninterruptedly for weeks. The flow¬ 
ers are of very fine size, on long stems, grown 
out-of-doors they blossom early but smaller. 
Pkt. Oz. 
Blue Bird. This is a charming shade 
of blue. Somewhat similar to 
the Summer flowering variety 
Wedgewood, but more of a true 
self, especially as the flower 
ages. The flowers are carried on 
iong stems ---25 .75 
Burpee’s Orange. The most out¬ 
standing orange Sweet Pea. It 
is a clear, pure orange self; 
borne on long stems .40 1.25 
Chevalier. A true rose color, with 
just a suspicion of yellow to¬ 
ward the base. A magnificent 
color of extreme size.25 .75 
Grenadier. The color is a rich 
Poppy-scarlet, with large long¬ 
stemmed flowers.40 1.25 
Flamingo. The flowers are truly 
enormous in size, usually pro¬ 
duced in threes and fours on 
very long, stiff stems. The broad 
and well-waved standard is light 
orange, with a suffusion of 
bright salmon, and the wings 
are a delicate shade of orange- 
P in k .25 .75 
Pkt. Oz. 
Glitters. No variety I know of ap¬ 
proaches Glitters in richness, 
brightness, and live-fire effect. 
It glitters and scintillates with 
a fire-iike sheen radiating over 
the flowers. The standard is a 
bright fiery orange, and the 
wings are deep orange.25 .75 
Illumination. The flowers are of 
great size; color glowing sal¬ 
mon-cerise, with a suspicion of 
orange suffusion. A most won¬ 
derful color under artificial light. 
Vigorous and strong in habit, 
flowers are usually borne in 
fours on long, strong stems .25 .7 
Jeanne Mamitsch. A magnificent 
variety with large flowers of a 
pleasing shade of glowing rose 
pink .35 1.50 
Mrs. Kerr. (Burpee’s.) The Best 
Early Flowering Salmon intro¬ 
duced. Experts have pro¬ 
nounced it a marvel of crea¬ 
tion .60 2.25 
Princess. A vigorous grower and 
most floriferous, the large flow¬ 
ers being freely produced in 
fours on long, stout stems. 
Color a lovely shade of soft 
lavender suffused mauve. The 
flowers are most attractively 
fluted or waved .25 .75 
Snowstorm Improved. This is by 
far the finest of all white Win¬ 
ter flowering varieties. The 
flowers are extra large, of fine 
form, with a magnificent and 
boldly weaved standard. A vig¬ 
orous grower, with enormous 
flowers which are invariably 
borne in fours on very long 
stems .25 .75 
Yarrawa. The best bright rose-pink 
with a clear, creamy base.25 .75 
Zvolanek’s Rose. Many growers 
consider this variety one of the 
best in the deep-pink class. The 
flowers are large and bold. They 
are carried in fours on long 
and strong stems. A free- 
blooming and easily grown va¬ 
riety ....25 .75 
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