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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Sweet 
Fluffy Ruffles Lovely rich rose pink, a gleam 
3 of rosy salmon and a bright 
creamy undertone, blending into a harmonious cream pink 
shade. A flower of exquisite texture and pleasant fra¬ 
grance. A new type, duplexed and frilled, with long¬ 
stemmed, well-proportioned sprays of four almost globular 
flowers. No other Sweet Pea is said to exhibit such a con¬ 
sistent doubling and ruffling of its petals. Twelve sprays 
make a more massive bunch than eighteen sprays of an 
ordinary Spencer Sweet Pea. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Sweet Peas ( Varities ) 
Alneer’s Prize Giant Flowering Y, ery £ kt .; 5c > oz - 10c « V* lb - 35c > 
** y 2 lb. 65c, lb. $1.10. 
Finest Mixed Colors Pkt. 5c, oz 8 c, y 4 lb. 25c, y 2 lb. 45c, lb. 85c. 
Cupid, Dwarf or Bedding MixedT b ? se for ™ a line of emerald-green 
_ foliage a little over a foot wide and 
9 inches high, and from June until late summer are literally a sheet of bloom; the 
mixture contains all the colors. Pkt. 5c. oz. 15c. 
Vermilion Brilliant Spencer 
Beautiful, fragrant, free flowering, climbing 
plants. Plant seed two inches deep, early in 
spring; support by stakes. 
Giant Spencer 
Illuminator Spencer The . flow ® rs . of 
r great substance 
are well placed on long, stout stems. The stand¬ 
ards are bold, expanded and attractively waved. 
The color is a deep, bright cerise-salmon on a 
cream ground. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Blanche Ferry Spencer A vast i ™- 
J r provement in 
form over the old standard variety. A wonder¬ 
fully bold and striking flower with bright rose 
standards and white wings tinted light pink. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. ' 
Mrs. Routzahn Spencer ^] end ^ng Utif of 
soft straw color, tinted with blush pink and 
shaded to apricot, quite a distinct rose margin. 
A first class variety for all purposes. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 20c. ' 
King White Spencer Without excep- 
° r tion the best and 
largest of all Spencer sweet peas. It is of a 
purer white, of better substance and more finely 
placed on thick, long stems, than White Spencer. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Crimson King An exceptionally fine 
** American Sweet Pea and 
easily the best crimson in existence. It is a 
flower of mammoth size and artistic proportions. 
The standard and wings are much waved and 
fluted. The color is rich true crimson. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 20c. 
Asta Ohn Spencer Th e best lavender. 
r The blossoms are 
large, waved or fluted, delicately tinted or suf¬ 
fused with mauve. Is more truly a soft pinkish 
lavender self. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Vermilion Brilliant Spencer 
This is a most brilliant, iridescent scarlet 
Spencer yet produced. The flowers are of per¬ 
fect form. The bold, erect standard is well 
waved and fluted, of large size, beautifully 
rounded and finishing well below the keel. The 
wings are _of the same intense pure scarlet, 
making a "uniform self-color throughout and 
entirely sunproof. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Royal Purple The color is as the name 
. describes it a rich royal 
purple. The vines are unusually vigorous and 
long stout stems carrying four large blossoms 
as the rule. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Countess Spencer Delicate 
... , soft pink, 
shading deeper at edges of petals. The 
blossoms are waved or fluted, 4 to 
the stem, and all face one way. The 
original giant Spencer and still one 
of the best. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Austin Frederick A i°, vely 
soft laven¬ 
der, flowers of giant size and perfect 
form, nicely waved. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Constance Hinton Th f fi nest 
and larg¬ 
est white variety of strong, vigorous 
growth. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Elfrida Pearson ™ s 2 s th 5 
largest and 
blush pink variety. Flowers 
enormous size and very wavy. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Heavenly Blue 
The immense 
flowers, well 
placed on good strong stems are a 
pure blue self; of more than usual 
merit. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Spencer Sweet Peas 
Matchless or Daffodil Thi ® ia con ® id ‘ 
, ered the best 
cream yellow variety, flowers of largest size and 
prettily frilled. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Miss California T b e , col ° r is a distinct 
shade of salmon pink 
and shows up well when cut. A strong grower. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Picture ^he gigantic blooms are borne 
freely in sprays of four or more. 
Color a most attractive tint of pink suffused 
with creamy apricot. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Renown Very large flowers of a rich crim¬ 
son-rose color. Very distinct and 
effective. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Valentino A K ran d extra large flowering 
soft blush pink, of strong, free, 
vigorous growth. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Spencer Mixed (New Orchid 
This mixture from the finest Flnwoforl 
large flowering Spencer Varie- 1 1 ' JVVCI CU ' 
ties in a wide range of colors, produce a gor¬ 
geous effect. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, V 4 lb. 40c, V 2 lb. 
75c, lb. $1.30. 
12 pkts. Giant Spencer Sweet Peas (Your 
choice) for SO cts. 
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