SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1896. 11 
SWeet Peas. 
One of the dear old flowers tlmt will never go out of 
fashion. Everyone who has n yard ounht to grow quantities 
of this sweetest of all flowers, that is not only a beautiful 
low.growing vine for garden and decoration, out one of the 
roost useful of all in furnishing material for vases, bouquets 
and all cut flower work. Plant quantities of these lovely 
flowers and cut them with a lavish hand. Their presence 
will hrlng pleasure in the sick room, adorn your friends' 
otherwise empty vases, and make happy the flower-hungry 
children, with no pretty yards and flowers of their own: for 
•very flower you pick, two will come to All its place. Easy 
to grow anywhere if sown early, very early. Forthe largest 
and llnest blossoms, dig a trench six inches deep, put in two 
Inches of rotted manure, a little earth, and sow the seeds 
over this three inches apart in the row. covering an inch 
■ O.l a half deep. Do this as early as the ground can possi¬ 
bly Is. worked in the spring, anil as the plants grow. All up 
the trench around them with rich earth. Such planting will 
produce enormous quantities of flowers of the very- largest, 
due. ThefollowingareEckford'sIlnest: Pkt. Oz. 
Blnnohe Ferry. The prettiest pink and white 
e y of all. Vine unusually bushy and rom| 
Blnnohe Burpee. Pure white, enormous 
three on a stem. Finest of its color. 
Fairy Queen. Beautiful white and rose. 
InfllKO King- A deep rich blue. New. 
Princess of Walee. White, striped with blue.. 
Impress of India. Clear soft rose. Grand. 
ict. 10 
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40 
... 15 
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... 10 
40 
... 15 
Ml 
... 15 
Ml 
... 10 
40 
Pkt. 
Monarch. Bronzv crimson, with rich deep-blue. 10 
Mrs. Gladstone. Delicate pink and blush. Lovely 10 
The Senator. Chocolate shaded and striped. 15 
American Belle. Standard bright rose, wings crys- 
lal white, freely spotted with carmine. 10 
Mrs. Sankey. Extra large, snow white. 15 
The Queen. Soft, pink with Mauve wings. 10 
Lottie Eckford. While, edged delicate blue....... 10 
Blushing Bride. Lovely blending,pink and white. 10 
EmMy Henderson. Lovelypnre white; large size. 20 
Her Majesty. One ofthe newest and grandest, sorts 15 
Boreatton. Deep maroon, large and stout.... 10 
Orange Prince. Bright orange pink, flushed soar- 
let wings, deep rose-veined pink. 10 
Isa Eckford. Creamy, white, mottled pink. 10 
Splendor. Large purplish rose. Very; fine. 10 
S ueen of England. Splendid pure white...... 10 
rlncess Louise. Rich rosy pink with blue wings. 10 
Cardinal. Fine rich cardinal red... 10 
Primrose. Fine primrose yellow. New and tine.. 10 
? ueen of the Isles. Scarlet, mottled with white.. 20 
urple Prince. Fine rich purple. A splendid sort 10 
Lemon Cem. Lovely light lemon. Very delicate. 15 
Vesuvius. Brightly marked, mottled, spotted and 
shaded, crimson, purple violet, etc. 10 
One ixirlift each of almre t8 grand sorts, for $1.50. 
Eckford’s Crand Mixture. All the grandest new 
large flowering sorts, per lb.. $2. 10 
