JEROME B. RIC.E SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
Sweef Peas 
One of the Most Popular Flowers for the Home Garden 
Culture.—As early as the ground can be worked in the spring, make a trench 6 inches deep in rich 
soil, sow the seed in the bottom, covering not more than 2 inches deep; as the plants grow, fill in 
the earth around them and see that some suitable support is provided for them to run upon. Flow¬ 
ers must be picked before pods form, otherwise vines will not continue to blossom. 
One ounce of seed will riant a row of 50 feet 
SPENCER VARIETIES 
The Spencer types of Sweet Peas are a 
decided improvement on the older sorts, 
having much larger, hooded and waved 
flowers, with longer stems. 
Asta Ohn. Lavender suffused with 
pink. 
Austin Frederick. A shade of bright 
lavender. 
Avalanche. Large, wavy, white flowers. 
Barbara. Beautiful, brilliant orange- 
salmon. 
Blanche Ferry Spencer. Standard 
rose-pink, wings white; a beautiful 
variety. 
Blue Bird. Fine large, much waved and 
frilled blue variety. 
Crimson King. The finest large, true 
crimson. 
Dora. Bright rose standard with wings 
of light primrose. 
Doreen. Large waved flowers of car- 
mine-rose. 
Fiery Cross. A beautiful, large, fiery- 
scarlet. 
Fortune. Large waved flowers of an 
attractive dark blue shade. 
Grenadier. Large flowers of poppy- 
scarlet on long stems. 
King Edward Spencer. Large flower¬ 
ing, crimson scarlet. 
King White. Largest and best formed 
pure white. 
Mammoth. Large, orange-scarlet flow¬ 
ers. 
Mary Pickford. Dainty cream - pink 
with faint suffusion of salmon. 
Olympia. A beautiful, bright purple 
color. 
Reflection. Lovely true mid-blue. 
Royal Purple. Rich, deep purple; best of its 
class. 
Tangerine. Beautiful deep metallic salmon suf¬ 
fused with orange. 
Thomas Stevenson. Large, waved, orange-scar¬ 
let. 
Warrior. Very fine, large, deep maroon. 
What Joy. Rich, deep primrose-yellow shade. 
White Spencer. Large, waved, pure white flow¬ 
ers. 
Youth. Pink picotee edge on white ground. 
MIXTURES OF SPENCER VARIETIES 
Spencers Mixed. 
Rice’s Best Spencers, Mixed. 
Early or Winter Flowering Spencers, Mixed. 
GRANDIFLORA OR ORDINARY VARIETIES 
Blanche Ferry. An old favorite early, pink and 
white variety. 
Dorothy Eckford. A fine, large, hooded, white 
variety. 
King Edward VII. A very large, bright crimson- 
scarlet. 
Lady Grisel Hamilton. A large, hooded, lavender. 
Lord Nelson. Best of the dark navy blue type. 
Prima Donna. A fine, large, pure pink variety. 
MIXTURES OF GRANDIFLORA VARIETIES 
All Colors, Mixed. 
Eckford Hybrids, Mixed. 
Nasturtiums 
Dwarf Mixed. A superb collection of all the dif- Tall Mixed. A collection of the very finest 
ferent dwarf varieties and colors. strains and colors of the tall or running sorts. 
Golden Gleam (Sweet Scented). Introduced in 1932. It has become a most popular variety entirely 
distinct from other Nasturtiums. It is sweet scented, and its large, semi-double, golden flowers 
are produced in abundance. The flowers stand well above the foliage, so that in bloom the plant 
is a gleaming blaze of color. 
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