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FLOWER SEEDS 
SWEET PEAS 
Sweet Peas 
Culture .—Ordinary good garden soil is suitable for Sweet Peas. The ground should be well drained to avoid water 
lying too long and becoming sour. 
Soil prepared as for vegetables produces fair results, but a little more care will repay the planter. It is well to culti¬ 
vate and prepare the ground in the Fall, supplying at this time a good amount of stable manure and bonemeal. 
Select for a location in your garden a place open and airy and which receives the sun all day. 
Seed should be sown in trenches about 4 inches deep and covered to a depth of 2 inches, still allowing the center 
of the trench to remain at least 2 inches below the level of the ground, that water may be retained. 
In case of dry weather, constant watering is necessary to keep the roots cool. 
When the vines are up about 6 inches high, staking with brush or trellis should be attended to at once. One ounce 
of seed is sufficient to plant 20 feet of drill. 
Australian Early Winter-Flowering 
Spencers 
The following varieties are direct from the originator: 
YARRAWA. (Originator’s Strain). This world-famous 
variety was the original Australian Early Flowering 
Spencer Strain of Sweet Peas. It is of the largest size 
and great substance, it bears three and sometimes four 
flowers on splendid long stems and is most delicately 
tinted, the standard being a deep rose-pink and the 
wings soft blush-pink. Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD COUNTESS. A superbly beautiful variety 
of a most attractive tint of pink—the ideal flower color. 
The color graduates to a lighter tint at base of standard 
and wings. The flowers are large, of true Spencer form, 
and are carried mostly in threes on long stems. Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD XMAS PINK SHADES. A Spencer strain 
of the old Xmas Pink coloring. It contains some slight 
variations but it produces really superb blooms of very 
showy coloring: rosy cerise standard, creamy white wings, 
slightly tinted blush. Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD CHARM. The standard is white, tinted or 
stained very light heliotrope; the wings are a lighter 
tint, being almost white. A very captivating variety, 
of the best Spencer form and largest size. Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD ROSE. Color is a rich deep glowing rose, of a 
fine Spencer type. This new sort promises to be one 
of the finest florist varieties of the Concord strain. 
Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD WINSOME (Cattleya Color). A delightful 
shade of pink, tinted lavender; a most fascinating color. 
Blooms are large, nicely waved Spencer form; stems are 
long and wiry. Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD MAUVE AND PINK BLEND. Both the 
mauve and pink are magnificent blooms of best Spencer 
form and as the two colors harmonize beautifully we 
recommend this “blend” as very desirable in every way. 
Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD CREAM AND PINK SHADES. Many de¬ 
lightful shades will be produced by this mixture, shades 
which blend most harmoniously and are unsurpassed for 
decorative purposes. They are all of a high standard of 
size, form and substance. . Pkt. 25c. 
IMPROVED METEOR. A semi-Spencer; form similar in 
color to Scarlet Emperor, being a rich, dark scarlet. 
Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD MAUVE SHADES. Contain a number of 
exceedingly fine mauve and lavender tints, which have 
not yet been selected out sufficiently to offer as distinct 
varieties. The blooms are of the largest size and the 
best Spencer form. Pkt. 25c. 
CONCORD DELICATA. In color it is in the young 
stage very lightly tinged with a sort of rosy heliotrope. 
As the flower ages this gradually fades, leaving to full 
flower almost a clear white. Pkt. 25c. 
C^ERULEA. A glorious Sweet Pea of the most delightful 
shades of delicate sky-blue, sometimes a little lighter. 
The blooms are of good open form, three on a stem. 
Pkt. 25c. 
WHITE SWAN. A splendid white Sweet Pea, of largest 
size, exquisite form and well carried, often four blooms 
on a stem. Magnificent variety for garden or exhi¬ 
bition. Pkt. 25c, 
Sweet Pea Venus 
American Winter-Flowering 
Spencer 
YARRAWA. The color on opening is a rose, changing as 
thejflower develops to a light pink standard, tinted buff, 
with blush wings; a delightful combination. The blooms 
are’very large, of great substance, and beautifully waved. 
FORDHOOK ROSE. A charming shade of rosy carmine. 
The flowers are of largest size and usually borne in 
three and fours on long, stiff stems. 
ASTA OHN. Delicate lavender. 
BLANCHE FERRY SPENCER. (Pink and white). 
HELEN LEWIS. (New.) Orange salmon. 
HERCULES. (New.) Mammoth rosy pink. 
MRS. CHAS. ZVOLANEK. Clear lavender. 
LAVENDER PINK. Very choice, with large bloom. 
MRS. A. A. SKACH. Bright shell pink. 
MRS. SPANOLIN. Black seeded sort, clear white. 
MRS. WM. SIM. Apricot pink. 
PRESIDENT WILSON. Rose carmine. 
ROSE QUEEN. Fine shade of pink. 
SELMA SWENSON. Soft pink. 
VENUS. Standards, slightly blush pink. 
WEDGWOOD. Beautiful light blue. 
WHITE ORCHID. Pure white. 
Pkt. 10c., ]/2 oz. $1.00, oz. $1,75. 
