EARLY MATURITY AND STRONG VITALITY 
OUR “INCOMPARABLE” “X-L” 
Summer Flowering Orchid Sweet Peas 
If You Have Been Disappointed in Past Years 
With Your Sweet Peas, We Urge You 
to Try the Following Recipe: 
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SWEET PEAS 
Four Ounces "X-L" Spencers. 
One Pan Warm Water. 
Shredded Manure. 
Prepared Plant Food—Vigoro or Plantone. 
Twine or Poultry Netting. 
Dig trench 18" deep. Place 8" shredded manure 
and compost in bottom of trench. Add garden loam 
enriched with two ounces of a plant food to every 
yard of trench. Soak seed 24 hours in warm water. 
Sow March 1st, 2" apart in rows 6" apart. Cover 
with Vi" of soil. A gently sloping hill in full sunlight 
is an ideal location. When plants appear, stake at 
once with twine or poultry netting. 
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"X-L" Sweet Peas grown by G. W. Hey, Great Falls. 
STANDARD MIXTURE 
399—A splendid mixture of all excellent varieties in a 
wonderful range of colors. Pkt., 5c; Vz oz., 15c; oz., 20c; % 
lb., 60c; lb., S2.00. 
At the Great Falls Annual Flower Show held this past 
year, one of the outstanding exhibits, and also one that 
received much favorable comment was large exhibit of 
Dahlia Flowered Zinnias shown by Kranz House of 
Flowers. The splendid formed blossoms were produced on 
stems from 3% to 41/2 feet tall. "X-L" brand seed was 
used by Mr. Kranz. 
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397—GRAHAM & ROSS ROYAL 
| Grand Prize Mixture Giant Summer-flowering Sweet i 
= Peas | 
| We have made a carefully balanced selection of i 
| all colors and varieties of our Summer-flowering | 
| Sweet Peas for this mixture, using only the finest | 
= ruffled and long-stemmed sorts. For general use and I 
= garden display, Sweet Pea mixtures of this high | 
i type are quite satisfactory. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; V4 lb., = 
| 75c; 1/2 lb., $1.25; lb., $2.25. § 
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THE NEWEST AND BEST SPENCERS 
Our "X-L" Brand Specially Selected Spencer Sweet Peas 
are second early in season of bloom following the Early 
Orchid Flowering type. The large flowers of exquisite 
shape, borne in threes and fours on long, stout stems are 
incomparable. 
379— BLUE BIRD —A pure deep rich blue. 
380— AVALANCHE —A new large frilled glistening white. 
381—CHINESE BLUE 
New novelty. See back page for de¬ 
scription and price. 
382 —HUNTSMAN —The brightest scarlet yet introduced. 
Makes a dazzling bouquet alone. 
384 — MASTERCREAM —Immense deep cream colored 
flowers beautifully waved and frilled. Price of any of the 
colors above. 
385 KING EDWARD —One of the most satisfactory deep 
rich reds ever introduced. 
"X-L" Spencer Sweet 
Peas grown by Mrs. 
Oscar Adolphson, 726 
6th Ave. So., Great 
Falls, Mont. Note the 
height of "X-L" Sweet 
Peas as compared 
with the house in 
the background. 
386— PINKIE. The largest variety in the deep pink class 
A very vigorous grower with flowers which are nicely 
waved. 
387— -POWER SCOUT. We regard this variety as the best 
388 — DOBBIES CREAM —Clear, pure rich cream. An old 
favorite. 
389 — ROYAL PURPLE. Without a doubt this is the finest 
rich royal purple. A large flowering variety. 
390 — NUBIAN. A distinct shade and the nearest shade 
to chocolate found in Sweet Peas. 
391 — SPENCER SHELL PINK —A delicate clear pink. 
392— SPENCER TRUE SALMON— One of the few Spencer 
sweet peas that can be called a true salmon pink. 
NEW PRICES ON ABOVE STRAIGHT 
VARIETIES 
With the exception of Chinese Blue 
Full packet, 5c; Vi oz., 20c; oz., 30c; V4 lb., 90c. 
Start some Window Boxes for color and fragrance 
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