ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
SWEET PEAS 
Giant Summer Flowering Spencer Types 
In view of the ever-increasing number of new Sweet Peas, 
we take pleasure in offering to our customers a select list of 
thirty-four choice varieties most suitable for general garden 
use. This list includes twenty-four varieties recommended for 
garden cultivation by the National Sweet Pea Society of 
England, plus nine varieties which we have added to round 
out the color group for American purposes. 
Strong vigorous growth of plant; long, stout flower stems 
and large flowers freely borne, are characteristic of all the 
varieties. 
In the descriptions we have mentioned the awards which the 
originators of these varieties have received. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
BLUE 
Blue Bell. Clear bright blue with a slight tinge of mauve on 
the standard. 
Amethyst. Bright clear amethyst blue with a slight tinge of 
mauve on the standard. In this Sweet Pea you are being 
offered something superior. 
Gleneagles. A most beautiful tone of light blue with just a 
suggestion of lavender. The flowers are exceptionally large; 
the standard broad and well expanded and frilled and waved 
to an extraordinary degree. Awarded First Class Certificate, 
Scottish National Sweet Pea Society Trials. 
The Admiral. Largest and best navy blue. The color is richer 
and deeper than Fortune. Award of Merit, Scottish National 
Sweet Pea Trials. Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society. 
CARMINE 
Damask Rose. The brightest rose carmine Sweet Pea. This is 
an outstanding pea. 
CERISE 
Beatall. Pale blush cerise with a suffusion of salmon and rose. 
A very rich and charming Sweet Pea. 
Charming. A bright rosy cerise. This sort carries fine bold 
flowers that are beautifully waved. 
Mrs. A. Searles. Salmon-cerise, merging into a soft orental- 
red. A remarkable and distinct color. No collection is com¬ 
plete without this beautiful Sweet Pea. 
Flamingo. Orange and scarlet, heavily shaded cerise. Abso¬ 
lutely sunproof. Certificate of Merit and Silver Medal Scottish 
National Sweet Pea Society Trials. 
CREAM 
What Joy. Primrose, shading to cream. A charming tone and 
so far the nearest approach to a true yellow. 
CRIMSON 
Rubicund. Rich crimson scarlet. This is an exceptionally good 
sweet pea, lacking nothing in size, shape, stems and vigor. 
Award of Merit, National Sweet Pea Society. 
Red Boy. The very best crimson. It is a first class Sweet Pea 
for all purposes, especially for general garden culture. Award 
of Merit. 
Sybil Henshaw. Glowing blood-red. This has superseded King 
Edward Spencer as the standard crimson. 
IVORY 
Ivory Picture. Rich ivory cream, flushed pink. Black seeded. 
LAVENDER 
Ambition. Rich deep lavender, with a darker shade on the 
base of the standard and wings when young, lessening as the 
bloom ages. Gold Medal and Award of Merit, National Sweet 
Pea Society Trials. 
Powerscourt. A clear pure lavender. Has been considered the 
best lavender for a number of years. It is still the most pop¬ 
ular. The flowers are very pure in color. 
MAROON 
Warrior. Rich chocolate maroon. A magnificent variety which 
has held its place and popularity for a number of years. 
MAUVE 
International. Rich deep rosy mauve. 
ORANGE 
Pirate Gold. Golden orange, deeper than Guinea Gold and 
lighter than Prince of Orange. It withstands our hot California 
sun better than any other variety in this color class. Its dis¬ 
tinct color is the most pleasing of the golden orange group. 
George Shawyer. A giant orange pink, the standard showing 
more orange than the wings. The flowers are perfectly formed 
and nicely placed. Award of Merit, National Sweet Pea So¬ 
ciety and the Royal Horticultural Society. 
PICOTEE 
Youth. The flower is strongly perfumed. It can be described 
as a white ground picotee but with slightly deeper color on 
the edges than its predecessor in this group. 
Sunkist. Similar to Youth, except that it has a cream ground. 
Both these Sweet Peas are dainty color combinations. 
PINK 
Pinl tie. Rose-pink with large and frilled flowers. This variety 
is seldom affected by weather conditions and first-class blooms 
can be cut all during its long blooming period. In every re¬ 
spect it is an outstanding variety. Silver Medal, Scottish 
National Sweet Pea Trials. 
Ascot. Clear deep bright pink with heavily waved flowers. 
Beauty. This is the largest and most vigorous blush pink 
Sweet Pea in existence and will displace all other varieties of 
similar color. 
Magnet. Richest, brightest and best cream pink. One of the 
best exhibition and garden varieties. The flowers are of the 
largest size. Gold Medal, Scottish National Sweet Pea Trials. 
Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society. 
Floratlale. A most artistic flower of rich salmon-pink on cream 
ground. It received the Award of Merit of the National Sweet 
Pea Society of Great Britain. 
Mayfair. The best, largest and richest colored shell-pink on 
white ground. Very sweetly scented. Award of Merit, Na¬ 
tional Sweet Pea Society Trials. 
Jack Ilobbs. Cream-pink, flushed scarlet. One of the largest 
Sweet Peas ever introduced. Gold Medal. Award of Merit, 
National Sweet Pea Society Trials. 
PURPLE 
Olympia. Deep rich purple of graceful form and immense size. 
Gold Medal, Scottish National Sweet Pea Trials. 
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