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Giant Spencer Sweet Peas 
STANDARD VARIETIES AND NOVELTIES 
Sweet Peas, gay and fragrant, are the most universally popular annual 
flowers cultivated. Inexpensive, easily and quickly grown from seed, thriv¬ 
ing in town or country gardens, supplying an abundance of continuous bloom 
for months — an adornment to garden, house or corsage. Is it any wonder 
that they are ‘‘everybody’s flowers,” and have been for generations? A few 
years ago, a paragon type appeared in the famous gardens of Earl Spencer, 
Northamptonshire, England. This newcomer, extremely beautiful, the 
fairest-formed and largest Sweet Pea ever grown, was named ‘‘Countess 
Spencer” and from this has sprung the glorified modern race of Giant Waved 
“Spencer” or “Orchid-flowered” Sweet Peas. 
The characteristics of the Spencer Sweet Peas, grown under congenial 
conditions are: robust.growth, the plants attaining a height of from G to 10 
feet, requiring for full development to be not ldss than G inches apart; a foot 
apart is better. The flowers are giants among Sweet Peas, measuring 2 to 
2 A inches across. They are beautifully formed and daintily waved. Three 
and often four or five of these queenly blossoms are borne on long, strong 
stems. 
The world-wide popularity of the new race of Giant Waved Spencer Sweet 
Reas, their sportive tendency and the ease with which they are hybridized or 
cross-bred, has resulted in the production of a legion of varieties by enthu¬ 
siasts and growers bpth in Europe and America. In consequence numbers 
ot varieties under different names have proven to be identical and many 
others are closely similar. Therefore in our effort to simplify this con¬ 
fusion of names we made a thorough study and comparison of hundreds of 
varieties grown at our trial grounds and after the name of the variety we 
otter is bracketed in italics the synonyms and those alike or ‘‘too near alike.” 
To aid in selecting certain colors, we submit the following key: 
Should the name of some old favorite be missing, by referring to its color 
class a similar and better variety may be selected. 
White.12-25-42-84 
Primrose and ivory... . . 11-18-G5-67 
Pale cream-pink.31-59-G0 
Deep cream-pink.13-47-19-55 
Lilac-blush.10-37 
Blush-pink.28-43 
P ,nl < . 14-22-35 
§ ose - ••••• . 49-73 
£ose with blush wings . 4-57 
Carmine.30-39 
£ e , nse .17-20-3G 
oalmon.2G-72-78 
^ange . 16-21-33-66-81 
^ arlet . 76-82 
k r ‘ ms °n . 40-52-79 
Ked maroon . 50-70-75 
Maroon . 41-63-64 
Purple and Dark mauve.. . 69-74-80 
Light mauve and heliotrope.. . .7-53 
Lavender and lilac_2-5-29-44-71 
Light blue.27-48-83 
Dark blue . 8-45 
Fancy or pastel . 1-9-32-68 
Picotee edged rose on white... 15-51 
“ blue on white.. . 61 
“ rose on yellow.. 38-58 
Striped, etc., red on white _ 3-56 
orange on white. 6-62 
“ maroon on white 77 
“ lavenderon white 23 
“ “ blue on white... 34—46 
“ rose on yellow. . 24-54 
HENDERSON’S NEW BOOKLET 
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Hendersonjs Packets of Named Sweet Peas 
contain 40 to 50 seeds ( except those specially noted) 
Afterglow. Banner, rosy-amethyst tinted ultramarine- 
violet at base; wings, peacock and electric blues. 
Alfred Watkins. A pure, clear, pale lavender, distinct 
from all others; largest waved flowers; strong grower 
America Spencer (Mrs. Wilcox; Yankee). Striped and 
flaked brilliant carmine-red over white; very large... . 
Apple Blossom Spencer (Arthur Unwin; Colleen). Ban¬ 
ner bright rose color; wings creamy-blush ; a very 
robust, profuse and large flowering “Bi-color” . 
Asta Ohn (Masterpiece; Mrs. Charles Foster; Nettie Jen¬ 
kins). One of the best lavender Spencers; an exquisite 
rosy-lavender; flowers large and well waved.. . . 
Aurora Spencer (Peter Blair). Strongly flaked and 
striped bright orange-rose on white; large waved flowers 
Bertrand Deal. Large waved flowers of an exquisite 
pinkish-lilac suffused with soft rosy-mauve. 
Captain of the Blues Spencer (Waverly Spencer; Mrs. 
Waller Wright Spencer). Banner maroon-purple; 
wings magenta-purple; very large flowers. 
Charles Foster. Of the “fancy” or “pastel” class: 
apricot-pink flushed with lilac-blush and mauve.. . . 
Charm (Agricola). Very daintily colored blush-white, 
flushed with rosy-lilac. 
Clara Curtis (Isabel Malcolm; Paradise Cream, etc.). 
The best primrose-yellow. 
Constance Hinton. A fine, large, dark seeded, white 
sometimes flushed when opening. (30 seeds to pkt.). . 
Constance Oliver (Holdfast Beauty; Nell Gwynne). 
Rich, bright “cream-pink”; vigorous grower. 
Countess Spencer (Enchantress; Paradise; Pink Pearl), 
ft re-selected, improved strain of this grand original 
pink Spencer”. 
Dainty Spencer (Elsie Herbert; E. J. Deal'; Picotee). 
Very large, splendidly formed flowers of blush-white; 
distinctly picotee edged with carmine-rose. 
Dazzler (Edna Unwin; Prince of Orange; Kilty Clive). 
Extra fine large flowers of lively coloring; banner glow- 
ing cerise-orange; wings rose-orange; very profuse . .. 
Decorator (Rose Diamond ) . (See “ B" colored plate and 
page 118).;. 
Dobbies Cream. (See "C” colored plate and page 118). . 
Duplex Spencer (Mary Garden). A lovely deep “cream- 
pink,” pinkish-salmon suffused rosy-apricot; the flow¬ 
ers are very large and many are doubled.. 
Edith Taylor (Mrs. Jessopp). Extra fine and large flow¬ 
ers of rich salmon-rose or cerise; a very lively warm 
color; strong grower and free bloomer. 
Edrom Beauty (Helen Grosvenor; Orange Perfection). 
Lovely large rose-orange or salmon colored flowers; 
considered a little richer in coloring than Helen Lewis 
Elfrida Pearson. (See “D” colored plate and page 118) . . 
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