HENDERSOH’S CREAM OF THE SWEET PEAS. 
ish> cllmlwrH, 1 to C, feet high, flowering through summer and autumn from seed sown in the spring. An ounce of Sweet Peas contains about 300 seeds . nm a 
a Kiiigie row 20 to 25 feet long. Our packets of all (excepting the Novelties) are liberal, containing about 75 seeds, enough to sow a single row 6 to 6 feet long *° 
SPEC IA Li NOTICE of out* J4EW DEPAf*TUF*E In offering only the Cream of the Sujeet Peas. 
1 here are too many so-called varieties of Sweet Peas offered to the public. Many of them are so nearly alike that an expert can scarcely distimmui 
il I’art. and we led that it is time to commence culling out. Still we have full crops of all Sweet Peas mentioned on this page, including those j 
D iscarded. Tile price for any of the discarded varieties will be 5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. maikea 
Till: BEST WHITE. 
Emily Henderson. {Nee cul.) Aliso- 
lutely pure white. The flowers, borne 
on long stiff stems, are kxtha lakgk, 
with broad, round standards that stand 
up boldly. The plants are robust, com¬ 
pact and branching, producing such a 
prodigal abundance of flowers that the 
plants appear as if covered with snow, 
in KAULiNKss i t outrivals all competitors, 
and continues to flower for months. It 
has received more enthusiastic praise 
tlian any Sweet Pea introduced for 
years, not only from private growers 
and professional gardeners, but from 
the horticultural press of the world. 
Price, 5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Blanche Burpee. Large flowers of 
shell-form, usually with a slight pink 
tinge. Price, 5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED : A Iba Magn ifica, Old 
Whih:, Queen of England, Mrs. Sankey and 
The Bride. 
THE BEST FLUSHED WHITE. 
Duchess of York. An immense ex¬ 
panded shell-formed flower, white, deli¬ 
cately flushed and barred with blush 
Pink. Price, 5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Alice Eckford. Large, round,expanded 
flower; standard creamy white, flushed 
apricot pink. Price, 10c. per pkt., 25c. 
per oz. 
Countess of Aberdeen. Pound hooded 
standard; blush pink > with darker 
pink margin; wings peach-blossom 
pink. Price, 10c. per pkt., 25c. peroz. 
DISC A UDED : Crown Princess of Prus¬ 
sia, Delight, Fairy Queen and Lemon Queen. 
THE BEST PRIMROSE YELLOW. 
Mrs. Eckford. A largo flower of a 
charming primrose yellow; strong 
grower; profuse. Price, 6c. per pkt. 
10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Primrose. 
THE BEST WITH RED OR ROSE STANDARDS 
AND WHITE WINGS. 
Blanche Perry. Deep rosy red stand¬ 
ards ; blush white wings; exceedingly 
profuso. Price, 5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
41 Extra Early” Blanche Perry. A selec¬ 
tion from the abovo ; of very dwarf, compact 
habit, and the earliest Sweet Pea in bloom. 
Splendid for forcing under glass. Price, 6c. per 
pkt., 15c. per oz. 
Bronze King*. Standards of a peculiar coppery 
rose ; wings white; very robust and profuse. Price 
5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Xiittle Dorrit. Large expanded shell-formed standard 
of bright rosy pink ; wings white, slightly flushed. Price, 
loc. per pkt., 50c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Apple Blossom , Crown Jewel, Duke of York, 
Empress of India, Nelly Jaynes, Painted Lady and Lady Beacons- 
field. 
THE BEST LIGHT PINK. 
Eliza Eckford. Very distinct ami beautiful. Stand¬ 
ards blush pink, flaked and shaded deeper pink ; 
wings blush white, veined rose. Price, 5c. per pkt.’ 
10c. per oz. 
Katherine Tracy. Exquisite soft pink ; a large, 
hold, perfect flower of much substance. Our 
ropeated trials have shown it to stand our hot 
sun without wilting or fading, a great fault with 
Mr. Eckford’s delicate pinks in our climate. Price 
6c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Venus. Large shell-formed flower of soft rosy buff. 
Price, 6c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED : Blushing Beauty, Isa Eckford, Mrs. 
Gladstone, Peach Blossom and Princess Beatrice. 
THE BEST SALMON PINK. 
Dady Penzance. A beauty. Standard deep bright 
orange-tinted rose : wings deeper rosy carmine ; a 
large flower. Price, 6c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Meteor. Large, round, expanded flower; standards 
orange pink ; wings cerise pink. Price, 6c. per pkt 
10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED : Orange Prince and Rising Sun. 
THE BEST DEEP PINK. 
Royal Robe. A fine shell-formed flower of an ex¬ 
quisite shade of deep rosy pink. Price, 6c. per pkt., 
10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Adonis, Oddity. 
THE BEST ROSY CARMINE. 
Novelty. Rich rosy red of an orange tinge, a very 
bright color. Price, 6c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Her Majesty. A lai*ge, bold flower ; standard bright 
rosy carmine ; wings carmine lake. Price, 5c. per 
pkt., 10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Duchess of Edinburgh, Miss Hunt, 
Ovid, Princess Victoria, Splendor. 
THE BEST CRIMSON SCARLET. 
Firefly. An intense glowing crimson scarlet; large 
flower; aprofuse bloomer. Price, 5c. per pkt., 10c. 
per oz. 
DISCARDED : Cardinal, Ignea, Invincible Carmine, 
Scarlet Invincible. 
THE BEST WHITE AND RED STRIPED. 
America. Large, bold flower ; white ground, striped 
with bright blood-red. Price, 10c. per pkt., 26c. 
per oz. 
Daybreak. Standard white, watered ami 
netted with crimson lake; wings whim 
clouded red. Price, 15c. per pkt W 
per oz. '* 
DISCARDED: Red Striped. White In. 
vincible Striped, American Belle, Queen of 
THE BEST PINK AND WHITE STRIPED 
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain. A i ar « ft 
round, shell-shaped flower of line form- 
white ground, striped and shaded with 
bright rose. Price, 6c. per pkt, lOc 
per oz. u 
Mikado. Large, expanded, shell-formed 
of rosy salmon, striped white. P r i CA ’ 
15c. per pkt., 30c. per oz. 
Ramona. Large, shell-shaped flower 
creamy white, delicately striped and 
flaked with carmine blush. Price lOc 
per pkt., 25c per oz. 
DISCARDED: Gaiety. 
THE BEST WHITE WITH LILAC BLUE 
Butterfly. White, flushed with rosv 
lavender and edged with blue. Price 
5c per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Gray Friar. Large, shell-shaped flower 
white clouded and minutely dotted with 
reddish lilac. Price, 10c. per pkt. 25c 
per oz. 
Lottie Eckford. White, suffused rosy 
lilac ; whole flower edged blue. Price 
6c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Captain Clarke, Splendid 
Lilac. 
THE BEST LAVENDER OR MAUVE. 
Celestial. Round, shell-shaped flowers • 
standards delicate lavender blue; wings 
silvery lavender. Price, 6c. per pkt., 10c 
per oz. 
DISCARDED: Countess of Radnor 
Princess May. 
THE BEST HELIOTROPE. 
Dorothy Tennant. Very large, round 
shell-formed flower of rosy heliotrope’ 
deepening as the flowers age. Price, 5c! 
per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Emily Eckford. A superb large flower; 
standard rosy heliotrope; wings bluish 
heliotrope. The flowers become more 
blue with age. Price, 6c. per pkt., 10c. 
per oz. 
DISCARDED: Princess Louise, The Queen . 
THE BEST BLUE. 
Captain of the Blues. Large, expanded, 
shell-formed flower ; standard purplish blue; 
wings deep blue. Price, 5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz! 
DISCARDED : Light Blue with Purple, Imperial 
Blue, Mad. Carnot. 
THE BEST PURPLE WITH MAROON. 
Monarch. Very large, round, expanded flower; 
standard maroon purple ; wings plum purple. Price’ 
5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Bronze Prince, Purple Black, Purple Prince 
Indigo King. 
THE BEST MAROON. 
Stanley. A magnificent large flower; standard rich 
mahogany brown ; wings garnet maroon. Price, 5c. 
per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
Duke of Clarence. A large, sbell-sliaped, hooded 
flower of velvety purplish maroon. Price, 6c. per pkt., 
10c. per oz. DISCARDED : Boreatton. 
THE BEST CLARET. 
Captivation. Large, expanded, shell-formed flower; 
standard purplish claret; wings purplish lake. Price, 
15c. per pkt., 30c. per oz. 
Waverly. Immense, open, shell-formed flower; stand¬ 
ard rosy claret; wings reddish purple. Price, 6c. per 
pkt., 10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Carmen Sylva, Etna, Vesuvius, Violet 
Queen. 
THE BEST STRIPED PURPLE, BROWN AND WHITE. 
Princess of Wales. Large flower; profuse bloomer; 
white ground, striped blue, indigo and chestnut. 
Price, 10c. per pkt. 
Senator. Very robust and profuse ; white ground, 
striped with mahogany and chocolate. Price, oc. 
per pkt., 10c. per oz. 
DISCARDED: Purple Striped, Black, Brown Striped. 
For Collections of Sweet Peas and Mixtures, see top of opposite page (105). 
