ANNUAL AND PEREN NIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
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. 
WHITE AND CREAM SHADES 
Sextet Queen. Pure white flowers of perfect form and of great 
substance. Normally produce five-flowered stems when grown under 
ordinary conditions. Black seeded. Award of Merit, National Sweet 
Pea Society Trials. 
Avalanche. ... Immense glistening white flowers. The blooms are 
very frilled. White seeded. 
What Joy. Primrose, shading to cream. A charming tone and so 
far the nearest approach to a true yellow. 
ORANGE AND SALMON SHADES 
Pirate Gold. Golden orange, deeper than Guinea Gold and lighter 
than Princes of Orange. It withstands hot sun better than any 
other variety in this color class. Its distinct color is the most pleas¬ 
ing 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 Society and the Royal 
Horticultural Society, 
Smiles. Clear glistening salmon, best describes this exquisite variety. 
The large flowers are beautifully waved and fluted. Award of 
Merit. 
SALPIGLOSSIS — Mixed Colors 
CERISE SHADES 
Beatall. Pale blush cerise with a suffusion of salmon and rose. 
A very rich and charming Sweet Pea. 
Charming. A bright rose cerise. This sort carries fine bold flowers 
that are beautifully waved. 
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 Ol 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 plants: long, stout flower stems and 
large flowers freely borne, are characteristic of all the varieties. 
CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS 
Sow as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared in 
rich deeplv worked soil with good drainage. Cover the seeds about 
2 inches deep with fine soil and supply support to the growing vines 
before they grow too large. Keep well watered during dry periods. 
One ounce of seed will plant a row about 10 feet long. 
All Colors: Pkt. 10c; or,, 20c. 
PINK SHADES 
Pinkie. Rose-pink with large and frilled flowers This variety 
is seldom affected by weather conditions and first-class blooms can 
he cut all during its long blooming period. Silver Medal, Scottish 
National Sweet Pea Trials. „ . p 
Beauty. This is the largest and most vigorous pink Sweet e,i 
in existence and will displace all other varieties ot similar coor 
Magnet. Richest, brightest and best cream pink. One of the best 
exhibition and garden varieties. The flowers arc of the laiges 
S!7.e. Gold Medal, Scottish National Sweet Pea 1 rials. Award of 
Merit, Royal Horticultural Society. 
Floradale. A most artistic flower of rich salmon-pink on cieam 
ground. It received the Award of Merit of the National Sweet I < a 
Society of Great Britain. 
Mavfair. The best, largest and richest colored shell-nink on white 
ground. Very sweetly scented. Award of Merit, National Swee 
Pea Society Trials. 
lack Hobbs. Cream-pink, flushed scarlet. One of the large t Swee 
Peas ever introduced. Gold Medal. Award of Merit, National Sweet 
Pea Society Trials. 
LAVENDER AND BLUE SHADES 
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 
TTirisl s 
Powerscourt. A clear pure lavender. Has been considered the best 
lavender for a number of years. It is still the most popular. The 
Amethyst^ 6 IrigMdiS- 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 sov- 
gestion of lavender. The flowers are exceptionally large; the stand¬ 
ard broad and well expanded and' frilled and waved to an extra¬ 
ordinary degree. 
Mrs. A. Searles. Salmon-cerise, merging into a soft oriental-red. 
A remarkable and distinct color. No collection is complete with¬ 
out this beautiful Sweet Pea. 
Flamingo. Orange and scarlet, heavily shaded cerise. Absolutely 
sunproof. Certificate of Merit and Silver 'Medal, Scottish National 
Sweet Pea Society Trials. 
RED SHADES 
Dama'k Rose. The brightest rose carmine Sweet Pea. This is an 
outstanding pea. 
Rubicund Rich crimson scarlet. This is an exceptionally good 
sweet pea, lacking nothing in size, shape, stem and vigor. Award 
of Merit, National Sweet Pea Society. 
Red Boy. The very best crimson. It is 
for all purposes, especially for general 
of Merit. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c. 
a first class Sweet Pea 
garden culture. Award 
SWEET PEAS 
N1TRAGIN WILL GIVE YOU BETTER SWEET’ PEAS 
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