Patience, Rich Soil, and Water Make Good Outdoor Stocks 
Sweet Peas 
The Twentieth-Century Method of Growing Sweet Peas 
For Early Blooms. Place three seeds in a 
small pot of soil in the house about March 1. 
If all three seeds germinate, pull out the two 
weakest plants and retain the strongest. As 
soon as the second set of leaves has formed, 
plunge the young plants, with the pots, in a 
coldframe protected by sash, where they can 
be hardened off. Lift the sash during the 
sunny hours of the day and water carefully. 
Set the plants out in the open about April 
15, and space them 6 inches apart in the row. 
General Culture 
Four ounces of seed will sow a single row of 
100 feet 
The ground where Sweet Peas are to be 
grown should be well prepared—if possible, 
the fall previous. Deep spading or plowing 
Constance Hinton. Extra-large, black- 
seeded, white variety of fine form. 
Gigantic. White of wonderful purity; very 
large flowers. 
King White. Strong and very free flowering. 
CREAM 
Floradale Fairy, Improved. The most 
deeply colored cream variety. 
Mastercream. Large, cream-colored flow¬ 
ers, mostly double and frilled. 
Sunkist. Large, rich cream flower, with 
clearly defined pink picotee edge. 
LIGHT CERISE 
Hawlmark Cerise. A charming variety 
with large flowers of a glowing rose-cerise 
on a creamy ground. 
BLUSH-PINK 
Ecstasy. Charming blush-pink shade. 
Valentine. Beautifully waved flushed pink 
flowers. 
CREAM-PINK 
Mary Pickford. Dainty cream-pink, with 
slight suffusion of salmon. 
Picture. The giant flowers are exquisitely 
frilled and are a blend of cream and pink 
shades. 
is very essential, for the roots love to pene¬ 
trate into the cooler part of the soil. Manure 
placed at a considerable depth will help to 
draw the roots downward. Sweet Peas love 
sun, therefore they should always be planted 
where they are exposed to the sun all day. 
Sow Seeds Early. Sweet Peas produce 
their strongest roots during the cool, moist 
months of spring, so planting should take 
place as soon as the land can be worked. A 
little frost will do no harm to Sweet Peas. 
After the soil has been carefully smoothed 
and raked, draw a line for a straight row and 
sow three seeds every 6 inches in the row. 
Do not cover the seed with more than ^ inch 
of soil, and if more than one plant should 
appear in each spot, carefully destroy all but 
one specimen so that one plant shows every 
6 inches in the row. 
DEEP PINK 
Bonnie Lassie. Rich pink of exceptional 
purity, enhanced by a glittering sheen and i 
a white ground visible at the base. 
Hawlmark Pink. A beautiful shade of 
rose-pink. 
Hawlmark Salmon-Pink. Rich deep pink, 
attractively tinted with salmon and orange. 
Pinkie. Large, deep rose-pink blooms. 
ROSE 
Renown. Large carmine-rose flowers, beau¬ 
tifully waved. 
Sunset. Rich rose flowers with golden 
blotch at base of standard. 
SALMON 
Barbara. Superb salmon-colored variety. 
ORANGE 
Fordhook Orange. Perhaps this variety is 
the finest orange Sweet Pea. 
Tangerine Improved. Similar in color to 
the Tangerine orange. 
SCARLET 
Mrs. C. P. Tomlin. The flowers are of giant 
size, true Spencer type, and scarlet, suf¬ 
fused fiery red. 
DEEP CERISE 
Royal Scot. The flowers are a deep cerise, 
closely approaching a deep scarlet. 
CRIMSON 
Charity. Very vigorous plants which pro¬ 
duce large, well-waved, rich brilliant crim¬ 
son flowers on very long stems. 
Red Ensign. An outstanding crimson 
Sweet Pea. 
BLUE 
Blue Stone. Pleasing shade of aniline-blue, 
flushed bluish violet. 
Mrs. Tom Jones. This is a first-class rich 
blue variety. 
New Wedgwood. The flowers are bright 
delphinium-blue in color. 
LAVENDER 
Colne Valley. The color is a most pleasing 
shade of lavender. 
Powerscourt. A pure lavender self-colored 
variety with flowers of mammoth size. 
DARK BLUE 
Commander Godsall. The color is an at¬ 
tractive shade of deep violet-blue. 
PURPLE 
Royal Purple. Rich purple. Grows freely; 
blooms profusely. 
BICOLOR 
Sparkler. The standard is bright rose and 
the wings a lovely shade of rose-cream. 
HUNT'S PERFECTION SPENCER MIXED 
This mixture contains the cream of the 
very finest Spencer varieties. For those who 
desire a grand variety of colors, this mixture 
cannot fail to please. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; 
MIb. 75 cts.; Ib. $2.50. 
Use BENTLEY’S IMPORTED 
SWEET PEA MANURE for good 
results. 56 lbs. $8 
Sweet Peas 
Spencer Sweet Peas, “The Up-To-Date Selection" 
It would be impossible to list all the varieties of Sweet Peas, so we give what we 
consider to be the cream of the best sorts, both of the standard kinds and those of 
recent introduction. 
Spencer Sweet Peas, each, pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 50 cts., unless otherwise noted 
WHITE 
FLOWER SEEDS 
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