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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO 
Winter Sweet Peas Summer Sweet Peas 
Our list of Early Flowering Sweet Peas Is short for the very 
important reason that we list ONLY the very best variety in each 
color. Although short our list covers every known color. 
AMERICAN BEAUTY—The best rich crimson-rose. 
BALL ROSE IMPROVED—Largest and best cerise-pink. 
BOY BLUE—Best and largest dark blue. 
BURPEE’S ORANGE—The best clear orange. 
BURPEE’S SALMON—Best light salmon. 
BRIGHT LIGHT—The best flaming scarlet. 
ELK PURPLE—Best purple. 
HOPE—The best black seeded pure white. 
LADY GAY—The best soft pink or blush pink. 
LADDIE—Best light rose-pink. 
LADDIE IMPROVED—Best rich rose-pink. 
MRS. C. COOLIDGE—The best rich salmon-pink. 
MRS. H. HOOVER—The best deep clear blue. 
SIARINER—Best clear marine blue. (Mid-blue). 
MEMORY—Best clear rosy lavender. Wavy flowers. 
MISS ALABAMA—Best chocolate maroon. 
ORANGE KING—Glowing intense deep orange. The best deep orange. 
ORIENTAL—Best deep cream. Black seeded. 
PRIDE—Best, pure, deep, even cerise. 
PEACHES—Best deep cream. (Bright apricot-rose). 
PERFECTION—Best carmine-rose. 
RED CROSS—Best deep crimson-scarlet. 
SILVER KING—'Best light blue. 
SUNRAY—Best pure cerise. 
SUPREME ORANGE—The best cerise-orange. 
WHITE CHAMPION—Best white seeded pure white. 
ZVOLANEK’S SALMON—Best cerise salmon. 
ZVOLANEK’S ROSE—Displaced by the variety Laddie. 
WINTER FLOWERING MIXED—Perfect blend of colors, light Flor¬ 
ists’ shades predominating. 
PRICE: Any variety: Oz. 30c; lb. $3.50; % oz. 15c. 
We sell half ounces at ounce rate, quarter and half pounds at 
pound rate. 
Our list of Summer or Late Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas rep¬ 
resents the best there is in this class of Peas. Because w T e list only 
the best variety in each color, our list is not as long as some. 
ADMIRAL (THE)—Best dark violet-blue. 
AMBITION—Best rosy-lavender. 
BEAUTY—Best blush-pink. 
BLACK DIAMOND—Best dark maroon. 
CAPRI—Best light blue. 
CAPTAIN BLOOD—Best brilliant crimson-scarlet. 
CHIEFTAIN—Best pure mauve. 
DERBY DAY—Best deep crimson. 
ECSTASY—Best deep blush-pink. 
EOSINE—Best light cerise. 
EXCELSIOR—Best orange-scarlet 
FLORADALE—Best deep cream-pink 
FORTUNE—Best navy blue. 
GOLD CREST—'Best salmon. 
GOLDEN WINGS—Best pure orange. 
HIGHLANDER—Best clear lavender. 
JUMBO—Best deep cerise. 
LIFE—Best cerise-scarlet. 
MELODY—Best apricot-pink 
OLYMPIA—Best purple. 
PRINCE OF ORANGE—Best deep orange. 
PINK FRILLS—Best deep salmon-pink. 
PINKIE—Best rose-pink. 
REFLECTION—Best clear mid-blue. 
RUFFLED BEAUTY—Best light cream-pink. 
RUFFLED CARMINE—Best rose-carmine. 
RUFFLED ROSE—Best rich rose. 
RUFFLED WHITE—Best pure white. White seeded. 
WELCOME—Best dazzling scarlet. 
WHAT JOY—Best deep rich cream. 
YOUTH—Best picotee. Rose on white ground. 
ANY OF THE ABOVE: T. pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. $1.00. 
Our List of Early Winter Flowering f,^iude P thl 
choicest, well-tried dependable varieties only. An oz. of seed con¬ 
tains 370 to 420 peas. 
EXCELLENT NEW WINTER PEAS 
SUNPROOF ORANGE—'Bright crimson orange holding its color from 
bud stage until the aged flower reveals the seed pod. Stems long 
and strong. At present the best in this color. T. pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; 
lb. $4.60. 
MOTHER MACHREE—Soft, salmon pink, flowers large, perfectly 
formed semi-duplex. At present the best in its color class. T. pkt. 
15c; oz. 40c; lb. $4.00. 
SUMMER FLOWERING SPENCER PEAS in choicest mixture. T. 
pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.40. 
GRANDIFLORA PEAS MIXED—T. pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 60c. 
CUPID SWEET PEAS MIXED—These grow only foot high, have a 
spread of two feet per plant, flowers large in many colors. T. pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.40. 
HARDY PERENNIAL SWEET PEAS also called Everlasting Peas 
are high class for any kind of flower work Listed under the name 
“Lathyrus Latifolius” on page 89. 
RUFFLED OR DOUBLE—Sweet Peas are listed by us in the gen¬ 
eral offer. This class represents an immense advance and growers 
will find growing these double sweet peas profitable. The frilli- 
ness and duplexness of the flowers that are carried on long, strong 
stems, 4 to 5 per stem, imparts a double appearance to the flowers. 
Greatly admired by all flower lovers. Try. If you will you will 
be well repaid. The seed costs no more than the seed of other 
Sweet Peas. 
SWEET PEAS UNDER GLASS Good drainage, the 
soil worked 18 in. 
deep or deeper, enriched with 30% of rotted cow manure and tramp¬ 
ing down the soil FIRMLY is the key of success. Also 6 to 8 ft. of 
headroom. 
Soak the soil thoroughly before sowing. Few days after that, 
when the soil Is only moderately moist sow in rows running north 
and south and cover the seed 2 inches deep. Sow in shallow trenches 
2-3 In. deep, fill up these trenches with dirt about 45 days after 
planting. NEVER sow In wet or loose soli. Have the rows 15-18 
in. apart. Start watering only when the seeds are half inch out of 
the soil then water only about once a week soaking the soil thor¬ 
oughly. Thin out to at least 6 In. apart In the rows. When the 
plants begin to bloom use liquid cow manure once a week. Keep 
the soil stirred, do not allow any crust to form. In the fall when 
the weather is cloudy some of the buds will be dropping. To min¬ 
imize this trouble keep the house on the dry side, STOP WATERING 
and wait 'till the top soil is dry 3-5 in. deep, then pour water in 
trenches from underneath. Ventilate all you can but avoid drafts. 
Draft is fatal to all greenhouse crops. Sow In September to get a 
heavy crop of blooms for Christmas. Always soak the seed for 6-10 
hours, use only swelled seed and chip or file seeds that did not swell 
up, drop them back into water, sow when they are swelled up. SWEET 
PEAS OUTDOORS—About the middle of March place 6 seeds In a 
4 in. pot, thin out later, leaving only 3 strongest plants. Place pots 
In cold frame, field plant early in May, do not allow your plants to 
suffer from lack of moisture, mulch when hot weather sets In, have 
the plants 10-15 inches apart in the rows. Remove all poor flowers 
promptly. 
LATE SWEET PEAS UNDER GLASS 
FRESH SEEDS strongly germinating is what we send out. Fresh 
seeds are “up” sooner and produce strong plants with a negligible 
amount of weak plants that must be thrown away. This is worth 
considering when it comes to flower seeds of which the price is 
high, like petunias, cinerarias, gloxinia, etc. 
TROLLIUS seed must go through frost before it will germinate. 
T. Ledebouri being an exception. The best time to sow is late in 
the fall just before the ground freezes up hard. 
Sown about foot apart at the same time with Early Winter 
Flowering Peas, after Chrysanthemums, these Late Sweet Peas 
being of less rapid growth will not interfere with the growth of 
the Early kind, until the Early ones are almost exhausted. Then 
the robust growing Late, will overtake the played out Earlies and 
you will get a heavy crop of high class bloom in May and June. 
LATE SWEET PEAS will produce fine flowers sown late in winter 
with spring not far off. Sown under glass in summer, will make 
lots of vines, but never a flower. 
THIS CATALOG 
I n flip, 6 n iifk Early Flowering Sweet Peas, sown after 
ah me >juuiii danger of heavy frost Is past, will pro¬ 
duce In the open a crop of flowers two weeks ahead of Late Spencers. 
of ours consisting of 32 pages is only a “sample.” 
We have a real catalog of 120 pages that costs 
money to print but which you can have for 
nothing if you will write and ask for a copy. 
STREPTOCARPUS HYBR1DUS 
8TREPTOCARPUS—Winter blooming greenhouse plant. Flowers 
large, trumpet shaped in shades of violet, pink rose down to pure 
white. What we offer is seed saved from the finest, large flowered 
hybrids, the best money can buy. Treat same as Gloxinia. Seed 
very fine. Height 1 ft. T. pkt. 25c; oz. $2.00. 
Our big catalog describes thousands of vege¬ 
table varieties and thousands of flowers. It con¬ 
tains information some of such nature that you 
will not find anywhere else. 
Please Write For Our 
BIG CATALOG 
FLOWER GROWERS 
you will profit by reading 
bulletin of the Connecticut 
Experiment Station No. 380 entitled “Sand Culture of Seed¬ 
lings” in which it is shown that you can get a 100% stand 
even when sowing seeds that are difficult to germinate and 
as a rule expensive. The bulletin is free. Write to: State 
Experiment Station, Storrs, Conn. 
SOABIOSA COLUMBARIA—A beauty among beauties, a high class 
florists’ flower. But with us here in Iowa, winter-kills every time. 
Try It. If it proves hardy In your locality you will see some real 
flowers. 
