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SWEET PEAS ... FOR DAINTINESS 
HOW TO GROW YOUR SWEET PEAS 
The soil for Sweet Peas should be rich and deep. A good rich loam, with plenty of well- 
rotted manure in it, is the ideal soil for raising good plants that will produce plenty of 
blossoms of good substance. Soils that are at all heavy are best dug in the autumn, and 
during the winter months a good dressing of bone meal and air-slacked lime should be 
given them. They should be in a position fully exposed to the sunlight and air on both sides 
of the row. 
W would recommend planting Sweet Peas not later than the last of February for good 
results. Sweet Peas planted in September and protected from severe frosts, although if 
they freeze down, they will sprout out from the root again, making a better growth than 
before. For early spring blooming plant January 1st. 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
Perennial Sweet Pea 
These are useful for covering walls, stumps 
or trellises. The large clusters of flowers are 
not fragrant like ordinary Sweet Peas. The 
plants will live for years. Fine for cut flowers. 
Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c; oz., 75c. 
Winter-Flowering or "Ex¬ 
tremely Early" Spencer 
Varieties 
These varieties will produce Sweet Peas 
fully five weeks ahead of the Summer-Flower¬ 
ing Spencers. When grown under glass dur¬ 
ing fall, winter and spring, they will continue 
to flower three or four months. 
Early Flowering Sweet Peas 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE. Soft rich rose-pink. Pkt., 
10c; 3 for 25c. 
ZVOLANEK'S ROSE. Giant rose pink, long 
stems. Pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c. 
GLORIA. A sparkling salmon rose. Pkt., 
10c; 3 for 25c. 
ALL WHITE. Largest pure white. Pkt., 10c; 
3 pkts., 25c; oz., 50c. 
NEW BLUE. Deep blue. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 
25c; oz., 90c. 
IMPERIAL PINK. Large clear pink. Pkt., 10c; 
3 pkts., 25c; oz., 90c. 
LADY GAY. Blush pink, suffused salmon. 
Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c. 
SWEET LAVENDER. Pure lavender self. Pkt., 
10c; 3 pkts., 25c; oz., 50c. 
GLITTERS. Cerise. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c; 
oz., 50c. 
GRENADIER. Dazzling scarlet. Pkt., 10c; 3 
pkts., 25c; oz., 50c. 
MIXED. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c; oz., 40c. 
Spencer Sweet Peas New 
and Standard Varieties 
The listed varieties are considered by ex¬ 
pert sweet pea authorities the best yet intro¬ 
duced. Our sweet peas are supplied by the 
most reputable and largest growers in the 
world. 
HIGHLANDER. Improved large lavender. 
WELCOME SCARLET. 
MARY PICKFORD. Cream-pink suffused sal¬ 
mon. 
GOLD CREST. Orange tinted salmon. 
AVALANCHE. Glistening white of great sub¬ 
stance. 
OLYMPIA ROYAL PURPLE. Purple. 
BRILLIANT ROSE DELMONTE. Salmon -cerise 
pink. 
RUBICUND. Deep crimson. 
CELEBRITY. Orange. 
PINKIE. Bright pink. 
SUNSET ROSE. Satiny Mauve. 
AMBITION. Rosy lavender-blue. 
HEAVENLY BLUE. Delphinium-blue. 
SUPREME. Pale pink. 
WHAT JOY. Cream. 
Price on above varieties, pkt., 10c; 3 for 
25c; 1/4 lb., 80c; lb., $3.00. 
Collection of the above 15 varieties, con¬ 
sidered the best for this climate, 15 pkts. for 
$ 1 . 00 , postpaid. 
Spencer or orchid flowered mixture, con¬ 
tains the greatest variety of colors ever of¬ 
fered. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c; 14 lb., 50c; lb.. 
Sweet William 
Grows 1 to 2 feet high and bears its flowers 
in clusters at the end of a stiff stem. Hardy 
perennial. Seed should be sown in the fall 
and transplanted in early spring. Will also 
bloom first year if sown early in spring. 
FINE DOUBLE, Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 
for 25c. 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES 
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Innoculate 
Sweet Peas 
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VERBENA—FLORADALE BEAUTY 
Texas Blue Bonnet— 
Lupinus Perennis 
"The Flower of Texas," 12 inches high. 
Blossoms are blue and fragrant; ideal for 
bouquets; will thrive in unfertile soil. Plant 
seed in January. Will bloom in June and 
July. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c; oz., 15c; lb., $1.50. 
Tithonia Fireball 
FIREBALL entirely overshadows the older, 
well-known and enjoyed Tithonia Speciosa. 
The last word in brilliance of color in a fall 
blooming plant poised like a ball of fire 
above other flowers. Fireball is a brilliant, 
vibrant shade of scarlet orange, the petals 
in dazzling contrast to the clear yellow center. 
The flowers are single, very large, 41/2 to 5 
inches in diameter, and are carried on long 
stems. The plants reach a height of 8 or 9 
feet, with a neat appearing growth of gray¬ 
ish green, woolly foliage. Tithonia Fireball is 
extremely showy in the garden and an excel¬ 
lent new cut flower variety and is destined 
to be one of the headline flowers of the 1939 
season. Pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c. 
Giant Mammoth Verbenas 
Very popular for massing in beds and 
flower boxes. Start blooming in early spring 
until late summer. Sow seed in 'January in 
boxes. 
VERBENA FLORADALE BEAUTY. A Giant 
Hybrid Verbena; size of heads measuring 
four inches across; plants producing abun¬ 
dance of flowers. Colors: Brilliant pink rose 
to deep rose. Profuse bloomer. Pkt., 25c; 5 for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
HYBRIDA GIANT. Scarlet, pink, cerise, pur¬ 
ple, yellow, white, mixed. Pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c; 
oz., 50c. 
$1.50. 
Vinca, or Periwinkle 
Highly ornamental, free-flowering, compact 
evergreen shrubs, with shining green foliage 
and handsome circular flowers; II /2 feet high. 
PURE WHITE. Beautiful pure white. Pkt., 
10c; 3 pkts., for 25c. 
ROSEA ALBA. White with crimson eye. 
Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
ROSEA. Rose with crimson eye. Pkt., 10c; 3 
pkts. for 25c. 
DELICATA. Soft pink. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts. for 
25c. 
Mixture of above colors, 10c; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
BELOW: TITHONIA FIREBALL 
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