^^Flower Seeds for Florists** 
EARLY or WINTER PEAS 
(350 Seeds 
All our Sweet Pea seed, is treated with Cuprocide (Red Copper 
Oxide) unless otherwise requested. 
A Jan. or Feb. sowing of this class will flower 
freely by Mother’s Day. 
Don’t overlook the value of the Earlies for late planting. They 
will, of course, not get so long stemmed as an earlier planting; 
neither will they require so much headroom, 4-5 ft. usually being 
enuf. This is the planting with which to use the lates. 
Per Ounce) 
* Tahoe. Fine dark blue for spring; not extra early. % oz., 30c; 
1 oz., 40c; 4 ozs., $1.25; 1 lb., $4.75. 
*Treasure Island (New). Sparkling golden orange; outstand¬ 
ing for stem length, and large flowers. V 2 oz., 50c; 1 oz., 90c; 
4 ozs., $3.20; 1 lb. $12.00. 
Vivian (New). Unusually long-stemmed deep carmine-rose. 
V 2 oz., 30c; 1 oz., 40c; 4 ozs., $1.25; 1 lb. $4.75. 
* Daphne. Soft salmon-pink on cream; fine for stem and flower 
size. V 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb. $3.50. 
The 12 Best Varieties 
Our cultures at West Chicago annually include 50,000 square 
feet of glass devoted to growing Early Sweet Peas for market. 
On the basis of this experience together with your demand for 
them, we have selected the following varieties as the 12 Best for 
the season. We realize the importance of good varieties in plantings 
of Peas and have considered carefully those that follow; we believe 
you will find all of them worth-while in their color classes. 
In Ordering Sweet Pea seed don’t forget that there are two 
distinct classes, Early or Winter-flowering and Late or Sum¬ 
mer flowering. State Which is Wanted. If you are not 
familiar with the best kinds and wish us to make selections 
for you, we shall gladly do so. 
Ball Rose Queen. Our greenhouse selections give us this fine 
long-stemmed clear rose a distinct improvement, particularly in 
stem length over any others of this color class. Supply limited 
until new crop about August 1st. ^ oz. only 40c. 
Laddie Improved. Extra long fine rose-pink. % oz., 20c; 1 oz., 
30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Sequoia. Quite large flowered attractive salmon-rose. % oz., 
20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Boon. Deep salmon-rose on cream; large flowered. V 2 oz., 20c; 
1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Bridesmaid. Delightful silvery pink, very large flowers. % oz., 
20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Ball White. Finest large pure white; white seeded. V 2 oz., 25c; 
1 oz., 35c; 4 ozs., $1.20; 1 lb., $4.00. 
Ball Rose Improved. Deep bright rose, strong free flowering. 
V 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 Ih., $3.50. 
Triumph. Long-stemmed attractive lilac-mauve. oz., 20c; 
1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 Ih., $3.50. 
Ball Orange Improved. The only early clear true orange. ^4 oz., 
25c; 1 oz., 35c; 4 ozs., $1.20; 1 lb., $4.00. 
Harmony. Best commercial lavender; early and free flowering. 
y 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb. $3.50. 
Mrs. Hoover. Best early blue; strong grower. % oz., 20c; 1 oz., 
30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Princess Blue. Light lavender-blue. Extra large. % oz., 30c; 
1 oz., 40c; 4 ozs., $1.25; 1 lb., $4.75. 
12 Best Mixture. Carefully blended mixture predominating in 
the more valuable cut flower colors from our 12 Best list. % oz., 
20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Novelties 
The following varieties have proven outstanding in our prelimi¬ 
nary trials and we recommend them to you as promising. 
Bacchus. (New). Extra deep maroon-purple; large flowered. 
V 2 oz., only 30c. Supply limited. 
*BIue Danube. A showy deep clear blue; excellent growth. 
% oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Redwood (New). Extra large flowered deep crimson. %oz., 20c; 
1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
Sunproof Orange. With slight scarlet-cerise shading. % oz., 
20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 
GENERAL LIST (Except “12 Best”) 
American Beauty. Fine American Beauty rose. 
Amethyst. Rich bright purple. 
Annie Laurie. Bright rose-pink. 
Apollo. Salmon-cerise; fine for spring. 
Attraction. Rich long-stemmed salmon-rose. 
Aurora. Orange—scarlet striped. 
Bright Light. Vivid orange-scarlet. 
Chevalier. Dark rose. 
Columbia. Rose and white bicolor. 
Eileen. Rich Begonia rose. 
Eleanor Blue. Nice light blue for spring flowering. 
Flamingo. Orange-salmon; long-stemmed. 
Fragrance. Fine lavender for spring blooming. 
Giant Rose. Extra large rose; medium stem. 
Grenadier. Poppy scarlet. 
Harlequin. Chocolate bicolor; attractive novelty. 
*Hope. Fine white; black-seeded and easy to germinate. 
Jeanne Mamitsch. Clear Rose, long stems. 
*Josie. Longest stemmed clear rose-pink. 
Majestic Rose. Fine large flowered heavy stemmed rose-pink. 
Maroon Prince. Dark maroon, rather heavy. 
Michigan. Large lavender. 
Mrs. Holscher. Very large rose-pink. 
Mrs. Kerr. Salmon. 
Oriental. Black-seeded cream. 
* Pride. Extra long-stemmed brilliant cerise. 
Prosperity. Soft glowing rose-cream. 
Red Bird. Crimson-red. 
Snowstorm. White-seeded white. 
Springsong. Prefer Boon. 
Success. Extra bright deep rose-pink. 
Sunray. Light cerise, fine long stem. 
Top Hat. Deep bright violet-blue; fine growth and strong color. 
* White Harmony. Longest stemmed black-seeded white. 
Zvolanek’s Rose. Rose; prefer Laddie. 
Any Above Priced At; % oz., 20c; 1 oz., 30c; 4 ozs., $1.00; 
1 lb., $3.50. 
Ball Early Mixture. A well balanced mixture of the above 
colors. ^4 oz., 15c; 1 oz., 25c; 4 ozs., 85c; 1 lb., $3.25. 
The New Spring Flowering Peas 
This new intermediate class was introduced to the trade this 
fall by the Ferry-Morse Seed Co., and we are happy to say is being 
quite generally tried out this season. Being of an intermediate 
type, between the Early and Late class in growth and flowering 
season, it occurs to us that a Jan. sowing of this new class with 
the Early for spring flowering will produce a nice succession- 
crop. The spring flowering class from a Jan. sowing won’t flower 
in our northern states until well into April and not heavily until 
Mother’s Day by which time the Earlies will have shortened up 
considerably. This type should flower earlier than a sowing of 
the Lates started at the same time and should, therefore, be in 
better demand. Try it for this purpose this season. 
Sorry that we are completely sold out of the Rose Pink for the 
season; we have, however, a good supply of both Lavender and 
Blue in this new Spring flowering class; also a Mixture of lavender 
and blue. Prices as follows: ^4 oz., 75c; 1 oz., $1.40; 4 ozs., $5.50. 
Most profitable greenhouse crop if roots are not rotted away or temperature too high. 
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