Sweet Peas 
Sweet Peas are one of the most fasci- 
nating flowers of all garden annuals. 
The blooms, with their long wiry 
stems, delicate fragrance, and great 
variety of fascinating shades, have a 
grace and individuality for table deco- 
rations. 
How to Grow Fine Sweet Peas 
We can all grow fine Sweet Peas 
with lovely long stems if we will ob- 
serve a few simple rules. 
First—Good seed. Second—Rich soil, 
deeply dug. Third — Early sowing. 
Fourth — Early staking. Fifth — Fre- 
quent fertilization to insure healthy, 
rapid and continuous growth. Sixth— 
Keep soil loose and porous. 
Select an open sunny spot in the 
richest part of the garden and then 
apply a thick layer of pulverized sheep 
manure 18 inches wide. Remember that 
Sweet Peas are deep rooting plants so 
that the soil must be deeply and thor- 
oughly worked. Spade the sheep ma- 
nure in as deep as the fork will go 
and turn the soil over three or four 
times so that the manure becomes 
thoroughly mixed with it, then level, 
and your bed is ready for planting. 
Sow in double rows, that is, open two 
drills about 8 to 10 inches apart and 4 
to 5 inches deep and scatter the seed 
liberally, but not too thick (about one 
ounce to 15 running feet), then cover. 
The support for the plants to climb on 
is placed in the center of the two rows 
and should be in place by the time the 
plants are 2 inches high. ¢ 
Success with Sweet Peas necessitates 
a rapid, healthy and vigorous growth 
during the cool weather of April and 
early May. An application of Vigoro 
about May 1 will help the plants to 
get their growth during this cooler 
weather. 
Sweet Peas require sufficient plant 
food at all times, and you will find 
that a top dressing of sheep manure, 
Vigoro or bone meal applied regularly 
every two weeks and hoed in will help 
produce strong healthy vines. 

Prices on Sweet Peas 
All varieties except Spring Flow- 
ering: Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 15¢e; 2 oz 25e; 
% Ib. 45c; 1 lb. $1.60. 
Blue 
Amethyst. Bright, clear blue, large. 
Commander Godsall. Attractive navy 
blue. Flowers large, waved and fluted. 
Gleneagles. Light blue. 
Heavenly Blue. Delphinium blue. 
Jack Cornwell, Dark violet blue. 
Ruffled Blue. Mid-blue. 
Cerise 
Ruffled Crinkles. Cerise pink. 
Fiery Cross. Bright orange cerise. 
Ruffled Exquisite. Salmon cerise. 
Cream 
Daffodil Improved. Large rich deep 
cream, exquisitely frilled and waved. 
Dobbie’s Cream. Deep cream. 
Mastercream. Deep cream. 
Crimson-Scarlet 
Campfire. Vivid scarlet. 
Captain Blood. Brilliant blood scarlet, 
veneered copper. 
Charity. Brilliant crimson. 
Derby Day. Sparkling crimson. 
Huntsman. Bright scarlet. 
Ruffled Crimson. Rich velvety crimson. 
Sybil Henshaw. Rich crimson. 
Welcome. Dazzling scarlet. 
Lavender-Mauve 
Austin Frederick Imp. Giant lavender. 
Chieftain. Pure satiny mauve. 
Highlander. Clear lavender. 
King Mauve. A very pleasing shade of 
deep mauve. Of immense size. 
Powerscourt. Fine lavender of mam- 
moth size. A lovely variety. 
Ruffled Mauve, Pure mauve. 
Maroon 
Giant red maroon. 
Black velvety maroon, 

Splendour. 
The Sultan. 
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Orange 
Gold Crest, Orange tinted salmon. 
Guinea Gold. Golden orange. 
Improved Tangerine. Color 
tangerine orange tint. 
Royal Sovereign. Pure orange. 
Orange shades of Sweet Peas should be shaded 
from strong sunshine to retain their rich color. 
Picotee 
Cream, picotee edged rose. 
White, edged rose pink. 
Pink 
Aristocrat. Clear pink. 
Fluffy Ruffles, Light cream-pink. 
Hercules, A magnificent pure pink. 
Miss California. Salmon cream-pink. 
Picture. Color is a blend of cream and 
pink shades, having a deeper flush on 
the wings, exquisitely frilled. 
Pinkie. Large rose-pink. 
Rosie. Deep rose-pink. 
Ruffled Rose. Soft rich rose. 
Purple 
Royal Purple. Very rich and warm 
purple; having a slightly softer color 
tone; early. Flowers are large. 
Ruffled Purple. Rosy purple. 
Salmon 
Golden salmon pink. 
Salmon Shrimp pink. 
White 
Avalanche. Glistening white. 
Burpee’s Giant White. One of the most 
perfect white Sweet Peas produced. 
Gigantic. Pure white. 
King White. Noted for the glistening 
purity of the whiteness. 
Ruffled White. Extremely ruffled. 
Gould’s Reliable Mixture Sweet Peas. 
ls composed of a special selection of 
varieties to produce a harmony of col- 
ors that is rarely offered in mixtures. 
almost a 
Gloria. 
Youth. 
Melody. 
Smiles. 
Sweet Pea, Spring Flowering, Rose- 
Pink. Silver medal winner in the 
1940 A. A. S. A new type maturing 
between the early or summer flow- 
ering classes. Rose-Pink is taller, 
with longer stems. Prolongs the 
greenhouse season. Outdoors, they 
are very free bloomers and more 
heat-resistant than other types of 
Sweet Peas. Flowers are large, 
wavy, rose-pink on white ground. 
Pkt 10¢. 
Sweet Pea, Spring Flowering, Blue. 
pec ed. bronze medal in the 1940 
A. 
. S. Similar in type, growth 
and blooms to Rose-Pink, except in 
Ve medium marine blue color. Pkt. 
0c. 
Sweet Pea, Spring Flowering, Lav- 
ender. Honorable mention in_ the 
1940 A. A. S. While not as popular a 
color as Rose-Pink and Blue, in this 
new class, it will be welcomed to 
help fill the color range, of these 
early, long stemmed flowers in the 
gardéeny ee kt. 10e; 
Spring Flowering. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed Colors. 
Inoculate seed with 
Nitragin. Makes 
finer, more vigor- 
ous and healthier 
Sweet Peas. Garden 
. size, postpaid 12c. 
Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan) 
A beautiful, rapid- 
growingannual 
climber. Used ex- 
tensively in hang- 
ing baskets, vases, 
etc., and to cover 
low fences. Can be 
used in the rockery 
as it will trail over 
the ground, form- 
ing a dense mat of 
foliage and trumpet 
shaped flowers. 
Colors ra ontgece 
through all shades 
of yellow, orange, se P 
buff, to pure white = _ 
with dark centers. Thunbergia. 
Will grow 5 feet. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
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Tithonia 
(Mexican Sunflower) 
An odd plant 
growing 5 to 7 
feet high, that 
throws up from 
the root many 
stout, woody 
stalks like the 
Dahlia, with large 
foliage. The daz- 
zling orange-scar- 
let flowers resem- 
ble the _ single 
Speciosa. 
Orange - vermil- 
ion. Pkt. 5c. 

Tithonia. 
Torenia (Wishbone Flower) 
Bushy plants 10 inches high covered 
with lovely, rich colored snapdragon- 
like flowers of sky blue with a touch 
of gold on the tip. Fine for beds, pots, 
or hanging baskets. Fournieri. Pkt. 10c. 
Venidium 
Produces long daisy-like flowers simi- 
lar to the African Daisy, of deep 
orange, apricot, cream, white, yellow 
or salmon colored flowers 4 to 5 inches 
across marked at center with a red- 
pe a zone. 
eet. 
Plants grow 2 to 3 
Fastuosum. Hybrids. Pkt. 10c. 
Verbena 
The Verbena is 
one of the most 
popular garden 
annuals. Verbenas 
are particularly 
fine for beds, bor- 
ders, window box- 
es, Or as an un- 
dergrowth to tall 
plants. The sweet- 
ly scented flowers 
are borne in large 
clusters and 
bloom profusely 
from mid-summer 
until late in au- 
tumn. Plants 12 
inches high. 
“3 Hybrida Grandi- 
Verbena. flora. 
Blue, white eye. Dark Blue, cream 
Salmon Cerise. eye. 
Flame Pink. Scarlet. ; 
Red, cream eye. Violet, white eye. 
Rose pink, white White. 
eye. Mixed colors. 
Each of above. Pkt. 5c, 
Blue Sentinel. Bronze Medal winner in 
the 1939 All-America Selections. Plants 
compact 10 to 12 inches high, flowers a 
rich navy blue self color held erect 
above foliage. Fine for cutting and 
dark beds. Pkt. 10c. 
Crimson Glow. Flowers are pure glow- 
ing crimson, wholly without even a 
small light eye. Pkt. 5c. 
Beauty of Oxford Hybrids. Shades 
from rose pink to rose red. Pkt. 5c. 
Lavender Glory. New, lavender medium 
creamy eye. Pkt. 10c. 
Hybrida Compacta Erecta. A distinct 
new type of Verbena, ery compact, 
PS Fireball. Brilliant crimson. Pkt. 
(oH 
Erinoides (Moss Verbena). Produces a 
mass of moss-like foliage above which 
are borne heads of purplish-blue or 
white blossoms. Flowers from June 
until frost. 12 in. Pkt. 5c, 
Venosa. This variety is largely used 
for bedding purposes. Strong thrifty 
grower and covered with bright pur- 
plish heliotrope flowers from _ early 
summer until late fall. 1 foot. Pkt. 5c. 
Vinca Rosea (Periwinkle) 
Ornamental free-blooming plants with 
light green shiny foliage, and hand- 
some pink and white flowers. May be 
taken up in fall and potted and kept 
in bloom through the winter. Sow seed 
indoors early, or in the open when 
ground is warmed up. Grow 12 to 16 
inches high. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
