Michell’s Sweet Peas are healthy and easy to grow 
: Michell 4 Spencer or Orchid Surest Peas 

New Early-Flowering 
Hot-Weather 
SWEET PEAS 
_ This new type has performed outstand- 
ingly, giving excellent flowers on long 
stems. The exceptional merits are: first, 
the great vigor of growth; second, the 
ability to grow during the warm weather; 
third, the unusually long and stout stems. 
BLACK-SEEDED WHITE. Strong-growing. 
Long-stemmed, large-flowered white sort. 
Pktse25C; 15024 wiDc. 
BLUE. Bronze Medals, All-America Selec- 
tions. A splendid clear marine-blue. Pkt., 
256; 15. ozs, 50c: 
LAVENDER. Honorable Mention, All-Am- 
erica Selections. A fine clear lavender 
shade. Pkt., 25c; \ oz., 50c 
MAUVE. Long-stemmed; clear 
mauve. Pkt., 25c; 1% oz., 50c. 
ROSE-PINK. Silver Medal, All-America 
Selections. A beautiful clear rose-pink 
shade. Pkt., 25c; VY oz., 50c. 
SPRING FLOWERING, CHOICE MIXED. 
PKt ZC al/o0 OZ FOC: 

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Novelty Varieties 
SUMMER-FLOWERING 
These are distinguished by the large flow- 
ers, with crinkled and wavy petals, and also 
by the fact that they usually bear four flow- 
ers on a stem. The varieties we offer are 
selected from a long list and are considered 
to be the best up-to-date sorts. 
Cheerie-O. This is a mammoth-flowering, deep 
begonia-rose Sweet Pea, suffused with gold 
—a new color. Pkt., 15c; oz., 50c. 
CRONY. An exhibition Sweet Pea of the first 
rank. Large, soft golden salmon flowers, 
on long stems. Strong grower. Pkt., 15c; 
O22 150c! 
GOLDEN DRAGON. A very large, duplex-flow- 
ered orange. The standard is a vivid, bright 
orange, while the wings shade to a deeper, 
softer orange-rose. Pkt., 15c; oz., 50c. 
MAYTIME. The huge flowers of this new var- 
iety come in fours and fives on long, husky 
stems. Color is a rich golden cerise that 
will not burn in the sun. Pkt., 15c; oz., 50c. 
BLUE and PURPLE 
Fortune. Rich dark blue. 
Royal Purple. Rich purple. One of the finest 
varieties. 
Wedgewood. A lovely self-blue. 
DEEP PINK or ROSE 
Fluffy Ruffles. New giant ruffled type; rich 
rose-pink with soft salmon shading. 
Pinkie. Extraordinary large rose-pink flowers. 
LAVENDER 
Asta Obn Spencer. Rich lavender. 
Austin Frederick Improved. Giant light 
ender blooms. 
Gleneagles. Large; lavender. 
LIGHT PINK 
Countess Spencer. Lovely clear pink, shad- 
ing deeper at the edges. 
Diana. New. Rose on cream; immense. 
Elfrida Pearson. Large; shell-pink. 
ORANGE and SALMON 
Borbara. Superbly self-colored salmon. 
Peggy Ann. A rare new shade of attractive 
salmon-pink. 
PRIMROSE and LIGHT YELLOW 
Daffodil. The best yellow yet introduced. 
SCARLET 
Fiery Cross. Large; intense orange-scarlet. 
Huntsman. Bright scarlet. 
lav- 
One ounce required for 15-foot row. 
WHITE 
Avatanche. Glistening pure white. 
Constance Hinton. Large flowering; 
Black-seeded. 
King White. Gigantic flowers; pure white. 
Snowball. Undoubtedly the finest pure white 
variety. 
Any of the Spencer varieties, except where 
eon. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; %4 Ib., 85c; Ib., 
MICHELL’S SUPERB SPENCER MIXTURE 
A mixture that cannot be surpassed. 
We have blended it ourselves from only 
Giant Waved Spencer varieties in proper 
proportions of bright colors and includ- 
ing a number of new hybrids of exquis- 
ite colors and shades. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
256, 4/4lbyy 60G> Ibi, $2.00) 
MICHELL’S 
Early Flowering 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS 

















white. 
Michell’s Exclusive 
Introductions 
TOP SERGEANT. 1943 introduction. Deep 
blood-red-crimson, large bold-faced flow- 
ers with extra long stems. An extra 
early variety, undoubtedly the truest 
Stoo: Sweet Pea. Pkt., 25c; Wy oz., 
FOREST FIRE. 1943 introduction. Giant 
bright orange-scarlet, duplexed flowers 
that will not burn. This new Sweet Pea 
S etd worth while. Pkt., 25c; VY oz., 
GORGEOUS. Never have we seen such a 
colorful Sweet Pea—a glistening golden 
cerise brightening to.a carmine. Under 
artificial light it is truly gorgeous, as 
the name implies. The magnificent large 
duplexed flowers are produced in fours 
and fives on long stiff stems. Pkt., 25c; 
V2 oz., 50c. 
LADY LUCK. Vivid carmine-rose, suffused 
with purple; large perfectly formed flow- 
ers. A_ very producer on long, 

























Fragrance. This delightfully fragrant new var- 
iety is, in our opinion, superior to all other 



pus ahead each peariue four blooms. lavenders. The extra-large, clear lavender 
Pkt., 25¢; 2 0Z-~5 self blooms come on long stems. Pkt., 15c; 
Won OZ2. eS OG ROZs, SOUGs 
BRIDESMAID. A delicate, sparkling shade of GRENADIER. Dazzling scarlet. Pkt., 15c; 4 
OZ SO CinO2mOUG: 
HOPE. The finest black-seeded pure white 
to date. Flowers of mammoth size. Pkt., 
15c; YW oz., 35c; oz., 60c. : 
NAVY BLUE. A new color in the earlies, and 
one that has long been wanted. Blooms 
are rich dark blue with four to a long, 
strong stem. Vigorous grower. Pkt., 25c; 
VonOZ aS OG; 1 OZ, BUG: 
Michell’s Rose Wonder. Beautiful, clear rose- 
pink color on a light ground. Pkt. 25c; 
OZ. .60C770zZ5.. 51200) 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE. Brilliant rich rose-pink. 
Four large flowers on each stem. Pkt., 15c; 
WoeOZs, S56; Oz) O0c: 
TREASURE ISLAND. Sparkling glowing orange. 
Very strong growing, throwing a majority of 
silver-pink, as vigorous, healthy, slim, and 
supple as the name implies. Bridesmaid bids 
fair to outstrip the field in popularity as a 
cut flower for large table center arrange- 
ment. Large flowers, usually fours, on stems 
14 to 16 inches long. Pkt., 15c; V2 oz., 35c; 
oz., 60c. 
DELICIOUS. Novelty. This fine new early- 
flowering variety is a lovely new color, be- 
ing a shade of pale salmon and cream, de- 
lightfully blended together. The flowers are 
huge, and the habit and length of stem are 
everything a good Sweet Pea should have. 
Pkt., 25c; \ oz., 40c; oz., 75c. 
EILEEN. Rich begonia-rose, with salmon shad- 
ings, changing under certain lights to a 
dazzling cerise. This two-tone effect gives 
Eileen a brilliancy of exotic splendor never 
before obtained in a Sweet Pea. The flow- 
ers are large, well placed on long stems. r 
Vigorous grower and free bloomer. Pkt., four flowers on 15 to 16-in. stems. Pkt., 
W5G9)41 0z2,035C; OZ. 00c: 25¢? VWor0z., 40¢c: 02z., ade! 
Eleanor Blue. Another good novelty in the VALENCIA. A bright orange in color and 
new and popular Eleanor blue shade—a 
clear light blue with a silver sheen. Flowers 
large, frilled, and of perfect Spencer form, 
with fours predominating, and pleasingly 
fragrant. Pkt., 15c; YW oz., 35c; oz., 60c. 
absolutely sunproof. Stems long. Pkt., 15¢; 
Van OZueS IC1LOZ., .OUGe 
MICHELL’S EARLY-FLOWERING SPENCER, 
MIXED. Pkt., 10c; VY oz., 30c; oz., 50c. 

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