SWEET PEAS are essentially cool weather 
plants, and they quickly fade away if the tem- 
perature persists for long above 75°. In the 
sea-cooled areas of the Pacific Northwest, sweet 
peas can be grown successfully throughout the 
summer. An early start is highly important. The 
plants should be well established before hot 
weather arrives, but if the heat is extreme and 
persistent, nothing will keep the plants growing 
vigorously, though it is possible to carry the 
plants through July and even later if a cheese- 
cloth shading is erected over plants. 
Sweet Pea seed is hard shelled, therefore 
better results can be obtained if the seed is 
soaked in water for a day or two before plant- 
ing. 
Dig a wide trench to a depth of 12 ‘inches 
and after breaking up the bottom of trench fill 
in with several inches of peat or leaf mold to 
which add a liberal amount of bone meal; fill 
in the balance of the trench with good top soil. 
-Tamp the soil down firmly and water thor- 
oughly to the base. Let stand a few days until 
moderately moist. Never put the seed in too wet 
soil. Pulverize the surface well by raking, make 
rows and plant seed about one inch deep, and 
two inches apart. Do not water until all the 
seed is up at least half inch. 
Thin out at least six inches apart and train 
on wire or string netting when plants are five 
or six inches high. Applications of Vigoro dur- 
ing flowering period will add greatly to length 
of stems and size of blossoms. Keep well culti- 
_ vated and water only as needed, as excessive 
moisture will cause the buds to drop. Treat 
seed with Hansen Inoculation. 
GIANT RUFFLED SPENCER 
SWEET PEAS 
Named Varieties 
Packet, 10c Ounce, 35c 
PINK AND CREAM 
Ascot. Clear light rose pink. Very large blooms. 
Mary Pickford. Cream pink, faintly tinted 
to salmon. 
_ Pinkie. Large flowers in fours. A deep rose 
pink. 
What Joy. Colorful primrose, shaded to soft 
cream. 
RED AND MAROON 
Charming. Brilliant blossoms of rose cerise. 
Flamingo. Long stems. Flowers are orange 
scarlet. 
Sybil Henshaw. Deep crimson flowers of giant 
size. 
Welcome. The most dazzling of all scarlets. 
Strong stems. 
ORANGE AND SALMON 
Barbara. A beautiful shade of orange salmon. 
Celebrity. Brilliant orange of exceptional 
quality. 
Gloriosa. A dazzling, clear, bright orange 
scarlet. 
Pirate Gold. A beautiful, mellow deep golden 
orange. 
Tangerine Improved. Exquisite salmon 
orange. 
LAVENDER, BLUE AND MAUVE 
Austin Frederick Improved. Ruffled pure 
lavender. 
Chieftain. A giant satiny mauve (deep laven- 
der). 
Fortuna. A lovely rich, dark blue with long 
stems. 
Gleneagles. One of the very best lavender 
blues. 
Olympia. Giant ruffled flowers of rich purple. 
Powerscourt. Clear pure lavender. Best lay- 
ender. 
Reflection. A lovely sun-proof clear cornflower 
blue. 
WHITE AND PICOTEE 
Youth. Large pure white with margin of clear 
pink. 
Avalanche. Glistening white of great sub- 
stance. 
GIANT RUFFLED SPENCER 
MIXED SWEET PEAS 
Packet, 10c I ounce, 20c 
TRITOMA (Red Hot Poker). (P). One of the 
most startling of autumn-blooming plants, with 
dense cigar-shaped spikes of red and yellow 
tubular flowers rising 4 to 6 feet. Seed sown 
under glass in very early spring will sometimes 
produce flowering plants the following autumn. 
Set outdoors after all danger of frost is passed 
in loose, well-drained, rather poor soil in a 
sheltered but sunny location. Mixed. 
Packet, 10c. 
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VALERIANA (Garden Heliotrope). (hP). 
Grows from 2 to 4 feet. Plant in any garden 
soil in either full sun or partial shade. Erect 
branching plant, with smooth, compound 
leaves. Has dense clusters of small, fragrant 
white or pinkish lavender flowers. Blooms pro- 
fusely in the summer. Useful for filling in be- 
tween shrubs and for covering embankments. 
Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
VERBENA (hP). Grows 6 to 8 inches; of 
trailing habit. Densely branching, with dark- 
green, wrinkled, dissected leaves, with clusters 
of medium-sized, salver-shaped, white, pink, 
red, purple flowers that bloom from May into 
the winter. A very good border plant, also for 
parkings, foreground of shrub border and in 
the mixed border combined with Petunias, 
Shirley Poppies, Snapdragons. Varieties: 
Golden Queen, golden yellow; Scarlet De- 
fiance, orange red; Pink Shades; Blue 
Shades; White; Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
VIOLA (P). Tufted plant growing 4 to 8 
inches, bright to dark green leaves; medium- 
sized single or double flowers in variety white, 
yellow, lilac, blue, mauve. Very few other 
plants have as long a flowering period. Succeed 
best in a deep, well-enriched, well-drained soil 
with plenty of water during the hot summer. 
Prefer a light shade during the hottest part 
of mid-summer days. Varieties: Jersey Gem, 
deep violet blue. Packet, 25c. Apricot, Packet, 
25c; Yellow, Packet, 25c; Mixed, Packet, 10c. 
VIOLET (Sweet Violet). Will thrive in any 
good, light, loamy soil in shade. Blooming in 
April-May, sometimes earlier. Variety: Beau- 
tiful Blue. Packet, 10c. 
WALLFLOWER (Cheiranthus Cheiri). (hP). 
A sun loving plant, but endures a little shade. 
Woody plant, growing 2 to 3 feet, with ribbed 
stem and dark-green lanceolate leaves; me- 
dium-sized that bloom from May to September. 
Sow seeds in early fall and early spring. Grows 
in any soil, but prefers a rich, well fertilized, 
light loam; prune back after flowering. Com- 
bine in the mixed border with Anchusa, deep- 
blue Delphinium, Violets. Varieties: Siberian 
Wallflower, grows 1 foot, bright-orange 
flowers; Blood Red; Paris Market, brown; 
Single Mixed; Double Mixed. Packet, 10c. 
