SWEET PEAS BS 
Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas 
This type of Sweet Pea deserves more attention from the 
home gardener, They come into bloom from three to four 
weeks earlier than the late varieties, and are well into flower 
before the dry summer weather begins. Where nights are cool 
they have an extra long blooming season. The flowers are 
equally as large as late Spencers, with long stems and are 
beautifully ruffled. 
All Colors: Pkt. 10c¢; oz. 35c. 
Shirley Temple. The color is softer and more beautiful than 
Pinkie plus the beauty of fiuted petals. The flowers are the 
largest of any pink sweet pea. 
Exposition Pink. Gorgeous rich pink rather resembling the 
coior of the pink geranium. 
Laddie Improved. Rich rose giant blooms on very long strong 
stems. This is a very fine sweet pea for outdoor culture. 
Lavanda. A pure clear lavender — so clear that full blown 
blossoms and partly opened buds are exactly the same shade. 
Hope. A black-seeded pure white. 
Ball’s Rose. Gant rich rose blooms on long, strong stems. 
Majestic Rose. Rose-pink blooms on long stems. 
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Beautiful, clear marine blue. 
Florist Blue. 
Ball’s Orange, Improved. Clear, deep, glowing orange. 
Best clear blue, 
Red Bird. The brightest and largest deep red. Long stems. 
Springsong. Salmon pink or cream. 
Finest Mixture. A well-balanced mixture of selected shades. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
Giant Late Flowering Spencers 
All Colors: Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30c. 
PINK AND ROSE SHADES 
Peggy Ann. A late flowering variety of great beauty and dis- 
tinction. A new and giowing shade of saimon p.nk. Most be- 
witching under artificial light. Delightfuliy perfumed. The 
stems are very long and stout with four huge blooms to a 
stem. 
Damask Rose. Bright rose carmine. Qne of best in this class. 
“Ascot. A beautiful clear, deep pink. 
Beauty. Biush pink. 
Magnet. Delightful shade of cream pink. 
LAVENDER AND BLUE SHADES 
Ambition. Rich deep lavender, with a darker shade on the 
base of the standard and wings when young, iessening as the 
bloom ages. Goid Medal and Award of Merit. 
Powerscourt. A clear pure lavender. Has been considered the 
best lavender for a number of years. It is scill the most pop- 
ular. The flowers are very pure in color. 
The Admiral. Largest and best navy blue. The color is richer 
and deeper than k'ortune. Award of Merit, Scottish National 
Sweet Pea Tr.als. Award of Merit. 
Chinese Blue. Chinese Blue is a solid, rich, deep blue without 
the objectionable fading out on the edges. The stems are long 
and bear four hlooms throughout. Plants are strong and 
vigorous with a blooming season longer than that of the 
average sweet pea. 






SPECIAL MIXTURE SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
This is our special mixture and is a biend of all the 
most beautiful colors in Spencer Sweet Peas. 
Pkt, 10¢; oz. 25e; 4% th. 60c. 



WHITE AND CREAM SHADES 
Sextet Queen. Pure white flowers of perfect form and of great _ + 
substanee. Normally produces five flowered stems when grown 
under ordinary conditions. Black seeded. Award of Merit. 
Grand National. Rich cream. A charming tone and so faf the 
nearest approach to a true yellow. 
Youth. This sweet pea can be described as a white ground 
picotee but with slightly deeper color on the edges than its 
predecessor in this group. Strongly perfumed. 
ORANGE AND SALMON SHADES 
Smiles. Clear glisten‘ng salmon, best describes this exquisite — 
variety. The large flowers are beautifully waved and fluted. 
RED SHADES 
Rubicund. The very best crimson. It is a first class sweet pea © 
for all purposes, especially for general garden culture. 
Welcome. By far the best and most brilliant, dazzling, scarlet 
sweet pea. For exhibition or gardens it is supreme. Absolutely 
sunproof. Silver Medal, Scottish National Sweet Pea Society. 
MAROON AND PURPLE SHADES 
Warrior. Rich chocolate maroon. A magnificent variety which 
has held its place and popularity for a number of years. 
Olympia. Deep rich purple of graceful form and immense size. 
Gold Medal, Scottish National Sweet Pea Trials. 
CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS 
Sweet Peas are deep rooting and heavy feeding plants. 
We recommend a trench be dug about 18 in. deep and 1s in. 
wide. In the bottom fork in about 6 in. of well-rotted manure. 
Fill in with soil in which is mixed a liberal quantity of well- 
rotted manure. 
The actual sowing is done in a shallow trench 6 to 8 inches 
deep. Cover the seeds with 2 inches of soil and press firmly. 
The balance is filled in as the plants grow, thus establishing 
deeper roots than would otherwise be possible. Use one ounce 
of seed to 20 feet of the row and later thin out so that the 
plants will be 4 to 5 inches apart. 
If flowers are kept picked and seed prevented from forming 
more and better bloom will be produced. Avoid overhead 
watering as it causes the flower buds to drop. 
‘Time of Sowing. Spencer varieties may be.sown in early 
October and lightly mulched in winter, Fall sowing gives finer | 
flowers and longer stems and a slightiy longer period of bloom, 
In California, Early Flowering varieties are sown about 
August 1 and throughout the winter months. If sown in 
August they will bloom by November. Keep the surface of 
the bed cool by us ng a light mulch. 
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