SWEET PEAS 
The Twentieth-Century Method of Growing Sweet Peas 
For Early Blooms. Place three seeds in a small 
pot of soil in the house about March 1. If all three 
seeds germinate, pull out the two weakest plants and 
retain the strongest. As soon as the second set of 
leaves has formed, plunge the young plants, with the 
pots, in a coldframe protected by sash, where they 
can be hardened off. Lift the sash during the sunny 
hours of the day and water carefully. Set the plants 
out in the open about April 15, and space them 6 
inches apart in the row. 
General Culture 
Four ounces of seed will sow a single row of 100 feet 
The ground where Sweet Peas are to be grown 
should be well prepared—if possible, the fall previ- 
ous. Deep spading or plowing is very essential, for 
the roots love to penetrate into the cooler part of the 
soil. Manure placed at a considerable depth will 
help to draw the roots downward. Sweet Peas love 
sun, therefore they should always be planted where 
they are exposed to the sun all day. 
Sow Seeds Early. Sweet Peas produce their 
strongest roots during the cool, moist months of 
spring, so planting should take place as soon as the 
land can be worked. A little frost will do no harm to 
Sweet Peas. After the soil has been carefully 
smoothed and raked, draw a line for a straight row 
and sow three seeds every 6 inches in the row. Do 
not cover the seed with more than } inch of soil, and 
if more than one plant should appear in each spot, 
carefully destroy all but’ one specimen so that one 
plant shows every 6 inches in the row. 
The Cream of Old and New Varieties 
Named Spencer Sweet Peas, Each, pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 60 cts. 
WHITE 
Burpee’s Best White. White; waved. 
Gigantic. Of wonderful purity. 
Ruffled White. Very large. 
blooms to a stem. 
CREAM 
Mastercream. Deep cream Spencer. 
Ruffled Primrose. Cream or primrose. 
DEEP PINK ON CREAM 
Ruffled Pink. Large ruffled flowers of deep rose- 
pink on cream. 
PICOTEE AND BLUSH-PINK 
Youth. Beautiful white blooms with rose-pink 
edge. 
SALMON-PINK ON CREAM 
Bonnie Lassie. Cream-pink suffused salmon. 
Elstree. Bright pink on cream ground. 
LIGHT PINK 
Ascot. Clear shell-pink. 
Lady Ruffles Improved. Soft pink self on white 
ground. 
DEEP PINK 
Pinkie. Clear deep rose-pink. 
Prolific (Multiflora). Warm shade of rose-pink. 
FAWN-PINK 
Pink Frills. Rich tone of pinkish salmon. 
The Burpee Improved. Soft Iuminous fawn- 
salmon-pink. 
GOLDEN PINK 
Cissie. Biscuity salmon-pink. 
SALMON-PINK 
Aristocrat. Clear pink on white. _ 
Fiancee. Soft salmon-pink on white ground. 
Salmon Fantasy. Flaked salmon-pink. 
SALMON AND SALMON-ORANGE 
Gold Crest. Glistening orange overlaid delicate 
salmon sheen. 
SCARLET 
Hollyberry. Bright scarlet. Sun-proof. 
Welcome. Dazzling deep scarlet-vermilion. 
Often bears five 
ORANGE-PINK 
Cavalcade. Red shaded rose and salmon. 
FANCY (Flushed) 
Floradale. Rich salmon-pink on cream. 
Heyday. Pink enlivened by tones of amber. 
Jack Hobbs. Pink flushed and edged cream. 
Robustum. Apricot-pink. 
SALMON.-CERISE 
His Majesty. Brilliant salmon-cerise. 
Mrs. A. Searles. Salmon-cerise, golden orange 
sheen. 
Ruffled Exquisite. Salmon-cerise with glow of 
deeper salmon in the standards. 
SCARLET-CERISE 
Royal Ruffles. Brilliant scarlet-cerise. 
DEEP AND LIGHT CERISE 
Sparkle. Glowing cerise. 
ROSE 
Brilliant Rose. Rose, suffused bronze. 
Ruffled Rose. Rich rose. 
ORANGE 
Orange Flame. Deep orange. 
LAVENDER 
Powerscourt. Very fine pure lavender. 
BLUE 
Amethyst. Bright amethyst-blue; very clear. 
Bountiful (Multiflora). Five to seven large blue 
flowers on a stem. 
Burpee Blue. Large ruffled, deep blue. 
Capri. Beautiful light blue; long stems. 
DARK BLUE 
The Admiral. Dark navy blue; long stems. 
MAROON 
Loch Lomond. Deep mahogany-red brightened by 
a decided lustrous sheen. 
The Sultan. Rich velvety black-maroon. 
PURPLE AND MAUVE 
Abundance (Multiflora). Bright clear mauve. 
Floradale Purple. Lovely true purple shade. 
Ruffled Purple. Purple; beautifully ruffled. 

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