Sweet Peas 
Sweet Peas are one of the most fasci- 
hating flowers of all garden annuals. 
The blooms, with their long wiry 
stems, delicate fragrance, and great 
variety of fascinating shades, have a 
@&race and individuality for table deco- 
rations, 
How to Grow Fine Sweet Peas 
Sweet Peas are of comparatively easy 
culture, if their requirements are taken 
into consideration. We can all grow 
fine Sweet Peas with lovely long stems 
if we will observe a few simple rules 
in their culture. 
First—Good seed. 
Second—Rich soil, deeply dug. 
Third—Early sowing. 
Fourth—Early staking. 
Fifth—Frequent fertilization to in- 
sure healthy, rapid and continuous 
growth. 
Sixth—Keep soil loose and porous. 
Fall preparation of ground is prefer- 
able but if this has not been done start 
as soon as the ground can be worked 
in the spring. 
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 
Grills about 8 to 10 inches apart and 4 
to 5 inches deep and scatter the seed 
liberally, but not too thick (about one 
cunce 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. 10c; 1 oz. 25e; 2 oz. 45e. 

Blue 
Amethyst. Bright, clear blue, large. 
Commander Godsall. Attractive navy 
blue. Flowers large, waved and fluted. 
Gleneagles. Light blue. 
Ruffled Blue. Mid-blue. 
Cerise 
Wiery Cross. Bright orange cerise. 
Ruffled Exquisite. Salmon cerise. 
Cream 
Mastercream. Deep cream. 
What Joy. Deep rich cream. 
Crimson-Scarlet 
Campfire. Vivid scarlet. 
Derby Day. Sparkling crimson. 
Ruffled Crimson. Rich velvety crimson. 
Welcome. Dazzling scarlet. 
Lavender-Mauve 
Austin Frederick Imp. Giant lavender. 
Chieftain. Pure satiny mauve. 
Powerscourt. Fine lavender of mam- 
moth size. A lovely variety. 
Ruffled Mauve, Pure mauve. 
Maroon 
Black Diamond. Rick chocolate ma- 
roon. - 
Warrior. Deep maroon. 
Orange 
Gold Crest. Orange tinted salmon. 
Guinea Gold. Golden orange. 
Improved Tangerine. Color almost a 
tangerine orange tint. 
Orange shades of Sweet Peas should be shaded 
from strong sunshine to retain their rich color. 
Picotee 
Gloria. Cream, picotee edged rose. 
Youth. White, edged rose pink. 
Pink 
Aristocrat. Clear pink. 
Fluffy Ruffles, Light cream-pink. 
Miss California. Salmon cream-pink. 
Pinkie. Large rose-pink. 
Ruffled Rose. Soft rich rose. 
Purple 
Royal Purple. Very rich and warm 
purple; having a slightly softer color 
fone; early. Flowers are large. 
Ruffled Purple. Rosy purple. 
: Salmon 
Melody. Golden salmon pink. 
Smiles. 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. 
Ruffied White. Extremely ruffled. 
Gould’s Reliable Mixture Sweet Peas. 
Is composed of a special selection of 
varieties to produce a harmony of col- 
ors that is rarely offered in mixtures. 
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 free bloomers and more heat- 
resistant than other types of Sweet 
Peas. Flowers large, wavy, rose- 
pink on white ground. Pkt. 10e. 
Sweet Pea, Spring Flowering, Blue. 
Received bronze medal in the 1940 
A 
» ALS. “Similar®in “type, srowth 
and blooms to Rose-Pink, except in 
its marine blue color. Pkt. 10c. 
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, it will 
be welcomed to help fill the color 
range of these early, long-stemmed 
garden flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Spring Flowering. Mixed Colors. 
Pit 0e: 

Inoculate seed with 
Nitraging Makes 
finer, more vigor- 
ous and healthier 
Sweet Peas. Garden 
, Size, postpaid 12c. 
Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan) 
A beautiful rapid- 
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growing annual 
climber. Used ex- 
tensively in hang- 
ing baskets, vases, 
ete., 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 range 
through all shades 
of yellow, pF ange. 
buff, to pure white a 
with dark centers. rhunbergia. 
Will grow 5 feet. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
House Plants from Seed 
Agathea, Nemesia. 
Carnation. Passiflora. 
Heliotrope. Phacelia. 
Lantana, 
Marigold, dwarf. 
Mignonette. 
Mimosa. 
Mimulus. 
Schizanthus. 
Stocks. 
Tagetes. 
Wallflower. 



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 
Zinnia. Speciosa. 
Orange - vermil- 
ion. Pkt. 6c. 
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. 15c. 
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- 
dish-brown zone. Plants grow 2 to 3 
feet. 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. 
Hybrida Grandi- 
flora. 
Dark Blue, cream 
eye. 
Scarlet. 
Violet, white eye. 
hite 

3 Verbena. 
Blue, white eye. 
Flame Pink. 
Red, cream eye. 
Rose pink, white 
eye. ' 
Mixed colors. 
Each of above. Pkt. 10c. 
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. 10c. 
Beauty of Oxford Hybrids. Shades 
from rose pink to rose red. Pkt. 10c. 
Lavender Glory. New, lavender medium 
creamy eye. Pkt. 10c. 
Hybrida Compacta Erecta. A distinct 
new type of Verbena, very compact, 
dwarf. Fireball. Brilliant crimson. Pkt. 
10c. 
Erinoides (Moss Verbena). Produces a 
mass of moss-like foliage above which 
are borne heads of purplish-blue or 
white blossoms. Flowers from June 
UMtiLelGOSt a Poi Neel t. tO. 
Venosa. This variety is largely used 
for bedding purposes, Strong thrifty 
grower and covered with bright pur- 
plish heliotrope flowers from early 
summer until Iate fall. 1 foot. Pkt. 10c. 
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 15 
inches high. Mixed. Pkt. 6c. 
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