Cait’s Chorobred Giant Spencer Sweet Peas 
Annual—Culture “A”, Blooms May to July In the latitude of Norfolk, Sweet Peas are sown in the 
late fall as well as in the early spring. To secure the 
large flowers and brilliant colors, sow the seeds 3 inches 
deep in a rich soil that has been heavily manured, and in 
a location where the plants will get plenty of sunshine. 
The Giant Summer Flowering Spencer type, with its 
waved and fluted petals, which usually produces four 
blooms to the stem, has become one of our most popular 
annual flowers. 
While the Early Flowering sorts may be Pick the blooms regularly, and they will bear ionger. 
sown out-of-doors, they are usually sown in greenhouses Peat moss makes a good mulch for Sweet Peas. If green 
for winter blooming. 
aphis or lice attack the plants, spray with Black Leaf 40. 
EARLY FLOWERING SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
Especially recommended for winter growing in greenhouses, 
but can be successfully grown out of doors in southern states. 
The eleven varieties listed below have been selected for 
their beautiful coloring, large size, and long stems. Any of the 
below varieties, pkt., 10c; 0z., 40c; 144 1b., $1.15; 1b., $4.00 posi- 

Giant Spencer Sweet Pea “Pinkie”’ 
paid. 
blended. 
postpaid. 
Pkt., 
highly 
Nothing better in 
Ball’s Rose Improved. Exqui- 
Daphney. Solf salmon pink. 
10c; o0z., 35c; % Ilhb., 
complimented 
Shirley Temple. Soft rose 
site rose pink. pink. 
Treasure Island. Glistening Red Giant. Glowing bright 
golden orange. crimson. 
Lavanda. Lovely clear Grenadier. Dazzling poppy- 
lavender. scarlet. 
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Bright Bridesmaid. Lovely silvery 
California blue, pink. 
Balls White. Pure waxy white. 

TAIT’S THOROBRED MIXTURE EARLY 
FLOWERING SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
A mixture of about twenty-five splendid sorts well 
95c; 1 Ihb., $3.50, 

GIANT RUFFLED SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
As the name suggests, the flowers of this variety are beau- 
tifully frilled or ruffled. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 lb., 75c; lb., $2.75, postpaid. 
Any of the varieties named below: 
Ruffled Carmine..... Pkt., 10c Ruffled Orchid. Rosy lavender. 
Ruffled Crimson : Pkt., 10¢ 
Rich crimson..... Pkt.,10c Ruffled Pink. 
‘ Cleary pinks sc. eens Pkt., 10c 
Ruffled Blue. Mid-blue, Ruffled Rose. 
shading darker ...Pkt., 10c Softrr0Sen majo Pkt., 10c 
Ruffled Exquisite. Rufied White. 
Salmon-cerise ....Pkt.,10c Pure White wnccieie e Pkt., 10c 

MIXTURE GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
A mixture of over fifty of the most beautiful varieties, 
in all parts of the country: 
mixture can be had at any price. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 4% lb., 70c; 1 lb., $2.50, postpaid. 


TAIT’S GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
Any of the named varieties in separate colors: Pkt., 1€c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.75, postpaid. 
Blue Orange 
: i amethyst Barbara. Orange-salmon. 
miue as Mae es a Pirate Gold. Yolden orange. 
Capri. Light blue. Colorado. Bright orange. 
Reflection. Chinese blue. 
Flagship. Dark blue. 
Cream 
Giant Cream. Cream. 
What Joy. Deep cream. 
Lavender 
Ambition. Deep lavender-lilac. 
Powerscourt. Pure lavender. 
Lavender King. Rich lavender. | 
Maroon 
The Sultan. Glowing blackish maroon. 
Warrior. Dark reddish maroon. 

NEW SPENCER 
SWEET PEAS 
Spring Flowering 
A new class of sweet introduced 
two years ago to resist heat and 
give a longer blooming season. 
Blue, lavender, rose, white. 
Pkt., 35c; oz., $4.50 
Picotee 
Youth. White, edged blush-pink. 
Sunkist, Cream, edged with pink. 
Pink 
Extasy. Shell-pink, white ground. 
Peggy Ann. Attractive salmon pink. 
Cavalcade. Salmon rose shaded gold. 
Silver Jubilee. Attractive soft pink. 
Janet Fiveash. Dazzling pink. 
Pinkie. Bright pink. 
Rosie. Bright rose-pink. 
Prolific. Bright rose pink. 
Smiles. Shrimp-pink, shaded salmon. 
Purple 
Olympia. Royal purple. 
Red 
Supreme Red. Deep crimson. 
Welcome. Orange-scarlet, shaded 
cerise. 
Miss Norfolk. Dazzling fiery scarlet. 
Rubicund. Dazzling crimson. 
Rose 
Bonnie Brier. Large bright glisten- 
ing .rose pink. 
Charming. Rosy cerise. 
Damask Rose. Old rose. 
Mrs. A. Searles. Salmon-rose-cerise. 
White 
Snowball. Glistening pure white. 
Sextet Queen. Blush-white, black 
seeded. 
HARDY SWEET PEAS (See page 50) 
SUNFLOWER—HELIANTHUS 
Strong growing annuals that are 
useful for massing in shrubbery or 
borders, or for screens. They do 
well in sunny positions, and in any 
kind of soil. 
Double Chrysanthemum - Flowered. 
A wonderful sunflower, strikingly 
beautiful Chrysanthemum-like double 
golden yellow blooms, more than 6 
inches across. Height 7 feet. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c 
Single Red or Gaillardia-Flowered. 
A tall Red Sunflower growing from 
5 to 7 feet, bearing deep red, and red 
and yellow flowers 4 to 5 inches in 
GliamMeten taeda Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c 
Single Mammoth Russian. Large yel- 
low flowers with dark centers often 
more than 12 inches in diameter. 
Height 8 feet...... Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c 

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