
3480 NEW SWEET PEA, CLARE BOOTHE LUCE 
Winner of the Award of Merit of the National Sweet Pea Society of Great Britain 
Our new prize winning sweet pea named by David Burpee in honor of 
Clare Boothe Luce, the famous author and Congresswoman. Flowers 
are of a lovely, beautiful, deep salmon-pink shade, 
gracefully poised in fours on long, strong stems. They 
are unsurpassed for quality, beauty and refinement. 
Vines are very vigorous and extremely free blooming. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. $1.00; oz. $1.75 
2352 MARIGOLD, FLASH 
Single flowers, 134 in. across, ranging in color from 
vivid red, through bronze to yellow are profusely 
borne from very early in the summer until frost on 
bushy, dwarf plants 18 in. high. In most of the flowers 
a base of tangerine is overlaid or marked with rich 
marigold-red. For borders, beds, pots and cut-flowers. 
Pkt. 25¢; oz. 70¢; % oz. $1.25 
2650 SCABIOSA 
BLUE, WHITE and PINK SHADES 
Flowers grow 1% to 2 in. across, almost round and 
freely borne on long, stiff stems well above the foliage 
of the erect, bush-like, 2 ft. plants. For garden decora- 
tion and cutting, this special mixture of azure-blue, 
pure white and exquisite shades of deep to light pink 
annual scabiosas is highly desirable. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 50¢; 1% oz. 85¢ 
2042 CALIFORNIA POPPY, SUNBEAM 
Large, very double, bright yellow flowers 2 in. across 
cover the dwarf, erect plants which grow about 10 in. 
tall. The soft gray-green foliage blends well with the 


Sweet Pea, 
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Giant flowers on long stems. 
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