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Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 
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Sweet Peas, Spencer 
SLATE’S SWEET PEAS 
The Sweet Pea is the most popular of all annual flowers, and 
it is of such easy culture that even the inexperienced may expect 
wonderful 1esults from them. In the South, early planting of 
Sweet Peas is necessary in order to get perfect blooms and in 
any climate early planting is advisable, because it prolongs the 
blooming season. The time for sowing is as early in the spring 
as the soil can be worked. Dig the soil deep and chop it into 
good working condition. Lay off rows 30 inches apart and eight 
inches deep. Cover the bottom of this trench with three inches 
of fine manure, on top of this two inches of soil, sow the seed 
in a thick drill, and cover with light soil, enough to fill the 
trench. A covering of boards, straw, or manure, should then be 
given as protection. Sweet Peas should always be planted 
thickly and not thinned. 
1278—Early Flowering Mixed.—This is a select mixture of 
the early flowering kinds and can be depended upon to give a 
wide range of colors with many new and novel varieties in it. 
The early flowering sorts should be used in the extreme South 
at all times and in other sections where late plantings are made. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 14 Jb. 65c, Ib. $2.25, postpaid. 
1292—Superb Spencers Mixed.—We take a great deal of 
pride in this mixture and have built a good trade upon it 
through its merits alone. These varieties are grown separately 
and mixed and the lot contains a wide range of sorts with almost 
every known color present. Further, in order to make our mix- 
tures attractive, we put into it many novelties. 
Pk. 10c, oz. 15¢e, % Ib. 45c, lb. $1.50, postpaid. 
1293—-Select Eckfords Mixed.—The Eckfords are a popular 
strain of the large flowering sweet peas and this mixture i» 
composed of the finest named varieties mixed to give a full 
range of colors, 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, % lb. 35c, lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
Perennial Sweet Peas. See Lathyrus Latfolius. 
STOCKS (HO 18 in.) 
Stecks with their fragrant rose- 
like flowers borne on a number of 
spikes to each plant, make a most 
valuable addition to the flower gar- 
den. For cutting there are few 
flowers better and they also make 
good beds, borders, or pot plants. 
1273—TEN WEEKS MIXED.— 
This is one of the most popular of 
the early strains. It produces fra- 
grant double blossoms on spikes 
about eighteen inches tall. Plant in 
the late summer or early spring. In 
normal winters the plants will live 
outdoors and produce early spring 
flowers, 
Pkt. 15¢e, % oz. 35c. 
Stocks 


SWEET WILLIAM (H# 18 in.) 
This flower that was so popular 
with our grandmothers is still a 
favorite in the hardy garden. Sweet 
Williams begin to bloom early in 
the spring and fill in a period when 
good cut-flowers are hard to get. 
And when it comes to beauty and 
rich colors it is hard to find an 
equal. The seed are best sowed in 
the summer and transpJanted in the 
fall to make blooming plants the 
following spring. But if started 
very early in the spring, they will 

Sweet William bloom the first year. 
Pkt. yy Oz. 
129 5—— New DOLL tel Mikqeeesmereimerst a siteioloieisueteiclsiialan $ .20 $ .60 
1296——Scarleta Beauty meric sesncletisnels) +) le shereiciolele 20 .60 
T29S——Doublem Mixedirtuanrrrcnctate te lslelevetet ote lensnsioue = 20 50 
TITHONIA (HO 10 ft.) 
1274——Mexican Sunflower.—A fast 
growing screen or background plant 
that is covered with brilliant scarlet 
flowers resembling a small sunflower. 
The seed may be planted in the open 
ground after danger of frost is over. 
The plants should stand about three 
feet apart and be cultivated like any 
garden crop. It blooms early and will 
last all summer, providing excellent 
cutflowers. Pkt. 20c, 44 oz. 65e. 

Tithonia 
VERBENA (HO 12 in.) 
A favorite bedding plant that may be perennial in the South 
but is best treated as an annual. Blooms in a short while from 
seed and may be sowed outdoors in the early spring. It will 
stand either full sun or partial shade and grows on almost any 
soil. Blooms all summer and makes a good plant for pots and 
window bexes. 
1301—Beauty of Oxford Hybrids.—This strain or verbenas 
has become one of the most popular with florists on account of 
its rich colors, free blooming habit, and large flowers. This 
mixture runs from delicate pink to rose red. 
Crop failed. 
Pkt Y% Oz 
1304-—Mammoth? Pinko a ssin cies so cuckeregst > cieiere Sa.cOmepae5O 
1302——Mammoths Bilueten ue cremen-net sia iisteleteienete .20 50 
1307—Defiance;, Scarlets a-tecis celeron aes .20 50 
L508—-Mamimoths Mixedieecn onc. cecreienarereneitensu steers .20 .40 

Verbena Mammoth 
