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-SNAPDRAGON, Antirrhinum (a) 
Snapdragons are fascinating flowers 
with their interesting form and glowing 
colors. They are easy to grow and will 
bloom continuously until. severe frost, 
making a wonderful display and supply- 
ing unlimited cut flowers. Ordinary good 
garden soil will produce fine Snapdrag- 
ons either in full sun or semi-shaded 
spots. Sow outdoors when danger of 
frost has passed or indoors six weeks 
earlier. 
SUPER GIANTS, RUST RESISTANT 
Campfire. Luminous scarlet. Pkt. 25e. 
Copper Queen. Bronzy copper. Pkt. 25c. 
Crimson. Fiery crimson. Pkt. 25e. 
Paradise Rose. Rose pink. Pkt. 25e. 
Rosalie. Rich deep rose with underlying 
tone of topaz or amber. The plants are 
base branching and produce from 6 to 8 
huge long flowering spikes on which the 
florets.are decidedly well arranged. An 
all-purpose Snapdragon. Pht. 25e. 
Swing Time. The loveliest rose pink 
imaginable with a bright yellow touch 
and a white tube. Spikes are huge, 
beautifully tapered and evenly packed 
with immense blooms. Pkt. 25c. 
Yellow Giant. Deep yellow, Pkt. 25c. 
Finest Mixed. Pht. 15c. 
Tetra. Largest flowered of all snap- 
dragons, many individual flowers are 
ruffled. Seed comes in a superfine mix- 
ture including all the best snapdragon 
shades: orange, yellow, peach, canary, 
bronze, orchid, crimson, scarlet, pink, 
white. Main spike 21% feet tall with 
many laterals. Excellent for cutting. 
Fkht. 25e. 
STOCKS, Gilliflower (a) 
These popular flowers are easily 
grown, are so highly fragrant, and of 
such great beauty that they deserve a 
place in every garden. The Early Giant 
Imperial class are half-hardy annuals. 
Beauty Stocks are biennials, but if sown 
in early spring will bloom the same year. 
They are also valuable for winter forc- 
ing. In California Stocks are popular 
winter annuals. ; 
Double Large Flowering Dwarf Ten 
Weeks. A wonderful strain for bedding. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Beauty of Nice. It follows the Ten Weeks 
class in season of bloom, The plants are 
- pyramidal in shape, branching above the 
_ base. Excellent for bedding and cutting. 
Height, 16 inches. 
Finest Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15c. 
GIANT IMPERIAL. Long stems and im- 
posing spikes of large flowers make this 
the outstanding variety. It is about as 
early as Beauty of Nice and resembles it 
in habit, except that the plant is less 
spreading and taller. Height, 2 feet, 
Yellow (Buttercup). Pkt. 25c. 
Blood Red. Pkt. 25c. 
Rose. Pkt. 25c, 
Lavender. Pkt. 25c. 
White. Pkt. 25c. 
Finest Mixed Coiors. Pkt. 15c. 
EVENING SCENTED STOCKS 
_ The flowers are small, mauve colored, 
similar to the Virginian stocks but are 
delightfully fragrant toward evening. 
They are especially sweet after a rain. 
Matthiola Bicornis. Pkt. 10c. 
SWEET 
PEAS 
CHOICE MIXTURE 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c. 
ALL COLORS: PKT. 15¢c; OZ. 75ce. 
PINK AND ROSE SHADES 
Rose Pink. Silver Medal, All-America 
Selections, 1940. Large, wavy, rose-pink 
flowers on white ground. New type, ma- 
turing between the early flowering and 
the Spencer classes. Is taller and has 
longer stems than either of the others. 
Pinkie. Rose-pink with large and frilled 
flowers, This variety is seldom affected 
by weather conditions and first-class 
blooms can be cut all during its long 
blossoming period. . 
Jack Hobbs. Cream-pink, flushed scarlet. 
One of the largest Sweet Peas ever in- 
troduced. 
Miss California. The color is a beautiful 
shade of rich pink, deeply flushed and 
shaded with salmon. Unsurpassed for 
either exhibition or general cutting pur- 
poses. 
Youth. This Sweet Pea can be described 
as a white ground Picotee but with 
slightly deeper color on the edges than 
its predecessor in this group. Strongly 
perfumed. 
LAVENDER AND BLUE SHADES 
Ambition. Rich deep lavender, with a 
darker shade on the base of the standard 
and wings when young, lessening as the 
bloom ages. Gold Medal and Award of 
Merit. 
Powerscourt. A clear pure lavender. Has 
been considered the best lavender for a 
number of years. It is still the most 
popular. The flowers are very pure in 
color. 
Reflection. A beautiful shade of clear 
blue. 
WHITE AND CREAM SHADES 
Gigantic. An enormous white frilled 
flower of exquisite texture and artistic 
form. Black seeded. 
Cream Gigantic. Large ruffled flowers 
of perfect form, free from pink or blush 
tinge. Black seeded. 
CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS 
Sweet Peas are deep rooting and heavy 
feeding plants. We recommend a trench 
to be dug about 18 inches deep and 18 
inches wide. In the bottom fork in about 
6 inches of well-rotted manure. Fill in 
with soil in which is mixed a liberal 
quantity of well-rotted manure. 
The actual sowing is done in a shallow 
trench 6 to 8 inches deep. Cover the seeds 
with 2 inches of soil and press firmly. 
The balance is filled in as the plants 
grow, thus establishing deeper roots than 
would otherwise be possible. Use one 
ounce of seed to 20 feet of the row and 
later thin out so that the plants will be 4 
to 5 inches apart. 

Giant Summer Flowering Spencers 
ORANGE AND SALMON SHADES: 
George Shawyer. A giant orange pink, 
the standard showing more orange than 
the wings. The flowers are perfectly 
formed and nicely placed. 
Smiles. Clear glistening salmon best de- 
scribes this exquisite variety. The large 
flowers are beautifully waved and fluted. 
CERISE SHADES 
Mrs. A. Searles. Salmon-cerise, merging 
into a soft oriental red. A remarkable 
and distinct color, No collection is com- 
plete without this beautiful Sweet Pea. 
Artiste. Clear Geranium pink; a rare 
color. Flowers are large and quite frilled. 
An outstanding Sweet Pea. 
RED SHADES 
Red Supreme. Deep crimson: an abun- 
dance of flowers on long stems. 4 
Welcome. By far the best and most bril- 
liant, dazzling, scarlet Sweet Pea. For 
exhibition or gardens it is supreme. Ab- 
solutely sunproof. 
MAROON AND PURPLE SHADES 
Warrior. Rich chocolate maroon. A mag- 
nificent variety which has held its place 
and popularity for a number of years. 
Olympia. Deep rich purple of graceful 
form and immense size. 
RUFFLED VARIETIES 
All Colors. Pkt. 15c; oz. (5c. 
Bonnie Ruffles. A beautiful salmon pink. 
Blue. Soft mid blue shade. 
Crimson. Rich satiny crimson, ruffled 
and waved. Long stems. 
Exquisite Ruffled. Sparkling salmon- 
cerise; large ruffled. 
Rose. Soft rich rose, large and ruffled. 
White. Pure white. 

GIANT WAVED SWEET PEAS 
CHOICE SPENCER MIXED 
This mixture is grown from a spe- 
cial formula which has been built up 
and perfected during many years. It 
contains over forty of the very best 
standard varieties of the most recent 
introductions, all waved and giant 
flowering. Pkt. 15c. 

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If flowers are kept picked and seed 
prevented from forming more and better 
bloom will be produced. Avoid overhead 
watering as it causes the flower buds to 
drop. 
Time of Sowing: Spencer varieties may 
be sown in early October and lightly 
mulched in winter. Fall sowing gives 
finer flowers and longer stems and a 
slightly longer period of bloom. 
In California, Early Flowering varie- 
ties are sown about August 1 and 
throughout the winter months. If sown 
in August they will bloom by November. 
Keep the surface of the bed cool by using 
a light mulch. 
TREAT SWEET PEA SEEDS WITH NITRAGIN 
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