SWEET PEAS 
The Twentieth-Century Method of Growing Sweet Peas 
For Early Blooms. Place three seeds in a small 
pot of soil in the house about March 1. If all three 
seeds germinate, pull out the two weakest plants and 
retain the strongest. As soon as the second set of 
leaves has formed, plunge the young plants, with the 
pots, in a coldframe protected by sash, where they 
can be hardened off. Lift the sash during the sunny 
hours of the day and water carefully. Set the plants 
out in the open about April 15, and space them 6 
inches apart in the row. 
General Culture 
Four ounces of seed will sow a single row of 100 feet 
The ground where Sweet Peas are to be grown 
should be well prepared—if possible, the fall previ- 
ous. Deep spading or plowing is very essential, for 

the roots love to penetrate into the cooler part of the 
soil. Manure placed at a considerable depth will 
help to draw the roots downward. Sweet Peas love 
sun, therefore they should always be planted where 
they are exposed to the sun all day. 
Sow Seeds Early. Sweet Peas produce their 
strongest roots during the cool, moist months of 
spring, so planting should take place as soon as the 
land can be worked. A little frost will do no harm to 
Sweet Peas. After the soil has been carefully 
smoothed and raked, draw a line for a straight row 
and sow three seeds every 6 inches in the row. Do 
not cover the seed with more than 44 inch of soil, and 
if more than one plant should appear in each spot, 
carefully destroy all but one specimen so that one 
plant shows every 6 inches in the row. 
The Cream of the Spencer Varieties (For Outdoors) 
Named Spencer Sweet Peas, Each, pkt. (approx. 50 Seeds) 20 cts.; oz. 60 cts. 
Ascot. Giant bright pink. 
Bonnie Briar. Rose-pink of immense size. 
Burpee’s White. Very large white. 
Capri. Light blue. Unusual. 
Cheerio. Begonta-rose, suffused gold. 
Crony. Golden salmon. A new shade. 
Elstree. Soft pink on cream ground. 
Flamingo. Orange-scarlet-cerise. 

Spencer Sweet Peas 

Flora. Clear deep lavender. 
Golden Dragon. Double; bright orange. 
Grand National. Large frilled cream. 
Grand Slam. Bright scarlet-cerise. 
Highlander. Clear lovely lavender. 
Leader. Rich salmon-pink. 
Magnet. Cream-pink. 
Maytime. Rich golden cerise. 
Olympia. Pleasing purple. 
Pinnacle. Deep rose. 
Princess Royal. Rich salmon. 
Red Rover. Fine dark crimson. 
Royal Purple. Lovely shape. 
Salmon Gigantic. Large salmon-pink. 
Snow White. Solid paper-white, immense flowers. 
Sweet Afton. Deep silvery pink; large. 
Tangerine Improved. Fiery orange. 
Warrior. Deep maroon. 
Welcome. Dazzling scarlet. 
What Joy. Cream. 
Windsor Blue. Large-flowered and long stemmed; 
clear mid-blue. 
Youth. White, picoteed pink. 
HUNT'S RUFFLED NOVELTY MIXTURE 
This novelty mixture includes all the finest new 
named giant Sweet Peas. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; 14lb. $1.50 
HUNT'S PERFECTION SPENCER MIXED 
Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; 4lb. $1.50 
Sweet Peas for Greenhouse 
Bacchus. Red-maroon. 
Bridesmaid. Silver-pink. 
Coquette. Deep salmon-pink; very large. 
Fiesta. Orange-cerise color; sunproof. 
Gardenia. Large ruffled paper-white. 
Hiawatha. Rose. 
Miss Liberty. White with rose-carmine. 
Princess Blue. Lovely shade. 
Rhapsody. Giant rosy lavender. 
Sequoia. Cerise. 
Tahoe. Mid-blue. 
Tops. Vigorous. Rose-pink with salmon. 
Top Sergeant. Blood-red. 
Any of above varieties, pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 

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