HOAG SEED CO. 
FLOWER SEEDS 
SANTA BARBARA 
Hoag’s Early or Winter Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas. - 
For Winter and Spring Bloom 
Sweet Peas thrive in California where they have become one of 
the most popular winter blooming flowers. We list only those 
varieties which we believe will produce the best results in your 
home garden. Under proper culture they will produce large 
flowers, long stems, and beautiful blooms over a long period of 
time. In Southern California, planting season begins August 1 
and continues throughout the fall and winter months. August 
and September plantings should bloom by November. To pro- 
long the blooming season, cut flowers regularly to prevent their 
forming seed pods. 
SWEET PEAS 
STANDARD VARIETIES ; 
Any of the following: Pkt. 15c; oz. 70c. 
Amethyst. : 
Bridesmaid. A delicately sparkling shade of deep silvery pink. 
Extra long stems and a vigorous grower. 
Chime. 
Blue Bonnet. Extra large, fine deep blue. The color is evenly 
distributed with not the slightest trace of mauve. 
Royal purple. 
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Salmon-pink, very large and fine. 
Daphne. Soft salmon-pink 6n cream ground. 
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Florist Blue. This is the best clear blue Sweet Pea. 
Florist Rose. This Sweet Péa has the longest stems of any we 
have ever seen. The color is pure rose-pink. 
‘An abundance 
Fragrance. Mammoth lavender. 
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Gardenia is a dense paper white, having large ruffled flowers 
with good substance, 
Glitters. Orange scarlet. 
_Hope. Pure white and one of the latest improvements. Very 
fine flower and stem. 
Lavanda. A pure clear lavender. Large ruffled blooms, highly 
perfumed. Good stems and unusual vigor make it a very desir- 
able cut flower. 
Mars (New). 
Othello. 
Oriental. Large deep ciear cream on long stems. 
Ox-blood crimson. 
Maroon. Strong grower. 
Sweet Pea seeds require cool soil to sprout and if planted dur- 
ing the warm season, the seed bed should be shaded with a light 
covering of small twigs, or discarded garden plants or similar 
material, to keep the surface cool. Sweet Peas respond to fer- 
tilization and a liberal amount of barnyard manure, bonemeal 
and organic matter should be used in preparing the soil. Over- 
watering after they begin to bloom may cause the buds to drop 
without opening, in which event, withhold water. 
Red Giant. True crimson. 
Rhumba is all. that the name implies—a colorful personifica- 
tion of gaiety and vividness in a gorgeous new Sweet Pea. A 
glistening golden cerise. 
Shirley Temple. A delightful shade of soft pink. The flowers 
are the largest we have ever seen on any Sweet Pea and it has 
long stems with four very large blooms on each stem. 
Sequoia. Enormous rich golden cerise. An exceptionally fine 
variety with long, strong stems. 
Treasure Island (New). Very large flowers of sparkling golden 
orange; semi-duplexed, and on long stems. 
SWEET PEAS—-CUTHBERTSON, HEAT RESISTANT STRAIN 
Prepare the soil by spading deeply. Mix in a liberal amount of 
rotted manure or commercial fertilizer. Sow the seeds in trenches 
1% inches deep in the fall or early spring, and water well. Thin 
out as desired, and train on wire nettings or strings when plants 
are 5 to 6 inches high. Applications of liquid manure during 
po WeLs period will add to the length of stems and size of 
ossoms. 
Bred to endure high temperatures, varieties of this strain con- 
tinue to grow and produce flowers long after high summer heat 
has caused other strains to fail. It is strongly reeommended for 
sections where spring comes late, and there is not time for other 
strains to bear a normal crop of flowers before hot weather 
arrives. 
Billy. Light carmine. 
Carol. Clear pink, white ground. 
David. Bright rose crimson. 
Donny. Navy blue. 
Evelyn. Salmon cream pink. 
Frank G. Rosy lavender. 
Hazel. Light blue. 
Janet. Black seeded white. 
Jessie. Mauve. 
Lois. Rose pink white ground. 
Tommy. Clear medium blue. 
Each of the above. Pkt. 15c. 
Mixed. All the above and others. Pkt. 15c. 
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INOCULATE SWEET PEA SEEDS WITH LEGUME AID TO 
IMPROVE THEIR GROWTH, 15c. 
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SWEET WILLIAM 
PA, very desirable low- 
srowing, free-flowering 
hardy perennial, pro- 
ducing a splendid effect 
in beds and _ borders 
with their rich and 
varied flowers. 
Single Newport Pink. 
Brilliant salmon-rose. 
Pkt. 15c. | 
Single Scarlet Beauty. 
Bright scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 
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SWEET WILLIAM 
THALICTRUM DIPTERIOCARPUM (Meadow Rue) 
This new introduction from China is a hardy perennial of vig- 
orous growth, 4 to 5 feet high. The dainty rosy-purple flowers 
are brightened by a bunch of conspicuous yellow stamens and are 
produced in graceful sprays from July until September. Pkt. ZC. 
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