SWEET PEAS 
Sweet Peas are deep rooting and heavy feed- 
ing 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. 
Sow the seeds in a trench 6 to 8 inches deep. 
Cover about 2 inches and fill in the trench as 
the plants grow. Use one ounce of seed to 20 
feet of row and thin plants to 4 or 5 inches 
apart. Fall sowing gives finer flowers and 
longer stems and a slightly longer period of 
bloom. 
If flowers are kept picked and seed pre- 
vented from forming, more and better blooms 
will be produced. Avoid overhead watering as 
if causes the flower buds to drop. 
In California, Early Flowering varieties 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. 
STANDARD WINTER VARIETIES 
Any of the following: Pkt. 15c; oz. 70c 
Amethyst. Royal purple. 
Bridesmaid. A delicately sparkling shade of 
deep silvery pink. Extra long stems and a vig- 
orous grower. 
Chime. Salmon-pink, very large and fine. 
Blue Bonnet. Extra large, fine deep blue. The 
color is evenly distributed with not the slight- 
est trace of mauve. 
Daphne. Soft salmon-pink on cream ground. 
An abundance of flowers on vigorous vines. 
Florist Blue. This is the best clear blue Sweet 
Pea. 
Florist Rose. This Sweet Pea has the longest 
stems of any we have ever seen. The color is 
pure rose-pink. 
Fragrance. Mammoth lavender. 
Gardenia. A dense paper white, having large 
ruffled flowers with good substance. 
Glitters. Orange scarlet. 
Hope. Pure white and one of the latest im- 
provements. Very fine flower and stem. 
Lavanda. A pure clear lavender. Large ruffled 
blooms, highly perfumed. Good stems and un- 
usual vigor make it a very desirable cut 
flower. 
Mars (New). Ox-blood crimson. 
Othello. Maroon. Strong grower. 
Oriental. Large deep clear cream on long 
stems. 
Red Giant. True crimson. 
Rhumba. All that the name implies—a color- 
ful personification 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 ex- 
ceptionally fine variety with long, strong 
stems. 
Treasure Island (New). Very large flowers of 
sparkling golden orange; semi-duplexed, and 
on long stems. 
THE ZVOLANEK SWEET PEA 
MULTI-FLORA 
For Winter Outdoor Planting 
Imagine sweet peas with 18 to 20 inch stems 
and 5 to 9 flowers on a single stem. We now 
have these giant wonderful sweet peas in 
many colors. All are bright colors. Wherever 
they have been grown they have won acclaim. 
Nothing like these have ever been seen before 
or thought possible to produce. Even expert 
hybridists claim it will be the last improve- 
ment in sweet peas. These Multi-Flora sweet 
peas bloom in about 75 days after planting in 
the greenhouse or outdoors. They grow from 
6 to 7 feet high and need supports. For out- 
door south to north planting is best although 
they may be planted east to west also. 
Whirlwind. Light pink. 
Lavender. Giant sized lavender, exceedingly 
long stems. 
Rose. A fine clear rose pink. Well formed and 
well set flowers. 
White W.S. A glistening clear pure white of 
gigantic size. Very long stout stems. 
Flag Blue. Clear medium blue. 
“Tooey”. A lovely pink suffused with salmon 
having magnificent large flowers on exceed- 
ingly long stems. 
Deep Rose. An excellent bright deep rose with 
long thin stems with six flowers on each stem. 
SOME TIPS ON WINDOW BOXES 
Window boxes are a form of “house 
plant’ with the difference that varied forms 
of plant material are used in the same win- 
dow box, while house plants usually are by 
themselves. The window box is often a 
“community” of plant material. See that 
what you put in the community is congenial 
to the other members in its requirements for 
water, food, light, type of soil, etc. Don’t 
put plants requiring lots of moisture and 
fertilizer into the same window box with 
“poor soil” or ‘scanty water” types of plant. 
Don‘t put shade-loving plants into the same 
window box with sun-loving plants. If your 
window box or planter is indoors, treat it as 
a group of house plants; if it’s outside treat 
it as a portable outdoor garden. Always 
remember, it is a crowded community and 
will need regular supply of good liquid fer- 
tilizer. 
Orange Cerise. Having longer stems and larger 
flowers with usually six magnificent bright 
flowers on a stem. 
Elk Purple. Fine deep brilliant purple. 
Above Separate Colors: 75c pkg. 
Fine Mixed: 50c pkg. 
THE NEW CUTHBERTSON SWEET PEA 
All Colors: Pkt. 10¢; 0z. 65c 
Where other types do not perform well, 
Cuthbertsons are the answer, especially 
in hot and dry areas. They are very 
rugged, producing tremendous blooms on 
long stems and are ten days earlier than 
Spencers. Cuthbertson Sweet Peas are 
now available in a complete color range. 
They are vigorous under all conditions. 
Carol. Clear pink. 
Coline. Cerise. 
Danny. Navy blue. 
Frances. Lovely salmon. 
Frank G. Lavender. 
Helen. Silver pink. 
Catherine. Clear cerise. 
Janet. Pure white, black seeded. 
Jimmy. Dazzling bright scarlet. 
Kenneth. Rich crimson. 
Lois. Rose pink. 
Marion. Cream. 
Tommy. Clear light blue. 
Cuthbertson’s Mixed Blend. An excel- 
lent range of 25 to 30 colors, well bal- 
anced. Pkt. 15c. 
SUNFLOWER 
Helianthus (a) Grp. 2 
Sun Gold. New. Large double flowers 
of brilliant golden yellow. Free flowering. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Red Sunflower. Tall single flowered va- 
riety with bright red blossoms. Pkt. 10c. 
SWEET SULTAN 
Centaurea Odorata (a) Grp. 2 
These beautiful long stemmed flowers 
with their soft velvety heads make very 
enchanting bouquets. They measure 2 to 
2% inches across while the entire plant 
stands about 2% to 3 feet tall. You can 
grow them readily in any garden soil. 
Red, lavender, rose, yellow and white. 
Fragrant. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
SWEET WILLIAM 
Dianthus Barbatus (b) Grp. 5 
A well known, attractive, free-flowering hardy 
biennial, producing a splendid effect in beds 
and borders with their rich and varied flowers. 
Height, 10 to 20 inches. 
Single Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Double Varieties. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
TITHONIA (a) Grp. | 
*Torch (All America Winner 1951.) This 
extremely dwarf Tithonia grows approxi- 
mately four feet high in most localities. 
It bears brilliant orange-red flowers, four 
inches across, from about July to mid- 
August. Very heat-resistant and not sub- 
ject to any diseases. Pkt. 25c. 
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