SWEET PEAS 
Sweet Peas are deep rooting and heavy feed- 
ing plants. We recommend a french 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 
it 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. 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
All Colors: Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c 
PINK AND ROSE SHADES 
Patricia Unwin. Salmon pink on a cream 
ground. 
Pinkie. Rose-pink with large and frilled 
flowers. Seldom affected by weather. 
First-class blooms can be cut all during 
its long blossoming period. ' 
Monty. Rich pink on white ground. 
Radar. New. Best rich salmon-pink. 
LAVENDER AND BLUE SHADES 
*Ambition, Rich deep lavender with a 
darker shade on the base of the standard 
and wings, lessening as the bloom ages. 
Flagship. Deep navy blue. 
Mable Gower. A brilliant blue without 
any lavender touch. 
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. 
ORANGE AND SALMON SHADES 
Prince of Orange. Best deep orange. 
Smiles. Clear glistening salmon best de- 
scribes this exquisite variety. The large 
flowers are beautifully waved and fluted. 
RED SHADES 
Red Boy. Deep crimson; an abundance 
of velvety flowers on long stems. 
Welcome. By far the best and most bril- 
liant, dazzling, scarlet Sweet Pea. For 
exhibition or gardens it is supreme. Ab- 
solutely sunproof. 
CERISE SHADES 
Mrs. A. Searles. Salmon-cerise, emerging 
into a soft oriental red. A remarkable 
and distinct color. 
Mollie. Cerise with touch of orange. 
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. 
CHOICE MIXTURE—Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c 
Giant Waved Spencers Choice 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. 
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. 
THE NEW CUTHBERTSON SWEET PEA 
All Colors: Pkt. 10c; oz. 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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