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Price, per packet 5c; oz
BLUE.
Captain of the Blues, bright purple and pale blue.
Navy Blue (new), a remarkable tint of prune,
almost the color of a Concord grape when ripe.
Full size packets. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c, lb. 75c;
lb. $2.00.
BLUE OR LAVENDER EDGED.
Blue Edged, white and pink, edged with blue.
Butterfly, white, lavender laced.
Golden Gate, standard soft pinkish mauve, wings
light mauve and lavender.
Lottie Eckford, white suffused with blue.
Maid of Honor, light blue, white ground, shaded
and edged.
CLARET.
Duke of Clarence, rosy claret, self-colored flowers.
Waverly, rosy claret, shaded standards, pale blue
wings, shaded with rose.
LAVENDER.
Celestial, delicate azure blue.
Countess of Radnor, delicate lavender.
New Countess, delicate lavender.
Princess May, large flowers of a most charming
shade of lavender.
MAROON.
Stanley, deep maroon.
Boreatton, standard rich shining bronzy crimson;
wings beautiful crimson purple.
Indigo King, standard dark maroon purple, wings
clear indigo blue.
Monarch, bronzy crimson standard, deep blue wing.
Purple Prince, maroon and purple.
Shahzada (new), rich dnrk maroon with shade of
purpls.
REDDISH MAUVE.
Dorothy Tennant, pure violet or rosy mauve.
Emily Eckford, well marked cerulean tint, the
standards suffused with reddish mauve.
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Sweet Peas are among the most beautiful of all our hardy annuals. The plants are best suited with a
cool, moist soil. The seeds should be sown four inches deep in a stiff, heavy soil, and from six to eight
inches in light soil, and as early in the spring as possible. Don'/ wait for fair weather. Use plenty of
seed, so that they will not be more than an inch apart. Hoe the soil toward the plant a little, but do not
form a ridge, and furnish support early. The varieties offered embrace all the best sorts that have been
brought out up to the present time.
For several seasons many growers of Sweet Peas have been experimenting in the way of cross fertili-
zation and hybridizing, using their best endeavors to produce new shades of colors and forms of flowers.
While the result has been, in a few instances, a decided success, many of the new named sorts possess
little if any advantage over some of the old standard varieties, and certainly require the eye of an expert.
with a strong magnifying glass added, to detect the difference in the shades or forms.
IOc.j Vi lb. 20c; Vt lb. 35c; lb. 60c; unless otherwise noted.
MAGENTA.
Captivation (new), light purple magenta.
PINK.
Apple Blossom, standard bright pinkish rose;
wings blush.
Alice Eckford, cream-tinted cerise standard, white
wings.
Blushing' Beauty, soft pink.
Coquette, primrose, apricot tint.
California, soft pink.
Countess of Aberdeen, white, margined with
pale pink.
Crown Jewel, creamy white, veined with violet
rose.
Crown Princess of Prussia, bright blush.
Delight, standards white, crested with soft carmine;
Isa Eckford, white, suffused with rosy pink.
Katherine Tracy, brilliant vermilion rose; wings
same shade as the standard.
Lemon Queen, delicate blush pink, standard tinted
with lemon, and blush, almost white wings.
Lovely, soft shell pink.
Mrs. Gladstone, delicate soft pink.
Peach Blossom, creamy pink standard, wings
pink.
Prima Donna
Princess Beatrice, rose; large.
Royal Robe
Venus, salmon buff, standard delicately shaded
rosy pink.
ORANGE PINK.
Countess of Powis, standard pink and orange,
flushed with scarlet; wings bright rose, veined
with pink.
Meteor, bright orange salmon; wings light pink.
Rising Sun, rosy orange, blotched with carmine;
wings blush white.
Vesuvius, violet and rose; distinct but not brilliant.
PINK AND WHITE.
Bride of Niagara, double. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c;
lb; 40c; lb. $1.50.
Blanche Ferry.
Extra Early Blanche Ferry.
Empress of India.
Little Dorrit.
Painted Lady.
DEEP PINK OR ROSE.
Adonis, rose and carmine.
Her Majesty, beautiful soft rosy pink, very large,
showy, handsome ; a flower difficult to describe.
Lady Beaconsfield, salmon standard, tinted with
rose ; wings pale yellow.
Lady Penzance, pale, but very bright rose ; strik-
ing and distinct.
Miss Hunt, carmine, salmon and soft pink.
Oddity, pale carmine and bright rose
Royal Rose, bright pink and blush white.
The Queen, standard light rosy pink; wings mauve.
SCARLET.
Brilliant.
Cardinal, bright shining crimson scarlet.
Duchess of Edinburgh, standard light scarlet,
wings flushed with crimson.
Firefly, brilliant deep scarlet.
Ignea, fiery crimson scarlet standard, wings pale
scarlet, flushed with purple.
Invincible Carmine, bright shining crimson scarlet.
Invincible Scarlet.
Mars, intense scarlet, fine form.
Salopian, deep crimson suffused with orange scarlet.
YELLOW.
Primrose, pale primrose yellow.
Golden Gleam, the nearest approach to a mm
yallow.
Mrs. Eckford, Inrge, handsome, self-colored flower,
of the finest substance; peculiarly delicate shaded