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Title: California gardening
Identifier: californiagarden1933germ (find matches)
Year: 1933 (1930s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Sweet Pea Winter Spencer Winter Wonder Collection of Giant Winter Spencer Sweet Peas. Six full-sized packets in choicest shades and one package of plant '"V I ;a food tablets (a 75c value) for LlVfV/ How to Grow Beautiful Sweet Peas Sweet peas are deep rooting. The soil where they are to 0« planted should be dug to a depth of eighteen inches. They are also gross feeders and a liberal amount of fertilizer will insure luxuriant growth and large flowers. Dig the fertilizer well under and see that the soil has settled and is firm before the seeds are planted. This result can be quickly obtained by tamping and watering. The seeds are usually sown in shallow trenches about three inches deep and covered only one or one and one-half inches. The balance of the earth is filled in after the young plants have grown a few inches. In certain heavy soils it is best not to cover the seed more than one inch at any time. Seeds may be spaced one or two inches apart in the trench and the young plants gradu- ally thinned to six inches to prevent crowding. A support for the vines must be provided early. They require a liberal amount of water. The flowers must be gathered often and should any seed pods form, these must be immediately re- moved to insure a prolonged blooming period. In growing sweet peas out of season, the vines are protected with cheese cloth or other light material. If the cloth is stretched above the plants it provides sufficient protection against strong sunshine in summer and chilly nights in winter in California. 36 4228 4263
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GERMAIN'S Los Angeles - - - - Since 1871 Winter Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas Two Magnificent Novelties Early Fascination. A combination of color, vigor and stems bred for the exacting specifications of the florist. An early flowering sweet pea with the salmon rose-pink color of the famous Late Hawlniark Pink plus the long, strong stems that have made the Early Jeane Mamitsch so popular as a commercial sweet pea. Packet, 25c; 5 for $1. Early Satin Rose. An exceedingly vigorous early flowering sweet pea with long stems. The flowers are large and beautifully shaped and the wings are in perfect proportion to the standard. The color is an exquisite blend of rose and amber with quite a strong touch of salmon, making one of the most beautiful sweet peas we have ever seen. Packet, 25c; 5 for $1.00. Ten Giant Winter Spencer Sweet Peas Amethyst. Royal purple of large size and perfect form. Blue Bird. Rich deep blue or purple. Fine clear shade. Cream. Pleasing creamy yellow. Very free flowering. Harmony. A lovely clear lavender. Large, and long stems. Embers. One of the newer shades, bright orange salmon. Illumination. A leading red variety, rich cerise in tone. Gorgeous. Bright salmon rise. A very attractive variety. Hercules. Strong growing Mammoth rose. One of the best. Othello. A deep, rich shade of velvety salmon. White Orchid. Lovely ruffled pure white. Large, long stem. Price: Any of the above per pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; % lb. $1.75. Collection Offer: One packet each of the ten Giant Winter Spencer Sweet Peas described above for 85c 4201 4206 4204 4205 4211 4216 4218 4225 4229 All While. Giant white. Splendid cut flower. Apollo. Soft salmon and cerise pink. A lovely flower. Asia <Mm. Lavender, delicately tinted mauve. Aviator. A superb dazzling crimson. Large, free flowering. Blue Picotee. White daintily edged with bright blue. Chevalier. Glowing deep rose color. Large and long stemmed. Columbia. Large wavy pink and white. Fair Maid. Delightful shade of delicate blush pink. Glitters. Glittering cerise. Bright and cheerful; a remark- ably fine variety. 4233 Grenadier. The most brilliant scarlet. 4238 Helen Lewis. Not new but always popular; rich rosy salmon. 4240 Jeanne Mamitsch. A grand rose pink variety. 4247 Miss Louise Gude. Brilliant pink. A lovely variety of uni- form shell-pink throughout. 4251 Mrs. Kerr. Exquisite salmon shade; best if slightly shaded. 4275 Perfection. Deep rose, one of the best in this shade. 4258 Rose Charm. Bright rose, beautiful large well shaped flowers. 4260 Rose Dore. Beautiful soft rose pink, delicately suffused with salmon. 4261 Santa Barbara. Mammoth deep orange. Long stems. 4262 Snowstorm. (Improved). A nopular pure white. 4248 Springsong. Salmon pink on cream. Large flower, charm- ing shade. 4264 Starlight. Pale clear bluish lavender, very pleasing. 4265 Sweet Lavender. A true lavender of large size. 4270 Vulcan. A rich scarlet-red, bright and vivid. 4266 The Beauty. Dark fiery rose. A splendid sort. 4276 Zvolanek's Rose. Excellent rose pink. A favorite cut flower variety. Price: Any of the above per pkt., 15c; oz. 70c; Vi lb. $2.00 4279 Germain's Blend Winter Spencer Mixed. Price per pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 25c; oz., 45c; V* lb., $1.35; lb., $4.50. (Turn to inside front cover for Los Angeles Sweet Pea Collection illustrated in color.)

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