. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. LIST OF LEADING FLOWER SEEDS Many other popular varieties of Flower Seeds supplied promptly. SWEET PEAS. CULTURE—Sweet Peas can be sown as early, in March, as the ground can be worked. Make a trench about six inches deep, in rich, mellow soil, and sow "the seeds, dropping- a pea every inch or two. Then cover about two inches deep and put a board over it so as to keep the rain water from staying in the trench. As soon as the young plants appear remove the board and fill in the trench as they grow. Sweet Peas delight i
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. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. LIST OF LEADING FLOWER SEEDS Many other popular varieties of Flower Seeds supplied promptly. SWEET PEAS. CULTURE—Sweet Peas can be sown as early, in March, as the ground can be worked. Make a trench about six inches deep, in rich, mellow soil, and sow "the seeds, dropping- a pea every inch or two. Then cover about two inches deep and put a board over it so as to keep the rain water from staying in the trench. As soon as the young plants appear remove the board and fill in the trench as they grow. Sweet Peas delight in a rich soil, and some varieties will run seven feet high. If the soil is too heavy, stick3r, put a couple inches of sand in the bottom of the trench, or even ashes mixed with ground will help it a great deal. Pick off the flowers as soon as they are fully expanded, or they will stop blooming as soon as the seed pods are formed and the seeds commence to ripe.. Sweet Peas. Prices for all varieties of named Sweet Pea Seeds: Pkt. 5c. oz. 10c, 3 1-oz. pkts. 25c, % lb. 20c, lb. 60c. WHITE. Emily Henderson. A persistent bloomer. Blanclie Burpee. A splendid pure white va- riety. PINK. Katherine Tracy. A soft but brilliant pink. Lovely. A delicate shell, tinged with yellow, often four flowers on a stem. Apple Blossom. Bright rose and pink. PINK AND WHITE. Early Blanche Ferry. This is the standard among florists, as it has no rival for forcing. Our strain is the "earliest of all" and is very early. ROSE. Her Majesty. Large hooded flowers, with usu- ally 4 to a stem. SCARLET. Salopian. Very bright scarlet with large flower. Cardinal. Intense crimson scarlet. ALYSSUM SWEET. A favorite flower for bouquets; white, very fragrant, and producing a succession of bloom through the summer and until after severe frosts. Always wanted when a bouquet is made. Height 1 foot. Hardy annual. Alyssum, Maritimuni. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. ASTER. No family of plants bears such distinct marks of progr