. Longstreth's seed annual & bargain catalog of standard garden seeds, flower seeds, gladiolus & tuberose bulbs, etc., 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. k SWEET PEAS. CULTURE:—Sow seed quite early in rather rich ground, in trenches about six inches deep, and cover two inches at time of sowing, and when plants are 5 inches high fill up the trench. As fast as the flowers begin to fade they should be cut, for if the plants are allowed to form seed-pods they will soon stop blooming. 93. WHITE CUPID.—The first real dwarf Sweet Peas ever offered. The plants g
. Longstreth's seed annual & bargain catalog of standard garden seeds, flower seeds, gladiolus & tuberose bulbs, etc., 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. k SWEET PEAS. CULTURE:—Sow seed quite early in rather rich ground, in trenches about six inches deep, and cover two inches at time of sowing, and when plants are 5 inches high fill up the trench. As fast as the flowers begin to fade they should be cut, for if the plants are allowed to form seed-pods they will soon stop blooming. 93. WHITE CUPID.—The first real dwarf Sweet Peas ever offered. The plants grow about 9 inches high, and spread out to 12 or 15 inches across. The flowers are bourne on a number of stems, ea<-h stem containing when in full bloom two or three blossoms. The plant when in full bloom is a perfect mass of the finest waxy white bloom of the most delicious fragrance. Pkt. 8c. 94. BLANCHE BURPEE.—3 feet. Love- ly form and of immense size, usually 3 or 4 of the most delicate, sweet, pure white flow- ers on a stem. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; i lb 20c. 95. Sweet Peas, BLANCH FERRY. Dwarf habit, producing a great abundance of bloom earlier than any other variety. Fowers exceedingly pretty and sweet, wings nearly white, standards bright pink. Pkt. 4c.;oz. 7c; ± lb 20c. 96. SWEET WILLIAM. H. great favorite, producing flowers in great abund- ance, in many brilliant colors. Pkt. 3c. 97. WISTERIA. H. P. (Chinese). - One of the most popular of our hardy climbers ; in established plants the vines are often 50 feet or more in • length. Flowers early in the Spring in long, drooping clusters often a foot or more in length, of a light blue col- or. Pkt. FOR THE LADIES ONLY ! To any lady wlio has obtained the seed of the Castor Bean [No. 75], from me who grows the tallest plant and reports correctly the height of It, I will give 30c. worth of flower or garden seeds of her own selection. For the next tallest I will give a copy of -The Practical Guide to Flor
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