. The Geo. A. Weaver Co's annual catalogue of seeds. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Rhode Island Newport; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit; Agricultural implements; Commercial catalogs. Dwarf Pccony-Flouered " Salmon Rose" Poppy. New Dwarf Sweet Pea, "; Specimens submitted to us of the new Sweet Pea, Cupid, fully bear out the very high eulogiums already conferred on it by eminent authorities. A really dwarf Lathyrus odoralus, or Sweet Pea. is a novelty indeed, and, as such, cannot be o
. The Geo. A. Weaver Co's annual catalogue of seeds. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Rhode Island Newport; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit; Agricultural implements; Commercial catalogs. Dwarf Pccony-Flouered " Salmon Rose" Poppy. New Dwarf Sweet Pea, "; Specimens submitted to us of the new Sweet Pea, Cupid, fully bear out the very high eulogiums already conferred on it by eminent authorities. A really dwarf Lathyrus odoralus, or Sweet Pea. is a novelty indeed, and, as such, cannot be overlooked. Sweet Peas now form such a large proportion of our summer adornment of gardens, as well as of our cut-flower supply for fully six months in the year, that any new comer which is likely to prove of value is hailed with delight, and in such a light we receive the new variety- Cupid. The habit of the plant is dwarf and compact, and does not exceed five inches in height; foliage, dark green. The flower-stems are about 4 in. long, and bear near the end of the stem two or three pure waxy white blossoms, of good substance and fullv as large as Emily Hender- son's. A wonderfully free bloomer, said to begin to flower as early as May, and to continue until Novem- ber. The Rev. W. T. Hutchins, the eminent Sweet Pea specialist, says of it: " A novelty it certainly is. It is the only genuine dwarf Sweet Pea, and has sported so at one jump. By some freak of nature it has lost the habit of a vine, and makes a low tuft of short branches which hug the ground, showing no tendency either to trail or climb. But it has not lost the free-blooming habit, and thus its blossoms, which are uniformly the purest possible white, form a low. crowded mass that nearly hide the ; Pkt. ^ 10 seeds) 1501s. tttw Dwarf Sweet Pea. Cupid. 1 wish I could send some of mv Sweet Peas to your exhibit. They are beautiful. I pick from My Nasturtiums are fine. In fact, all the flower seeds bought
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