. Barnard's seeds, bulbs, shrubs 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. 60 ¥oKe C)^YfrSSam arc?*£?o. 23S-235 SKac/SsonrS£ ^z/cac/o. SWEET PEAS There is no annual grown that is more popular. Inex- pensive, easily and quickly grown from seed, thriving on a city lot or in the country garden, supplying a wealth ot flowers for months to adorn the home garden or corsage; is it any wonder that they are favorites? Much improvement has been made by specialists in Sweet Pea development. About ten years ago the fir
. Barnard's seeds, bulbs, shrubs 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. 60 ¥oKe C)^YfrSSam arc?*£?o. 23S-235 SKac/SsonrS£ ^z/cac/o. SWEET PEAS There is no annual grown that is more popular. Inex- pensive, easily and quickly grown from seed, thriving on a city lot or in the country garden, supplying a wealth ot flowers for months to adorn the home garden or corsage; is it any wonder that they are favorites? Much improvement has been made by specialists in Sweet Pea development. About ten years ago the first of a new type appeared. The new comer produced the largest flowers theretofore seen. They were pink, beautiful and handsome in' form. The new Sweet Pea was called Countess Spencer, and it is from that now well-known sort that the Giant Orchid-Flowering or Spencer Sweet Peas have been ob- tained. Sweet Pea seed should be sown plentifully, as early as possible. They are usually grown in double rows with a wire trellis or a row of bush between. Make the drills about 6 inches deep and nine or ten inches apart. Change the loca- tion of the rows each season. At the time of planting, cover with one inch of soil only, and fill in the drill as the young plants grow, taking care not to cover the top of the plants. A deep soil enriched by bone meal and a sunny situation is best suited for their needs. New Spencer Sweet Pea, "Fiery Cross" Exceptionally Fine Novelty. SPENCER SWEET PEA, FIERY CROSS During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Scotland was continually at war, the method employed by the chiefs to gather the clans to repel invaders was by means of a fiery cross, which was taken from hamlet to hamlet by the speediest man available. The fiery cross was simply a blazing pine branch. "Fiery Cross" has all the appearance of live fire, the color being a scorching fire-red, or scarlet, without any shading and which scintillates and glitters in bright
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