. Bailey's seeds bulbs shrubs poultry supplies. BAILEY & SONS COMPANY, Salt Lake City, Utah Page 31 GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS. Bailey's Giant Spencer Sweet Peas BAILEY'S GIANT FLOWERING SPENCER SWEET PEAS These varieties cover practically every range of color available to date in Sweet Peas. AMBITION—Large rosy-lavender, the best in this color. BARBARA—Fine Salmon. CONSTANCE HINTON — Mammoth White, the best pure white. ELEGANCE—New Blush Lilac, suffused pink. FIERY CROSS—Orange Cerise, very desirable. HERCULES—A mammoth rosy pink. IMPROVED FREDERICK AUSTIN — Gigantic lavender. MARGARET ATLE
. Bailey's seeds bulbs shrubs poultry supplies. BAILEY & SONS COMPANY, Salt Lake City, Utah Page 31 GIANT SPENCER SWEET PEAS. Bailey's Giant Spencer Sweet Peas BAILEY'S GIANT FLOWERING SPENCER SWEET PEAS These varieties cover practically every range of color available to date in Sweet Peas. AMBITION—Large rosy-lavender, the best in this color. BARBARA—Fine Salmon. CONSTANCE HINTON — Mammoth White, the best pure white. ELEGANCE—New Blush Lilac, suffused pink. FIERY CROSS—Orange Cerise, very desirable. HERCULES—A mammoth rosy pink. IMPROVED FREDERICK AUSTIN — Gigantic lavender. MARGARET ATLEE—Giant buff pink. MARY PICKFORD—New dainty cream pink, suffused salmon. MATCHLESS—Cream. SUNSET—Bright rose, amber background. THE PRINCE—Crimson. HAWLMARK—Cerise. THE SULTAN—Deepest maroon, with a trace of violet. Unequalled for depth of color. Sweet Peas are un- doubtedly the most gen- erally cultivated flow- ering annuals in Amer- ica today, and justly so. The Spencer or Orchid Flowering types are such an improvement over the older sorts that there is no comparison and for that reason we stock the Spencer vari- eties exclusively. Bail- ey's Spencer Sweet Peas are grown under con- tract by the most reli- able growers and are carefully selected for quality of bloom and brilliancy of color. CULTURE—The Sweet Pea delights in a soil inclined to be clayey. The best season to sow the seed is as soon in the spring as the ground can be worked. Late sowing produces rank growth, but few flow- ers. Dig a trench a foot deep by 16 or 18 inches wide and mix in it 6 in. of top soil with old ma- nure. In this plant your seed in two rows, drop- ping one every inch or two; then cover with 2 inches of soil, gradually filling the trench as they grow. One side has to be a little lower to al- low the surplus water to drain off. The flow- ers must be picked ev- ery day if you want them to bloom through the summer. Bone dust and nitrate of soda will hasten the time of
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