. Burpee's seeds that grow for 1902 : wholesale catalogue for market gardeners, florists, and farmers' clubs. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. NEW DWARF SWEET PEA,—" ; FLOWERS WHITE. The above engraving^ reduced in size, is an exact reproduc- tion of an illustration in The Gardener's Chronicle, London, June 29, /<?95, of one of the pot-plants exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society, June 25, i8gs, where by unanimous vote we received an Award of Merit for CUPID,—highest indor
. Burpee's seeds that grow for 1902 : wholesale catalogue for market gardeners, florists, and farmers' clubs. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. NEW DWARF SWEET PEA,—" ; FLOWERS WHITE. The above engraving^ reduced in size, is an exact reproduc- tion of an illustration in The Gardener's Chronicle, London, June 29, /<?95, of one of the pot-plants exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society, June 25, i8gs, where by unanimous vote we received an Award of Merit for CUPID,—highest indorsement possible. Burpee's Dwarf CUPID SWEET PEAS. A new and entirely distinct race of Sweet Peas. introduced by us in 1895, differing as widely as possible from the usual tall vine-like growth, being of low, very compact-spreading form. Plants are seldom more than six inches in height and form a dense mat of richest green foliage fif- teen inches or more in diameter. The flowers are fully equal in size to those of the tall- growing varieties, but are placed closely together, generally three or four at the top o'l a stout stiff stem, seemingly poised just above the surface of the dark-green foliage. The stems branch freely with close joints, and are thickly set with dark-green leaves. The close-spreading growth lying on the sur- face of the soil serv^es to keep the latter cool and moist, protecting it from the burning rays of the sun. By reason of this close, dense growth, these Cupid varieties have not always proved so successful when planted where the tall varieties grow most luxu- riantly ; the close growth of foliage does not dry out so quickly after heavy rains as the tall sorts, which are supported on brush and exposed to the drying influence of the air. For light dry soils, however, where the tall sorts quickly dry up or are injured by blight and insects during severe hot weather, Cupid Sweet Peas give the greatest satis- faction,—seeming to revel in the summer heat
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