. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR i8gi. IX. ECKFORD'S SV^EET PEAS. These charming additions to the list of Sweet Peas will please all who give them a ti-ial. Mr. Eckford is one of the leading specialists in Sweet Peas in England, and we have no hesitancy in saying, that the varieties offered are in every way desirable and true to name. Apple Blossom. Standards bright pinkish-rose, wings blush, a beautiful shade of Apple Blossom. No. 6812. Pkt. 10 cts. Boreatto


. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR i8gi. IX. ECKFORD'S SV^EET PEAS. These charming additions to the list of Sweet Peas will please all who give them a ti-ial. Mr. Eckford is one of the leading specialists in Sweet Peas in England, and we have no hesitancy in saying, that the varieties offered are in every way desirable and true to name. Apple Blossom. Standards bright pinkish-rose, wings blush, a beautiful shade of Apple Blossom. No. 6812. Pkt. 10 cts. Boreatton. Fine deep maroon color. No. 6808. Per pkt. 10 cts. Cardinal. Bright shining crimson-scarlet, superb. No. 6813. Per pkt. 10 cts. Captain of the Blues. Standards bright purple blue with pale blue wings. No. 6804. Pkt. 10 cts. Empress of India. Clear rosy-pink standards and white wings. No. 6802. Pkt. 10 cts. Indigo King. Standards dark maroon purple, wings clear indigo blue. No. 6806. Per pkt. 10 cts. Isa £ckford. Creamy white, suffused with rosy-pink. No. 6811. Per pkt. 10 cts. Mrs. Sankey. Pure white, a large bold flower; a fine improvement on all other Whites. No. Pkt. 10 cts. Orange Prince. Bright orange pink, flushed with scarlet; verv distinct and beautiful. No. 6003. Per pkt. 15 cts. Princess of Wales. A lovely variety shaded and striped mauve, on a white groiind. No. 6807. Per pkt. 10 cts. Splendor. P^ich bright pinkish-rose, shaded with crim- son ; flowers large. No. 6805. Pkt. 10 cts. The collection of 11 varieties, $ ~~~-^kford's Large-Flowered, Mixed. No. 6810. Per pkt. 10 cts. Per oz. 40 cts. NEW AMERICAN SWEET PEA. BLANCHE FERRY. Compared with Painted Ijudy—the most popular sort, on the whole, hitherto—the flowers have a far deeper, richer coloring and greater (iagrance. Tlieir color when massed presents such a gorgeous })icture as to stoj) the passer-by and elicit expressions of admiration, while their fragrance is so far reacliing as to be phen


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