. Dreer's autumn bulb catalogue : 1891. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. 1891 £)REER'S ^utumn Gatalogue. 47. SWEET PEAS. For Sowing in Kail. ^WEET Peas can be most successfully grown by sowing tbe seed in tbe autumn in rich, sandy soil about 6 P inches deep. Cover with straw or manure over winter; remove covering about March 20th or April 1st. One of our customers writes us under date of August 12th : " I have been this whole season under obligations to you for advising me to plant Sweet Pea seed
. Dreer's autumn bulb catalogue : 1891. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. 1891 £)REER'S ^utumn Gatalogue. 47. SWEET PEAS. For Sowing in Kail. ^WEET Peas can be most successfully grown by sowing tbe seed in tbe autumn in rich, sandy soil about 6 P inches deep. Cover with straw or manure over winter; remove covering about March 20th or April 1st. One of our customers writes us under date of August 12th : " I have been this whole season under obligations to you for advising me to plant Sweet Pea seeds last autumn. The seed was planted late in October or .early in November in rows with a southerly exposure, they were then well covered with litter protection and finally brush sufficient to prevent the litter from blowing away. In the Spring the litter was removed the plants staked, and by the middle of April they were in bloom and I have had flowers ever since, and at times the display exceeded that of any other collection of Sweet Peas I have ever ; Eckford's New Large Flowering Sweet Peas Apple Blossom. Standards, bright Peroz. pkt pinkish-rose, wings blush 25 10 Blanche Ferry. Pink and white, dwarf early 25 10 Boreatton. Fine deep maroon color 25 10 Cardinal. Bright shining crimson scarlet . 25 10 Empress of India. Clear rosy-pink standards and white wings 25 10 Isa Eckford. Creamy white suffused with rosy-pink 25 10 Lottie Eckford. White and 25 10 Miss Hunt. Pale carmine, salmon standards, with soft pink wings. ... 25 10 Orange Prince. Bright orange, pink, flushed with scarlet 25 10 Primrose. Pale primrose yellow 25 10 Princess of "Wales. Shaded and striped mauve, on a white 25 10 Queen of England. Pure white, 1 arge and fine 25 10 Splendor. Eich bright pinkish rose, shaded with crimson 25 10 The Queen. Eosy pink, shaded with light mauve 25 10 Eckford's Large Per lb. $ 25 10 STANDARD SORTS. Adonis, carmine 20 5 Butterf
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