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| Keywords: Lippincott seeds (16185761630).jpg MISS C H LIPPINCOTT <br> SWEET PEAS SPENCER TYPE <br> GIANT ORCHID FLOWERING TYPE <br> In this we have a new class of Sweet Peas <br> Flowers of enormous size with both <br> standards and wings waved and fluted <br> while the flowers are loosely and grace- <br> fully set on the stems; plants healthy and <br> \ vigorous and produce strong-stemmed <br> flowers of great substance The perfect- <br> formed blossoms often measure two inches <br> across <br> ASTA OHN SPENCER � The flowers <br> are very large waved and fluted in stand- <br> ard with large thoroughly waved wings <br> The stems are long and sturdy each stem <br> bears four flowers The color throughout <br> is a soft lavender suffused with mauve <br> It comes absolutely true Pkt 75 seeds <br> 8 cts ; oz 25 cts <br> WHITE SPENCER � Flowers absolu- <br> tely pure white standards waved crinkled <br> and fluted; 3 to 4 blossoms to a stem; <br> stems 12 to 15 inches in length Pkt <br> 100 seeds 8 cts ; oz 15 cts <br> KING EDWARD S P E N C E R � The <br> enormous flowers are frilled waved and <br> crinkled The unusually large wings make <br> the flowers appear truly gigantic in size <br> The standard is deep rich carmine-scarlet of glossy efi'ect The wings are also car- <br> mine-scarlet and on the reverse side are of a deep rosy carmine The stems are 12 <br> to 15 inches long and frequently carry four fine blooms while the majority bear <br> three flowers The stems are thick and heavy the vines vigorous and thrifty <br> Fkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 20 cts <br> OTHELIiO SPENCER � This beautiful Sweet Pea of the true Spencer type will <br> appeal to those having a preference for the darker colors The flowers come uni- <br> formly true to type being beautifully waved or crinkled both in standard and <br> wings The stems are thick and long and carry three or four blooms of a rich <br> deep maroon Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 25 cts <br> DAINTY SPENCER � The stems are very long and usually carry four fine large <br> waved flowers each It is a most beautiful pink-edged variety; the ground color <br> is pure white with a very distinct margin of rose-pink Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; <br> oz 20 cts <br> MRS ROUTZAHN � Buff or apricot ground flushed and suffused with delicate <br> pink deepening toward the edges of the standard and wings The flowers are of <br> the largest size � thoroughly crimped and waved The standard is broad and deep <br> The long stems seldom carry less than three flowers while many bear four flowers <br> to a spray Pkt 50 seeds 8 cts ; oz 25 cts <br> HELEN liEWIS � The orange-rose wings roll and fold; the standard is reflexed <br> showing the distinctly fluted effect and Is of an intense ricli crimson-orangre The <br> blooms are truly a gigantic size � the ruffled standard measuring two inches across <br> Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 25 cts <br> MENIE CHRISTIE SPENCER � Both the large fluted standard and wavy wings <br> are of the same color a lovely ruby-rose with a slightly deeper shade in the standard <br> The grand large flowers present a most striking color effect with a wonderful <br> satiny sheen on the petals Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 20 cts <br> COUNTESS SPENCER TRUE � The color Is a soft rose-pink which deepens <br> at the outer edges and becomes still richer or more heavily suffused In cool weather <br> In sice form and coloring Countess Spencer is simply exquisite The plant Is a <br> strong vigorous grower and the large flowers are borne three and four upon long <br> stiff stems Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 20 cts <br> SPENCER HYBRIDS � Mixed colors Pkt 100 seeds 6 cts ; oz 15 cts <br> NOTICE � ONE PACKAGE KACTT OT' THE 9 SPENrKR VARIETIES FOB 60 CENTS <br> ANY THREE 8 CT PKTS FOR 20 CTS 42162049 132824 65968 Page 6 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42162049 1915 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Miss C H Lippincott Firm NameFound Orchid Biodiversity Heritage Library Lippincott seeds 1915 Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Fruit Nurseries Horticulture Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42162049 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42162049 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom nurseries horticulture u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-26 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16185761630 2015-08-25 05 56 39 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Lippincott seeds Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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