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| Keywords: Lippincott seeds (16187208099).jpg MINNEAPOLIS MINN <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 looselj' and grace- <br> fully set on the steins; 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 stems are <br> long and sturdy each stem bears four <br> flowers The color throughout is a soft <br> lavender suffused with mauve It comes <br> absolutely true Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz <br> 25 cts <br> WHITE SPENCER � Flowers absolutely <br> pure white standards waved crinkled and <br> fluted; 3 to 4 blossoms to a stem; stems 12 <br> to 15 inches in length Pkt 100 seeds 8 <br> cts ; oz 15 cts <br> KING EDWARD SPENCER � The best <br> pure red Spencer very large with espe- <br> cially immense wings Pkt 75 seeds 8 <br> cts ; oz 30 cts <br> OTHEI I O SPENCER � Of immense <br> size with large drooping wings rich <br> maroon One of the best dark sw eet <br> peas Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 25 cts <br> DAINTY SPENCER � White ground <br> with beautiful picotee edge of rose pink <br> splendid form Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz <br> 20 cts <br> MRS ROUTZAHN SPENCER � Buff or <br> apricot ground flushed and suffused with <br> delicate pink Pkt 50 seeds 8 cts ; oz <br> 25 cts <br> HELEN LEWIS SPENCER � Blooms <br> large orange salmon with pink ; espe- <br> cially bright orange standard Pkt 75 <br> seeds 8 cts ; oz 25 cts <br> MENIE CHRISTIE SPENCER � Both <br> the large fluted standard and wavy wings <br> are of the same color a lovely ruby-rose <br> Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 20 cts <br> COUNTESS SPENCER � TRUE � The <br> color is a soft rose- pink which deepens <br> at the outer edges and becomes still <br> richer or more heavily suffused in cool <br> weather Pkt 75 seeds 8 cts ; oz 20 cts <br> CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS � Hardy Annual Plant outdoors just as soon as <br> the ground can be worked five inches deep in a double row about ten inches apart <br> and the seeds dropped -inch apart in the furrows; and fertilize with wood ashes <br> bone-flour or nitrate of soda Supply brush or strings at least seven feet high and <br> water freely Pick the blossoms every daj' and keep the pods off <br> FOUR NEW SPENCER <br> NOVELTIES FOR 1916 <br> aiARGARET ATLEE � Rosy salmon <br> pink on creamy buff ground Immense <br> wavy standard inclined to double Large <br> wavy wings Pkt 35 seeds 20 cts <br> KING WHITE � Produces gigantic <br> flowers of an absolutely pure white and <br> is so distinct in growth and has so much <br> more vigor than any other White Spen- <br> cer that the variety may be told simply <br> by the vine itself The standard is of <br> finest form decidedly frilled and waved <br> Pkt 35 seeds 20 cts <br> EDROM BEAUTY � Salmon orange <br> Pkt 35 seeds 15 cts <br> QUEEN MARY � Pink on cream ground <br> very large This magnificent Sweet Pea <br> has never been listed by any seed house <br> in this country Pkt 30 seeds 20 cts <br> SPENCER HYBRIDS � Mixed colors <br> Pkt 100 seeds 5 cts ; oz 15 cts <br> NOTICE � One package each of the <br> Spencer varieties including the four <br> novelties for 1 25 <br> Enclosed you will find another order from me for seeds I never plant any <br> flower seeds but that yours are in the majority I first bought seeds and roses <br> from you ten years ago and have been getting from you ever since and I've never <br> been stung I have also ordered seeds for others with mine and I never knew <br> anyone to complain Wishing you every success � Mrs H C Snyder <br> Wilkinsburg Pa April 12 1915 42205443 132981 65968 Page 35 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42205443 1915 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Miss C H Lippincott Firm NameFound Orchid Biodiversity Heritage Library Lippincott seeds 1916 Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Fruit Nurseries Horticulture Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42205443 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42205443 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 N02/16187208099 2015-08-25 05 56 49 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Lippincott seeds Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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