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| Keywords: Vick's garden and floral guide (16563241885).jpg Price per packet 5c; oz <br> BLUE <br> Captain of the Blues bright purple and pale blue <br> Navy Blue new a remarkable tint of prune <br> almost the color of a Concord grape when ripe <br> Full size packets Pkt 5c; oz 20c lb 75c; <br> lb 2 00 <br> BLUE OR LAVENDER EDGED <br> Blue Edged white and pink edged with blue <br> Butterfly white lavender laced <br> Golden Gate standard soft pinkish mauve wings <br> light mauve and lavender <br> Lottie Eckford white suffused with blue <br> Maid of Honor light blue white ground shaded <br> and edged <br> CLARET <br> Duke of Clarence rosy claret self-colored flowers <br> Waverly rosy claret shaded standards pale blue <br> wings shaded with rose <br> LAVENDER <br> Celestial delicate azure blue <br> Countess of Radnor delicate lavender <br> New Countess delicate lavender <br> Princess May large flowers of a most charming <br> shade of lavender <br> MAROON <br> Stanley deep maroon <br> Boreatton standard rich shining bronzy crimson; <br> wings beautiful crimson purple <br> Indigo King standard dark maroon purple wings <br> clear indigo blue <br> Monarch bronzy crimson standard deep blue wing <br> Purple Prince maroon and purple <br> Shahzada new rich dnrk maroon with shade of <br> purpls <br> REDDISH MAUVE <br> Dorothy Tennant pure violet or rosy mauve <br> Emily Eckford well marked cerulean tint the <br> standards suffused with reddish mauve <br> 42 <br> Sweet Peas are among the most beautiful of all our hardy annuals The plants are best suited with a <br> cool moist soil The seeds should be sown four inches deep in a stiff heavy soil and from six to eight <br> inches in light soil and as early in the spring as possible Don'/ wait for fair weather Use plenty of <br> seed so that they will not be more than an inch apart Hoe the soil toward the plant a little but do not <br> form a ridge and furnish support early The varieties offered embrace all the best sorts that have been <br> brought out up to the present time <br> For several seasons many growers of Sweet Peas have been experimenting in the way of cross fertili- <br> zation and hybridizing using their best endeavors to produce new shades of colors and forms of flowers <br> While the result has been in a few instances a decided success many of the new named sorts possess <br> little if any advantage over some of the old standard varieties and certainly require the eye of an expert <br> with a strong magnifying glass added to detect the difference in the shades or forms <br> IOc j Vi lb 20c; Vt lb 35c; lb 60c; unless otherwise noted <br> MAGENTA <br> Captivation new light purple magenta <br> PINK <br> Apple Blossom standard bright pinkish rose; <br> wings blush <br> Alice Eckford cream-tinted cerise standard white <br> wings <br> Blushing' Beauty soft pink <br> Coquette primrose apricot tint <br> California soft pink <br> Countess of Aberdeen white margined with <br> pale pink <br> Crown Jewel creamy white veined with violet <br> rose <br> Crown Princess of Prussia bright blush <br> Delight standards white crested with soft carmine; <br> Isa Eckford white suffused with rosy pink <br> Katherine Tracy brilliant vermilion rose; wings <br> same shade as the standard <br> Lemon Queen delicate blush pink standard tinted <br> with lemon and blush almost white wings <br> Lovely soft shell pink <br> Mrs Gladstone delicate soft pink <br> Peach Blossom creamy pink standard wings <br> pink <br> Prima Donna <br> Princess Beatrice rose; large <br> Royal Robe <br> Venus salmon buff standard delicately shaded <br> rosy pink <br> ORANGE PINK <br> Countess of Powis standard pink and orange <br> flushed with scarlet; wings bright rose veined <br> with pink <br> Meteor bright orange salmon; wings light pink <br> Rising Sun rosy orange blotched with carmine; <br> wings blush white <br> Vesuvius violet and rose; distinct but not brilliant <br> PINK AND WHITE <br> Bride of Niagara double Pkt 5c; oz 15c; <br> lb; 40c; lb 1 50 <br> Blanche Ferry <br> Extra Early Blanche Ferry <br> Empress of India <br> Little Dorrit <br> Painted Lady <br> DEEP PINK OR ROSE <br> Adonis rose and carmine <br> Her Majesty beautiful soft rosy pink very large <br> showy handsome ; a flower difficult to describe <br> Lady Beaconsfield salmon standard tinted with <br> rose ; wings pale yellow <br> Lady Penzance pale but very bright rose ; strik- <br> ing and distinct <br> Miss Hunt carmine salmon and soft pink <br> Oddity pale carmine and bright rose <br> Royal Rose bright pink and blush white <br> The Queen standard light rosy pink; wings mauve <br> SCARLET <br> Brilliant <br> Cardinal bright shining crimson scarlet <br> Duchess of Edinburgh standard light scarlet <br> wings flushed with crimson <br> Firefly brilliant deep scarlet <br> Ignea fiery crimson scarlet standard wings pale <br> scarlet flushed with purple <br> Invincible Carmine bright shining crimson scarlet <br> Invincible Scarlet <br> Mars intense scarlet fine form <br> Salopian deep crimson suffused with orange scarlet <br> YELLOW <br> Primrose pale primrose yellow <br> Golden Gleam the nearest approach to a mm <br> yallow <br> Mrs Eckford Inrge handsome self-colored flower <br> of the finest substance; peculiarly delicate shaded <br> primrose 43864391 149533 78224 Page 42 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43864391 1900 10 5962/bhl title 78224 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; James Vick's Sons Rochester N Y NameFound Prima NameConfirmed Prima Foord 2008 NameFound Vesuvius Biodiversity Heritage Library Vick's garden and floral guide 1900 Garden Stories Catalogs Commerce Flowers Gardening James Vick's Sons Rochester N Y Rochester N Y Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43864391 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43864391 James Vicks Sons bhlGardenStories Sweet Peas Annuals BHLinbloom james vick's sons rochester n y rochester n y u s department of agriculture national agricultural library james vicks sons bhlgardenstories sweet peas bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-17 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16563241885 2015-08-24 22 51 40 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Annuals Vick's garden and floral guide Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Lathyrus odoratus cultivars | ||||
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