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Countess of Radnor. 



lyOttie Eckford. 



The Bride. 



Emily Henderson. 



Mrs. Eckford. 



Blushing Beauty. 



Katherine Tracy. 



Eliza Eckford. 



Ramona. 



Mrs . Joseph Chamberlain. 



Eady Penzance. 



Meteor. 



Her Majesty. 



Splendor. 



Firefly. 



Princess Victoria. 



These results are simply those of this experiment plot. 

 Blanche Burpee, I suppose, ought to have come before Emily 

 Henderson in the whites, but it has not come up to expectation 

 here and consequently must drop out. No doubt the same is 

 true of other varieties. Nevertheless we hope that in this list is 

 the cream of most that is good in sweet peas. It is said that 

 Emily Henderson is inferior to Blanche Burpee because it is 

 notched, does not spread so freely, curls or reflexes to some 

 extent, and has a tinge of green as the latter does not. Never- 

 theless, with us Blanche Burpee is not a useful flower. While 

 full grown individual blossoms possess all the qualities said of it, 

 most of the flowers do not spread or else fade before maturity, and 

 consequently do not act the part expected of them. Of the striped 

 pinks, Ramona and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain ought really not to 

 be compared, as they are of a wholly different shade of pink. 

 Ramona may be put first only because it is perhaps the more 

 refined. Mention of the dwarf Cupid must not be omitted . Cupid 

 is not wholly a thing of beauty; Mr. Hutchins, however, consid- 

 ers it well worth the introduction historically. He wants it as 

 the basis of future crosses with the tall varieties, that one may be 

 enabled to procure the blossoms at a more convenient height. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. Hutchins for the time and patience 

 spent with me over the flowers at the Springfield Sweet Pea 

 Show. The flowers certainly deserve the work and enthusiasm 

 which Mr. Hutchins has given to them. Although careless and 



