226 THE FLORIST. 



Monarch (Epps.) A very tall-growing kind, and the pods fill rather better 

 than British Queen, which it resembles, but is not prelerable to it. 



Danecroft Prolific, 3 to 4 feet. A capital late Pea and a good cropper. 



British Queen. The best of all the tall late Marrows. 



Ne Plus Ultra. Closely resembling British Queen. 



Thurston's Reliance, G to 7 feet. A late ISIarrow Pea of very good quality, 

 resembling Ne Plus Ultra and others in growth. 



Champion of England, 3 to 6 feet. A good second crop Pea, and a good 

 cropper. 



Fairbeard's Surprise, 5 feet. A good second crop Pea, and a good cropper. 



All the above varieties were sown on the 23rd of April, in ^ood, 

 well-trenched soil, indispensable requisites to the growth of good Peas. 

 With regard to early Peas, we do not consider that an earlier than 

 Daniel O'Rourke is requisite, unless a much hardier race can be pro- 

 cured to resist spring frosts ; but it is essential that a Pea as earh/ as 

 Daniel O'Rourke, with the flavour and productiveness of our best 

 Marrowfats, should be procured, and to the attainment of this object 

 we direct the attention of hybridisers. For small, or even large 

 gardens, we recommend the following sorts : — 



First Early — Daniel O'Rourke (with a succession a fortnight after for large 

 gardens) . 



Second Early — Harrison's Perfection or Glory, Dickson's Favourite. 



Third Crop — Champion of England. 



Fourth Crop — Lord Raglan, Hairs' Dwarf Mammoth, British Queen. 



Near these Peas was a breadth of CauUflowers, consisting of — 



Early London — the earliest. 



Walcheren and Waite's Alma — second early. 



The Alma seems to be an improved "Walcheren, is dwarf and compact in 

 growth, with a close head, and may be regarded as an excellent variety. 



Mitchell's Hardy. We cannot see that this is better than Waite's Alma, 

 although rather later, with more pointed foliage and of a little dwarfer 

 growth. All were sown and planted out at the same time. 



In Cucumbers, we have found — 



Weedon's Symmetry a very good black spine, growing from 18 to 20 inches 

 in length, with a rather long heel, but a very good cropper for frame- 

 work. 



Ipswich Standard, black spine, an excellent one for winter work in houses or 

 in pits on trellis, being a very prolific variety and a good setter. It is 

 also an excellent Cucumber for frame culture in summer, but does not 

 produce such fine fruit as when grown on a trellis, or in a house. 



Wheeler's Improved Sion House, white spine, an excellent variety for winter 

 work, and the best of all the Sion House class ; also a very prolific 

 Cucumber for frame culture, crisp, and of good flavour. 



LIGHT— ITS INFLUENCE ON VEGETATION. 



(Continued from page 204) . 

 The influence which light exercises on vegetation and on vegetable 

 products is in no instance more clearly demonstrated than in the culti- 

 vation of fruit, where, as a conditional law, favour must be combined 

 with size and colour, to form the highest examples of horticultural 

 skill. It is to the late President of the Horticultural Society — 

 T. A. Knight, Esq. — that we are mainly indebted for having directed 

 attention to the importance of light to fruits grown under glass, as well 



