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VARIATIONS OF PEAS. 



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from America under the name of " Golden Arborvitse, George Peabody." It has 

 a dwarf robust habit, the branches being altogether suffused with a deep golden hue, 

 and it is said to withstand alike the scorching heat of summer and the severest 

 cold of winter. It is one of the most decidedly golden-tinted shrubs yet obtained. 

 — Jlessrs. G. Jackmaa ij- Son: R. U.S., Feb. 12. 



Vaxda Cathcartii [f.c.c] — A rare and distinct epiphyte, bearing large 

 pendent flowers, the exterior of the segments being of a creamy-white, and the 

 interior marked with transverse reddish bars on a pale yellow ground. — Messrs. 

 Veitch 4' Sons : I!. U.S., Jan. 15. 



VARIATIONS OF PEAS. 



5|i?J^E0M their enormous number, the varieties of Peas are 

 Cj^ now becoming quite perplexing. By careful selection 

 f^^ for a great number of years, a pure, good, and dis- 

 ^ tinct variety may be secured ; it is distributed, and in 

 a few years' time, as the result of different modes of cultiva- 

 tion and of saving the seed, this same variety assumes various 

 phases of charactei-, which appear perfectly distinct. Advan- 

 tage is taken of such valuations to rechristen them, and so they 

 are returned upon us with new names and new characters — 

 later or earlier, taller or dwarfer — and the true original stock 

 is entirely lost sight of, excepting some one more careful and 

 more conscientious than the rest takes care to preserve it. 



As an example of this, let us take the Ne Pins Ultra Pea, 

 a variety which has been for more than twenty years before the 

 public, and which is at the present day perhaps unsurpassed. 

 Numerous are the aliases that this superb Pea has enjoyed. 

 Not a season passes that it does not appear in one or two new 

 dresses. There are at the present time three distinct varieties 

 cf this Pea. The annexed figure shows what may be styled the 

 normal type, which may be thus described : — Plant of strong 

 and robust growth, from 6 ft. to 7 ft. high, having dark-green 

 blotched foliage. Pods produced in pairs, from 12 to 18 on a 

 plant ; of a dark green colour, changing to a lighter shade as 

 they become fit for use, and of a deep vivid gi-een colour inside ; 

 they contain from 7 to 8 very large peas of a dull green colour. 

 The ripe seed is wrinkled, and in colour mixed white and olive. 

 Sown at the same time as Sangster's No. 1, this variety comes 

 into use about fourteen days later. A few of the more pro- 

 minent synonyms belonging to it are JeT/es' Conqueror., Payneh 

 Conqueror., CullingforcV s Magnum Bonum, Champion of the 

 World. 



The variety named General Wyndham, although often confused with Ne Plus 

 Ultra, from which it has no doubt been raised, is, however, entirely distinct. It 



Ne Plus Ultra. 



