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them falling over. There is nothing gained by staking peas 

 insufficiently, nor indeed by any " skimping" in any part of the 

 routine culture of this crop. Therefore, if suitable stakes cannot 

 be obtained, rissels or wire hurdles should be purchased, and as 

 these will last a lifetime if taken care of, one outlay is sufficient, and 

 that need not be of an extravagant nature. 



For all ordinary purposes, about half-a-dozen sorts of peas are 

 enough for any garden. But those who make an amusement of 

 vegetable culture may grow fifty sorts of nearly equal value, respect- 

 ing which it would be very hard to say if any one amongst them is 

 better or worse than the rest. We may, however, indulge a little 

 fancy in this matter, and prefer a score of sorts to half-a-dozen, 

 because of the immense interest attaching to this vegetable, and the 

 variety of qualities to be found in the best sorts we have. We will 

 now attempt a few selections to suit various tastes and require- 

 ments. 



Six Sorts foe Succession. — Sutton's Ringleader, 3 feet high : 

 Advancer, 3 feet : Maclean's Wonderful, 3 feet : Yeitch's Perfection 

 (or Stuart and Mien's Prince, which is a shade better, but very 

 scarce), 3 feet : Ne plus ultra, 6 feet : British Queen, 6 feet. 



Twelve Sorts for Succession. — Sutton's Ringleader, 3 feet : 

 Sutton's Early Champion, 3 feet : Laxton's Supreme, 5 feet : 

 Maclean's Wonderful, 3 feet: Princess Royal, 3 feet: Champion of 

 England, 5 feet : Yorkshire Hero, 2\ feet : Paradise Marrow, 5 feet : 

 Veiich's Perfection, 3 feet : Premier, 4 feet: British Queen, Gleet: 

 Ne plus ultra, 6 feet. 



Twelve Varieties, selected eor Quality only. — Laxton's 

 Alpha, 3 feet : Advancer, 3 feet : Laxton's Quality, 4 feet : Sutton's 

 Invincible Green Marrow, 3 feet : Huntingdonian, 4 feet : Fortyfold, 

 4 feet : Maclean's Best of All, 3 feet : Lord Palmerston, 2>\ feet : 

 Jersey Hero, 3 feet : Knight's Dwarf Green Marrow, 3 feet : British 

 Queen, 6 feet : Queen of the Marroivs, 6 feet. 



Six good Dwarf Kinds suitable to grow without Stakes. 

 — Paste's Kentish Lnvicta, 2 feet : Bishop's Long Podded, 2 feet : 

 Sutton's Tom Thumb, 1 foot : Maclean's Little Gem, 1 foot (this is 

 the best to grow in pots to fruit in the cold frame or forcing house) : 

 Nutting's No. 1, 2 feet: Dwarf Waterloo, 1£ feet: Peabodg, 1^ feet. 



It was a common article of belief with the gardeners of the last 

 generation, that to obtain good peas "you must go up a ladder to 

 gather them." The march of improvement has, however, altered 

 the case, and we may now have peas of the finest quality from sorts 

 that rise only three to four feet. In our selection above given of 

 sorts selected for quality, there are only two tall sorts, and they 

 may be very well dispensed with by those who are so circumstanced 

 as not to be able to grow them properly. S. H. 



