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planted out — was of a kind recommended to me by a neighbour as the best 

 early — viz., Maclean's Little Gem. With the crop of this sowing I am not 

 pleased, and it is one of the varieties I will not sow again, because I consider it 

 worthless as a cropper. "With our next sowing we began to crop the open garden- 

 quarters — the former ones being confined to early borders ; and I put in a quan- 

 tity of Dillistone's Early, Early Auvergne, and Champion of England, so that 

 their crops would come in regularly. "Well, from Dillistone's Early we had :he 

 most splendid ci'op ; so many of the pods were ready at one time that i' A^as a 

 great satisfaction to look upon such abundance. The Auvergne followed, a good 

 crop ; and the Champion of England came up to its usual mark by producing a first- 

 rate crop. Our next two sowings were made up principally of Hundredfold or the 

 Cook's Favourite, and of the abundance of the produce of this variety I cannot 

 speak too highly, for I think no one could have looked for a better crop. After 

 the Hundredfold came what we had of the Australian or Mossy Pea. We had 

 two good long rows of it, and when this was in blossom, it had the finest appear- 

 ance of them all, there being nearly as much to appearance of the white of the 

 blossom as of the green of the foliage. In due course it too produced a splendid 

 crop ; and as I am writing from memory, I believe it was questionable whether 

 this variety or the Cook's Favourite was to bear away the palm as the best crop- 

 per. After the Mossy Pea we had sowings of Ne plus ultra and British Queen, 

 both of which produced good crops ; and as late Peas I believe they generally do so. 

 Lastly, of any account, came Veitch's Perfection, which, although it was about 

 average, did not do nearly so well as I have seen it, no doubt owing to the 

 diflferent piece of ground in which it was growing. 



To sum up our opinion on the various kinds we grew : Sutton's Kingleader 

 and Carter's First Crop, for early work, did well. Dillistone's Early produced 

 splendidly in the open-garden quarter. Champion of England had a full crop. 

 Hundredfold bore an enormous and continuous crop. The Australian or Mossy 

 Pea, with its showy blossoms, produced a fine crop, Ne plus ultra and British 

 Queen bore their usual good crops ; and, lastly, Veitch's Perfection was about 

 average, but I cannot say that it got a fair trial. 



Most people interested in the production of a large supply of Peas will admit 

 that the tall-growing varieties are the best croppers ; and if the recipient is asked 

 whether he will have a few finer-flavoured or a large quantity of ordinary caste, 

 he will soon tell you which lot he will prefer. Robert Mackellab. 



[We are surprised that Lynn's Black-eyed Marrow is not more grown. As a 

 late Pea it is invaluable. — Ed.] 



WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DISPOSE OF DECOM- 

 POSABLE GARDEN REFUSE? 



There are few gardeners, perhaps, that will not candidly confess to a weakness 

 in favour of ample supplies of manure and composts or soils ; and equally few that 

 willingly cry enoiigh of either, even when they are best served. Like the other 

 good things of life, generally these good things of horticulture are not very 

 equally distributed. Some much-to-be-envied individuals appear to wallow in 

 their abundance of these essentials to good gardening ; to many others it is a con- 

 Btant struggle to get the means to accomplish the end in one or other or both 

 these matters. Much scraping and collecting together of everything that is likely 



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