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H O RTl CU LT U R E 



OctobPi- 12, 1907 



SWEET PEA CAMPAIGN OF 1908. 



The advent of the Hpeucer wavy type 

 ol Cower has done much to increase 

 the great popularity of the sweet pea 

 and several very fine novelties in this 

 class are already announced, chief 

 among them being Burpee's White 

 Spencer and Clrimson Spjncer. Ac- 

 cording to Lester A. Morse of Califor- 

 nia, one of the largest sweet pea 

 growers in the world, the White Spen- 

 cer especially outclasses all other 

 whiles, in size, length of stem, wavi- 

 ness and fragrance. Primrose Spencer 

 is considered by the same authority to 

 also excel all others of its color. In 

 addition to the two sensational Bur- 

 pee novelties the following foreign va- 

 rieties have received awards: Elsie 

 Herbeit (C. W. Breadmore), Evelyn 

 Hemus (Miss Hemus), Nancy Parkin 

 (H. A. Parkin), St. Oeorge (Hurst & 

 Son), Silas Cole (S. Cole), Prince Olaf, 

 The Marquis and Princess Victoria 

 (Dobbie & Co.), Nora Unwin (Watklns 

 & Simpson), and Lord Nelson (I. 

 House & Son). St. (ieorge received not 

 only an award of merit at Royal Hor 

 ticultural Hall but a silver medal and 

 a flrst-class certificate at the Reading 

 trials on July 18th. All or most of 

 these will doubtless be offered to the 

 American trade through the regular 

 channels in due course. Messrs. Bur- 

 pee have appointed Hurst & Son, 

 Cooper, Taber & Co., Watkins & Simp- 

 son, and Nutting & Sons as their 

 wholesale distributing agents for the 

 British and colonial trade. In a per- 

 sonal letter to the writer under date of 

 Sept. 24th Mr. Burpee reports that "the 

 advance orders for the new Spencers 

 are already coming in at a remarkable 

 rate — one retail house alone sends in 

 today an order for eight thousand 

 packets." The Lord Nelson of Hurst 

 & Son proved at the Reading trial to 

 be identical v-ith Burpee's Brilliant 

 Blue, but the latter variety received 

 the "three stars" of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, the only other new 

 one to capture that honor being Dob- 

 bie's Albatross. 



Of all the new ones introduced lasi 

 year few were more admired in Eng- 

 land than Morse's Helen Pierce. Some 

 of Dobbies' new ones are very fine, Me- 

 nie Christie being particularly capti- 

 vating. Piince Olaf resembled Sutton's 

 Marbled Blue except for a slight dif- 

 ference in the striping. Robert Syden- 

 ham will send out the Evelyn Hemus. 

 Sydenham's Millie Maslin is also a 

 very fine one, a large rich rosy-crim- 

 son self very much darker than Prince 

 of Wales. 'While Hurst & Son's Saint 

 George did not originate from the 

 Spencer type it has developed the wavy 

 trait in the field the past summer. 

 This variety is perhaps best described 

 as a glorified Evelyn Byatt. Messrs. 

 Sutton will send out "The Queen," a 

 beautiful light pink of the Spencer 

 type. Besides the two new Spencers 

 Burpee will send out this year "Mid- 

 night," a flower so dark that Squire 

 Aldersee, a great sweet pea specialist, 

 who developed a single plant of the 

 same variety had already baptized it 

 "Jet." It is the nearest to black of 

 any sweet pea grown. We hope to 

 have more to say of the foregoing and 

 other novelties as the season advances. 

 Among other unfortunate results of 

 the bad weather in England the past 

 summer is the almost complete failure 



New Sweet Pea-— Burpee's Primrose Spencer. 



of the new sweet pea, "Evelyn 

 Hemus," according to reports reaching 

 this side Sept. 20th. R. Sydenham had 

 color plated this fine variety, and 

 others have gone to consideable pre- 

 paratory expense, but it is now doubt- 

 ful if it will be offered at all the com- 

 ing season. Paradise. Cream Paradise 

 and Carmine Paradise are also very 

 short. G. C. WATSON. 



INCORPORATED. 



The North Yakima Nursery Co., lo- 

 cated at North Yakima, Wash.; T. 

 Kelley, president and manager. 



S. J. R°uter & Son, Westerly, R. I.; 

 president, S. J. Renter; vice-president 

 and manager. L. J, Renter; secretary 

 and treasurer, C. H. Nichols; capital 

 stock. $1. '0,000. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



Henry Boet has taken the position 

 of gardener at the Butler Hospital, 

 Providence, R. I. 



L L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn.; 

 president and treasurer, L. L. May; 

 vice-president, F. W. May; secretary, 

 E. W. Reid; assistant treasurer, W. H. 

 1,0 veil; capital, $200,000. 



John Derw'in, formerly under gar- 

 dener for G. L. Bausher of Montclair. 

 N. J., has secured the position vacated 

 by William Bennetl as gardener for 

 A. C. A an Gaasbeek of Orange. 



San Benito Nursery Co., Sau Benito, 

 Cal.; W. H. Sturger, San Benito; H. 

 G. Stillwell, Brownsville; F. R. Foley, 

 San Antonio; R L. Batts, Austin, 

 Texas; A. Hey wood. Jennings, La.; 

 caiiital, .J.5,000. 



