August 14, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



243 



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the introduotions of 1909. Did not hold 

 true to type but we are assured that 

 with the careful rogiiing done on the 

 crops this year that seed as offered for 

 sale will prove very satisfactory. The 

 color is deep primrose flushed with 

 rose. 



Beatrice Spencer. — Although rather 

 smaller flowered than some of the 

 other varieties, is very pretty and is 

 an exact duplicate in color of the old 

 Princess Beatrice. 



Mrs. Sankey Spencer is another va- 

 riety of which tlie flowers are a trifle 

 small and may best be described as be- 

 ing a black-seeded white. 



As we go down the rows looking over 

 the different samples we note that it 

 is not only the American stocks of the 

 newer Spencer selections that break, 

 but many English stocks here on trial 

 for the first time have broken quite as 

 badly and it seems to the writer that 

 really there has been perhaps a bit too 

 much haste on the part of the dealer 

 to place these newer sorts on the mar- 

 ket. 



Apple Blossom Spencer is perfectly 

 beautiful, the large standards contrast- 

 ing well with the softer colored wings. 



IjQvely Spencer.' — Another 1909 intro-, 

 duction. Is very pretty, the wings be- 

 ing soft pink with blotch of rose at 

 base and the standard being of the 

 same shade of pink with a dash of dark 

 rose in the midrib. 



Tennant Spencer. — Another of the 

 1909 introductions. This is the same 

 color as Doiothy Tennant. A rosy 

 purple varying to a magenta shade. 



Florence Morse Spencer is a superb 

 variety and has been, we understand, 

 offered in England under several dif- 

 ferent names. 



Burpee's Primrose Spencer, we are 

 also pleased to say, has responded to 

 severe treatment and is now very pure, 

 indeed. 



Asta Ohn is a beautiful new variety 

 of a very delicate shade of lavender. 



Lady Althorp from across the pond 

 is the same as Mrs. Sankey Spencer. 



W. T. Hutchins. — This variety, named 

 in honor of the Rev. Mr. Hutchins, is 

 in color precisely the same as -Stella 

 Morse, wliich we would describe as be- 

 ing light apricot shaded with beautiful 

 blush pink. This is the fourth variety 

 that Burpee & Co. expect to introduce 

 in 1910. 



Aurora Spencer. — When the variety 

 having the same name of the grandi- 

 flora type was introduced several years 

 ago it was thought much of but, really, 

 this new selection now with all the 

 Spencer characteristics is superb. It 

 bunches beauti- 

 fully and should 

 (luickly become 

 very popular. 



Mrs. A. Brown. 

 — An English va- 

 riety. Was found 

 to be the same 

 as Asta Ohn. 



Evelyn Hemus, 

 a very delicate 

 pink on cream 

 ground, is simi- 

 lar to Mrs. Rout- 

 zahn but consid- 

 eiably lighter in 

 color. 



Mrs. A. I r e- 

 land, introduced 

 in 1909, is quite 

 similar to Bur- 

 pee's Apple Blos- 



som, but it differs in that it Is on a 

 cream ground while the American va- 

 riety is on a white ground. 



Debbie's Mid-Blue, while not of the 

 Spencer type, is very pretty. Entirely 

 distinct as to color, which it holds well, 

 not being marbled any by the hot sun. 

 It is a lighter "Navy Blue." 



To go over the entire list of the 

 Spencer varieties alone and attempt to 

 describe each sample would probably 

 require an entire number of our publi- 

 cation. 



Before bringing this report to a close 

 we feel as if we should again call at- 

 tention to the value of St. George as 

 the best of the orange or salmon class 

 of sweet peas and a variety of which 

 the blooms attain such size that in 

 some instances they wave, or crinkle 

 as do the Spencer varieties. 



GEORGE C. WATSON. 



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shipments is PACKING. We know how. This 



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Philadelphia 



