72 VINES 
King Edward VII, and Salopian, red; and Co- 
quette, Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, Primrose, and Queen 
Victoria, cream-coloured (catalogued as yellow). 
In variegated colours I prefer Mrs. Joseph 
Chamberlain, white and rose; Gray Friar, helio- 
trope and white; America, deep red and white; 
Lottie Eckford, rose, white, and blue; Maid of 
Honour, white and lavender; Princess of Wales, 
mauve and white; and Senator, violet and white. 
However, the real quality type among sweet peas 
are to-day represented by the Spencers, which are 
available in all possible shades. Although it is 
hard to get strong germinating seed of these 
varieties, the beautiful flowers are worth the 
effort. 
If proper care be taken, sweet peas can be made 
to flower well into August, but then the foliage 
turns yellow and the row gets to look unsightly. 
On account of the great freedom with which they 
produce their flowers during early summer, 
sweet peas are usually given a prominent 
position in the garden, and it is a hard mat- 
ter to find something to replace them or to 
fill the big gap made by their death. One 
grower advocates sowing the tall nasturtiums 
(Tropeolum majus) along with sweet peas. 
Then, after the sweet peas are through flower- 
