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PLATE III. Oldest Varieties of the Sweet Pea. 



1. The original wild form. 2. Old Painted Lady. 3. White. 4. Yellow. 5. New Painted Lady or 

 "Scarlet." 6. "Black." 7. "Blue Edged" ( = purple picotee?). 8. "Blue." 



Numbers 4-8 are reconstructions based on modern varieties because the original varieties listed 

 under these names cannot be identified with absolute certainty. But it is highly probable that they 

 were very similar to the types shown above and that they originated by mutation in the order 

 indicated. 



