VARIETIES 49 



Black Knight Mrs. Walter Wright 



Jeannie Gordon Bolton's Pink 



Frank Dolby Dainty 



Queen Alexandra Romolo Piazzani 



Henry Eckford Nora Unwin 



Lady Grisel Hamilton Duke of Westminster 



Dora Breadmore Janet Scott 



Lord Nelson Sybil Eckford 



The Best of the Varieties Sent Oat in 1908. Another 

 interesting list the compilation of which was . effected in the same 

 way from votes sent in by readers of The Gardener is the 

 following, which may be taken to represent the best of the varieties 

 put on the market in the spring of 1908. It will be noticed that 

 owing to the restricted number of varieties several have received a 

 similar number of votes. 



f Evelyn Hemus ( Paradise Ivory 



t t Mrs. Henry Bell 1 Prince Olaf 



( Etta Dyke J Cream Spencer 



' St. George I James Grieve 



( The Marquis f Paradise Carmine 



( Constance Oliver J uferie Unwin 



Prince of Asturias 



;ner 

 Eosie Adams White Spencer 



I Princess Victoria 



Lord Nelson 



Sutton's Queen J Jfay Ferret ; 



1 Nancy Perkin 



j Bobby K. Bed Flake Paradise 



< Marjorie Willis | Lorna Doone 



f Clara Curtis I^Miss Drayson 



The following list will be found of service to those, who, in a 

 small way, grow Sweet Peas for exhibition. It was compiled by a 

 reader of The Gardener, who comments on it thus : 



" My experience may be of interest and value to amateurs whose 

 garden space, like mine, is limited. I grew too many varieties, and 

 consequently, when our local show came round, although having fine 

 blooms, I was unable to stage the regulation number of each variety 

 to enable me to compete. I send herewith a list of the varieties, 

 bracketing those which I consider similar in colour (not too much 

 alike, for if I had room I would grow them all, and many others, 

 they are so beautiful). The first in each section proved most 

 successful with me. From eighty plants placed one foot apart I cut 

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