184 EXPERDIENT STATION. [Jan. 



Red Valentine, reddish mottled. 



Wardwell, white; large dark-brownish eye. 



Warren, deep red. 



Warwick, dee]) reddish mottled. 



White Marrow, white. 



The blossoms of the varieties classified as white-flowered have 

 been invariably a pure white so far as observed, with the ex- 

 ception of Red Valentine. This sort has occasionally shown 

 flowers with a very slight pinkish tinge on the more exposed 

 positions of the keel; while drying with age they take on a dis- 

 tinct waxy tinge. It should be noted that the seeds of this 

 variety have mottled seed-coats while all the other white-flowered 

 varieties are either white seeded or eyed. 



The varieties classified as light pink have flowers with a dis- 

 tinct tinge of pink, especially on the keel. They do not show 

 the waxy color of white-flowered sorts while drying, and are 

 readily separated from them even though this pink tinge may 

 be very slight. From the pink -flowered sorts, on the other hand, 

 they are not so easily distinguished, and it is evident that a few 

 errors have hero been recorded, but care has been taken not to 

 allow these to lead to any false conclusions. 



The pink-flowered varieties have a deep shade of pink over 

 the entire flower, including the inside of the banner petal, but 

 the outside is white. The so-called crimson flowers of the Blue 

 Pod Butter are more properly a i:)urplish crimson, and invari- 

 ably the leaves and stems of the plants are deeply tinged with 

 dark purple. These flowers are distinguished from the pink 

 ones, not only hv their darker shade but more certainly by the 

 outside of the banner petal which is purplish crimson instead 

 of uneolorcd. 



The waxy ]nu\\ flowers have appeared only in crosses having 

 Blue Pod Butter as one of their parents. They resemble the 

 light pink blossoms but are readily distinguished from them. 

 The pignnent seems deepest on the outside of the banner, and 

 the whole plant invariably has a peculiar waxy-broAvnish-yellow 

 appearance. 



These colors are well represented in the colored plate. 



