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SATURDAY IN MY GARDEN 



of the seed. No sooner is a new variety placed on the market than 

 it is snapped up on every hand, and its multiplication is so rapid 

 that in a year or two at most it is accessible even to the slenderest 

 purse. Therefore it behoves the cultivator who desires to keep 

 abreast of the advances made in sweet-pea culture to watch care- 

 fully for the appearance of the latest kinds, and to keep track of 

 them until he is able himself to become the pioud possessor of 

 the choicest varieties. 



Here the National Sweet Pea Society comes to his aid. The 

 floral committee of the society is constantly holding trials and 

 classifying varieties. The following is the latest list issued under 

 its authority. The varieties are placed in order of merit, under 

 their own colours : 



Indicates a grandiflora variety, all others are waved. 



