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SWEET PEAS 



The Sweet Pea has a keel that was meant to seek 

 all shores ; it has wings that were meant to fly across 

 all Continents ; it has a standard which is friendly to 

 all Nations ; and it has a fragrance like the Universal 

 Gospel ; yea, a sweet prophecy of welcome everywhere 

 that has been abundantly fulfilled. 



The Rev. W. T. HUTCHINS. 



ALTHOUGH this chapter appears somewhat early in 

 the book the writing of it was left until nearly the 

 last, as I felt that there was already such a mass of 

 Sweet Pea literature that very little was left for 

 me to say. 



If the whole of this volume were devoted to ex- 

 tolling its great beauty and many virtues, there 

 would still be something left to say. 



It may truly be said that no flower has bounded 

 into public favour in so short a time as the one 

 before our notice. It is a flower for rich and poor 

 alike, and may be used with perfect safety in every 



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