Notes and Gleanings. 3^7 



on ; but they seem to grow vigorously. The following varieties are the best and 

 most distinct in colors that have flowered here ; namely, elcgans, inagtiificum, 

 Russellianmn, siiperbu/n, trttncatiiin violaceum, and Riickeriamim. 



My collection has been managed so as to keep the plants rather dry after 

 they have done flowering, and not to excite them to grow before June or July. 

 At that period they are repotted, the old balls being well reduced. The soil 

 used is richer than what is generally given to succulent plants ; namely, some 

 well-rotted deer-dung, mixed with broken lime-rubbish and light sandy loam, 

 They are then kept in a warm, moist stove to make their young growths ; and 

 generally flower about the middle of November. — Saul, in Florist. 



Laxto-n's Supreme Pea. — The Fruit and Vegetable Committee of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society has now for two seasons reported in general terms its high 

 opinion of the merits of Mr. Thomas Laxton's new early pease. I have just 

 had an opportunity of inspecting a few of these new pease, and among them of 

 one named Supreme, — a variety raised from Laxton's Prolific, crossed with Little 

 Gem. In the dry state, the seed is in color of a dark olive-green, and in shape 

 slighted indented. The plant grows about three and a half feet in height, and 

 is quite as early as Daniel O'Rourke; a great advantage in a pea of such high- 

 class quality. I was so struck with the fine character of Supreme, that I ob- 

 tained a few pods for your inspection. They are somewhat advanced in age, as 

 the crop was fast becoming ready for harvesting ; but they are a fair sample of 

 the bulk, and were picked by myself in order that an average test should be 

 supplied to you. The piece from which the pods were obtained is in extent two 

 and a quarter acres, and so even and true to character in the growth, that there' 

 is, in this variety, no trace of the mixed character noticeable in some of the oth- 

 ers which I have seen growing at Chiswick. It is unquestionably a first-class 

 early pea, and will be as great an acquisition as any pea of modern introduc- 

 tion. — Gardener^ s Chronicle. 



Pease. — That Mr. Thomas Laxton of Stamford has been pre-eminently 

 successful in raising from seed some fine new varieties of pease, is abundantly 

 proved from a trial of tiie same at Chiswick. They belong to the first and sec- 

 ond early sections, and possess a marked individuality of character. The earli- 

 est is Alpha,. a very fine and prolific variety, with long-curved and well-filled 

 pods. Its height is about two and a half feet ; but it is slightly mixed with some 

 plants of a kind similar in character to Dickson's Favorite. The most distinct and 

 valuable variety, in as far as can be ascertained thus early, is William the First. 

 It grows also about two and a half feet high, and partakes of the character of a 

 green marrow. It has very fine and long pods, which are ready to gather as 

 early as those of Daniel O'Rourke. It is a first-class new pea, but, like Alpha, 

 wants careful selection to fix tlie character. Some other varieties of Mr. Laxon's 

 raising are of a very promising character, but are not far enough advanced to 

 admit of an opinion as to their merits. — Cottage Gardener. 



