io PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



owing to the efforts of Henry Eckford, to be expected from 

 every Sweet Pea, would have continued. This was not to 

 be, however, and the consequent variability has been the 

 cause of many heartburnings and many regrets. We yearn 

 now for the dawn of that bright day when cultivators shall 

 know that when they sow seeds there will be some certainty 

 as to the kind of flower they will produce, not in the few 

 varieties, as is the case at present, but in the many, as was 

 the case in former years. 



Much as we should like to do so, we find it impossible 

 to name all those who have done good work in -developing 

 the modern Sweet Pea. Let them continue their praise- 

 worthy efforts, for the possibilities of the flower are not 

 yet exhausted. Another epoch will presently open with as 

 distinct a break from the Spencers as this type was from 

 the older forms, and its fresh charms will make it heartily 

 welcome. 



