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each one who falls out a score will fall in ; and later, the 

 malcontents will see that the work is to their interests 

 and will come back into the ranks. Any wavering on the 

 part of the Society from a clearly defined line of straight- 

 forward action will contribute to the commencement of its 

 downfall, and when this starts it will not be found easy to 

 stop it. The Society should live as well for the trade 

 grower and distributor as for the amateur, and if it serve 

 both well it will be fulfilling the task for which it was 

 established. Should any one who reads this book not 

 yet be a member of that Society, he ought to become 

 one at once, for he will find the modest fee an excellent 

 investment. 



From the immense number of varieties now in com- 

 merce, it is no easy task to select as few as fifty and feel 

 able to affirm that these are the best that can be grown. 

 But the task must be attempted, since a complete catalogue, 

 although it may have a certain interest, cannot have a 

 practical value to the man who wants to start a collection, 

 for he would not know which are distinct and meritorious. 



In the subjoined selections it may be well to state at 

 once that no variety is mentioned which was not in com- 

 merce in the spring of 1910, so that it is safe to assert that 

 all of them will be seen at the exhibitions of the National 

 Sweet Pea and other Societies in parts of the country. 

 The learner may utilise the list as suggestive, and then 



