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one quarter of the absolutely satisfying harmonies : this blossol 

 is especially difficult to describe as to tint too, because man 

 varieties contain so subtle a blend that they actually bridge ove 

 the differences, as it were, between colours that quarrel. Th 

 variety Mrs. Walter Wright is an example of this, for while th 



PIG. 1. DESIGN FOR BED OF SWEET PEAS 



standards are bright mauve the wings are blue, but the latter are 

 flushed with the same mauve. It is a sort that can be used 

 admirably in combination with either blue or mauve selfs. Prince 

 Edward of York has scarlet standards and deep rose wings, and 

 may accompany either red or pink. 



A bed of fine pattern is shown by Fig. 1 : it was designed 

 purposely for Sweet Peas, which are flowers that cannot be suc- 

 cessfully shown off in ordinary pattern beds. The series of rings 

 forming the middle portion can easily be carried out in slightly 1 



