AOOUST 6, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



73 



four large flowers on each stem, at that 

 time unknown. 



Puts New SofHs on the Market. 



"I became exceedingly busy now 

 crossing this new variety with my win- 

 ter-flowering hybrids. In the second 

 generation many diflferent colors came. 

 Three of the same shape as the Blanche 

 Ferry were much larger; one was pink 

 and white, one pure white, and one 

 blue. I selected the pink and white 

 for propagating, and named it the Win- 

 ter Blanche Ferry. This variety began 

 to revert so badly to the old late-flower- 

 ing type that I have not intended to 

 introduce it at all, but have given some 

 seeds to many growers for test under 

 glass. Eecrossing the Christmas Blanche 

 Ferry with the late-flowering Blanche 

 Ferry, again I obtained the famous 

 Christmas Fink. 



"In 1893 Peter Henderson & Co. in- 

 troduced the epoch-making white sweet 

 pea, Emily Henderson. This I crossed 

 again with my Christmas Pink, and the 

 result was the pure white winter-flower- 

 ing large hybrid which I later named 

 Florence Denzer. This and Christmas- 

 Pink were extensively grown for the 

 New York stores from 1895 to 1898. 



The Denuand for the Seed. 



"Having offers for my seed from 

 many growers, many of whom offered me 

 as much as $150 a pound, I began to 

 increase the seed as much as possible. 

 I now began to advertise, and in a few 

 weeks, to my surprise, found I had sold 

 all the seed. The orders had been scat- 

 tered all over the world among the flo- 

 rists. About this same time one seed 

 firm began to advertise the 'Earliest of 

 All Sweet Peas,' which, on close exami- 

 nation, I found to be nothing but my 

 old Christmas Blanche Ferry. As I 

 have mentioned, this variety has the 

 tendency to revert to the late-flowering, 

 so that only about ten per cent have 

 come into bloom during the winter. This 

 seed has been offered quite cheap, so 

 that many florists have bought it and 

 planted it extensively in their green- 

 houses, but they are unable to cut any 

 flowers until late in May, while those 

 who have bought my Christmas Pink 

 seed have picked flowers from Thanks- 

 giving until late in the spring. 



Outbreak of "Sweet Pea Fever." 



""From that time I devoted my entire 

 time to the sweet pea seed, selecting 

 only the best-selling varieties. About 

 the year 1906 the sweet pea fever began 

 to exist among florists. One large green- 

 house after another was built in nearly 

 every section for sweet peas alone. 

 Mometimes whole ranges of glass were 

 constructed for them. The call for 

 sweet pea seed grew larger every year, 

 intiw I" ^'^°g ^«"^1^<1 and tripled 

 Sea won^H^^° to think that the sweet 

 Sf Jin J /'''"' ^ overdone. Instead 



the'ar's'To"se'TMr'/'^P"r °' 

 tYat r^^Z.^ ^°^8 convinced me 



that^ people want this flower at any 



den7r° ii^} Silas Cole, an English gar- 

 sweeJ'nL** ^^^^}^^^ a new^kind%f 

 Spence? „fT^''^^^ *'^"«'^ *he Countess 

 sweet n;» I' ^'l employer. This new 

 weaf If'.^^^"" first exhibited, created 

 whTr>. *r'*^™^°* ^'"o^g the English, 



wif nf ^ K ^°y. existing at that time, 

 mnJt^^ beautifully wavy shape and 

 usually bore four flowers on a long stem, 

 ^fie entire world learned of this new 



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variety, and the name of Silas Cole has 

 been written in golden letters in the 

 history of the sweet pea. 



Charlotte, Mich, — Mr. and Mrs. Rhein- 

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 Mrs. William Breitmeyer. The new 

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 Beatrice Olive Herrick. 



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