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ECKFORD'S NOVELTIES IN 

 SWEET PEAS for 1889. 



ECKFORD'S NEW SWEET PEA QUEEN OF ENG- 

 LAND.— White, of large size and good substance. In 

 sealed Packets of 25 seeds, Is. each. 



ECKFORD'S NEW SWEET PEA DELIGHT.-Wing 8 



white, standards white, beautifully crested with crimson. 

 Small. Very pretty. Dwarf habit. In sealed Packets, 

 25 seeds, Is. each. 



ECKFORD'S NEW SWEET PEAS.-A mixture of eight 

 distinct varieties, 3 seeds of each. In sealed Packets, Is. 

 each. 



ECKFORD'S NEW MIXED SWEET PEAS.-Special strain, 



saved from choice unnamed varieties of Mr. Eekford's 

 raising, and includes many of great merit. In sealed 

 Packets of 25 seeds, Qd. each. 



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VARIETIES SENT OUT IN 1888. 



ECKFORD'S NEW SWEET PEA SPLENDOUR. -A warded 



a First-class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Colour rich bright pinkish-rose, shaded with crim- 

 son. Flowers large, and of the finest form. A superbly 

 distinct variety. In sealed Packets of 25 seeds. Is. each. 



ECKFORD'S NEW SWEET PEA APPLE BLOSSOM- 



The standards bright pinkish-rose, the wings blush, a 

 beautiful shade of Apple blossom. Very pretty and dis- 

 tinct. In sealed Packets of 25 seeds, Is. each, 



ECKFORD'S NOVETIES IN 

 CULINARY PEAS for 1889. 



ECKFORD'S NEW CULINARY PEA THE DON.- 



Awarded a First-class Certificate by the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society under the name of Quality. A Wriukled 

 Marrow, producing abundantly deep green, square ended, 

 well-filled pods. A Ne Plus Ultra like Pea, of exquisite 

 flavour, coming into use earlier thun Fame. Height 4 feet. 

 In sealed Half-pint Pickets, 2s. tfti. each. 



ECKFORD.S NEW CULINARY PEA HEROINE. - A 



Wrinkled Marrow, of robust growth. Height, 2J feet. 

 Second early, producing most abundantly long pointed, 

 well filled pods. Flavour exquisite. Fine for field 

 culture. In sealed Half-pint Packets, 2s. 6rf. each. 



ECKFORD'S NEW CULINARY PEA ESSENTIAL.-A 



Wrinkled (the early) Marrow. Height 5 feet. Produces 

 abundantly square handsome, well filled deep green pods, 

 the Peis retaining their beautiful deep green colour when 

 cooked. Exquisite flavour. A great acquisition. If 

 sown in pots in January and planted out in March may be 

 had very early. Stock limited. In sealed trial Packets, 

 2s. 6d. each. 



VARIETIES SENT OUT IN 1888. 



ECKFORD'S NEW CULINARY PEA FAME.-Awarded a 



Firstrclass Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 A Main Crop Wrinkled Pea, growing 4 feet, producing 

 profusely deep green, square-ended, well-filled pods. An 

 improved Ne Plus Ultra, coming into use much earlier than 

 the fine old variety of that n >me. Flavour exquisite. In 

 sealed Half-pint Packets, 2s. each, 



ECKFORD'S NEW CULINARY PEA SHROPSHIRE 



HERO.— Awarded a Fir-t-rla — Certificate by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. A Wrinkled Pea of robust growth. 

 Height 2£ feet. Second early. Produces abundantly 

 long, square, handsome, well-filled pods ; well adapted for 

 Market Growers. Flavour exquisite. A great acquisition. 

 In sealed Half-pint Packets, 2s. each. 



Wholesale Agents for the above ; — 



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 United States and Canada. 



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BOREATTON, BASCHURCH. 



PANSY. 



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Uigbiy commended by the Royal Horticultural Society. 



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THE 



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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1888. 



KNIGHTSHAYES, 



rpHE Devonshire seat of Sir John H. Heath- 

 -*- cote-Amory, Bart., is charmingly situated 

 within sight of Tiverton, but not too near it, in 

 the narrow valley of the Exe, and high up on 

 the bank, from which it looks across a fertile, 

 sloping park, full of large timber, down to the 

 river, across the country southwards — a beauti- 

 fully wooded, rich and pastoral country — and 

 down the little valley to the half-hidden town 

 whose several shafts and towers are seen among 

 the trees. 



We are here in the pleasant county of Devon, 

 in the latitude of Apple orchards and of 

 good cider and perry. Sir John's home-farm, 

 which I came down here to visit for the sake of 

 its Devon cattle and prize-winning Devonshire 

 breed of sheep, has not less than 30 acres in 

 Apple orchards, which produce in good seasons 

 no fewer than 400 to 500 hogsheads of cider, 

 though this year, unfortunately, not more than 

 50 hogsheads are expected ; and the haymakers, 

 thinking of sunshine and heat next year — 

 though they have been very sparingly vouch- 

 safed in the present season — are beginning to 

 fear that the customary four quarts per head per 

 diem may fail them, and that the seasonel 

 barrels they bear about for the holding of all 

 this liquor, and of considerably more sometimes 

 in long days, it is said, may have to be filled with 

 something inferior to their usual beverage. 



There is no better test of climate than the 

 character of the vegetation. We are not only in 

 a pastoral district here, but in what farmers call 

 a " grassy " country — that is, grasses and weeds 

 spring very freely in the corn stubbles : a proof 

 of a humid atmosphere. Ferns and mosses grow 

 freely in the lanes. Barley is sown a month 

 later than ia Esses that it may not be injured by 

 those destructive hoar frosts which cold and 



