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BO nearly related to it that it would be useless 

 to grow them in the same garden — viz., tall 

 Pi-ussian, blue union, green nonpareil, tall impe- 

 rial, tall blue imperial, tall green imperial, new 

 tall imperial, Spauish patriot. 



13. Bltie Prussian. — A well-known excellent 

 pea. We notice it here merely to give the 

 synonymes — early Dutch green, fine long- 

 podded dwarf, dwarf blue Prussian, royal Prus- 

 sian blue, Prussian prolific, and green Prussian. 



14. Woodford's green marrow. — 3 feet in 

 height; pods large, flat, containing six large 

 well-flavoured peas, and an excellent bearer. 



15. Dwarf imperial. — 4 feet in height; 

 pods large, containing from eight to ten peas ; 

 a good bearer, and excellent for a late crop. 

 Like all good sorts, has a host of names ; viz., 

 sabre, blue sabre, new sabre, dwarf sabre, 

 imperial, blue imperial, dwarf green imperial, 

 new improved imperial, new improved dwarf 

 imperial, new dwarf imperial, new long-podded 

 imperial, dwarf blue prolific, green nonpareil, 

 blue scimitar, Sumatra. 



16. Dwarf green marrow. — A good pea, but 

 rather inferior to Knight's dwarf marrow. It 

 is to be found in the seed-shops under the fol- 

 lowing names — New green nonpareil. Prince's 

 superfine summer, Wellington, extra green 

 marrow, new green, early dwarf green, early 

 green, new early green, royal dwarf marrow, 

 HoUoway marrow-fat, green rouncival. 



17. British queen. — Height from 4 to 5 feet; 

 pods large, containing seven very large peas in 

 each ; sometimes a single pea measuring 1 \ inches 

 in circumference. Hence too large for a first- 

 rate table, but excellent for private family use. 



18. Hair's defiance Knight's marrow. — 4 feet 

 high, remarkable for its strong habit, should be 

 planted from 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows, 

 and each row 4 feet distant. A remarkably 

 profitable pea, of large size, and continuing long 

 in a bearing state. 



19. Tall croohed sugar. — Pois sans parchemin 

 S, grandes cosses— grosse schottige zuckererbse; 

 a late rambling sort. 



20. Dwarf crooked sugwr. — Pois sans par- 

 chemin ou mange tout — zwerg zuckerschotte. 



To those who intend growing this section of 

 pease, we would specially recommend — 



21. Dwarf sugar, or Ledman's dwarf. — Grow- 

 ing about 3 feet high; pods long, cylindrical, and 

 slightly curved ; rather late, but a good bearer. 



22. En etientail. — About 1 foot in height; 

 assuming the habit of Bishop's long pod, and, 

 like it, branching close to the ground; a mode- 

 rate bearer. 



23. Tamarind or late sugar-pea. — The best 

 bearer, although the latest, in the section ; 

 nearly 4 feet high; pods from 4 to 6 inches long, 

 proportionably broad, and slightly curved. 



The French grow many varieties of edible 

 podded peas; and although suitable to their 

 taste and climate, they are not so with us. The 

 Dutch grow two sorts, and even these, for the 

 most part, are found so tender, even in Hol- 

 land, that they are generally produced under 

 glass. 



Should, however, Messrs Weekes &. Co.'s new 

 pea, recently brought into notice, turn out as 



represented, it will, as an edible podded sort, 

 supersede these and all others of a like pro- 

 perty, in bulk of produce at least, and may be 

 found far more economical to cultivate, as an 

 article of food, particularly for cottages, than 

 any at present known. It is described as a new 

 hybrid (the parents, however, are not stated), 

 attaining the height of 4 feet ; stem slender ; 

 great bearer, and exceedingly ornamental for 

 its fiowers and singular pods, which measure 54 

 inches in length, and 1\ inches in breadth; of a 

 glaucous green colour, each containing seven 

 seeds. It can either be cooked in the ordinary 

 way (boiled, when young, whole, pod and all), or 

 left to attain a more advanced growth, and then 

 cut up and eaten like a French or kidney bean. 

 Being so much hardier than either the kidney 

 bean or scarlet runner, and yielding a produce 

 even exceeding the latter (which at present is, 

 we think, were it not for the short period of its 

 existence, the most profitable vegetable that 

 the cottager or small gardener can grow), this 

 would even excel it for such a purpose. Should 

 this new pea, upon further trial, equal the 

 specimens grown last year, it will no doubt be 

 considered the greatest novelty of the pea tribe 

 that has yet appeared. 



The following sorts stand in good estimation 

 amongst growers : — 



Early Warwick, 3 4 feet— a sub-variety of early 

 frame ; Thurstone's reliance, 6 feet — one of the 

 largest peas in cultivation; scimitar, 3 feet — an 

 old variety, long podded, and fills well ; ne plus 

 ultra, 6 feet— a green wrinkled marrow; old 

 dwarf marrow, 34 feet ; tall green mammoth, 6 

 feet — similar to Hair's dwarf mammoth in pod; 

 matchless marrow, 5 feet; Melford marrow, 44 

 feet. 



"Warner's early emperor, Warner's early 

 conqueror, early Bedalean, Essex champion, 

 early railway (or Stevenson's railway), and early 

 wonder, have been proved in the gardens of the 

 London Horticultural Society to be all varieties 

 of the old early frame, and possessing no one 

 merit over the original. Danecroft rival, Dane- 

 croft early green. Fames' conservative, green 

 marrow, and the transparent pea, are by Mr 

 Thompson considered to be all one variety. 

 Clark's Lincoln green podded new early marrow 

 — no marrow at all, but one in the way of the 

 early frame. American dwarf, a good bearer, 

 ripening about a week or ten days later than 

 Bishop's new long pod— a very good dwarf 

 variety. Early surprise, from a foot and a half 

 to 2 feet in height; pods large, thick, containing 

 generally six large blue peas, the plants having 

 the strong stems and vigorous habits of the 

 marrows. Early blue surprise identical with 

 Fairbeard's early sm-prise. Queen of England, 

 a sort of white marrow, inferior to the British 

 queen. Waite's king of the marrows resembles 

 the ne plus ultra. Great Britain similar in every 

 respect to Knight's tall white marrow. Hun- 

 ter's new marrow, about the same height as 

 Knight's dwarf marrow; pods roundish or a 

 little flattened, containing about six large peas ; 

 larger than Knight's; of very sugary quality; 

 when dry, indented ; yellowish white ; a good 

 bearer." — Ex Jour. Ilort. Soc, vol. v. p. 283. 



