i6 CULTURE OF THE SWEET PEA 



The following is a classification of 

 sweet peas according to form : 



Garden type Winter-flowering Dwarf Type 



type (Cupid) 



Open form Open form Open form 



Hooded form Hooded form Hooded form 

 Waved form Waved form 



Sweet peas are classified also according 

 to color. The English Sweet Pea Society 

 recognizes thirty-two color classes as fol- 

 lows: Bicolor; Blue; Blush; Carmine; 

 Cerise; Cream, Buff, and Ivory; Cream- 

 pink (Pale) ; Cream-pink (Deep) ; Crim- 

 son; Fancy; Lavender; Lilac; Magenta; 

 Marbled and Watered; Maroon; Maroon 

 Purple; Maroon Red; Mauve (Dark); 

 Mauve (Pale) ; Orange-pink; Orange 

 Scarlet; Picotee Edged (Cream Ground) ; 

 Picotee Edged (White Ground); Pink 

 (Deep); Pink (Pale); Rose; Salmon 

 Shades; Scarlet; Striped and Flaked 



