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(Purple and Blue) ; Striped and Flaked 

 (Chocolate on Gray Ground) ; Striped and 

 Flaked (Red and Rose) ; White. 



When one compares this with the fol- 

 lowing classification used in a prominent 

 seedsman's catalogue only fifteen years 

 ago, one can appreciate the marvelous de- 

 velopment in the sweet pea. This cata- 

 logue grouped all varieties under White, 

 Cream, Light Yellow, Light Blush, 

 Light Pink, Deep Pink, Rose, Red and 

 Scarlet, Shades of Orange and Salmon, 

 Pink and White, Blue and White, Claret 

 and Maroon, Striped and Variegated, 

 Lavender and Light Blue, and Blue and 

 Purple. 



Varieties 



Catalogues usually classify sweet peas 

 according to color with a separate list of 

 the winter-flowering varieties. 



More than twelve hundred varieties 



