78 CULTURE OF THE SWEET PEA 



old grandiflora being the best known. Ac- 

 cording to Zvolanek the new Winter 

 Orchid-flowering sweet peas are preferred 

 to the old type. The principal thing is to 

 select the best selling colors. In this re- 

 spect the Pink and White Orchids seem 

 to have no equal for mid-winter flowering. 

 Of the white varieties there are the White 

 Orchid, Bridal Veil, Venus, and Mrs. M. 

 Spanolin. Of those of lavender shades 

 the best are Lavender Orchid, Lavender 

 Pink, and Lavender Nora, which is a clear 

 lavender of the Winter Unwin type. The 

 last named has large sized flowers, the 

 average of which are as large as any of the 

 Orchid-flowering type. In light pink, 

 there are Mrs. A. A. Skach, Mrs. J. Manda, 

 and Dolansky Orchid. In dark rose there 

 are the Orchid Beauty and President Wil- 

 son. The best in • orange pink is the 

 Orange Orchid, and to this the Orange 



