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Nora and Orange Bird are close seconds. 

 Both of these are of the Winter Unwin 

 type. The colors above mentioned are 

 suitable to grow in large quantities. In 

 the dark blue, the new orchid-flowering 

 Mrs. M. Anderson is commendable, and 

 second only to the Blue Jay or the Winter 

 Unwin. In red, the Red Orchid is the 

 best. All light pink varieties produce 

 much brighter colors if grown so as to 

 bloom after the middle of January, when 

 the weather is sunnier than in December. 

 To obtain a good crop of flowers for the 

 Christmas trade, seed should be sown any- 

 where north of Washington, D. C, be- 

 tween the tenth and twentieth of August; 

 this time, too, will depend somewhat on 

 the weather. Warm and bright days in 

 the fall at the time of sowing will help 

 the main crop in maturing early in Novem- 

 ber when the price of sweet peas is very 



