134 THE TELEMLY STRAIN 



Zvolanek's name is most intimately associated with the 

 indoor or Winter type, several other firms have been 

 largely instrumental in the development of early bloomers. 

 Curiously, two Winter strains came to light almost 

 during this exact same period, to wit, Carl Engelmann's, 

 at Saffron Walden, England; and Rev. Edwyn Arkwright's, 

 in his garden at Teltmly on the Mustapha Hill, near the 

 city of Algiers, Algeria, Africa. The beginnings of each of 

 these were recorded in the Sweet Pea Annual of the National 

 Sweet Pea Society of England in 1907. 



THE TELEMLY SWEET PEAS 



" It was about the year 1900," said Mr. Arkwright, 

 " that a sport from Blanche Ferry showed itself in my gar- 

 den as early as February, and was promptly isolated from 

 all others. The next year I had some plants flowering in 

 January, and among them one red one, a cross apparently 

 from Mars, on which a blossom or two had come out in 

 May of the previous year. From these parents I have now 

 ten or twelve of the usual colors, ranging from white to 

 purple, and including duplicates, or shall I say imitations, 

 of Honorable Mrs. E. Kenyon, Jeannie Gordon, Lady 

 Grizel Hamilton, Mars, Black Knight, etc., which begin to 

 flower about Christmas time and last for five months. 

 That they form a distinct group is evident from the fact 

 that Eckford's Sweet Peas, which I sow at the same time, 

 i. e., at the end of September, do not flower till May. 

 Moreover, the leaf is considerably narrower than in Eck- 

 ford's varieties and more pointed and the stem appears to 

 have more woody fiber." 



Mr. Arkwright, writing to the author in August, 19 14, 

 says he still continues to grow his special varieties and has 

 now almost every possible shade of color. He finds that 



