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the waved varieties are much the more popular. These 

 he has had for the past several years and " there is no 

 limit to their sporting powers," but as his object is to sell 

 them for the benefit of the English hospital in Algiers, he 

 says he is obliged to limit the number of definite colors to 

 about twenty, so that the work may not get beyond him. 

 He has also sold seeds to so many nursery gardeners that 

 he does not expect the Telemly Sweet Peas to remain much 

 longer in his hands. 



The greatest success recently scored by the varieties of 

 this strain has been in Australia, where letters inform Mr. 

 Arkwright that they have revolutionized the Sweet Pea 

 cult. At the Queensland Horticultural Society's show a 

 gentleman of Brisbane, who had bought Telemly Peas 

 the year before, came out first in each of six classes and 

 " swept the board." Mr. Arkwright has had many enthu- 

 siastic letters and orders for his seed in consequence. 



A photograph of the originator of this strain, together 

 with a separate photograph of a spray of one of the finest 

 blooms of his waved kinds, appears in connection with 

 these notes. These Peas were awarded the gold medal of 

 the Horticultural Society of Algiers in 1907, while a similar 

 gold medal was awarded for a collection of the large new 

 waved varieties in 191 1. There are no names applied to 

 the varieties other than those of their color, such as Apple- 

 Blossom, Rose, Ruby, Lavender, and so on. 



Mr. Arkwright advises that in Algeria, the Riviera, 

 and similar climates the seed be sown in August or Sep- 

 tember, and that the plants be treated similarly to the 

 Winter flowering strains known in this country. It 

 should be remembered that the Telemly type of early 

 flowering Pea starts from one single stem, which needs 

 sports when three or four inches high. 



