Puare III].—Oldest Varieties of the Sweet Pea. 
1. The original wild form. 2. Old Painted Lady. 3. White. 4. Yellow. 5. New Painted Lady or 
“Searlet.’’ 6. ‘Black.’ 7. ‘‘Blue Edged” (= purple picotee?). $8. “Blue.” 
Numbers 4-8 are reconstructions based on modern v 
under these names cannot be identified with absolute certainty. But it is highly probable that they 
were very similar to the types shown above and that they originated by mutation in the order 
indicated. 
ieties because the original varieties listed 
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