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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1913 



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Sweet Pea Novelties that are 

 Worth While 



THE RAPID development and improvement in 

 sweet peas since the introduction of Countess 

 Spencer in 1904 has been little short of marvellous, 

 and even should no further improved forms be 

 forthcoming, the past eight years will, for all 

 time, be looked upon horticulturally, as epoch- 

 making, if for no other reason than that. 



Introductions of ten or twelve years ago which 

 were hailed with enthusiastic delight by growers, 

 are now only cultivated by the uninitiated, never 

 by the expert and up-to-date grower, as nothing 

 but Spencer varieties are good enough for him; and 

 even the older original Spencer varieties are now 

 being eclipsed. For instance, the original Spencer 

 — Countess Spencer — is entirely superseded by 

 Hercules, a glorious pale rose-pink of larger size 

 and of practically the same color. It is a particu- 

 larly vigorous grower, and one of the most free- 

 flowering, while the flowers are usually produced 

 four on a stem. 



Elfrida Pearson is a fit companion to the above 

 and a great and most decided advance on Florence 

 Morse Spencer (Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes), a pale 

 pink, rather deeper in tone toward the edge of the 

 flower. 



Lady Evelyn Eyre is very similar to the preceding, 

 but slightly lighter in color. Both are of great size 

 and often come with double standards. 



Barbara and Melba are large, pure, salmon 

 colored selfs, resembling Earl Spencer, but decided 

 improvements on it. 



Edith Taylor is a most distinct and beautiful 

 rich rose self, suffused with copper or deep salmon, 

 an altogether new color in sweet peas. The flowers 

 are very large and most beautifully waved. 



Francis Deal is a most attractive shade of rosy- 

 heliotrope. 



Irish Belle or Dream is a lovely shade of lilac 

 with a pale pink suffusion. The habit is extremely 

 robust, while practically all the flowers are pro- 

 duced four on a stem. 



The dark maroon or chocolate colored Othello has 

 now strong rivals in Nubian and King Manuel. 

 Of the three I am inclined to favor Nubian, the 

 flowers being rather larger, while it gives more 

 "fours" than do the other two. 



King Alfred is an immense flower of a quite 

 distinct and beautiful orange pink shade. It is 

 somewhat like Helen Lewis, but the color is softer. 

 The immense flowers are usually produced four 

 on a stem, while the habit of the plant is very free. 



Margaret Atlee is an American variety and one 

 of the daintiest, the color scheme of this flower 

 being exquisite. Pinkish apricot on cream ground 

 would be a brief description of the color tones, 

 which become darker toward the edges of the 

 standard and wings. This lovely variety invariably 

 produces four flowers to a stem, a large majority 

 of which have double standards, thus greatly 

 adding to its beauty, especially when bunched. 



Loyalty, a rich blue flake on white ground, is 

 worthy of a place in all collections, other names 

 for this sort being George Curzon and Bertie Usher. 



Blue Jacket is undoubtedly the best navy blue 

 variety, and although not of largest size, on account 

 of its color, it cannot be dispensed with. Four 

 flowers are usually produced on a stem. 



There are quite a number of pale blue or French 

 gray colored novelties, a few of them being Winifred 

 Unwin, Walter P. Wright, Seamew and Margaret 

 Madison. Of these my choice is Margaret Madi- 

 son, another American variety. This is a color 



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