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XLV. A Report upon the Varieties of the Pea cultivated in 

 the Garden of the Horticultural Society. By Mr. George 

 Gordon, Under Gardener in the Kitchen Garden Department. 



In consequence of the great number of varieties of the Pea it has 

 been found convenient to separate them into the following classes. 



II. Common Tall Peas. 

 IH. Dwarf Marrow Peas. 



IV. Tall Marrow Peas. 



V. Sugar Peas. 



VI. Imperial Peas. 



VII. Prussian Peas. 



VIII. Grey Sugar Peas. 



IX. Grey Common Peas. 



With small roundish pods, white peas, and stems not more 



than three feet high. 

 With round pods, white peas, and stems requiring sticks. 

 With broad pods, peas particularly sweet when young, and 



stems not more than four feet high. 

 Like the last, but with stems requiring sticks. 

 With pods destitute of the usual tough lining, and eaten 



like kidney-bean pods ; the peas white. 

 With the strong growth of the Marrows and the small 



round pods of the Prussians. 

 With the stems branching very much, and roundish not 



very large pods ; the latest of any class. 

 With pods like those of the fifth class, but with flowers of a 



purplish colour, and peas spotted, or any colour but white. 

 With purple or white flowers, and peas any colour but white. 



Class I. COMMON DWARF PEAS. 



No 1. Bishop's Dwarf. 

 About two feet high, and of strong growth. Pods short and 

 broad, mostly containing four or five peas. Only a moderate 

 bearer, a week later than the Early Frame and hardly worth grow- 

 ing. It flowers the first in the collection. 



