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The Pf ize-'Wmnmg Quartette of Sweet Peas 



ONE THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING FOR A BUNCH OF SWEET PEAS 



(From The Florists' Exchange) 



The Sweet Pea show organized by the London Daily Mail was held at the Crystal Palace, London, today, July 2S. The first prize of 

 ^1,000 ($4,866.66) was awarded to Mrs. J. H. Fraser, The Manse, Sprouston, Kelso, N. B.; the second prize of £\oo (S4S6.66) to H. W. 

 Richards of Ryde, Isle of Wight; and the third prize of /"50 ($243.43) to Rev. J. H. Fraser, of the same address as (and presumably the 

 husband of) the fortunate winner of the champion prize. 



The varieties in Mrs. Fraser's exhibit were: Paradise Carmine (Hemus), carmine waved ; Constance Oliver fLumley), delicate pink, 

 suffused with cream, waved; Arthur Unwin (Unwin), rose, shaded with cream, waved; Tom Bolton (Bolton), dark maroon, waved. They 

 won because they were the best grown, best in size, color and condition, and because they carried four flowers on each stem. Tlie second 

 and third prize exhibits ran the winner a very close race. 



The 38,000 bunches sent iti, of which only about 10,000 appeared on tiie exhibition tables, came from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, 

 Guernsey and Jersey, but the southern section of tlie British Isles, sweltering in an unparalleled drought and heat wave, had practically, 

 no chance against Scotland, where cooler and moister conditions have prevailed. 



- PARADISE CARMINE, ARTHtJR UNWIN, TOM BOLTON, CONSTANCE OLIVER 



We beg to state, we have secured some very exclusive stocks of these four varieties, described and illustrated above, and make the fol- 

 lowing special offer of The Frize-Winning QuarteMe, Paradise Carmine, Constance Oliver, Arthur Unwin, Tom Bolton. 

 Collection, one packet each for So 35 ^. Mailed Free. 



" three packets each for i 00 1 



