SWEET PEA REVIEW. 
Yellow 
*GoIden A deep primrose-tinted version of Blanche Burpee, possessing 
Gleam all the elegance of its parent in form, size, and substance, with the 
added virtue of extreme vigor and florescence. Put on sale by 
us Fall, 1897. 
Mrs. Eckford Not so large as Golden Gleam; color delicate primrose tint; 
most effective when bundled. Stems often four-flowered; but 
shows to better advantage, we think, when three-flowered. 
Primrose 
*Queen 
Victoria 
Inferior to Mrs. Eckford, in form principally, the objectionable 
notch on standard being prominent. Standards explaiiate, some- 
times slightly reflexed; flowers medium large. A shade deeper 
than Mrs. Eckford. 
Intended to be an ideal type; of large size, perfect form, line 
texture, delicate sulphur-yellow color with faintest suffusion of 
purple. Does not run uniformly true to originator's description, 
some of its seed being white and some black, and color of bloom 
fifty per cent, untrue. 
Pink 
Prima After two seasons' growing we still would accord this variety 
Donna first place among pinks. A large, perfect flower, of elegantly 
hooded form, and finely proportioned; a shade deeper than Royal 
Robe, but of clearer color and of best substance. Stems three 
and four-flowered, in almost equal proportions. Vines of a 
spreading habit— the secret, perhaps, in part at least, of its perfect 
development. 
Lovely Possesses qualities found in no other Sweet Pea tried by us. 
A shade deeper than Prima Donna. Wings of a delicate rose, 
lightly suffused at the throat of standard and at base of wings, 
gradually softening toward the margins, the whole fading as the 
flower ages. Remarkable in the high percentage of its four- 
flowered stems, which are extra long. Flowers inclined to 
double, which we consider a defect. 
* 1898 Introductions. 
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