SWEET PEA REVIEW. 
Blendings — Continued 
shading to pink, faintly suffused with lilac; stems usually bear 
three flowers. A strong grower and abundant bloomer. 
_ Bronze King Not only lacl:s size, but form as well, and is quite an ordinary 
flower all around. Standards reddish coppery bronze, but lack- - 
ing the brilliancy needed to render such a tint effective; of poor 
substance, and inclined to sunburn in hot weather. A vigorous 
grower, moderately profuse. A little later than the average. We 
think it can well be spared from the lists. 
Flaked and clouded effect 
*Emily Resembles Royal Rose. Its richness of coloring intensified by 
Lynch the creamy primrose effect in standards and wings. Its relation 
to Royal Rose is very similar to that of Duke of York to Painted 
Lady. Differs from Royal Rose, however, in having primrose- 
tinted wings, which are, in turn, overlaid with a delicate pinkish 
venation. Of large size, with stiff stems, usually bearing three 
flowers. 
Royal Rose A beautiful, large, almost self-colored flower, very much on 
the plan of the preceding variety. These, with the two following, 
form a perfect series of elegant gradations. Flower a rich, rose- 
pink, barred on standards with deeper rose, deepest tinted on 
center of reverse side, and gradually becoming lighter toward the 
margins; wings a softer hue. Bears three or four flowered stems 
of good length and substance. 
Apple Like Eliza Eckford, except that its tint is a shade or two 
Blossom deeper and more evenly spread; wings as delicate as Eliza 
Eckford. A fine, large, hooded flower, borne in threes or fours 
on long, strong stems, which sometimes come double, when they 
produce five, six, seven, and even eight blossoms on a stem,— a 
freak of nature we have never succeeded in inducing a repetition 
of, but which quite frequently duplicates itself on its own account. 
Eliza Eckford Deserves high rank, because of its refined general make up; 
of good size and form; standards flaked and suffused with a 
delicate rose, deeper on reverse side; wings lightly blushed. 
Generally bears three flowers, sometimes four, on long stems. 
'1898 Introductions. — 24 — 
