SWEET PEA REVIEW. 
Blendings — Continued 
standard, somewhat reflexed. Color an admixture of garnet, 
purple, and carmine in standai'd, deepest at the throat; wings 
lavender-blue. 
Vesuvius Comes between Etna and Carmen Sylva; a more profuse 
bloomer than either, and tints of more flaked appearance, a 
coloring not popular in dark sorts. Medium vigorous; very 
profuse. 
Suffused and narrowly edg^ed 
WITH LAVENDHR 
Lottie White ground, lighUy suffused with heliotrope, deepest near 
Eckford the margins, the edges of both standard and wings a clear, deep 
heliotrope-blue, setting off the whole with splendid effect; of fine 
hooded form and good size: stems usually three-flowered and of 
good length; a vigorous grower and abundant bloomer. 
Maid of A worthy successor to its popular parent. Butterfly. Like 
Honor that variety in all particulars, save that the lateral notches are 
absent. A finely formed flower of medium size and true hooded 
form. Its slender, graceful stems are usually three-flowered. 
General markings and shadings describing Butterfly apply here, 
excepting, perhaps, that Maid of Honor lias a trifle more color. 
Golden Gate Chiefly characteristic as to its peculiarly shaped wings, which 
appear unusually large and elongated because of their peculiar 
upright growth, spreading apart at the top, — the reverse habit of 
other sorts in this respect. Shadings vary considerably, tlie 
intermediate type being of pale crimson-pink and lilac blendings; 
flamed, deepening toward the margins and mid-suture; the wings 
contain a shade more of deeper lilac. Usually bears three- 
flowered stems, often four, and a considerable percentage of the 
stems are formed double, such stems bearing three to six 
flowers, which, of course, is an abnormal growth. The flowers 
are interesting, but not graceful. 
Butterfly Edged like Lottie Ecltford, but showing less tint in standards 
and wings — almost white. Its sinuous standards, though objec- 
tionable in other varieties, in this case are quite acceptable, 
because of their peculiar coloring, and make the name most 
appropriate. Stems usually three-flowered; a vigorous grower 
and abundant bloomer. 
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