Departures 
Cupid (In habit of growth). — Perfectly dwarf, hugging the ground very 
closely; height of vine, five to eight inches; a single plant spreads 
over an area ten to eighteen inches in diameter. Its procumbent 
stems (using the term stems in its strictly botanical meaning) 
are thick and closely jointed, branching at frequent intervals, each 
lateral bearing three to a dozen or more short, stiff, usually three, 
sometimes four-flovvered peduncles, three to four inches in length. 
Foliage dense, and deep green; leaflets small; tendrils stubby. 
Flowers pure white and of good substance, tnuch resembling 
Emily Henderson, but not quite as large. A vigorous, compact 
grower, very floriferous, showmg in the height of season more 
flower than foliage. Pot culture of Cupid, in our experience, has 
proven a failure; but outdoors its growth is satisfactory. 
Red (/« form of flower). — In this variety we have a fixed 
Riding-Hood type, and an absolutely new departure in form. When fully 
developed, the standard and wings are a pleasing rosy pink, 
shading to blush-white at the calyx; the keel, which is almost com- 
pletely enveloped, being nearly pure white. Although unusually 
robust in habit, it is early flowering, and in plenitude and con- 
tinuity of bloom, it excels other existing sorts. The standard 
is diminutive, and peculiarly convoluted, forming a hood aruund 
the wings, which protrude in wavy form, lending a novel and 
pleasing character to the flower. The fragrance surpasses, in a 
marked degree, that of other varieties of Sweet Peas. The length 
and rigidity of the stems are remarkable. 
Bride of Doubles.— In coloring, growth, and general habit like Painted 
Niagara Lady, but standards double, or treble, to the extent of from twenty 
to forty per cent.— a larger general average than found among 
the many so-called double varieties. Standards measuring fifty 
millimeters and over are not uncommon, thouuh, of course, they 
consist of two or three pai-ts. Although we have not approved 
double Svveet Peas as a "general culture" flower, still this 
variety seems sufficiently wayward in its tendencies to merit a 
place in the collection of anyone seeking curious vagaries in form 
of flower. Bride of Niagara is very florescent. 
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