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Waltham Gem (Paul), colour bright red, with distinct white centre, novel 
and striking, dwarf habit; and Warrior (G. Smith), glowing scarlet of a 
rich hue, trusses large and showy, and of fine quality. 
The varieties mentioned in this paper may be taken as representing the 
best of last year’s batch, so far as their relative qualities can at present be 
accurately reported on. The reputations of some, doubtless, will become 
wrecked when subjected to a further trial—it is always so with new flowers ; 
others will come out from the trial enhanced in value, and, perhaps, 
possessing qualities hitherto hidden from the florist’s sight. 
R. D. 
TRIAL OF EARLY PEAS IN POTS IN 1867. 
Having the advantage of a great length of glass wall-covering, I have 
this spring made a trial of all the earliest Peas in cultivation, taking 
means to have them true from the raisers. They were all sown on the 
same day, early in February, in the same sized pots, soil, and situation. The 
varieties were Carter’s First Crop, Sutton’s Ringleader, Dickson’s First and 
Best, Taber’s Perfection, Dillistone’s Prolific, and Sangster’s No. 1. The 
First Crop and Ringleader showed flower at the same time; Taber’s Per¬ 
fection and Dickson’s First and Best were two days later; Dillistone’s 
Prolific was evidently the spurious variety, for it was a week later than the 
others in flowering; and Sangster’s No. 1 the last. The first dish was 
gathered off Carter’s First Crop and Ringleader (for they are identical in 
growth and earliness), on the 15tli of May. Dickson’s First and Best and 
Taber’s Perfection were only two days later in furnishing their first picking. 
Sangster’s No. 1 and Dillistone’s Prolific were eight days later. The 
results were as follows:—First Crop and Dickson’s First and Best averaged 
only three and four Peas in a pod, and came in nearly all at once. By far 
the best podder and forcer was Taber’s Perfection, for it averaged four and 
five Peas in a pod of good size, and was well flavoured. The sort I had for 
Dillistone’s Prolific was similar to Sangster’s No. 1, for they were both ready 
at nearly the same time, and resembled each other in the size of the pods, 
and in growth, 
I had a long low pit filled with McLean’s Little Gem, which pro¬ 
duced by far the finest and earliest Peas I have ever grown in May. The 
first batch of pots was sown in November, and came in in the end of April; 
and two other sowings made in December produced some good dishes in 
the beginning of May. In fact the pods and Peas were as large as those 
produced in summer, and of quite of the Marrow flavour. For the future I 
intend discarding all the tall early Peas for forcing, and only using Little 
Gem and Tom Thumb, with Advancer for the tallest variety. 
Welheck. William Tillery. 
MY FATHER’S GARDEN * 
We have read through this book with sufficient care and thought to feel 
justified in recommending it to others. It is not a book on gardening, in 
the strict sense of the term, although there is in it a good deal of informa- 
* My Father’s Garden. By Thomas Miller. With Forty Illustrations. London: 
George Boutledge & Sons , The Broadway , Ludgate. 
