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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
June 29. 
The seed was sown on the 5th of April, and the 
plants came into bloom on the 15tli of June. On 
the 12th of July the pods were quite 
filled, and ready to gather. It is, 
therefore, as early as the Early 
Green Marrow. 
Spanish Dwaef. 
Synonymes. — Dwarf Fan, Dwarf 
Boy, Early Spanish Dwarf. 
This is a very old variety, which 
still maintains its position as a 
dwarf variety for small gardens, 
but it is one which we think may 
easily be dispensed with,particularly 
now that wo have Bishop's Lony- 
poildecl and Burbidye's Eclipse. 
The plant is about a foot high, 
branching out on each side in the 
manner of a fan, and hence it is 
called the tywarf Fan. The pods 
ate either single or in pairs, from 
two to two inches-and-a half long, 
and about half-an-inch broad, termi¬ 
nating abruptly at the point, and 
containing from five to six rather 
large peas. There is a variety of 
this which is called the Imfeoved 
Spanish Dwaef, and grows fully 
nine inches taller than the old 
variety, but it possesses no particular 
merit to recommend it. 
The Spanish Dwarf was sown on 
the 5th of April, bloomed on the 12tli of June, and 
was fully podded on the 13th of July. 
Bueeidge’s Eci.ipse. 
Synonyme. — Stubbs' Dwarf. 
This may be classed among the 
valuable contributions which have 
been made to the list of Peas during 
the last few years. Unlike most of 
the dwarf varieties which preceded 
it, and which were all very in¬ 
different bearers, this is a most pro¬ 
ductive variety, so that it is not its 
dwarf character alone which is its 
chief recommendation. For private 
gardens, or for the gardens of cot¬ 
tagers, we know of no Pea to surpass 
this and Bishop’s Long-poddeil. Of 
Beck’s Gem we have already spoken 
in very high terms; and where 
dwarf Peas only are grown, we 
should say, that a sowing of that 
variety to begin the season, followed 
by Burbidye's Eclipse or Bishop's 
Lony-podded, sown at various periods 
throughout the season, would keep 
up a plentiful supply for any small 
establishment. 
The plant is a robust grower, always with a simple 
stem, attaining the height of a foot-and-a-half to about 
two feet. Pods in pairs, rarely single, and from three 
inches to three-inclies-and-a-quarter long, seven-tenth’s- 
of-an-incli broad, perfectly straight, 
and of equal width throughout, with 
a slight waving on the upper edge. 
They contain from five to seven 
peas, which are ovate, nine- 
tweutieth’s-of-an-inch long, seven- 
twentieth’s broad, and the same in 
thickness. 
The seed was sown on the 5th of 
April; plants bloomed on the 17th 
of Juno; and on the 13th of July 
they were fully podded. 
This Pea was raised in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Canterbury, by a person 
of the name of Stubbs, and hence 
called Stubbs' Dwarf, under which 
name we grew it for several years 
before it came out under that of 
Burbidye's Eclipse, and which was 
given to it by Mr. Burbidge, a 
nursery man at Buckland, near Dover. 
Matchless Maeeow. 
This is a very good marrow Pea, 
but now surpassed by the improved 
varieties of the Early Green Marrow, 
of which we have already treated. 
11 is, therefore, one of those which 
may easily be dispensed with. It 
possesses no qualities superior to 
that variety, and is not so early. 
The plant is of a strong and robust 
habit of growth, sometimes with a 
branching, and sometimes with a 
simple stem, from five to six feet 
high. The pods are always in pairs, 
three inches long, about three- 
quarter’s-of-an-inch wide, and per¬ 
fectly straight. They contain, on an 
average, seven large peas, which are 
closely compressed together in the 
pod. 
The seed was sown on the 5th of 
April; the plants bloomed on tho 
20th of June; and on the 13th of 
July the pods were fit to gather. 
Dwaef Maeeow. 
Synonyme. —Dwarf Marrowfat. 
The old Dwarf Marrow which 
did not grow above three feet or 
three-feet-and-a-half high, seems 
now to be lost, or to have assumed 
a different character to what it ori 
ginally possessed, as we havo not 
been able to discover, among all the 
collections we have seen growing, 
