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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, January 15, 1361. 
TO. AciuOi vulgaris. —Found near A thy, by Miss Trench, in 
1838; and in July, 1840, in a sandy field at Portmarnock, by 
several of my botanical friends and myself. 
11. Asparagus officinalis. —Abundant on the shore near the 
town of Wexford: Messrs. M'Oalla and Walker, who sent me 
plants and specimens. Tramore, Waterford : Dr. E. Percival 
Wright. 
12. Myosotis repens. —Specimens were sent to me by Mr. C. 
Babington, from the County of Mayo, since the publication of 
* l Flora Hibemica,” and I have since found it in Glancree ; Mr. 
D. Moore also sent me specimens from Antrim in 1837. 
13. Medicago maculata. —On the strand of the Little Island, 
Cork, by Mr. Denis Murray. 
14. Lathyrus palustris. —Mr. D. Moore sent me specimens 
from the banks of the Lagan, near Lough Neagh, near to which 
place Mr. Templeton first found it. Mr. Rollins also sent me 
plants and specimens from ditch-banks by the sea-side, beyond 
Dunganstown, County of Wicklow, in 1849. I have since got 
fine specimens from Dr. Melville, collected by him at the same 
place. 
15. Polygonum viviparum. —Professor Murphy sent me plants 
-and specimens in 1824, found by him on Benbulben; but I 
neglected to insert it in “ Flora Hibernica.” 
16. Oplirys muscifera. —Specimens were sent to me by the 
Rev. Mr. Despard, curate of Castlecomer, in 1837, found by him 
in that neighbourhood. I have since (1845) received specimens 
from Miss Haughton, from the Co. Kildare. 
17. Epipactis grandiflora. —First found by Mr. George Whitla 
at Dunneen, near Antrim. I have since received specimens from 
the same locality. 
18. Calamagrostis lapponica. —Banks of Lough Neagh and 
other places in the County of Antrim, in 1836 : Mr. D. Moore. 
19. Carex elongata. —On the banks of Lough Neagh, near 
Gally’s Gate, in 1837: Mr. D. Moore. 
20. Senecio squalidus. —On the roofs of old houses in Cork 
and suburbs, and also on the walls of St. Finbar’s Church and 
-other places near Cork : Mr. William Alexander. 
21. Sisyrinchium aneeps. —Gathered in a coarse meadow, half 
a mile north of the village of Woodford, near Loughrea, in great 
quantity, and on the race-course near that village, and also in a 
coarse meadow, near the police barracks at Rossmore, near the 
Shannon, by James Lynam, Esq., who sent me specimens in 
September, 1847. I have also received specimens from the same 
place, sent me by Mrs. Mathews in August, 1855. 
22. TLeUantheinum canum ( Cistus marifolius, Eng. Hot.). —I 
have fine specimens of this plant, collected in Arran by Dr. 
Melville in 1855. When I visited the island in 1805, principally 
with a view of collecting specimens of Adiantum capillus Veneris , 
I found plants of Helianthemum vulgare, but not in flower. As 
I believe the other grows on a part of the island I did not visit, 
and it not being its flowering season, I did not find it. 
23. Erica ciliaris. —Found by Mr. J. Bergin, at Craig-a-more, 
between Clifden and Roundstone, on the 14th September, 1816, 
from whom I have received specimens. 
24. Aspidium rigidum. —Found at Townley Hall, near Drog¬ 
heda, several years ago. I have specimens sent me by Miss 
Williams. 
25. Asplenium lanceolatum. —Found by Mr. Woods, near 
Cork. I have specimens of a plant brought to the Botanic 
Garden, I believe, by Dr. Kinahan, from the same place. 
26. Simethis bicolor. —Found near Darrynan Abbey, County 
of Kerry, about ten years ago, by the Rev. Thaddeus O’Mahony, 
who gave me specimens, which I have mislaid. The plant which 
was brought by him may be seen in the College Botanic Garden, 
with some specimens obtained by Dr. E. Percival Wright, through 
■the kindness of Captain O’Connell, in 1858. 
27. Saxifraga nivalis. —Found on Benbulben, County of 
Sligo, by John Wynne, Esq., of Hazel Woods, ten or twelve 
years ago.—( Dublin Agric. Review.) 
REPORT ON THE GARDEN PEAS, 
Grown at Chiswick during 1860. 
By Robert Hogg, LL.D., F.R.H.S., Secretary to the Fruit 
Committee. 
The vast number of varieties of the garden Pea that are met 
with in seedsmen’s catalogues, induced the Fruit Committee to 
make this one of the first subjects to which they would direct 
their attention; their desire being to ascertain wbat were the 
merits of these numerous varieties, and wherein they differed one 
from the other. With these objects in view, I received instruc¬ 
tions from the Committee to procure all the varieties of Peas 
that were to be obtained, and through numerous presentations 
and a few purchases, I succeeded in collecting no less than one 
hundred and sixteen varieties. 
The whole of these varieties were sown on the 19th of 
February, and occupied two large quarters in the kitchen garden 
which had been prepared expressly for them. The ground 
received a liberal supply of manure, and the seed was sown 
under the most favourable circumstances. After the plants 
were above ground, the season assumed that ungenial aspect, 
which it continued to maintain throughout the whole of the 
summer, and the progress of the Pea crop was so slow that 
the first blooms did not appear till the 19th of May, and the first 
pods were not gathered till the 22nd of June. What with the 
long-continued cold, and the excessive rains, many of the varie¬ 
ties have grown quite out of character, and others have not been 
able to exhibit the real merits which they are known to possess. 
The result of this experiment as regards nomenclature has 
been, to reduce the one hundred and sixteen varieties that were 
sown to seventy, which are certainly distinct, and to the merits 
or demerits of which this report will more particularly be 
directed. There cannot be a doubt but that seventy varieties of 
: garden Peas are quite unnecessary. One-half of them are, in 
comparison with the others, perfectly worthless, and it would 
be well if the public would second the efforts of the seedsmen, 
and select for cultivation those varieties only that are most worth 
growing. 
In arranging the collection for sowing, I first of all classed 
them according to the characters presented by the ripe seeds, 
and then by the heights to which they were said to grow. By 
this method considerable advantage was gained at the outset, by 
bringing the sorts most nearly allied close together, and thereby 
rendering comparison more easy. The arrangement I adopted 
was as follows, and to this I will adhere in the following 
report:— 
CLASSIFICATION OF PEAS. 
I. Seed round or irregularly roundish, smooth, or nearly so. 
A. Seed small, round, white; skin thin— Frames. 
B. Seed large, irregular, white ; skin thick— Marrows. 
C. Seed mixed white and olive— Green Marrows. 
D. Seed small, round, blue ; skin thin— Prussians. 
E. Seed large, blue, irregular; skin thick— Imperials, 
II. Seed compressed and wrinkled. 
F. Seed white— White Knights. 
G. Seed mixed white and olive— Green Marrow Knights. 
H. Seed green— Green Knights. 
I. FRAME PEAS. 
Ripe seed white, almost round, small, smooth, and occasionally 
pitted. Foliage pale green, not blotched. 
1. Dillistone’s Early .Hurst & M‘Mullen. 
\ The plant is of a slender habit of growth, produces a single 
stem two feet high, and bears on an average from seven to nine 
pods. The pods are generally single, but occasionally in pairs, 
almost straight, and containing seven Peas in each. The seed 
when ripe is white. 
Sown on the 19th of February, the plants were a mass of 
bloom on May 19th. On the 5th of June the blooms dropped 
and the slats appeared, and on the 22nd of June the whole crop 
was ready to be gathered. 
This is undoubtedly the earliest Pea known, and is quite seven 
to eight days earlier than Sangster’s No. 1, which has hitherto 
been °regarded as the earliest variety. A striking feature of 
Dillistone’s Early is, that its changes take place all at once. It 
blooms in a mass ; its pods all appear together, and the whole 
crop is ready to be gathered at the same time. On July 3, it 
was beginning to die off when Sangster’s No. 1 was yet green 
1 an q growing; but the pods are decidedly smaller than those of 
j Sangster’s No. 1. 
2. Sangster’s No.l .Noble Cooper & Bolton. 
Syn. Carter's Earliest . Carter & Co. 
Isher wood’s Railway . Hurst & M‘Mullen. 
Sutton’s Champion . Sutton & Sons. 
Early Washington . Charlwood & CUMMINS. 
Daniel O'Rourke . Waite. 
The habit of this variety is similar to that of the preceding, 
but it grows somewhat taller, being about 2i- feet high. Each 
