August 11, 1900. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
793 
because a lower or ground crop can be got at the 
same time. Otherwise wall trained bushes or bush- 
forms in the open are preferable. 
A FEAST OF SWEET PEAS. 
Probably the readers of The Gardening World 
at. Princess of Wales is a finely mauve striped 
variety, having a white ground. Princess Beatrice 
is a delicate carmine rose variety, exceedingly pretty. 
It may here be interpolated that shades of pink 
have by far the greater popularity, at least this so in 
the case of the men-folks. Mrs. Eckford is an all¬ 
round favourite, a fine primrose variety. Queen 
Nectarines. The crop appeared to be a heavy one, 
in fact, too heavy for the strength of the trees. In the 
vineries were serviceable bunches of Black Ham¬ 
burgh, Alicante, Muscat of Alexandria, Madresfield 
Court, and Buckland Sweetwater. The two latter 
good. Though the Vines have been planted about 
twenty years, the roots have hitherto been’[confined 
A Crop of Dwarf Sweet Peas (Cupid). 
A Crop of Model Telegraph Peas. 
are beginning to feel well-seasoned after having im¬ 
bibed so much of the distillation from Sweet Peas 
which has lately been poured out for their information. 
But if a judgement is made from the freshness of 
one's own feelings, then a good deal more on the sub¬ 
ject would be acceptable. The idea of the late 
Conference was principally to accomplish a weediDg- 
out of some fifty choice and foremost varieties of this 
flower, and failing a published list in the meantime, 
the following list embraces the varieties most strongly 
favoured by a party of visitors recently, to Messrs. 
Carter & Co's Sweet Pea trial at Mortlake, Surrey. 
In alphabetical order they are : Aurora, salmon-pink 
stripe on a white ground ; Countess of Radnor, de¬ 
licate lavender, and of which thirty tons of this one 
variety alone, were sent out by Messis. Carter & Co. 
last year ; Countess of Powis, a bright rosy salmon- 
orange; Creole, lavender-purple; Dorothy Tennant, 
dark mauve, a good sort; Double Bride of Ni¬ 
agara, dark purple; Duke of Westminster, rose- 
maroon with shining violet; Duke of Clarence, light 
rosy claret; Early Blanche Ferry, rose and white ; 
Earliest of all, pink and white ; and Gorgeous, a bril¬ 
liant orange-scarlet. A fine sort is Lovely, of a soft 
pink shade and splendid form. Lady Nina Balfour 
takes a deal of beating. The colour is delicate mauve 
freckled with dove grey. Lady Grisel Hamilton, a 
Victoria is a rival sort, of a rich primrose-cream ; 
Mrs. Gladstone, pink with rosy blush ; The Bride, 
pure white ; Venus, buff-pink; Violet Queen, mauve- 
violet, the first of the present-day type ; Splendour, 
rich rosy pink ; and Waverley, a deep blue and claret 
variety. These are all varieties of sterling merit, all 
distinct in their way, and they represent a wide 
selection. There are plenty of other good varieties 
which are very popular, namely, Black KnighJ, 
Boreatton, Daybreak, Coronet, Wild Rose, Apple 
Blossom, the old Invincible Scarlet, which is one of 
the best ; Her Majesty, Grey Friar, Pink Friar, and 
so on. But if a limited number is better than pro¬ 
digality, then the list now set before the reader may 
be said to furnish as much as is needed. 
The accompanying illustrations were lent us by 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., some of them being in¬ 
tended to illustrate the article “ Carters' Trials at 
Mortlake,” p. 777. 
BURNT HOUSE 
Is about fifteen minutes’ walk from Adlington 
Station, on the Preston and Manchester line, and is 
the residence of James Eckersley, Esq , J.P. The 
ground is entered from the Black Rod Road, and 
the garden is only a short distance off. 
to the inside border, but now they will have the run 
of an outside one. Muscat of Alexandria has been 
worked on Lady Downes, but it is too early to report 
results ; so far the union has been favourable, and 
Alicante does better on Madresfield Court than on 
its own roots. Inside the potting shed there is an 
excellent Grape room, and given well finished 
bunches I see no reason why Grapes should not keep 
well up to May. 
For preserving the water sweet Mr. Mollison, the 
gardener, uses permanganate of potash, and water 
that had been in a bottle three years had no 
obnoxious odour. 
The plant houses are not in regular order, but 
dotted about here and there. In span-roofed pits of 
the plant protector class I noticed a nice lot of 
Achimenes, the most striking being Sutton's Royal 
Blue, Carmine, longiflora, Moss Perfection, and 
loDgiflora rosea; also the best sorts of double 
Pelargoniums. One house was stocked with 
Tomatos in 9-in. pots, but by far the best crop of 
these had set in the Palm stove, growing in similar 
size pots. The stove contains the usual run of 
foliage plants, and a few healthy plants of Ixoras. 
Cyclamens are a speciality at Burnt House, and 
though I have not seen them before I have often been 
assured that whenfin flower they are bad to beat in 
Five Miles of Pea Trials. 
shining lavender, must also be chosen. Lottie 
Hutchins, cream, with pink streaks, is sweet; Mon¬ 
arch, bronzy purple; and Mikado, white stripes on an 
orange-cerise ground. Mars is one of the best, being 
a distinct, intense scarlet; and Navy Blue was re¬ 
marked as being the only blue variety worth ooking 
The glass houses are at the north end of the well- 
stocked kitchen garden, the fruit houses being in 
one range. Much of the fruit had been gathered in 
the early Peach house, which is planted with such 
sorts as Royal George, Hale’s Early, Noblesse, and 
Bellegarde Peaches, and Pineapple, and Elruge 
A Crop of Record Onion 
the north. They have a span-roofod house to them¬ 
selves, and are at present in 4-in. pots. Those in¬ 
tended for the following year were sown on the 12th 
of June, and are now up. The plants are thrown 
away after they have flowered. Another span 
house contained a well-flowered lot of Carnations, 
