February 8, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
Mr. Horace Wright. It has received the 
.Award of Merit of the N.S.P.S., and is of 
!the true Spencer form, and last year came 
absolutely true. It is bi-colored, the 
wings being mauve and the. standard 
mauve shading towards rose. 
From Mr. Bolton we have six novel¬ 
ties. Clara Curtis will probably be iden¬ 
tical with Burpee’s Cream Spencer, but 
as Mr. Bolton has exhibited it several 
times in England, his name should have 
precedence. Purity is also probably 
identical with Etta Dyke and Burpee's 
waved Spencer. Beauty is a splendid 
blush form of Countess Spencer, and is 
guaranteed to be fixed. Mrs. Henry Bell 
is also guaranteed fixed; it is a cream- 
shaded Apricot pink, and of waved form. 
The stock of this variety is said to be 
small. Regina and Blackbird from the 
same grower are dark varieties, and both 
are said to be fixed. 
Constance Oliver, from Mr. Lumley, 
is looked upon by some as the finest 
novelty of the year in spite of the fact 
that there is doubt as to its fixity. It 
is a considerably deeper form of Mrs. H. 
Bell, and is of Countess Spencer form. 
Marjorie Willis, from the same raiser, is 
Prince of Wales in Spencer form, and 
.-hould be good if fixed. 
Sutton's Queen ha? been exhibited 
under the name of Mrs. Rothera and 
under several other names, and has re¬ 
ceived the Award of Merit of the N.S.P.S. 
It is another cream-pink of large size, 
and slightly waved form. 
Two other waved creamy pink varieties 
come from Mr. Stark. They are Nell 
Gwynne and Olive Ruffell, the latter 
being deeper in colour than the former. 
From the same raiser we also have 
Maggie Stark, which resembles Helen 
Lewis, but is said to be more brilliantly 
coloured ; Lorna Doone, nearly, but not 
quite, identical with Mrs. Hardcastle 
Sykes: Silver Wings, a rather poorly- 
marked, red-streaked variety, but of 
Spencer form; and Horace Skipper, a 
deep form of Countess Spencer. 
From Mr. Cole we have Lady Althorp, 
white flushed with pink, of Countess 
Spencer form. 
This same description applies to Mr. 
H. J. Jones’ Mrs. R. C. Pulling. This 
grower also distributes eleven other 
novelties, including Keston Red, a new 
Scarlet, and Mrs. Tom Fagg, mauve 
tinted with pink. 
Mr. Svdenham’s Herbert Smith is a bi¬ 
color in the way of Evelyn Byatt or St. 
George, and Miss Millie Maslin, if true 
to description, should prove a very fine 
crimson. Unfortunately, I have seen 
neither of these two varieties. 
Miss Hemus is commencing her career 
in the Sweet Pea trade with at least one 
remarkably fine and distinct variety. 
This is Evelyn Hemus, a large flower 
somewhat of Countess Spencer form, 
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coloured cream and edged, and slightly 
shaded with red. I believe it to be quite- 
fixed. It has received the Award of 
Merit of the N.S.P.S. and Award of 
Merit of the R.H.S. The latter award 
has also been'made to Paradise Carmine, 
a variety very like John Ingman, but some 
think it better. Miss Hemus also offer- 
about a dozen other novelties, including 
white and cream forms of Paradise (Coun¬ 
tess Spencer), Zero, a new white for forc¬ 
ing, and Paradise Ivory, a smaller form 
of Evelyn Hemus with less red in it. 
Owing to the truly magnificent manner 
in which Mr. Breadmore’s novelties have 
been exhibited at most of the principal 
shows in England, they should be well 
known by now. Audrey Crier is by many 
considered to be the finest of all the 
waved pinks. It is a very bright shade 
of rosy pink, slightly flushed with orange. 
It is looked upon as being nearly identi¬ 
cal with May Malcolm. Most large- 
growers have got stocks of this variety, 
but this shade of pink seems to be very- 
difficult to fix. A stock I had last year only 
sported into Helen Lewis, and several 
stocks I saw were half true, the remainder 
of the plants being Helen Lewis and 
Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes. Mr. Breadmore 
has received for this the Silver Medal and 
First-class Certificate of the N.S.P.S.. 
and the Award of Merit of the R.H.S, 
Etta Dyke is the name for The white form 
of Countess Spencer to which priority hav 
Dwarf or French Bean Webbs' New Supreme. 
Amongst novelties being put forward 
this year by Messrs. Webb and Sons, 
Wordsley, Stourbridge, is a fine new 
variety of dwarf Bean named Supreme. 
The pods are of the greatest length for 
this particular type, smooth, flat and 
nearly straight, so that a dish of them has 
a splendid appearance. For home use the 
shape is of no particular importance so 
long as the Bean is inviting. The skin is 
of a beautiful soft green, .while the pods 
are fleshy and of first-class quality .when 
cooked. The variety bears profusely-, and 
is well worth trying as a novelty amongst 
vegetables. 
We are aware that in most small gar¬ 
dens the Runner Bean reigns almost 
solely-, but the dwarf varieties might well 
be employed on the borders of small gar¬ 
dens where Potatos cannot be expected 
to produce very good crops on account of 
their being more or less shut in by- house- 
and fences. They may be grown in row? 
15m. to i8in. apart and require no stak¬ 
ing. They may also be sown somewhat 
earlier than the Scarlet Runner, as thev 
are really a degree hardier and not so 
likely- to get cut down by an untimelv 
frost in late spring. The illustration of 
this beautiful Bean was placed at our dis¬ 
posal by Messrs. Webb and Sons. 
Webbs' New Supreme Dwarf French Bean. 
Webb and Sons.. 
