THE GARDENING WORLD. 
February 2, 1907. 
do not wish to be left in the lurch, should 
remember Mrs. H. Sykes last year and 
order early. Mr. Bolton’s other varieties 
are Mrs. R. F. Felton, Mrs. Collier and 
Hetty Green. The latter is a very fine 
bright-coloured 1 flower, and when shown 
at Ulverston last year attracted universal 
admiration 
Messrs. Bobbie and Co., in addition to 
Mrs. Collier, have catalogued Blush 
Queen, a very fine blush colour variation 
of Gladys Unwin, and Albatross, a very 
free flowering .white which will be invalu¬ 
able for cutting purposes. 
Mr. Unwin has six novelties this year, 
four of which are being sent out by 
Messrs. Watkins and Simpson, and the 
other two by himself. They are all of 
the Gladys Unwin type and perfectly fixed. 
Those being sent out by Messrs. Watkins 
and Simpson are: Nora Unwin, a pure 
white Gladys Unwin, which the raiser ex¬ 
pects to run Dorothy Eckford hard for 
premier honours, not by any means a 
light task; Mrs. Alfred Watkins, a fine 
pale pearly-pink Unwin; E. J. Castle, 
somewhat in the way of John Ingman or 
George Herbert. By next year we mav 
expect to find these three varieties brac¬ 
keted as synonymous. 
In Frank Dolby we have the best of 
the lot. and which from its colour will 
prove an immense favourite. It may best 
be described as a Lady G. Hamilton 
L T nwin. 
Those retained by Mr. Unwin are A. 
J. Cook and Pink Pearl, a Mrs. W. Wright 
L nwin and a much improved Unwin with 
a deeper edging respectively. 
From Mr. Sydenham comes another of 
the Spencer family, raised by Miss Hemus 
and named Paradise. In colour it is a 
bright warm rose. Mr. Sydenham is also 
sending out Mrs. Charles Foster, a lovely 
shade of lavender of the Spencer type, but 
he is warning growers that it is inclined 
to sport. 
Messrs. Bakers have also listed Mrs. 
Charles Foster as well as Mrs. Charles 
Mander, a light maroon or magenta- 
coloured Spencer. 
From Messrs. Sutton acid Sons comes 
a splendid variety' that will rank among 
the finest novelties of the year, Marbled 
Blue, which may' be described as a very 
much improved Princess of Wales. 
A variety that attracted much admira¬ 
tion at Ulverston Show was Mrs. William 
Carter, a light silvery' mauve Spencer, 
shown by Messrs Gillbanks Brothers, who 
have sold the stock to Messrs. Bunting 
and Co:. London. 
A new raiser appears on the scene this 
season in the person of Mr. H. J. Jones, 
of Lewisham, and if he manages Sweet 
Peas as successfully as Jhe does “Mums” 
the older growers had better be looking 
to their laurels. He is sending out four 
novelties, all of the Spencer ty'pe, viz., 
Mrs. Chick Homes, a deep rosy' maroon ; 
E. E. Matthews, a deep maroon; Lady 
Lennard, a pure white; Mrs. A. J. Norris, 
a brilliant rose. 
From America we have Phenomenal, a 
vastly-improved Maid of Honour of the 
Spencer type, and Burpee's Brilliant Blue, 
said to be the finest and darkest true blue 
ever raised. 
Messrs. House and Son are also send¬ 
ing out a blue called Lord Nelson, after 
the style of Navy Blue, but richer and 
deeper They have also a Spencer sport 
called Rosy Morn, of a rich rosy-pink 
colour with silver shading. 
From Messrs. Gilbert and Son we have 
still another of the Spencer family called 
Lady' Pollock, a large and fine pink flower. 
Messrs. W. W. Johnson and Son are 
sending out the first of a new race of 
Sweet Peas, having two colours on a stem 
and named The Fairy'. The end flower is 
white and the others blush rose. 
These will not by any means exhaust 
the list of new varieties to be sent out 
this y'ear. but enough have been mentioned 
to 'show that growers will have plenty to 
choose from, the difficulty being which 
sorts to select and which to leave out. 
Some nurservmen have been at verv con¬ 
siderable pains to catalogue the novelties 
of the various raisers in order to save their 
customers the trouble of having to write, 
it may' be to five or six different sources, 
for their supply' of seed, and in this con¬ 
nection mention might be made of Mr. 
Mackereth, of Ulverston and Barrow-in- 
Furness, who has no fewer than 24 
novelties from eight or nine different 
growers in his list. 
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Pear on Apple Stock.— The Florists’ 
Exchange reports that the Seckel Pear 
grafted on the Apple stock succeeds well 
in the warm southern States of America, 
where it is of no value an its awn raats. 
II.—By G. F. Drayson. 
Many' Sweet Pea lovers will be disap 
pointed to know that several of the finest 
novelties, exhibited during 1906, are being I 
kept back from the public for anothei 
year, ?o that the raisers may' increase 
their stocks and may. make sure that the 
varieties are perfectly fi'xed before dis¬ 
tribution. In spite of this, however, a 
very large number of Sweet Pea novelties 
are being distributed this year, and several 
of them may be confidently' expected to 
supersede anv previous introductions. 
Mr. Eckford, Wem, Shropshire, is, as 
usual- sending out several varieties. To 
my mind, the best of their set is Horace 
Wright, a deep indigo blue flower, named 
after the first secretary of the National 
Sweet Pea Society. That Society has tes¬ 
tified to its excellence by giving it an 
Award of Merit. This variety was first 
exhibited. I believe, in 1904, under the 
name of "Monarch Improved.” In 1905 
and 1906 it was shown under its present 
title. Horace Wright is a fine large bold 
flower, and is far in advance-of any other 
variety of its colour, and shouldr be given 
a place in every collection of Sweet Peas. 
The worst, perhaps, that can be said 
against it is that it more often bears two 
than three flowers on a stem. Bearing 
in mind that, whatever may he the case 
Sweet Pea Mrs. Collier. [ Dobbie and Co. 
( See Sweet Pee .V ovelties for 1907 .) 
