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Gdifopial. 
Ramsay the list, of Sweet Teas. 
The splendid trial of Sweet Peas in the 
Reading College Gardens has enabled the 
National Sweet Pea Society to thoroughly 
compare old and new varieties with a view 
to reducing their number and bracketing 
together those that are too much alike to 
be shown together in the same stands at 
their exhibitions. For instance, Etta 
Dyke and White Spencer are not con¬ 
sidered identical, but they are too closely 
similar to be allowed to compete in the 
same stand, although any one of them 
may be so employed to represent the col¬ 
our. The Sweet Pea Society is now pub¬ 
lishing the proceedings of the Floral 
Committee for this year, and in the case 
of these bracketed varieties they give 
priority to the first named and the others 
in their order of merit. 
They have also classified the colours 
and singled out those which they consider 
the best representative of each colour. 
This is a work which has been done 
annually for some time, so that only some 
of the names, recorded as the best last 
year, have been eliminated. Formerly 
the varieties were classified under nine¬ 
teen colours, but another section has been 
added, namely, those which have marbled 
flowers and represented by that splendid 
variety Helen Pierce. In several in¬ 
stances two varieties contend for the first 
place, and they have accordingly been 
recorded. 
Notwithstanding the beauty of a large 
number of the varieties in cultivation, 
there has been a desire on the part of the 
seedsmen and others to restrict the num¬ 
bers by eliminating the older and inferior 
ones. This the committee has done, and 
all the varieties named will no longer be 
included in the ‘■vials. It will give some 
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idea of the advance that has been made 
when we say that Lady Mary Currie, Lot¬ 
tie Hutchins, Queen Alexandra, Salopian, 
Prima -Donna, Countess Cadogan, Coun¬ 
tess of Radnor, Gorgeous, Blanche Bur- 
Besides the new Carnations and Pico- 
tees which we recorded last week, there 
are several others which are equally 
worthy of consideration where collections 
of either or both of the types are repre¬ 
sented in gardens. We mentioned Links- 
man as being a very fine, fancy yellow 
ground Carnation, and we are now in a 
position to give an illustration of it. The 
flowers are of huge size, densely covered 
with crimson stripes on a clear yellow 
ground. It is a brilliantly coloured 
flower, and was in the winning stand at 
Westminster on the occasion of the show 
of the National Carnation and Picotee 
Society. The leaves are of moderate 
size, and the young growths are 12 in. to 
16 in. long. 
Older Fancies. 
From amongst a large number we se¬ 
lect a few varieties which have been pro¬ 
pagated for two years or more, and have 
been finding their way into commerce. 
Sam Weller has had two First-class Certi¬ 
ficates, and was the premier bloom in its 
class last year and this. The flowers 
are of great size, marked with maroon, 
brownish red, and occasionally white bars 
September 7, 1907. 
pee, and the Invincible varieties have 
been excluded. All those who are fond^ 
of Sweet Peas should consult this report 
with a view of being up-to-date. We 
publish the report in another column. 
on bright yellow. Another grand flowef 
is Earl King, suffused with magenta-rose 
on a buff-orange ground, being a large, 
full, and regular flower. The young 
growths are 16 in. long (see illustration], 
A variety with leaves as broad as those 
of a Malmaison Carnation, and which 
succeeds well out of doors, is Keogh, 
which has blackish-maroon bars on buff- 
orange. The blooms of Highland Lass, 
cn the contrary, are as large as those of 
a Malmaison, and while similar to Earl 
Kingb they are more decidedly of a ma¬ 
genta hue and measure 4 in. across. Leo 
Hunter is another huge flower heavily 
flaked with maroon and purple on clear 
yellow. A very striking and almost in¬ 
describable colour is that of Pasquin, be¬ 
ing suffused with rosy mauve on buff yel¬ 
low. It has twice been the premier 
bloom, and had two First-class Certi¬ 
ficates. Another striking flower is Ronny 
Buchanan, which is suffused scarlet and 
rose, measuring 3^ in. across. It was in 
the First Prize stand at Westminster. 
Willie Barlow is also suffused scarlet and 
rose on buff orange, and is as large as a 
Malmaison. Solomon I ell has splendid 
Carnations and Pieotees 
At “The Warren.” 
(Concluded from page 576). 
Fancy Yellow-Ground Carnation Linksman. [Maclaren and Sons. 
