GARDEN PEAS. 
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" culas should never be subject to the action of frost; the frames 
in which they are placed should be as carefully and constantly 
guarded as the greenhouse; and though other means are neces¬ 
sary to the purpose, it may be as effectually done by enveloping 
them in mats, or other warm and dry coverings, to be increased 
in number with the increase of cold, and to be continued both 
day and night whenever necessary; the main object being to pre¬ 
serve the plants from the cramping effects of a sudden check in 
their vegetation, at a time when it is most active. It must not be 
understood that I intend these coverings to be applied except 
when it is actually freezing, or to be continued longer than the 
duration of the frost; what is required is to securely guard the 
plants from the ill effects of the latter, and at the same time to 
preserve them in a healthy vigorous condition by the admission 
of all the light and air that can possibly be afforded at this in¬ 
clement season, regard being had to the former consideration. I 
may add that a pan of water placed under the platform on which 
the pots stand in the frame will be found highly beneficial at the 
time when the flowers are about expanding, as by assisting to 
keep a moist genial atmosphere about the plants, it enables them to 
unfold their blossoms to their largest size. 
D. 
A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE BEST GARDEN PEAS- 
A succession of this esteemed vegetable is of the first conse¬ 
quence in most gardens, and its provision is often a matter of 
inquietude to the gardener, who, from the multitude of new sorts 
offered each season, is often at a loss to select for the best. 
Under these circumstances, perhaps the following remarks on 
the subject may be of assistance. For the first crop I find none 
to equal Cormack’s Prince Albert. It is as least ten days earlier 
than any other variety I am acquainted with: sown in the last 
week of November, they are fit for gathering by the 20th or 25th 
of May, whilst the Early Frame or Early Warwick usually run 
into June before they can be used. It is one which also bears 
