No. 33.] | 243 
Plant four to five feet high; stipules slightly washed with white; 
stem strong, often one-fourth of an inch in diameter, usually some- 
what branched; nodes rarely more than five inches apart ; peduncles 
two to four inches long; pods often in pairs, slightly lighter than 
the foliage, and quite glaucous, three to three and a half inches long, 
five-eighths of an inch wide, apex rather blunt in fully developed 
pods; peas five to nine in a pod, whitish, nearly round, slightly com- 
pressed when full grown, three-eighths of an inch in diameter ; seeds 
sometimes pale green, slightly indented, the radical not conspicuous. 
An ounce contained ninety-nine seeds. 
Prolific, late, the crop maturing rather gradually. 
Intreduced in 1865. (Gar. Chron.) Originated with Thomas 
Laxton, of Bedford, England. 
No. 3. Wurre Marrowrat. (Thor. 1882.) 
Synonyms. Dwarf White Marrowfat, Royal Dwarf Mar- 
rowfat, Brown's New Dwarf Harly Marrowfat. Probably the 
Dwarf Marrow, or Dwarf Marrowfat of Burr. 
Plant three to five feet high; foliage rather light green, scarcely 
glaucous; stipules washed with white toward the base of the plant; 
stem rather slender, often branched at the base, and sometimes above ; 
nodes rarely more than four inches apart; peduncles one to three 
‘inches long; pods paler than the foliage, usually single, two to three 
and a half inches long, five-eighths of an inch wide, blunt at the 
apex when fully developed, very plump; peas five to eight in a pod, 
yellowish green, roundish, much compressed when full grown, about 
one half of aninch in longest diameter; seeds very smooth, about 
five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, radical distinct. An ounce 
contained seventy-two seeds. 
Very prolific, late, maturing its crop promptly. 
++ Seeds decidedly shrivelled. 
S$ Pods more or less recurved. 
No. 4. Brirish Queen. (Thor. 1882.) 
Synonyms. Hooper's Incomparable, Wonder, Catull?s Wonder. 
(Gar. Chron.) 
‘Plant five to. seven feet high; stem strong, often one-fourth 
inch in diameter, often branched at the base and above; stipules 
glaucous, washed with whité ; nodes rarely more than three inches 
apart ; peduncles two to four inches long, often shorter toward the 
top of the plant; pods paler than the foliage, usually two to three 
and a half inches long, rather blunt at the apex when fully devel- 
oped ; peas fonr to seven in a pod, whitish green, slightly oblong, 
much compressed when full grown, one-half inch in longest diam- 
eter; seeds sometimes faintly greenish, much flattened and shriv- 
elled, about five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter; radical obscure. 
An ounce contained seventy-four seeds. 
Extremely prolific, late; the pods maturing very gradually. 
“Less affected by mildew in summer than most other varieties.” 
(Gar. for Profit.) 
