No. 33. 3 267 
Moderately prolific, very early, maturing its crop very promptly. 
Known in England prior to 1872. (Gar. Chron.) 
No. 70. Dwarr Green Sr. Micwarn. Vil.) 
Plant one to two feet high; foliage very dark green, slightly glau- 
cous, leaflets small, rather elongated ; stipules very glaucous, washed 
with white; stem rather stocky, often branched at the base, some- 
times above ; nodes rarely more than two inches apart; peduncles 
one-half inch to two inches long; pods paler than the foliage, very 
often in pairs, sometimes slightly recurved, two to two and a half 
inches long, one-half inch wide, plump, rather blunt at the apex 
when fully developed; peas four to seven in a pod, whitish-green, 
very slightly oblong, somewhat compressed when fully grown, about 
seven-sixteenths of an inch in longest diameter; seeds pale olive- 
green, shading to greenish-white or cream-color, scarcely indented, 
nearly three-eighths of an invh in diameter, radical distinct. An 
ounce contained eighty-one seeds. 
Moderately prolific, rather late, maturing its crop promptly. 
No. 71. Suppianrer. (Greg.) 
Synonym. Laxton’s Supplanter. 
Plant one and a half to two feet high ; foliage dark green, leaflets 
small towards the top of the plant; stipules glaucous, washed with _ 
white, often wavy; stem stocky, often branched at the base, some- 
times above; nodes rarely more than three inches apart; peduncles 
one to two inches long, rather strong; pods same color as foliage, 
very often in pairs, sometimes slightly recurved, rather blunt at the 
apex when fully developed, two to three inches long, five-eighths of 
an inch wide, plump, often poorly filled ; peas three to five in a pod, 
pale-green, slightly oblong, one-half inch in longest diameter, com- 
pressed when full grown; seeds pale bluish-green, or cream-colored, 
sometimes shrivelled, flattened, three-eighths of an inch in longest 
diameter, radical rather obscure. An ounce contained eighty seeds. 
Moderately prolific, rather late, maturing its crop promptly. 
Introduced about the year 1872, by Mr. Laxton of Stamford, 
‘England. A claimed cross between Veitch’s Perfection and Little 
Gem. (Gar. Chron.) 
tt Seeds decidedly shrweiled. 
§ Pods straight or nearly so. 
No. 72. American Wonper. (Bliss, 1852.) 
Synonyms. Bliss’ American Wonder; (Fr.) Pois Merverlle 
WM Amérique. (Vil.) 
Plant six to ten inches high ; foliage deep-green, scarcely washed 
with white; stem stocky, often branched at the base ; nodes remark- 
ably close ; peduncles about one-half inch long; pods paler than the 
foliage, usually single, two to two and three-fourths inches long, one- 
half inch wide, blunt at the apex when fully developed; peas four 
to eight in a pod, flattened, whitish-green, nearly one-half inch in 
longest diameter; seeds pale-green, shading in places to creamy- 
white, very much shrivelled, nearly three-eighths of an inch in long- 
est diameter, radical rather distinct. An ounce contained 110 seeds. 
