ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 16, 20 April 1910, Page 40

ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS.

Mr. Robert Sydenham, of Birmingham, one of the leading specialists in England, has just issued in handy book form at a nominal price, his fifth edition of "All About Sweet Peas." The booklet should be welcomed by all sweet pea growers as. in addition to giving a description of every known sweet pea on the market to-day, it has an article on "How to grow

These fine sweet peas, some of the plants being 14 feet in height, were grown by Mr. G. C. Holder, Porirua, near Wellington.

Sweet Peas.” It deals also with the best waved or Spencer varieties; the best grandiflora or old type varieties; classification, how to exhibit, the best manures to use. the newest varieties, how to decorate tables, and many other practical and useful hints. Air. Sydenham, in giving a description of every known sweet pea in commerce says: “I know there may be a few others that have been exhibited during the last year or two as new varieties under fancy names, but these must be looked upon with great caution. There may also be some other new varieties that have only been exhibited during the past year ( 1909) in different parts of the

country, but as they were neither sent to Reading for trial, nor exhibited in any of the larger shows. 1 can hardly be blamed if they are not described.” Mr. Sydenham gives the following, wh.it he considers the best, forty-six varieties in cultivation or that will be in .commerce during the present year: — America Spencer Asta- Ohn Black Knight Black Knight Spem-er Brilliant Blue Clara Curtis Constance Oliver

Countess Spencer Dazzler Dorothy Eckford Earl Spencer Elsie Herbert Etta Dyke Evelyn Hemus Florence Morse Spencer Frank Dolby G. C. Waud George Clark George Herbert George Stark Helen Lewis Helen Pierce John Ingram King Edward VII. King Edward Spencer (The King) Ladv Grisel Hamilton Lord Allthorp Lord Nelson Marjorie WilliMrs. A. Ireland Mrs. Chas. Foster Mrs. Collier Mrs C. W. Broadmore Mrs. Hardcastle <ykeMrs. Henry Bell Mrs. Hugh DieK-oii Mrs. Walter Wrigh: Mrs. William King Paradise ( arminc Paradise Ivory Queen Alexandra Saint George

Sunproof ( rim-on i The King or King Edward Spenceri I he Marqui- \\ hit<* Spen.-er Mr. Sydenham describes the following as the best 24 waved varieties: Apple Blossom Spencer. Clara Curtis, Con stance Oliver. or Mr-. Henry Bell. Countess Spencer. Etta Dyke. Evelyn Hemus, George Herbert. Helen Lewi-. Marjorie Willis. Mrs. Charles Foster.

Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, Sunproof < rim -on or The King, \meri.-a Spem-er. Black Knight Spem-er. Chris-ic I'nvviii. I.'i-ie Herbert. Frank Hollo. Gia ly- I nWiii. Mr-. A. Ireland. Mi-. ilciirv Bell or ( on stance Oliver. Paradise Ivory. Pheiioinen al. The Ma r<pii- Zephv r.