. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. JULY 18. 1912. The Florists^ Review 11. View in the Main Hall at the National Sweet Pea Show, Boston, July 13. Lovely Spencer is just as its name describes it. Duplex Spencer possesses oven more vigor than the original Countess Spencer and carrion four flowers on nearly all its stems. It is paler in color than Countess Spencer. Duplex Mary Garden is a novelty also well worth watching. It is of a deli- cate shade, such as ladies always ad- mire. The original Countess Spencer is not yet out of the race and was more shown than any other pink sweet pea
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. JULY 18. 1912. The Florists^ Review 11. View in the Main Hall at the National Sweet Pea Show, Boston, July 13. Lovely Spencer is just as its name describes it. Duplex Spencer possesses oven more vigor than the original Countess Spencer and carrion four flowers on nearly all its stems. It is paler in color than Countess Spencer. Duplex Mary Garden is a novelty also well worth watching. It is of a deli- cate shade, such as ladies always ad- mire. The original Countess Spencer is not yet out of the race and was more shown than any other pink sweet pea, but Hercules is a bigger, bolder and better thing, both in stem and flower. Of the same color, it will as- suredly displace the good old Countess Spencer, ])robably the most popular commercial sweet i)ea today. In ])rimroso sliades a great advance is being made. Burpee's Etiiel Koose- velt is a fine waved form. Queen Vic- toria Spencer, primrose witli a rose flush, also is good. Of the newer ones. Debbie's Cream and Faulkner's Prim- rose are the leaders. They are simi- lar in color if not in name. Primrose Spencer was much seen. In scarlets, also, great advances are being made. Scarlet Emperor is a superb new sort, larger and bolder than Vermilion Brilliant. The Squire and G. C. Wand, of a darker shade, make large, bold trusses. King Ed- ward Spencer was seen in the largest number of stands, but it must take a back seat to Scarlet Emperor. Some good Queen Alexandra Spencers were shown. Of course all the scarlets need shading to hold their color, but even with cheesecloth over them they will burn during such intense heat as we experienced the first ten days in July. There are now one or two charm- ing rose pinks. Rose du Barri, one of Burpee 's 1910 varieties, is a beauty, not a big flower, but the color is exquisite. In no color has a more re- markable advance been made than in the salmon or orange pinks. As a com- mercial sort Helen Lewis is still in the lead. Helen Grosveno
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