. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1478 The American Florist. July 7 that leads us to give Lady Mary Currie the preference over Oriental and Gorgeous: that is its extreme profusion of bloom. Gorgeous is a shade deeper in color, but it has not produced so many flowers and the vines are very weak in growth. Per haps this is due to the conditions of the soil in the particular part of the grounds in which this sort is growing, which, however, is only ten or twelve feet from Lady Mary Currie and the whole plot w^as evenly manured early in spring, two we
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1478 The American Florist. July 7 that leads us to give Lady Mary Currie the preference over Oriental and Gorgeous: that is its extreme profusion of bloom. Gorgeous is a shade deeper in color, but it has not produced so many flowers and the vines are very weak in growth. Per haps this is due to the conditions of the soil in the particular part of the grounds in which this sort is growing, which, however, is only ten or twelve feet from Lady Mary Currie and the whole plot w^as evenly manured early in spring, two weeks before planting. Oriental differs from Lady Mary Currie chiefly in that it is veined like Penzance. Benary's new Mont Blanc is a rival of Emily Henderson and may supersede that sort. Out of eighteen seeds seven grew and made good plants, which threw over 100 flowers in eight weeks. The form of the flower is as perfect as Blanche Burpee and is of purest white, but not so large in size and with shorter stems. One of the prettiest sweet peas in the lot is Lady Grisel Hamilton, preferable to any other light lavender. The flowers are not extra large and are somewhat faded, but the sub has been exceptionally strong. Sadie Burpee from black seed proves to be a pink variety. One would much pre- fer Mrs. Sankey, which is of stronger growth, larger in flower and much nearer a white, if it is not so fine in form. The Duke of Westminster in general color eft'ect, resembles Stanley. It is a smaller flower with longer stems and shows a tendency to fade. Hon. F. Bouverie is a decided improve- ment over Venus, although the pinkish blotches are only discernible when the flower is examined closely. Stella Morse has a very weak constitu- tion and, Hke Lottie Hutchins and Sen- sation, is too much of a washed out color to suit all tastes. Othello is the best "black" variety on trial. It is unfortunate that it produces only two flowers to a stem, as is thecase with this planting. There
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